The West Bengal Assembly had passed an amendment bill raising the number of members in the search committee set up for appointing vice-chancellors in state-run universities from three to five.

According to the police, probe indicates that the rape-accused man was kidnapped on the day of the incident as alleged in his counter-complaint. Meanwhile, the cops are yet to corroborate the allegation of rape.

Amit Shah also dared West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to suspend from the TMC the ministers and leaders who have been arrested in connection with multiple scams.

While the practice of setting up book stalls to ramp up political outreach was first introduced by the undivided Communist Party of India in the 1950s but over the years more political parties have embraced it

“Earlier, there was Sedition Law; now, in the name of withdrawing those provisions, they are introducing more severe and arbitrary measures in the proposed Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which can affect citizens more gravely,” the chief minister wrote on ‘X’.

A total of 13 districts have seen reshuffles, with several district magistrates swapped between northern and southern districts.

Father says his son was targeted by school after he mobilised parents for fee cut