After knowing the names of the members, a search committee of three members will be formed with an equal number of members from each side.

Debmalya Bagchi and one Basanti Das — a local woman from Sanjoal who has been protesting against hooch trade — were arrested on September 6 based on a complaint filed on August 28 evening by a tribal woman.

The remarks by Pradhan come in the wake of an escalating confrontation between the TMC government and the Raj Bhavan over the appointment of vice-chancellors at eight state universities.

In the notice, the former vice-chancellors demanded that the Governor should tender a public apology within 15 days or he would face a legal case. They also sought damage of Rs 50 lakh from him for each of them.

"The BJP has been using CBI and ED to serve its political interests. But they can't force us to surrender before them using central agencies. We have faith in the people.

This is Banerjee's first foreign visit after a gap of five years.

Abhishek, 35, who skipped the coordination committee meeting of the Opposition INDIA bloc in New Delhi, reached the ED's Kolkata office in Salt Lake around 11.30 am. Sources said that ED officials began his questioning at 12.10 and continued close to 9 pm.

After receiving the summons, Samuel issued a video message stating that he would only be able to appear before the CBI if the probe agency arranged for his airfare and accommodation in Kolkata.

This comes a day after two deputy election commissioners held a meeting with all the district magistrates of the state and instructed them on electoral roll revision process, which will commence across the country from November 1.

The Basirhat MP was summoned by the ED in connection with cheating allegations against a private company, Seven Sense Infrastructure Pvt Ltd.

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.