5L plus students appear for HS exams this year
The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education Examination (WBCHSE) kicked off today with more than five lakh students appearing for the board exams.
The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education Examination (WBCHSE) kicked off today with more than five lakh students appearing for the board exams.
Indian Navy's Motor Car Rally Expedition on the East Coast was flagged off by Naval Officer-in-Charge (West Bengal) from INS Netaji Subhas, Kolkata on Monday.
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) is embarking on a significant political and organisational transformation, aiming to consolidate its base in Jharkhand while expanding its influence in Bihar and West Bengal.
Demanding immediate holding of students’ union elections in Jadavpur University (JU) SFI and other left-backed students’ organisations allegedly damaged the education minister’s car and set fire on the Trinamul Shiksha Bandhu Samiti office inside the university campus on Saturday.
A political storm has erupted in West Bengal over the issue of proxy voting and alleged illegal voters.
According to the data released by the state health department, the state recorded 24,287 fresh cases on Sunday taking the total number of active cases to 78,111 - the second highest in the country after Maharashtra that recorded 2,05,973 active cases.
Swasthya Bhavan has directed that students’ hostels be vacated and they be asked to return home. Around 70 doctors and nurses of N R S Hospital and their 80 colleagues at Calcutta National Medical College are in home isolations after contracting the infection. At Chittaranjan Seva Sadan in south Kolkata, 36 doctors have tested Covid positive; the figure at the dental college is more than 30.
In the evening, there was pandemonium in stations like Howrah, Sealdah, Bidhannagar and Burdwan where passengers were fighting for space to catch the train. At Howrah Station, a large number of commuters protested in front of the station master room demanding to push the timing of the last local train. Similar scenes were reported from Sealdah, Bidhannagar and Dasnagar railway stations.
A maximum number of 500 people are allowed in a political party meeting conducted in an open space (big ground with separate entry and exit). A maximum number of 200 people, or 50 per cent of the seating capacity of the hall are allowed in a political party meeting conducted in a conference hall,”
According to a state health department official, though the infection rate is high, 80 per cent of the infected are asymptomatic and 17 per cent of the symptomatic patients are being treated at home. Only 3 per cent need hospitalization and the death rate is also very low.
