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Sikkim urges Centre to withdraw notification opening up peaks

2:44 pm August 27, 2019

Gangtok/Kolkata: The Sikkim government has urged the Centre to withdraw its notification which opened up 24 peaks of the state to mountaineers, a top official said. The Centre has recently allowed mountaineering and trekking in 137 peaks across the country, including 24 peaks in Sikkim, in a bid to boost tourism. The state government has […]

Pranab Mukherjee for bridging gender gap in literacy

7:45 pm August 26, 2019

Kolkata: Former President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday called for bridging the gender gap in literacy and said educating a woman tantamounts to educate the entire family. If the mother is educated in a household, essential healthcare problems like child mortality can be addressed, Mukherjee said at a programe here. According to the 2011 Census, “male […]

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Para-teachers should take classes instead of agitating: CM

2:34 pm August 20, 2019

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has hit out at para-teachers for launching agitations demanding salary hike, instead of taking classes. Para-teachers, contractual educators in government and government-aided schools of the state, had recently staged a protest in Nadia’s Kalyani demanding pay hike, following which they were allegedly caned by the police. “Para-teachers should […]

BJP MP Roopa Ganguly’s son arrested for rash driving

2:10 pm August 16, 2019

Kolkata: Actor-turned-BJP MP Roopa Ganguly’s son has been arrested here for allegedly ramming his car into the wall of an upscale south Kolkata club, a senior police officer said on Friday. Akash Mukherjee (21) was taken into custody following the incident around 9.15 pm on Thursday, he said. “We have arrested him for rash driving […]

Close shave for many as BJP MP’s son rams car into wall of south Kolkata club

1:25 pm August 16, 2019

Kolkata: BJP MP Roopa Ganguly’s son, driving allegedly in an inebriated state, rammed his car into the wall of an upscale south Kolkata club on Thursday, with many having a near escape from being hit, police sources said. The incident happened late on Thursday night when Akash Mukhopadhyay (20), while taking a turn, rammed his […]