Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is probing the case of the under-construction warehouse roof collapse at Taratala in South Kolkata last week that claimed 16 lives, has assigned architectural experts from Jadavpur University (JU) to identify the flaws in the structural design of the collapsed structure. Insiders from the city police said the team of architectural experts from JU, the premier engineering institute in the state and the country, will examine wheth…
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Kolkata, June 21 (IANS) The re-examination of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) UG was conducted smoothly across West Bengal on Sunday.A total of 22.79 lakh candidates appeared for the examination across the country. The number of candidates in West Bengal stood at 1.09 lakh.The examination was conducted at a total of 218 centres across the state, including Calcutta University and Jadavpur University.Sources said that the number of candidates at several centres in the state on Ju…
Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) A court here on Monday granted bail to five people, including CPI-M leader Srijan Bhattacharya, who were arrested on Sunday night during a protest against a hawker eviction drive in south Kolkata’s Jadavpur area.The court granted bail on a personal bond of Rs 1,000 each. The next hearing in the case has been scheduled for November 3.The Alipore Police Court judge said that Srijan Bhattacharya would have to cooperate with the investigation as a condition of bail.Incidentall…
Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) Ambikesh Mahapatra, the Jadavpur University professor who was arrested in 2012 for circulating a cartoon of former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Sunday launched a sharp attack on the Trinamool Congress supremo, accusing her of fostering “hooliganism” in the state and enforcing “excessive control over institutions”, ranging from the police administration to the media. Mahapatra was arrested in April 2012 after forwarding an email containing a cartoon se…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Thirty early-career faculty members from universities and research institutes across India joined a two-week capacity building programme on “Geopolitics in the 21st Century: Global Trends, Regional Dynamics, and Implications for India”, at the Jamia Millia Islamia on Monday, an official said. “The programme inaugurated at the Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Academy of International Studies is sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and aims to cover…
Kolkata, Feb 14 (IANS) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said that West Bengal lost central funds worth Rs 10,000 crore by not implementing the National Education Policy (NEP) in the state.“Despite repeated requests, the National Education Policy was not implemented in West Bengal by the state government. The National Education Policy talks about education in the mother tongue, and in West Bengal, that would have been Bengali. The West Bengal government does not want to a…
Kolkata, Jan 22 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed Jadavpur University authorities to maintain law and order and ensure security during Saraswati Puja celebrations on the varsity campus.A division bench of Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen said that university authorities must take appropriate measures to maintain law and order, and the police station must provide assistance if necessary.In a public interest litigation filed regarding th…
Kolkata, Dec 24 (IANS) West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose said on Wednesday that there are two problems which are becoming increasingly serious in the state today — violence and corruption. According to the Governor, the same picture is reflected within university campuses in the state.Governor Ananda Bose, who is also the Jadavpur University Chancellor, made this claim while attending the varsity’s 68th annual convocation ceremony on Wednesday.According to the Governor, the malaise that has…