-The Telegraph Kolkata: The MAMata Banerjee government has decided to return nearly 10,000 acres from its land bank to 30,000-odd original owners by the end of the year with an eye on electoral gains, officials said. No one in the government would go on record but The Telegraph has seen a land and land reforms department order, sent to the departments holding the plots and the district authorities, to start the land-return...
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Indian dolphin, elephant among top 100 MAMmals facing extinction: Zoological society of London -Kounteya Sinha
-The Times of India LONDON: India's Gangetic river dolphin and wild elephants figure in the latest 100 top MAMmals on the verge of extinction. The Zoological Society of London have for the first time scored the world's MAMmals according to how Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) they are. The list that includes the world's most extraordinary threatened species - frogs that give birth through their skin and MAMmals that are immune to...
More »Education dept finally starts process to reimburse RTE bills -Baninder Rahi
-The Indian Express Chandigarh: To meet the long-pending demand of private schools, the UT Education Department has finally initiated the process of reimbursing the bills submitted by private schools regarding the expenditure incurred on the economic weaker section (EWS) students and disadvantaged groups admitted under the RTE Act for the past three years. To verify the bills, the department has asked the schools to submit documents containing information regarding the number of...
More »Win-all: HC judgment favours both EC, Didi
-The Hindustan Times The vexed issue of West Bengal panchayat polls has finally had an "amicable settlement" - which gives more time to the MAMata Banerjee government to prepare for the polls and upholds her demand for the use of state police for security. Instead of June, the state gets time till July 15 and the three-phase poll will be held with the help of the state armed police, said a division...
More »Setback for MAMata Banerjee: Calcutta High Court orders 3-phase panchayat polls in West Bengal by July 15 -Monideepa Banerjie
-NDTV The Calcutta High Court today disposed off an appeal by the state government against the order of the single bench last Friday by ordering panchayat elections by July 15 in three phases with forces from other states and central forces if necessary. The court also asked the state to provide 400 observers. Earlier, the state had said they would provide only 256. The court also ordered that the state government, in consultation...
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