West Bengal News

Heads of the two universities, that witnessed intense student agitations including lock-ins of the officials, Tuesday met West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan apprising him of the situation and urging him to take firm action. Jadavpur University vice chancellor Souvik Bhattacharya, ...

Indian trainee doctors will for the first time have an opportunity to interact with faculty members of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) London, one of the world's oldest medical institutions. Titled 'Medicon International 2013', the maiden two-day conference beginning ...

Department of Industrial Engineering and Management of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, conducts short term course on Asset Management of Engineering Systems. Course Contents: The course will address the following main issues: Present industrial situations and ...

Twenty girls from different parts of Jammu and Kashmir are on a visit to Kolkata as part of the 'Bharat Darshan' tour organised by the Border Security Force. The trip is aimed at acquainting the girls, many of them from ...

Engineering students of Jadavpur University have been on a relay hunger-strike since last night which they went on shortly after lifting a 51-hour gherao of the VC, Pro VC and the registrar demanding revocation of the suspension of two students for ...

Vice-Chancellor, Pro-VC and registrar of the prestigious Jadavpur University continued to be under gherao since last evening by students who demanded withdrawal of suspension order on two students on a ragging charge. The university authority, however, refused to give in ...

Around 1,000 Christian-run schools remained closed across West Bengal Thursday in protest against police inaction and vandalism of a school following a minor girl student's death Sep 11 allegedly due to ragging. Observing a 'Black Day', Calcutta Diocese of the Church ...

Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (IISWBM), Kolkata, invites applications for admission to Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Human Resource Management (MHRM) programmes commencing in 2013. Eligibility:The Candidates should have a Bachelor degree in any ...

University of Calcutta, Kolkata, invites application forms for admission to Master of Law (LL.M) course commencing in 2013. University offers LL.M course admission in Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri Law College, Kolkata. 50% of the total number of seats in the ...

More than 1,000 Christian-run schools will observe Sep 19 as a 'black day' and remain shut in protest against police "inaction" during the vandalism of a West Bengal school following the death of a minor girl student, the archbishop of Calcutta ...

Country's premier business school, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM-C) clinched the 19th rank among the top 20 management institutes of the world, a release said. IIM-C has been ranked as one of the best management institutes in the world ...

Four students were arrested and 22 others were suspended, following complaints of ragging against them in two colleges of Hooghly district. While four students of century old Government College of Engineering & Textile Technology, Serampore, were arrested, 22 students of ...

IIT Kharagpur Vision 2020 Initiative: Director announces major investment in research through Enhanced Infrastructural Facilities and Challenge Grants  In his first open house interaction with all faculty members as Director of IIT Kharagpur, Prof P P Chakrabarti, emphasised on a ...

As many as 22 students of an institute here will take off to the US Sep 19 for an intensive workshop at the Kennedy Space Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The students of M. C. Kejriwal ...