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Question stumps HS examinees
Examinees complained of inadequate information in a question of the Higher Secondary mathematics paper on Monday. The term “coefficient” was missing in the fourth question. The students wasted their time on the sum and could not focus on the other questions, teachers alleged. “The matter will be placed before council’s examination committee for discussion,” said Debashis Sarkar, the secretary of the West Bengal Council for Higher Secondary Education.
Two flights cancelled
Air India cancelled two flights on Monday as the pilots had exhausted their flying duty time limitation (FDTL). The Calcutta-Aizawl-Imphal flight, carrying 167 passengers, was scheduled to take off at 11.50am but was delayed because of bad weather at Aizawl. It could not take off around 1pm, when the weather had improved, as the pilot’s FDTL was over. The passengers will be taken on separate flights to Aizawl and Imphal on Tuesday. The Calcutta-Ahmedabad-Jaipur flight was also cancelled because the pilot’s FDTL was over. Its 52 passengers were sent via Mumbai and Delhi.
Jail custody
Bhola Shaw, 25, and Sanjay Sil, 19, were sent to 14 days’ jail custody on Monday. Both were arrested after they allegedly tried to kill Bhola’s mother Debanti Shaw, 50, by tying a wire around her neck. Bhola wanted his mother’s job as a railway sweeper.
Tanker hits cab
A taxi driver, Shyam Kishore Chowdhury, 36, was injured when a tanker rammed into his vehicle, parked in front of Metro cinema, at 1.55am on Monday. Chowdhury, who was sleeping on the back seat with the door open, sustained head injuries. The tanker driver fled.
Dead on road
Bhagaban Das Banerjee, 55, a resident of Sikdar Bagan Street, was found unconscious near Sinthee More around 8.45am on Monday. A radio flying squad police car rushed him to RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival. Preliminary investigations said Banerjee had a cardiac problem and had already suffered three heart attacks.
Knocked down
Two pedestrians were knocked down by a private bus (WB 19A-3787), on route 13A, in front of St Andrew’s Church, near the north-east corner of Writers’ Buildings, on Monday. Sunil Pramanik, 40, and Ashok Modak, 47, both residents of Rabindra Sarani, were rushed to Medical College and Hospital. The driver and conductor of the bus fled. The vehicle has been impounded.
Thumbs Up
TO LC 46 for celebrating Women’s Day by organising a function for mothers of special children of Institute of Child Health Care
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