Calcutta

The ICSE council on Friday announced a curtailed syllabus for Classes IX to XII for academic year 2020-21, but students complained the reduction was insignificant because for the past three months the...

The Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations will assess examinees in the remaining ICSE and ISC papers based on a student’s average marks in the best three papers of the exams held ti...

When the pavement stalls in Gariahat reopened on May 27, the hawkers were asked to follow the odd-even formula of opening shops on alternate days to prevent overcrowding of shoppers. After more than ...

Many Covid patients admitted to private hospitals are reluctant to go home even if they are fit unless a test confirms they don’t have the virus anymore, doctors and officials said on Friday. S...

A 26-year-old motorcyclist died after he hit a truck that braked suddenly in front of him in Sector V on Friday, police said. The driver fled. In another accident, two bikers were injured when a car ...

The civil aviation ministry on Friday wrote to the Bengal government ur-ging it to reconsider its stand that domestic flights to the state from cities with high Covid prevalence be suspended for two w...

Masks, gloves and other shields used by people who have not tested positive for Covid-19 or are not home quarantined should be kept aside for 72 hours and then thrown with other waste, a guideline by ...

The state joint entrance examination board has decided to connect to the engineering aspirants through Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp to share information on the prospects of studying engineering an...

Justice Protik Prakash Banerjee, a sitting judge of Calcutta High Court, died on Friday morning after a cardiac arrest. He was 51. Enrolled on January 25, 1995, Banerjee was appointed as an additiona...

“The man was identified and admitted to NRS Medical College and Hospital. He is believed to have inflicted the wounds on himself,” said an officer of the south division. Several voices in...