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Army cancels recruitment exam after paper leaked

Chorus grows for postponing entrance exams amid COVID-19 pandemic

11:30 pm August 23, 2020

New Delhi: The chorus for postponing various examinations, including NEET and JEE, grew louder on Sunday with over 4,000 students observing a day-long hunger strike to press for the demand in view of rising COVID-19 cases. The protest came on a day Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the government must listen to the ‘mann ki baat’ of students and arrive […]

Driver falls from moving bus in Kolkata, dies

11:22 pm August 23, 2020

Kolkata: A driver of a moving bus in the city died on Sunday when he fell from it after the door of his cabin accidentally flung open, a police officer said. The driver fell from the state-run bus when it was taking a left turn, he said, adding that the vehicle hit a tree before […]

Woman found living with father’s body

11:09 pm August 19, 2020

Kolkata: A woman stated to be mentally retarded was living with the body of her 90-year-old father for three days before it was recovered by police from Thakurpukur area of the city on Wednesday, an officer said. The officer said according to preliminary investigations, the woman seems to be somewhat mentally retarded and that is […]

Body of Kolkata woman stuffed in sack along with vegetables found in taxi’s boot

11:54 pm August 14, 2020

Kolkata: The body of a 60-year-old woman was found in the boot of a yellow taxi, which managed to dodged several checkpoints in Kolkata in the early hours of Friday before being stopped by police in the Chowbaga area in the eastern fringes of the city, officials said. Police identified the body as that of Sujamani Gayen, who was […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Bengal reports 54 fresh COVID deaths, 2,936 new cases

10:14 pm August 12, 2020

Kolkata: The COVID-19 toll in West Bengal rose to 2,203 on Wednesday after 54 people succumbed to the disease, the health department said. The state’s coronavirus count has gone up to 1,04,326 after 2,936 new cases of infection were reported, a bulletin released by the department said. The number of active patients is 26,003 in […]