The Trinamul Congress is planning to take an all-party delegation to Delhi to protest against the Centre’s decision to privatise 46 central public sector undertakings (PSUs), including 10 in Bengal....

A Class VIII history textbook of the Madhyamik board will be reviewed to rectify the “mistake of calling freedom fighter Khudiram Bose a terrorist”, education minister Partha Chatterjee said in th...

The postponed final semester exams of undergraduate and postgraduate courses will be held a month after the colleges and universities reopen following the withdrawal of the lockdown, education ministe...

Four days is all Gautam Pal got to create a statue of Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar to replace the bust vandalised at Vidyasagar College in May. “On June 4, my brother informed me that a messenger from m...

Stating that there were a few “stray post-poll clashes” in Bengal, the Mamata Banerjee government Sunday claimed that situation in the state was “under control” in a letter to the Centre which...

Calcutta University will teach its BTech students how to communicate in English, develop “appropriate pronunciation” and maintain decorum to appear more employable to potential recruiters.The abse...

Teachers of government-aided schools in Bengal will be posted in institutions in their respective districts, chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Tuesday.The state government has taken the deci...

Bengal on Monday became the fourth state in the country to have a resolution passed in the Assembly against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act as all parties, except the BJP, joined forces to condemn the...

It often seems as though politicians never had a childhood. They have forgotten how they tried to duck studies. The Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 for children between six and 14 yea...

Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee said on Monday that a committee tasked with choosing a vice-chancellor for Malda’s Gourbanga University had been asked to select a new VC. Swagata Sen had...