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SSC scraps 'tainted teachers' appl'; issues 5.8L provisional admit cards

Kolkata, Aug. 18 -- The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) has cancelled the applications of terminated teachers identified as "tainted" in the 2016 selection process, even as it released n... Read More


HC declines urgent hearing plea against EC's BLA directive

Kolkata, Aug. 18 -- The Calcutta High Court on Monday declined the urgent hearing plea of a Trinamool Congress leader against the decision of the Election Commission of India (EC) seeking names of Boo... Read More


PROTON, Jagdamba Motors launch Malaysia's first EV in Nepal

Nepal, Aug. 18 -- PROTON Malaysia, in partnership with Jagdamba Motors, officially launched the Proton e.MAS 7, Malaysia's first locally developed electric vehicle in Nepal. The partnership, establis... Read More


Study findings: 'Sunderbans saltwater crocodile population shows steady growth'

Kolkata, Aug. 18 -- The saltwater crocodile population in the Indian Sunderbans is estimated to be between 220 and 242, according to a new Forest department study released at Sajnekhali on Monday. Th... Read More


Academics object to members in Bengal V-C selection panels

Kolkata, Aug. 18 -- A section of Bengal's academic community has raised objections over the inclusion of certain members in the search-cum-selection committees tasked with appointing vice-chancellors ... Read More


Foreign national among two dead in Rahughat Hydropower mudslide, five others hurt

Nepal, Aug. 18 -- A landslide at the under-construction Rahughat Hydropower Project in Raghuganga Rural Municipality, Myagdi, has killed two workers and injured five others. The incident occurred at ... Read More


SC issues mandamus to advance long-delayed Gaur massacre case, names 130 including JSP-N Chair Yadav

Nepal, Aug. 18 -- The Supreme Court (SC) has issued a mandamus directing authorities to expedite the investigation into the 2007 Gaur massacre, in which 27 individuals lost their lives. The order name... Read More


122 citizens demand 'immediate' bail for ex-Janata Bank chairman Abul Barkat

Bangladesh, Aug. 18 -- A total of 122 prominent citizens have demanded that the court immediately bail former Janata Bank chairman Abul Barkat, who was arrested last month on corruption charges. The ... Read More


Elderly man suffering from cancer 'kills self'

Kolkata, Aug. 18 -- An elderly man suffering from cancer committed suicide by jumping from the third floor of an apartment inside a luxurious housing complex in Pragati Maidan on Sunday night. Accord... Read More


'Disgraceful assault on honour of every soldier'

Kolkata, Aug. 18 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday attacked the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh after an Army man was allegedly beaten up badly by some miscreants in Meerut. Calling the incident "... Read More