In a bid to ease the pressure on the students, the state government has decided to do away with the homework. State school education minister Partha De announced this on Wednesday.

Amidst much speculation, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) here on Wednesday commenced interrogation of former Gujarat minister Amit Shah in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.

Another person fell victim to the H1N1 influenza in the city putting the death toll to two so far. The deceased Usha Sangvi, 62, died at a private hospital in the afternoon.
The resident of Watgunge was detected with the swine flu virus on July 26. “She was put on the ventilator at B.M. Birla Heart Research Centre since her admission. At a

The CBI’s voluminous chargesheet clearly pinpoints Gujarat minister of state for home entrusted the task of eliminating Sohrabuddin to his three trusted lieutenants, IPS officers, D.G. Vanzara, Rajkumar Pandiyan and Abhay Chudasama.

The state government on Wednesday for the first time announced the surrender and rehabilitation policy for the Naxals and the Maoists. According to it, if a Naxal or Maoist surrenders, he or she will get Rs 2,000 per month for 36 months, besides getting vocational training at free of cost.

The Centre has said that elements in Pakistan with the support of separatists were fomenting trouble in Jammu and Kashmir.
Minister of state for home affairs Ajay Maken said that the government is aware of anti-India elements based in Pakistan provoking the people of Kashmir with the support of certain sections of secessionist groups based in Kashmir on various pretexts to arouse the public sentiments.

Three new medical colleges will start functioning from the academic session in 2011. State health minister Suryakanta Mishra made this announcement in the Assembly on Wednesday.

The state government has asked Tata Motors for its plans for the abandoned Nano project site at Singur. This was revealed by state industry minister Nirupam Sen in the Assembly. He was replying to a question from Congress Legislature Party leader Manas Bhunia.

Railway minister and Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Wednesday evening to draw his attention to law and order situation in West Bengal as also the situation in Lalgarh where, she has already declared, she would be holding a party rally on August 9.

In over 9,000 cases of attrition in Central paramilitary forces this year, the CRPF has reported the highest with 3,522 personnel quitting their job. Minister of state for home affairs Ajay Maken informed Parliament that the personnel are quitting the forces for varying reasons such as domestic problems, deployment in remote and difficult