‘Money, muscle and weapons’: Mamata Banerjee on night vigil as TMC, BJP face-off reaches strongrooms | Kolkata News

KOLKATA: Bengal’s battle for ballots progressed into a war of nerves over EVM safety late on Thursday as CM Mamata Banerjee camped at Sakhawat Memorial High School, where EVMs from her constituency, Bhowanipore, are being stored.A few kilometres away, an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation broke out between Trinamool and BJP workers at Khudiram Anushilan Kendra, the designated…

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Panel to review admission process in IP Univ’s self-financing colleges | Delhi News

New Delhi: Delhi govt has constituted a five-member committee to review the functioning of self-financing colleges affiliated with Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, following repeated complaints over admission delays and alleged irregularities.In an order issued on April 27, Directorate of Higher Education said the committee would examine the admission and affiliation framework for these colleges…

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India’s challenge lies in developing AI-insulated jobs, says chief economic adviser V Anantha Nageswaran at Chennai event | Chennai News

Chennai: India’s challenge lies in developing jobs that are not affected by artificial intelligence, and the emphasis needs to be placed on trade skills, India’s chief economic adviser V Anantha Nageswaran said in the city on Thursday.“There is a lot of emphasis on what AI can do to India’s IT sector, which employs five million…

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Delay likely in appointment of VCs in four state varsities | Patna News

The appointment of new vice-chancellors at four universities in Bihar may hit a snag due to a recent directive limiting the authority of interim leaders. Although search committees were close to finalizing candidates for three of the institutions, the new chancellor’s emphasis on optimizing university functions and compiling detailed data indicates that delays might be…

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Pawan Khera Anticipatory Bail: Supreme Court reserves verdict on anticipatory bail of Pawan Khera | India News

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday reserved verdict on the anticipatory bail of Congress neta Pawan Khera in a criminal case against him by Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife for alleging she possessed multiple passports and undisclosed offshore properties.A bench of justices J K Maheshwari and A S Chandurkar concluded the hearing on plea…

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BJP trains cadre to run counting day op with ‘clockwork precision’ | Kolkata News

Kolkata: Bengal BJP has launched back-to-back workshops to train party workers ahead of counting day on May 4, with Union home minister Amit Shah calling state netas to assess preparedness and Bengal BJP minder Sunil Bansal holding meetings with specialised functional units on Thursday.Bansal, widely credited with building the party’s present organisational network, told workers…

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