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'Bengal first state to form transgender dev board in 2016'

Kolkata, March 18 -- State Women and Child Development (W&CD) minister Shashi Panja said that Bengal is the first state in the country to have constituted the West Bengal Transgender Persons Developme... Read More


Annual Higher Secondary exam ends; results likely by mid-May

Kolkata, March 18 -- The final Higher Secondary (HS) examinations under the annual system ended on Tuesday, with the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) announcing that results ... Read More


Bangiya Sahitya Parishad officials secure strong mandate

Kolkata, March 18 -- The current officials of the Bangia Sahitya Parishad have secured a spectacular win in the Karmadhyaksha elections. In a press statement it was said that on March 16, in the 130t... Read More


High Court lifts stay on civil judge recruitment in lower courts

Kolkata, March 18 -- The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday is learnt to have lifted the stay order on the recruitment of civil judges for different lower courts in the state who qualified the West Bengal... Read More


State police seek WBSSC records on fake caste certificate accusations

Kolkata, March 18 -- The West Bengal Police have sought recruitment details from the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) regarding three individuals accused of securing jobs using forged cas... Read More


State pushes for IT-enabled classrooms; increase enrolments

Kolkata, March 18 -- State Education minister Bratya Basu in the Assembly on Tuesday said that his department has taken several steps to increase the number of students' enrolment in government run sc... Read More


Will conduct fresh survey for identification of OBCs: State to SC

Kolkata, March 18 -- The West Bengal government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the exercise for identification of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the state will be conducted afresh and comple... Read More


Ruckus in Assembly as Speaker rejects BJP's 'Holi violence' motion

Kolkata, March 18 -- There was ruckus in the state Assembly on Tuesday after Speaker Biman Banerjee disallowed an adjournment motion brought by BJP on alleged incidents of violence across the state du... Read More


State announces ad-hoc bonus for eligible employees

Kolkata, March 18 -- The state government employees who are not covered by any of the productivity-linked Bonus Scheme and whose revised emoluments did not exceed Rs 44,000 per month as of, March 31, ... Read More


TMC warns Humayun Kabir to abide by party strictures

Kolkata, March 18 -- The disciplinary committee of Trinamool Congress (TMC), on Tuesday, warned party leader Humayun Kabir to abide by party strictures and abstain from making any controversial remark... Read More