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Heatwave: Summer vacation brought forward

With the sun beating down mercilessly, propelling mercury to touch 40 degrees Celsius in some of the districts in south Bengal, the state school education department, taking no chances, has brought forward the summer vacation from the date announced earlier.

Patna HC allows caste-based survey in Bihar

The caste-based survey will continue in Bihar after the Patna High Court lifted the temporary ban on Tuesday and dismissed pleas challenging the Nitish Kumar government's decision.

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It is a measure of the general resentment against the eleven-day extension of summer vacation in schools that the West Bengal government’s decision has caused a flutter in the roost.