The incident comes close on the heels of a Bangladeshi student of Visva Bharati University being issued a similar directive by the FRRO after she posted photographs of an anti-CAA demonstration, held on the campus, on social media.
'There will be positive growth, but if you ask me whether we are going to have the original growth rate of 8%, the answer will be, no.'
Kolkata software engineer who scored a perfect 100 percentile in CAT 2011 says that he is looking forward to he wants to be an investment banker and will join IIM-Calcutta because it is the best management institute to study finance.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday defended the arrest of a Jadavpur University professor over his cartoons on the internet putting her in poor light and she blamed Communist Party of India-Marxist for raising trivial issues to "malign" her.
While a multitude of engineers are increasingly opting for career opportunities outside their primary field, some chooseto pursue their passion by taking up research in their choice of specialisation. Meet these GATE toppers.
'Each lab is working on a key advanced technology of importance to the development of futuristic defence.'
Criticising the saffron party for "undermining democratic values" in the country, the chief minister said, "Democracy exists in Bengal but it is under threat in several other parts of the country."
Debanjan Ballav, a student of Sanskrit College and member of Left radical United Democratic Students Front, told reporters that it was Babul Supriyo who had threatened and abused him when he wanted to speak of the concerns about lakhs of people who were rendered homeless due to the National Register of Citizens' exercise in Assam.
Several students organisation, civil society groups and parties cutting across political lines took out rallies in various parts of Kolkata and the state to protest against the violence that rocked JNU.
'There is no discipline here -- only autocracy. The state is not governed by any democratic ideology. Democracy has ceased to exist here.'
When he takes over as the CEO of Berger Paints in June 2012, he would have spent over 16 years with the company in different capacities. He had begun this journey in 1994 as a product manager.
Jadavpur University students, who were beaten up and arrested for protesting against the university's apathy over a sexual assault on campus, talk to Sumit Bhattacharya about a night of horrors.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly and Wriddhiman Saha hit unbeaten centuries to take Bengal out of the rut after a top order collapse against Delhi on the opening day in their Ranji Trophy Super League encounter at the Jadavpur University ground in Salt Lake on Tuesday.
Refuting allegations of brutal lathi charge on Jadavpur university students, Kolkata police commissioner Surajit Kar Purakayastha on Thursday said the situation could have turned worse had the police not intervened as there were reports of armed miscreants entering the campus.
'Thanks to Mamata's shameless way of wooing Muslims, Hindus in large numbers have started aligning with us,' says Bengal's BJP boss Dilip Ghosh.
Bose, a grandnephew of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah have categorically noted the Citizenship (Amendment) Act is not based on religion.
The cowardly act of terrorism has not dented his strength. He will continue to visit Mumbai and like always, will stay at the Oberoi-Trident.
'What can be applicable in Manipur may not make sense in Bengal'
A video of Bharatiya Janata Party state president Dilip Ghosh apparently suggesting West Bengal chief minister should wear bermuda shorts to display her injured leg has triggered controversy with the ruling Trinamool Congress slamming it as a 'distasteful comment' and women expressing outrage over the remark in social media.
History of sorts was created in Kolkata when about 60,000 people took to the streets of the West Bengal capital on Saturday demanding resignation of Jadavpur University vice-chancellor even as West Bengal Governor K N Tripathi intervened to end the four-day old stalemate in the prestigious educational institution.
Jadavpur University, Kolkata, invites applications for admission to its M Tech programme in Distributed and Mobile Computing.
Mukherjee, a two-time Lok Sabha MP from his father's pocket borough of Jangipur, said he joined the Mamata Banerjee-led party because she has taken a strong stand on this issue.
The abusers probably mistook the students with mongoloid features for nationals of China from where novel coronavirus had spread worldwide.
Rishabh Pant cracked a fourth successive fifty-plus score to lead Delhi's eight-wicket rout of Tamil Nadu while Baroda, Mumbai and Punjab also secured wins in their respective Super League matches of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy, in Kolkata on Sunday.
The opener was unbeaten on 139 in Mumbai's score of 254 for 1 on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy match against Bengal.
Mumbai beat Bengal by an innings and 132 runs victory on the fourth and final day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group A match.
Opener Arindam Das struck a fine knock of 111 to give Bengal a headstart against Karnataka on the opening day\nof the Ranji Trophy group league match.
Amartyada, says Omkar Goswami, thank you for being the humane, caring and socially concerned economist that you are.
A youth was arrested in Malda district of West Bengal on the charge of making a derogatory remark against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Facebook.
Pranab Bardhan became the oldest man in Indian contingent to win a medal at the 18th Asian Games as he joined forces with Shibhnath Sarkar to clinch gold in men's pair event of the bridge competition.
The PM's visit comes at a time when West Bengal has been witnessing widespread protests against the contentious Citizenship Act.
Lukman Meriwala's fifer was the cornerstone of Baroda's thumping nine-wicket win over Chhattisgarh
'They are our go-to men, our trouble-shooters.' 'They draw their strength from remaining low-key and accessible only to our workers.'
IIT-Bombay, IIT-Delhi, IISc-Bangalore are among top 200 in prestigious QS global rankings 2020.
In his four years as state party chief, Dilip Ghosh has put his foot in his mouth repeatedly. This hasn't stopped him from getting elected as a legislator in 2016 and as an MP last year.
An SFI member was hospitalised and several others suffered minor injuries in the attack that comes a week after BJP MP Swapan Dasgupta was heckled by Left-leaning students at the university. SFI blamed the ABVP for the attack, however the latter said attackers were TMC members.
Jadavpur University students on Friday did not allow the Registrar and Pro-Vice Chancellor to enter the campus and boycotted classes for the second consecutive day in protest against police action on them two days ago.
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