Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: PTI “Around 2.46 lakh candidates are expected to appear for School Service Commission (SSC) examinations on Sunday (September 14, 2025) for the recruitment of assistant teachers for Classes XI and XII in the West Bengal government-aided schools,” officials said. “The School Level Selection Test (SLST) will be conducted … Read more
Representative image | Photo Credit: The Hindu The office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, on Friday (August 29, 2025) held a meeting with representatives of all major political parties of the State, where the representatives were informed about rearrangement of polling booths. As per the new arrangement a polling booth will have … Read more
People holding umbrellas cross the road amid light showers of rain, in Kolkata on Thursday (July 24, 2025). | Photo Credit: ANI The India Meteorological Department (IMD) in a bulletin on July 25, 2025, forecasted heavy to extremely heavy rainfall till July 31 in several regions in West Bengal owing to a depression over coastal … Read more
Officials monitor the flood situation at the entry of an island cut-off from mainland in P. Gannavaram mandal in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema district on July 10, 2025. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Four islands of river Godavari have been cut off from the mainland as the temporary road laid during the summer was washed … Read more
Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday (July 8, 2025) presented a list of 50 Trinamool student leaders, accusing them of exerting unchecked power in various educational institutions across the State. | Photo Credit: ANI Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative … Read more
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday (July 3, 2025) directed the West Bengal government to put union rooms in colleges and universities where there is no recognised student body or no election had taken place in the recent past under lock and key. | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI The Calcutta High Court on Thursday (July … Read more
The lack of maintenance has also been found in Sikkim’s Dubdi Monastery, which also received no funding during 2022-2023. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A Right to Information (RTI) query has revealed that although footfall and revenue have increased at Archaeological Survey of India sites, at least six districts in West Bengal and important sites in … Read more
Kolkata, West Bengal, Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly and BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari on June 6, 2025, accused the West Bengal government of keeping its State Covid portal defunct. | Photo Credit: Debasish Bhaduri Leader of Opposition of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Suvendu Adhikari on Friday … Read more
School teachers, who lost their jobs following a recent Supreme Court verdict, continued their protest for the fourth consecutive day on Sunday, May 18, 2025 outside the West Bengal Education Department headquarters in Salt Lake. | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI School teachers, who lost their jobs following a recent Supreme Court verdict, continued their protest … Read more
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. | Photo Credit: PTI West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced a slew of industrial initiatives in the State on Wednesday (May 14, 2025), including a new tech-entertainment park, following a cabinet meeting on the same day. “The West Bengal government is set to develop a brand new information, … Read more