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Bhima Koregaon: Court pulls up prison officials for not replying to Dr Anand Teltumbde’s plea for home food
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.
Updated on Nov 27, 2020 12:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | Charul Shah
Covid-19 safety protocols flouted during Dussehra celebrations in West Bengal
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.
Published on Oct 29, 2020 10:48 AM IST
Kolkata | Press Trust of India | Posted by Nilavro Ghosh
Covid-19 curbs take a back seat on Dusshera in West Bengal’s Kharagpur
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.
Updated on Oct 28, 2020 11:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | HT Correspondent
Uttarakhand village boy’s journey from being a porter to PhD scholar
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)
Published on Sep 16, 2020 02:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | Kalyan Das
Covid-19: IIT Kharagpur researchers develop AI-based system to track social distancing
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.
Published on Jun 13, 2020 01:51 PM IST
Kolkata | Press Trust of India| Posted by: Harshit Sabarwal
28 shops gutted in fire on IIT-Kharagpur campus, none injured
“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.
Updated on Apr 25, 2020 12:46 PM IST
Kharagpur | Press Trust of India
1 killed, 10 injured as bus collides with truck in Bengal
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.
Published on Feb 27, 2020 04:05 PM IST
Malda (West Bengal) | Press Trust of India
IIT Kharagpur Recruitment 2020: 88 Non-teaching vacancies on offer, apply before Feb 28
The recruitment drive is being conducted to fill 88 non-teaching vacancies. Read on to know more...
Published on Feb 16, 2020 03:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Akhilesh Nagari
IIT Kharagpur researchers use 50 wet clothes to generate electricity at dhobi ghat
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.
Published on Nov 04, 2019 02:07 PM IST
Kharagpur (West Bengal) | Asian News International
Coal particles contaminating Mandovi river, found in oysters too: Study
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.
Published on Oct 31, 2019 03:28 PM IST
Panaji | Gerard de Souza
14-year-old kills minor in Bengal, offers him as ‘sacrifice’ in black magic ritual
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.
Updated on Sep 22, 2019 04:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Midnapore | Koushik Dutta
IIT-B most preferred choice of top JEE-Advanced rankers
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.
Updated on Jun 28, 2019 07:37 AM IST
Mumbai | Shreya Bhandary
‘Mamata will play key role in forming new government’: N Chandrababu Naidu
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.
Updated on May 09, 2019 12:09 AM IST
Lalgarh | HT Correspondent
‘Didn’t want to share dais with expiry PM’: Mamata Banerjee attacks Modi
While addressing a rally, Mamata Banerjee said that she did not want to share the dais with the PM.
Updated on May 10, 2020 12:25 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Wipro, IIT-Kharagpur partner for advanced research in artificial intelligence and 5G
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).
Published on Mar 28, 2019 09:02 PM IST
PTI, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
IIT-Kharagpur to start course on safe mining
The course is scheduled to start from the July semester and will have an intake capacity of 11.
Updated on Mar 14, 2019 02:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Vanita Srivastava
Shivraj’s Murshidabad rally cancelled as West Bengal govt didn’t allow landing his chopper: BJP
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.
Published on Feb 06, 2019 03:42 PM IST
Kolkata | Press Trust of India
IIT JAM admit card 2019 released at jam.iitkgp.ac.in
IIT JAM admit card 2019 : The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur has released the admit card for the Joint Admission Test (JAM) 2019.
Published on Jan 08, 2019 01:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Nilesh Mathur
Jailed Maoist launches fast-unto-death protest after failing to appear for NET
The dropout from Indian Institute of Engineering (IIT) Kharagpur reached the exam venue after the gates were closed.
Updated on Dec 19, 2018 12:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent
Gurugaman bus design represents Gurugram’s ‘cyber spirit’, say officials
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.
Updated on Sep 05, 2018 07:31 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Gurugram | Rashpal Singh
Minor tribal girl gang raped in Kharagpur, four held
A police complaint has been lodged against the accused under the Protection of Children From Sexual Offences (POSCO) Act.
Published on Aug 11, 2018 05:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Midnapore | Koushik Dutta
AIIMS Delhi signs MoU with IIT Kharagpur for collaboration in education, research
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.
Updated on Jul 23, 2018 05:20 PM IST
PTI, Delhi | HT Correspondent
West Bengal woman burnt to death by husband’s family because of her dark skin
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.
Published on May 29, 2018 02:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | Koushik Dutta
Bengal: Agitators block rail tracks, NH-6 to protest Kathua-Unnao cases
Lakhs of commuters were inconvenienced as the agitation paralysed rail and road movement for over four hours.
Updated on Apr 20, 2018 03:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | HT Correspondent
Bengal: Five die, 13 hurt after truck rams into eatery on NH6 in Kharagpur
The driver of the truck lost control of the vehicle. The truck rammed into a roadside eatery near Gokulpur on NH 6.
Updated on Apr 05, 2018 09:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bengal | HT Correspondent
Case against Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh for wielding bow and arrow at Ram Navami rally
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.
Updated on Mar 26, 2018 11:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Midnapore/Kolkata | HT Correspondents