NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday announced that biennial elections to fill 37 Rajya Sabha seats falling vacant across 10 states in April will be held on March 16, with counting scheduled for later the same day.Polling will take place between 9am and 4pm, and vote counting will begin at 5pm,…
Kolkata: The West Bengal School Service Commission on Tuesday announced that the first phase of counselling for assistant teacher recruitment at the higher secondary level will be held on Feb 24 and 25.Counselling for Anthropology, Home Science, Music and Santhali will be held on Feb 24, while counselling for Agronomy, Accountancy and Physical Education will…
Howrah: A TMC youth neta was arrested after the death of a Congress panchayat neta in Uluberia’s Jhamtia on Tuesday. Deceased Srimanta Dolui’s family alleged that he was beaten up by accused Sagar Dolui. Locals blocked roads in protest after Srimanta’s death.A doctor at Amta Block Hospital said it appeared that Srimanta died of internal…
Kolkata: Amid the standoff over the appointment of more than 6,500 central officers as micro-observers for the SIR in Bengal, the EC on Tuesday suspended three micro-observers from their posts for their alleged failure in performing their statutory duties.Two bank managers and one CGST inspector, who were posted in North 24 Parganas, were suspended following…
Kolkata: Amid the standoff over the appointment of more than 6,500 central officers as micro-observers for the SIR in Bengal, the EC on Tuesday suspended three micro-observers from their posts for their alleged failure in performing their statutory duties.Two bank managers and one CGST inspector, who were posted in North 24 Parganas, were suspended following…
East Midnapore Police lodged a suo motu case after BJP MLA and former India pacer Ashok Dinda alleged cops were extorting money from Moyna fish traders, and issued the MLA a summons, reports Suman Mandal. Cops said Dinda had sought more time .“Every evening, policemen on scooters stand by the roads to collect Rs 100-200…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief secretary Nandini Chakravorty on Tuesday apprised the Election Commission about partial compliance of the commission’s directions pending with the state govt—including filing of FIRs against four officers for violation of data security and suspension of the Basirhat assistant electoral registration officer (AERO) — within the Feb 17, 5.30 pm deadline…
AHMEDABAD: Aspirations to walk tall and proud in khaki have “shrunk” after running into a tape measure. Several police job hopefuls in Gujarat have moved the high court after failing to rise to one’s full height in the latest recruitment drive, falling below the mandatory 165cm (5.4ft) cut-off despite, reportedly, having earlier cleared the same…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: At a joint press meet with French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi remembered Indian soldiers who participated in the first World War and Hindutva ideologue Veer Savarkar, as the PM recalled their association with France’s port city Marseille which he had visited last year.“Marseille is…
NEW DELHI: Days after its announcement in the Budget, the agriculture ministry on Tuesday launched AI-enabled ‘Bharat-VISTAAR’ (Virtually Integrated System to Access Agricultural Resources) that will help farmers in farm-level decision-making by receiving date-driven customised digital advisory.Launched at a time when India is hosting the AI Impact Summit, Bharat-VISTAAR is a multilingual AI tool that…
