IIT-Kharagpur is the only IIT to receive the highest package of Rs 2.68 crore (per annum) and a total of 760 offers on day one of the five-day Campus Placement 2022-23, which is the highest among all IITs, said the statement.

Banerjee, who is on a visit to Rajasthan, told reporters at Jaipur airport: “It’s a very bad, and sad (incident). Saket (Gokhale) is a bright man. He is very popular on social media. He has made no mistake.”

“There is an attempt attack the diversity of cultures, eating habits and attires instead of celebrating them. They are trying to draw a communal line everywhere. For this, the RSS uses the BJP and the TMC as political tools,” Salim alleged.

Police identified the deceased as Dhanu Sheikh (38), a labourer at a stone quarry, and the injured as Dhana Hansda (35), a schoolteacher, who was admitted to Siuri Sadar Hospital.

Five occupants of the vehicle, including four residents of Bihar and one from West Bengal's Uttar Dinajpur district, were arrested, officials said. The cash was kept in multiple bundles that were hidden in a spare tyre of the vehicle, they added.

The Congress and the Left had come together in the 2016 Assembly polls that show Congress becoming the largest Opposition party. The two parted ways in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, and came together again in the 2021 Assembly elections, resulting in a disastrous outcome for both the parties.

The wife of the deceased, Amar Modak (35), a group D employee in the railways, claimed that she was drugged by him before taking the extreme step. The couple's five-year-old daughter Ankita was also found dead in the same room where he hanged himself, the police added.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee apologised to the medical staff who were allegedly assaulted, saying the state administration will ensure the safety of junior doctors who frequently face such attacks on night duty.

After winning the trust vote, the Congress had sought permission to appoint chairman but was denied it. The government claimed that since both the mayor and deputy mayor of the municipality had resigned, it would appoint an administrator instead.

Challenging Adhikari to put him in jail, Banerjee said, “He (Adhikari) had said that he would put me in jail. Come if you have guts and put me in jail. He will give a lesson to Bengal by stopping the Centre's money. We don’t need your money. As long as Mamata Banerjee is there, we will not beg before Delhi.”

In an apparent reference to the Trinamool Congress (TMC), Adhikari alleged that the decorator was not allowed to build the stage and BJP workers were beaten up and prevented from attending the rally.

According to a senior official, the break-up of marks that has been uploaded by the primary board shows that several students have received more marks than what they were allotted.

Earlier, Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee refused to accept an adjournment motion moved over the matter in the House by the BJP MLAs, stating that it was not an issue involving the state government.

CPI(M) East Medinipur district secretary Niranjan Sihi said these members were expelled according to the party's constitution.

As he had pledged to donate his body, it will be donated to Calcutta Medical College and Hospital. Mukherjee was ailing for some time and suffered two brain haemorrhages. In August, he was admitted to hospital after a cerebral attack and put on ventilation.

Hailing from Gaya in Bihar, Priyaranjan Singh, 21, was found by his batchmates to be hanging from the ceiling. According to one of the students, the second-year student had just attempted to take his life and was still alive when they discovered him.

The TMC supremo has undertaken a two-day tour to Hingalganj and the Sundarbans area ahead of the panchayat elections in the state next year. Samsernagar falls under Kalitala panchayat which is under her party’s control.

Partha Chatterjee was produced before a special CBI court that again rejected his bail application and extended his judicial custody till December 12.

The party condemned the TMC MLA from Manikchak in Malda district who at a public meeting on Sunday claimed that Gujaratis supplied weapons to the British before Independence.

However, Speaker Biman Bandyopadhyay turned down the plea of the opposition party on the ground that the matter is sub-judice.

Police have arrested two persons in this connection while TMC leader Pradip Chaki alleged that the attack on him was planned by party's Domkal MLA Jafikul Islam and the local inspector in-charge.

Matirul Biswas was the president of TMC Minority Cell in Karimpur, Block 2, while his wife Rina Biswas is the head of Narayanpur 2 village panchayat in Nadia district, said police.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) wants to take Anubrata to New Delhi for questioning and has applied for court permission in this regard. Anubrata's lawyers have approached the Delhi High Court to challenge the move.

The Indian Express could not independently verify the contents of the image and cannot vouch for its authenticity. Sources said the purported photos are from the Union minister's recent visit to Durgapur in West Bengal.