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Students design unique device to pick mangoes

In what could send cheers among mango growers and the legions swearing by the king of fruits, a city-based management school has collaborated with a Jaipur counterpart to invent a device for picking mangoes from trees in a modern and scientific manner.

Seating capacity at Salt Lake stadium to be brought down

 Salt Lake stadium is set to undergo renovation ahead of under-17 FIFA World Cup 2017; seating capacity is going to be reduced.

Students not keen on joining politics in colleges

Following the death of SFI leader Sudipta Gupta and sub-inspector Tapas Chowdhury — both resulting from campus politics — not many Class 12 passouts are willing to join politics in colleges.

Manish Gupta testifies before July 21 panel

Power minister Manish Gupta distanced himself from the report he sent to the Centre on the police firing on July 21, 1993 that killed 13 Youth Congress workers in the city while deposing before the July 21 commission yesterday.

Bihar: Nitish set to win trust vote as BJP MLAs walk out of assembly

Six Bihar BJP MLAs are likely to resign in favour of Nitish govt, according to a TV report.The BJP MLAs today accused Nitish Kumar of betraying mandate and walked out of the House boycotting confidence vote moved by him. BJP to sit in Opposition

Rallying point: Park Street rape victim takes to the streets

What started off as another protest march against rape quickly turned into a platform for revelation.

Cutting across political divide, intellectuals unite

Plan stir against the spate of rapes & deteriorating law and order situation in West Bengal

Writer's women employees join protest bandwagon

Women employees at the state secretariat, Writers’ Buildings, put up a demonstration against growing cases of rape and atrocities against women in the state.

Women’s security to top Mamata's rural election campaign

With her government drawing flak over the perceived slide in law and order and the continuing spiral in incidents of crime against women, chief minister Mamata Banerjee is set to top her campaign pitch with a pledge to arrest the grim trend and ensure better security for women.

Casteist remark lands TMC leader in trouble

Victims also accuse leader of threatening them after they refused to give land.

Tribal woman raped in moving bus, accused held

A 25-year-old tribal girl was allegedly raped by the helper of an air-conditioned luxury bus in which she was travelling, police on Tuesday said.

BJP exit raises concerns of policy reversal

The resignations of the 11 ministers of the BJP from the Bihar government have raised concerns as to whether policy decisions taken under their charge will endure, Rai Atul Krishna reports.

Nitish Kumar to seek vote of confidence today

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar will seek a vote of confidence in a special assembly session convened today after the formal break-up of ties between his party, the JD(U), and BJP. Anirban Guha Roy reports.

Top Maoist leader arrested from Patna hospital

A self-styled Maoist commander believed to have planted an IED in the belly of a dead soldier in January this year was arrested today from a Patna hospital.

Karma's family to get Z+ security in Chhattisgarh

The Centre has decided to provide 'Z plus' security to the family of the late Congress leader Mahendra Karma, who was killed by Maoists in an attack in Chhattisgarh last month.
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