Kolkata, Aug 5 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday granted conditional bail to the two Kolkata Police personnel who were named as accused in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)’s latest supplementary charge sheet in the case of with the murder of BJP worker, Abhijit Sarkar in the post-poll violence in the state after the 2021Assembly election and sent to judicial custody by a special CBI court last month.On July 21, both these cops, namely the then woman sub-inspector of Narkeldanga Po…

Kolkata, Aug 5 (IANS) Trinamool Congress National General Secretary and the newly appointed leader of the party’s Parliamentary team in Lok Sabha, Abhishek Banerjee, on Tuesday, directed his party leaders at all levels to chant the “Jai Bangla” slogan when the latter come across any BJP leader anywhere within the state. He gave this direction to the Trinamool Congress workers at a virtual meeting earlier in the afternoon, which was attended by all elected party MPs, legislators, heads of municip…

Chamoli, Aug 5 (IANS) Women of Self-Help Group are not only running their livelihood by taking advantage of the public welfare schemes run by the government, but they have also improved their economic condition by earning good profits by making eco-friendly rakhis in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli. The initiative is part of the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), the Ministry of Rural Development’s flagship programme aimed at reducing poverty by building strong…

Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) The Maharashtra government on Tuesday, in a minor reshuffle, transferred five bureaucrats. Tukaram Mundhe (IAS: RR: 2005), Development Commissioner (Un-organised Labour), Mumbai, has been posted as Secretary, Divyang Kalyan Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai.Nitin Kashinath Patil (IAS: SCS: 2007), Managing Director, Maharashtra State Cotton Growers Marketing Federation, Mumbai, has been appointed as Special Commissioner, State Tax, Maharashtra, Mumbai.Abhay Mahajan (IAS: NON-SCS…

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 5 (IANS) Kerala’s Education Minister V. Sivankutty has initiated steps to set up a committee of experts to identify the most suitable model for the state’s education system — one that may include eliminating the concept of “backbenchers” from school classrooms.Taking to his social media handle, Sivankutty wrote: “I wish to eliminate the concept of ‘backbenchers’ from our school classrooms. This idea can negatively affect a student’s confidence and learning.”The …