Amit Banerjee

An award-winning doctor, who was appointed vice-chancellor of West Bengal University of Health Sciences (WBUHS) was removed from his post after only two days. Amit Banerjee, a cardio-thoracic surgeon, says he was stunned when he was informed via email that the government had not "accepted his assuming charge as V-C".

Calcutta High Court on Monday granted bail to the company’s agent Amit Banerjee in connection to the case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate.

Nandita, the Gold Medalist of Rabindra Bharati University and Research scholar at Viswabharati recently released her new Rabindra Sangeet album “Birohi”.

Private universities, deemed to be universities, engineering colleges and private colleges in the state do not have the provision to hold students' union election on their campuses.

Revenue divisional commissioner A B Ota probing the October 17 SUM Hospital fire mishap, on Monday sought information about the tragedy from persons who had witnessed it.

The department of Economics of Allahabad University organised a blood donation camp commemorating the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. The department had set the goal of collecting 75 units of blood which they did successfully.

The in-vitro fertilisation experts cannot oblige them till the Indian Council of Medical Research issues proper guidelines.

Executing the court order, a large team from Chandannagore Police reached the area to evict the club, which had encroached a field in Hatirkul.

ALLAHABAD: Voluntary Blood Donors Forum (VBDF) will be participating in the October 1 bicycle rally between Allahabad and Lucknow, to coincide with the all India Blood Donation Day, according to the unanimous decision reached by city based NGOs meeting here on Tuesday.

The West Bengal University of Health Sciences (WBUHS) has finally got a vice-chancellor (VC) after a gap of nearly two years.

Nearly 50% people suffering from burn injuries in India die against 2% to 4% in developed countries.

Now that the monsoon has arrived in the city, people are at a graver risk than that posed by potholes: open manholes.

Hours ahead of the curtain going up on the 31st Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the state emboldened by the record participants of six women on Friday heightened the sound of cheer.

Booksellers A H Wheeler, which has been a part of railway history in the country, is back in business. The chain of book stores, which had 500 outlets and spread across 258 railway stations in north and central India was discontinued from October 2004 by the then railway minister Lalu Prasad during the UPA-I regime.

After a long gap of 7 years, Tenida and his merry band of goons are returning to the big screen. Directed by Rajsekhar Soam, the upcoming comedy flick is based on Narayan Gangopadhyay’s famous story ‘Kambal Niruddesh’.

The SOA University on Sunday announced launching of a pan-Odisha project to address oral cancer in the state.

A 23-year-old man from Memnagar committed suicide by ostensibly strangling himself with a bedsheet in his bedroom on Wednesday, according to a complaint for accidental death registered at Vastrapur police station.