The chief minister made the remarks while talking to media persons at the Netaji Subhash Chandra International Airport in Kolkata, ahead of embarking on a three-day trip to the national capital.

While interacting with reporters at the event, the Governor was also asked about a recent incident where black flags were waved at his convoy by members of the Trinamool Students' Council when he was entering Burdwan University.

On December 12, the families of the three girls approached the local police station, saying they suspect that the girls may have been kidnapped while on their way to school on December 11 morning.

JUTA general secretary Partha Pratim Roy, in a letter to Education Minister Bratya Basu and Governor C V Ananda Bose, said that convocation remains an integral part of a long and glorious tradition of JU and one of the “most cherished” events of students.

A four-member committee has been formed for each of the 47 subjects taught in the higher secondary and whose syllabus will be revised. The Council however felt that apart from these 47 subjects, the vocational subjects need no modification in the syllabus at present.

The Trinamool Congress  however, dismissed the allegation. It again targeted Home Amit Shah over the “security lapse”.

BRIG AJIT Apte (Retd) was speaking during a special programme organised by the Army's Eastern Command in Kolkata on Friday that was attended by delegates from Bangladesh as part of Vijay Diwas celebrations.

Addressing the media in Kolkata, state Cabinet minister Shashi Panja and party spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said the Prime Minister and his government should take responsibility for the incident.

The police also recorded the statement from Lalit’s NGO partner based in Halisahar in North 24 Parganas, with whom he had shared a video of the Parliament security breach, officials said.

Anuj Agarwal, who lives on the fourth floor of the dilapidated Burrabazar building that houses the locked one-room quarters where Jha lived, said, “I knew that he was a tutor but never had any close interaction with him. He used to teach all subjects to children.

In a meeting on Tuesday, the transport department held a meeting with all stakeholders to discuss the modified guidelines for school buses and carpooling services.

While Banerjee hit out at the BJP-led Centre for withholding Bengal's dues, Adhikari asserted that the hill districts would be supporting BJP again the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. 

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The board assured that security measures like frisking, biometric attendance and surveillance through CCTV cameras at all centres will be carried out. More than 3 lakh candidates are set to appear in the examination at 773 centres across the state.

Also, Tarun Palui (37), a farmer from Ghoshpur panchayat of Khanakule in Hooghly district, died due to suicide over purported crop damage.

Bengal Education Minister said the Supreme Court will hear a matter related to the recruitment of such candidates on December 14.

Prof Karandikar, appointed DST Secretary in September, said financial support for research and development from private sources will not be at the cost of government funding, and that a significant increase cannot come from the government alone.

A KMC official said they need to overcome political interference to set the system right in south Kolkata“Whenever we get tough with persons involved in wrong parking, we face political interference. This is rampant in south Kolkata neighbourhoods.”

Mamata Banerjee was speaking during a programme in Alipurduar. Banerjee is on a seven-day tour of north Bengal districts.

In a video message, Moitra expressed gratitude to the general public, and party workers and leaders from the constituency in West Bengal's Nadia district.

Chennai is among the states hit by Cyclone Michaung which made a landfall in Andhra Pradesh last week.

Around 3pm, TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh reached the site of the demonstration and interacted with the protesters. He also talked to state Education Minister Bratya Basu over phone and arranged a meeting for the candidates on Monday at 3pm.

Majumdar said the “inhuman attitude of the state towards the plight of farmers became explicit during a recent road blockade at Goghat in Hooghly district when a policeman misbehaved with the demonstrators and got away with it.”

The hospital has alleged that some of the deaths occurred as the children were referred to the medical college in serious condition and at the “last minute”