A total of 13 districts have seen reshuffles, with several district magistrates swapped between northern and southern districts.

The CM has taken away co-operation department from Arup Roy, who will now remain Cabinet Minister of Food Processing Department.

The opposition, however, linked the arrest to Bagchi's recent articles highlighting hooch traders operating from Sanjoal residential area in Kharagpur Municipality, which was won by the TMC in last year's civic body elections.

“Initially, the parents filed a complaint that the boy was abducted but he was found hours later,” said an official. 

The Students' Federation of India (SFI) state secretary Srijan Bhattacharya said, “The state education policy is a straight copy of the National Education Policy 2020.

On the Centre’s attempts to rename India as Bharat in official communications, Mamata Banerjee said the BJP-led government might be doing this because “they were concerned about the INDIA alliance”.

Addressing a public meeting in Hooghly district following his party’s defeat in the Dhupguri Assembly by-election, Adhikari claimed that these workers are fed up with the CPI(M) and Congress leadership on the INDIA alliance issue.

Speaking at a ‘Chai pe Charcha’ programme at Kharagpur , the former BJP state president said, “When our party comes to power in West Bengal, we will remove all statues of foreigners in Kolkata.

TMC MP slams PM Modi, BJP: ‘One can’t help but marvel at the timidity and vacuousness of the 56-inch chest model’

In the wake of the JU student’s death, hostellers at Presidency University and Calcutta University shared their experiences and urged the authorities to ensure such things never take place.

The spat between Education Minister Bratya Basu and Governor Bose escalated on Saturday with the former calling the latter a “vampire” following a “midnight action” warning.

“The number of sanctioned teaching posts in schools across the state should be reviewed and revised, keeping in line with the present trends of enrollment' the policy said.

Continues with current 5+4+2+2 system, suggests semester system for classes XI, XII

Around 400 people, including former state university VCs OM Prakash Mishra, Debnarayan Bandyopadhyay and Dipak Kar, senior professor Abheek Majumdar, and poet Subodh Sarkar, among others participated in the protest before submitting the letter to the Governor's secretariat.

The tension between the Raj Bhavan and the state government flared up after Governor Bose started appointing temporary vice-chancellors in state universities.

The resolution was passed by a 167-62 vote, with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asserting that Poila Baisakh will be observed as the statehood day, or Paschimbanga Dibas, irrespective of the Governor's approval.

According to party leaders, Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee will lead the protest along with affected workers, and TMC supremo and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will also join the protest.

Governor C V Ananda Bose hits out at the West Bengal education department, saying universities should be corruption and violence-free.

Educationists worried over fight between Governor and TMC govt, say universities could lose branding, ranking and funding, leading to privatisation of higher education

Chandra Bose said that when he joined BJP he was promised that he could propagate the inclusive ideology of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Sarat Chandra Bose but that did not happen.

The altercation between the BJP candidate and the police officer lasted for at least 15 minutes, eyewitnesses said. The state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has sought a report from the Jalpaiguri District Magistrate on the issue.

Terming the move as a blatant attempt to distort the country's history, she said, "Today, they (Centre) changed the name of India.

Says Governor’s actions a bid to paralyse state administration

Father says his son was targeted by school after he mobilised parents for fee cut