BEd exam put off

Calcutta, May 18: This year’s BEd exam-inations have been postponed indefinitely.

Advocate-general Balai Ray informed the high court about the government’s decision today during the hearing of a case relating to BEd colleges whose registrations had been cancelled.

The government, he added, will challenge the validity of the National Council for Teachers’ Education Act, which makes the council’s affiliation mandatory for all BEd colleges. Some 30 of them, affiliated to Calcutta, Kalyani, Vidyasagar and Burdwan universities, were running BEd courses without the council’s approval till the high court ordered them to stop classes.

JU arrest

Calcutta: Two Jadavpur University students were arrested on Thursday evening for stealing the varsity’s property to buy beer. Police said the chemical engineering students stole scrap iron from the campus.

Howrah mill

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed police to provide security to Howrah Mills, which wants to sell a part of its land. Three persons have claimed co-ownership of the plot posing a hurdle to the sale. The mill moved court allegedly after the local police station refused help.