The Kolkata Literary Meet at the book fair seems to have been plagued by Salman Rushdie controversy. A high-profile session at the KLM on Sunday saw the participation of none other than Nobel laureate Amartya Sen who took a dig at the fundamentalists for protesting against Mr Rushdie’s visit to Kolkata. He said that such actions distracted attention from the real problems of underdevelopment and poverty that Muslims face.

After introducing academic audit at the universities and general degree colleges, the West Bengal State Council for Secondary Education (WBUT) is conducting inspections of self-funded institutes affiliated to them to eliminate dubious claims and to improve quality. As many as 216 colleges or institutes would be inspected over two phases and is set to be completed by April.

A complaint has been filed against a college student for sharing cartoons of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on his Facebook account.

Former Trinamul Congress MLA and strongman of Bhangar Arabul Islam was finally arrested for allegedly orchestrating an attack on CPI(M) MLA Abdur Rezzak Mollah at Kantatala in Bhangar in South 24 Parg

The Jadavpur University (JU) has raised the bar of selection of the post of a professor. Only the top 30 applicants for a vacant teaching post would be called for seminar presentation and interview in accordance with the new selection procedure for recruitment of teachers.

In a damage control exercise, chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday handed over a cheque of `2 lakhs to the wife of Tehatta police firing victim and offered a job to their son.

In a damage control exercise, chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday handed over a cheque of `2 lakhs to the wife of Tehatta police firing victim and offered a job to their son.

The principal of a girls school and some other teachers were gheraoed for 20 hours by the students who had failed in the Class 12 test.

After Joka I and Joka II panchayats been merged with the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), the Trinamul Congress-led civic board is in the process of cutting a slice out of Maheshtala municipality and take it back in its jurisdiction.

At a time when the state government is taking steps to implement Right to Education (RTE) Act in the state, the education department is opening up 15 residential schools for slum children.