Tension gripped Odisha after the death of a college student due to self-immolation over the issue of sexual harassment by her college professor, with the Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) workers holding a massive protest in Balasore.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi spoke with the father of a brave young student from Balasore, Odisha, who lost her life after setting herself on fire in protest against alleged sexual harassment by a college professor.
Siliguri mayor Goutam Deb on Tuesday countered BJP MLA Dr Sankar Ghosh’s allegation that the Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) was stalling development projects under the MLA’s fund.
In a big and polyglossic country like India, language policy and language education are important and sensitive issues.
The recent uproar in Maharashtra over the mandatory inclusion of Hindi as a third language in state-run primary schools has revealed more than just pedagogical discontent.
A missile meant for one man instead killed 10 peo ple ~ six of them children ~ waiting in line to fill water containers.
Water resources are critical for economic growth, and essential for ecology. In India, water resources are under tremendous pressure. Water demand is continuously rising, and with high population growth, the per capita water availability is decreasing over time.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who is also the chairperson of the Trinamul Congress and the party’s national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee will take part in a rally tomorrow to protest against the harassment of Bengali- speaking people by various state governments.
V Solomon Nesakumar, additional commissioner of police, urged two-wheeler riders to drive carefully and observe traffic rules.
After providing training to the workers of the transport sector, the state government is now focussing on regularising the conductors of private and minibuses in West Bengal.
