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Bhima Koregaon: Court pulls up prison officials for not replying to Dr Anand Teltumbde’s plea for home food
By Charul Shah | Hindustan Times, Mumbai
UPDATED ON NOV 27, 2020 12:29 AM IST
Teltumbde had moved an application for home food on August 28 where he had also raised issues related to his health. The court had directed the superintendent of Taloja jail to submit a report and also take him for a medical check-up.
Covid-19 safety protocols flouted during Dussehra celebrations in West Bengal
By Press Trust of India | Posted by Nilavro Ghosh | Kolkata
PUBLISHED ON OCT 29, 2020 10:48 AM IST
Pradip Sarkar, an MLA from the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) admitted the crowd was more than what was expected. Sarkar was among the organisers of the event and was present on the occasion.
Covid-19 curbs take a back seat on Dusshera in West Bengal’s Kharagpur
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
UPDATED ON OCT 28, 2020 11:39 PM IST
Thousands of people from Kharagpur and nearby villages gathered at the spot on Monday, to see the burning of the 54-feet effigy. While physical distancing between people took a back-seat many were not even wearing face masks raising the risk of transmission.
Uttarakhand village boy’s journey from being a porter to PhD scholar
By Kalyan Das | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
PUBLISHED ON SEP 16, 2020 02:05 PM IST
Virendra Rana, who belongs to a humble background, is the second among five siblings and his father is a retired havildar of the Indo-Tibet Border Police (ITBP)
Covid-19: IIT Kharagpur researchers develop AI-based system to track social distancing
By Press Trust of India| Posted by: Harshit Sabarwal | Kolkata
PUBLISHED ON JUN 13, 2020 01:51 PM IST
The team, under the leadership of professor Debashish Chakravarty and professor Aditya Bandopadhyay, has engineered a low-cost device which can detect the gap between individuals, a spokesperson of IIT-KGP said.
28 shops gutted in fire on IIT-Kharagpur campus, none injured
By Press Trust of India | Kharagpur
UPDATED ON APR 25, 2020 12:46 PM IST
“The fire broke out at Tech Market on the campus at 7.50 pm on Friday. Two fire tenders doused the blaze after two hours of firefight. There have been no reports of any casualty,” a fire brigade official said.
1 killed, 10 injured as bus collides with truck in Bengal
By Press Trust of India | Malda (West Bengal)
PUBLISHED ON FEB 27, 2020 04:05 PM IST
The bus, which had started from Kharagpur in West Medinipur district, was on its way to Bihar’s Purnia when it hit the truck from behind early Thursday, an officer of English Bazar police station said.
IIT Kharagpur Recruitment 2020: 88 Non-teaching vacancies on offer, apply before Feb 28
By Akhilesh Nagari | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON FEB 16, 2020 03:51 PM IST
The recruitment drive is being conducted to fill 88 non-teaching vacancies. Read on to know more...
IIT Kharagpur researchers use 50 wet clothes to generate electricity at dhobi ghat
By Asian News International | Kharagpur (West Bengal)
PUBLISHED ON NOV 04, 2019 02:07 PM IST
The clothes were connected to a commercial super-capacitor. In the process, the researchers were able to reliably charge up to around 10 volts in almost 24 hours. This stored energy is enough to glow a white LED for more than 1 hour.
Coal particles contaminating Mandovi river, found in oysters too: Study
By Gerard de Souza | Panaji
PUBLISHED ON OCT 31, 2019 03:28 PM IST
The study suspects that the river gets the mercury most likely from coal handling at Goa’s Mormugao Port though the mercury content in oysters was found to be within permissible limits.
14-year-old kills minor in Bengal, offers him as ‘sacrifice’ in black magic ritual
By Koushik Dutta | Hindustan Times, Midnapore
UPDATED ON SEP 22, 2019 04:58 PM IST
Hours after seven-year-old Rudra Nayak went missing, he was found in a pool of blood inside the house of his neighbour, a 14-year-old boy. Doctors at Kharagpur State Hospital declared Rudra dead on arrival.
IIT-B most preferred choice of top JEE-Advanced rankers
By Shreya Bhandary | Mumbai
UPDATED ON JUN 28, 2019 07:37 AM IST
The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) for IITs released the first seat allotment list on Thursday. All India Rank 1 in several categories, including general and female, have opted for the Computer Science course at IIT-B.
‘Mamata will play key role in forming new government’: N Chandrababu Naidu
By HT Correspondent | Lalgarh
UPDATED ON MAY 09, 2019 12:09 AM IST
On Thursday, Naidu and Banerjee are supposed to share the dias in Kharagpur, which comes under the Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency and goes to polls on May 12.
‘Didn’t want to share dais with expiry PM’: Mamata Banerjee attacks Modi
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAY 10, 2020 12:25 AM IST
While addressing a rally, Mamata Banerjee said that she did not want to share the dais with the PM.
Wipro, IIT-Kharagpur partner for advanced research in artificial intelligence and 5G
By HT Correspondent | PTI, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 28, 2019 09:02 PM IST
IT services major Wipro on Thursday said it has partnered with IIT Kharagpur to collaborate on industry-focused applied research in the areas of 5G and artificial intelligence (AI).
IIT-Kharagpur to start course on safe mining
By Vanita Srivastava | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAR 14, 2019 02:22 AM IST
The course is scheduled to start from the July semester and will have an intake capacity of 11.
Shivraj’s Murshidabad rally cancelled as West Bengal govt didn’t allow landing his chopper: BJP
By Press Trust of India | Kolkata
PUBLISHED ON FEB 06, 2019 03:42 PM IST
Chouhan, a BJP national vice-president, was scheduled to attend two rallies Wednesday - one at Baharampur in Murshidabad district and the other at Kharagpur in West Midnapore district.
IIT JAM admit card 2019 released at jam.iitkgp.ac.in
By Nilesh Mathur | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 08, 2019 01:19 PM IST
IIT JAM admit card 2019 : The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur has released the admit card for the Joint Admission Test (JAM) 2019.
Jailed Maoist launches fast-unto-death protest after failing to appear for NET
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON DEC 19, 2018 12:07 PM IST
The dropout from Indian Institute of Engineering (IIT) Kharagpur reached the exam venue after the gates were closed.
Gurugaman bus design represents Gurugram’s ‘cyber spirit’, say officials
By Rashpal Singh | Hindustan Times, Gurugram
UPDATED ON SEP 05, 2018 07:31 AM IST
Work on designing the buses started in December 2017 and the logo, showing two progressive lines of dark blue and light blue, signify earth and sky, respectively.
Minor tribal girl gang raped in Kharagpur, four held
By Koushik Dutta | Hindustan Times, Midnapore
PUBLISHED ON AUG 11, 2018 05:42 PM IST
A police complaint has been lodged against the accused under the Protection of Children From Sexual Offences (POSCO) Act.
AIIMS Delhi signs MoU with IIT Kharagpur for collaboration in education, research
By HT Correspondent | PTI, Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 23, 2018 05:20 PM IST
As part of the memorandum of understanding (MoU), the two institutions will explore the use of each other’s, facilities exchange and analysis of data for education and research purpose on mutually agreeable terms and conditions.
West Bengal woman burnt to death by husband’s family because of her dark skin
By Koushik Dutta | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
PUBLISHED ON MAY 29, 2018 02:25 PM IST
The woman gave birth to a girl one and half months ago and her family suspects it too could be a reason she was tortured.
Bengal: Agitators block rail tracks, NH-6 to protest Kathua-Unnao cases
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
UPDATED ON APR 20, 2018 03:35 PM IST
Lakhs of commuters were inconvenienced as the agitation paralysed rail and road movement for over four hours.
Bengal: Five die, 13 hurt after truck rams into eatery on NH6 in Kharagpur
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Bengal
UPDATED ON APR 05, 2018 09:44 PM IST
The driver of the truck lost control of the vehicle. The truck rammed into a roadside eatery near Gokulpur on NH 6.
Case against Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh for wielding bow and arrow at Ram Navami rally
By HT Correspondents | Hindustan Times, Midnapore/Kolkata
UPDATED ON MAR 26, 2018 11:48 PM IST
The case was filed against Ghosh comes after chief minister Mamata Banerjee directed the police to take strong action against anyone found brandishing weapons at religious rallies.