Lucknow: A two-day international seminar on the significance of Dharmachakrapravartana Divas began at Mulagandha Kuti Vihara in Sarnath on Wednesday, bringing together Buddhist monks, scholars and researchers from India and abroad.The seminar is being jointly organised by the International Buddhist Research Institute, Lucknow, under the UP culture department and the Mahabodhi Society of India, Sarnath.The…
Kolkata: The state govt will not issue no-objection certificates (NOCs) to new private higher educational institutions for the next two years. Existing private colleges will undergo a comprehensive inspection of their infrastructure, fee structures and overall eligibility to continue operations.Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, speaking after a meeting at Bikash Bhavan, said the govt would link…
Kolkata: Two bikers snatched a high-end smartphone from a young woman standing in front of the University of Calcutta’s College Street campus. The bike they were on reportedly had no numberplate on it, CCTV footage revealed.The woman claimed ever since, she had been receiving obscene messages, linking it with the snatching. The incident took place…
Kolkata: Controversy over the renaming of Park Circus’s Suhrawardy Avenue as Gopal Mukherjee Road intensified on Monday, with CM Suvendu Adhikari indicating that more such renamings could follow, while Trinamool, Congress and Left leaders accused the BJP govt of conflating educationist Hassan Suhrawardy, after whom the road was named, with former undivided Bengal prime minister…
New Delhi: A Parliamentary Standing Committee has questioned whether MCQ-based entrance tests are appropriate for humanities and social science disciplines, expressing concern that the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) may limit institutions such as Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in fulfilling their statutory mandate of ensuring socio-economic and regional diversity in admissions.The observations were made in…
Kolkata: Undergraduate students at Calcutta University will now receive a clear academic calendar before the start of the new session so they do not face trouble due to sudden announcements about examinations. The university has prepared an academic plan for each semester, including the expected number of classes and the start of examinations.Recently, the university…
