The TMC and Congress blamed the Central government and its agencies for the tragedy which occurred after a girder of the bridge came tumbling down in Baishnabnagar area on Sunday night.

Jadavpur University Vice-Chancellor Suranjan Das called upon all members of the university - students, teachers, researchers, non-teaching staff, officers and others - to work together to preserve the spirit of democracy and the sanctity of the great institution.

The comments came days after a pool car accident in Hooghly district left 15 school children injured.

Speaking on the possible meeting between the two, West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh said, “The people of Bengal will definitely benefit if the state government builds a good relationship with the Governor.

The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) president was addressing a group of students and teachers outside the university campus after it had shut its gates for the programme.

The Governor had on Wednesday expressed his displeasure at not being invited to the third convocation of the institute while several ministers were called for the annual event.

A team of doctors has allowed GENIUS STAR- VII, that sailed from Shanghai on January 29, to proceed towards Kidderpore in Kolkata after the thermal scan.

The state Health and Family Welfare Department also said that nobody in the state has tested positive for coronavirus.

The warning came after two mass marriage events were organised by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Malda and Alipurduar in the last two weeks.

Asura Bibi had earlier said that she had seen policemen beating up Raj Kumar Shaw, leading to his death.

A petition was filed by Prochy N Mehta and her daughter Sanaya Mehta Vyas, who had married outside the community, saying that the latter’s children were not allowed to enter the Fire Temple.

Dhankhar, who is the Chancellor of all the state universities, said that he had “no information” about the third convocation of Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University in North Bengal scheduled to be held on Friday.

The six-km long Metro line has six stations — Sector V, Karunamoyee, Central Park, City Centre, Bengal Chemical and Salt Lake Stadium.

As proceedings of the House began for the second half at 1.15 pm, around 40 CPI(M) and Congress MLAs raised a storm, asking why no minister was present in the House.

Chhatradhar Mahato, who is out on bail after spending 11 years in jail, had told mediapersons that he has not decided on his political future.

The Trinamool Congress chief said that people have rejected the BJP and will reject the new citizenship law (CAA), NRC and NPR in the days to come.

According to police, local residents in Watganj area had queued up outside a bank to correct their Aadhaar cards. Some of them alleged that two persons, who were in charge of the process, had provided them with NPR forms.

The state Cabinet on Monday had ratified a draft of the Governor’s speech at the start of the Budget session on February 7 and sent it to him. However sources said the Governor is not too pleased with the draft sent by the state government.

“In Shaheen Bagh, women are sitting on protest and even in our state, they are protesting at a few places. A central minister said that go and shoot them. After saying this how can he hold his position. It doesn’t happen in a democracy that you go and shoot people,” she said.

Police said the 32-year-old woman lodged a complaint at Tangra police station that around midnight she and her father-in-law, aged about 50, were returning from a marriage ceremony.

The students had launched their protest around 2 pm on Monday, demanding repair works in three of the five wards of the 130-year-old Hindu Hostel be completed without delay

On several occasions last year, the state government had rejected Dhankhar’s request for a chopper to travel to Santiniketan, Domkal and Farakka - all within a 300-km periphery of Kolkata

The footwear missed sessions court judge Prasenjit Biswas and instead hit NIA counsel Tamal Mukherjee

As part of its regular programmes in SC/ST and tribal belts, the VHP had on Sunday organised a mass wedding ceremony for poor couples at a Malda village. However the right-wing outfit alleged that miscreants of Jharkhand Desam Party disrupted the event in police presence