Day: December 26, 2019

Bengal governor to visit family of Galwan martyr

JU students “rusticate” chancellor Jagdeep Dhankhar, call him “spineless”

8:57 pm December 26, 2019

Kolkata: On the warpath with West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, students of Jadavpur University on Thursday “rusticated” him as the chancellor over his stand on a host of issues, including the contentious Citizenship Act. In an “open letter” that addressed Dhankhar as ‘Ex- Chancellor’, two students’ bodies–Arts Faculty Students Union (AFSU) and Faculty of Engineering […]

Amit Shah holds colourful roadshow in Bengal's Kharagpur

Oppn led by Cong created confusion over CAA, misled people: Shah

8:50 pm December 26, 2019

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday accused the opposition of creating confusion over the Citizenship Amendment Act and spoiling the atmosphere in the national capital by misleading people, asserting that the time has come to “punish the ‘tukde tukde’ gang”. Addressing a gathering after laying the foundation stone of East Delhi Hub […]

Joint protests to be held in Kerala against CAA

Presidency University prof leads anti-CAA rally in city, video goes viral

8:37 pm December 26, 2019

Kolkata: A senior faculty member of the Presidency University has led a protest rally against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 and the NRC in the city, a video of which has gone viral on social media. The video shows Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, Pradip Basu raising slogans like ‘Burn the copy of NRC’, […]

Bengal's Silicon Valley big flop, cows graze there: Dilip Ghosh

NRC required in West Bengal : Dilip Ghosh

8:17 pm December 26, 2019

Kolkata: West Bengal state BJP chief Dilip Ghosh said on Thursday that NRC is required in the state because infiltrators have become the vote banks of the ruling Trinamool Congress. He criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s opposition to NPR and said that it has become her habit to resist whatever is good for […]

4 children in Karnataka buried neck-deep in mud to cure disabilities

8:13 pm December 26, 2019

Bengaluru: Four children were buried neck- deep in the mud in a village in Kalaburagi district on Thursday as part of a superstitious belief to cure their disabilities on the day of eclipse. As most parts of the country witnessed the annular solar eclipse, the children were buried alive upto the neck in the mud […]