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A new technology platform, Scribe Bank, has launched to connect visually impaired students with verified volunteer scribes, ensuring they can take exams without being turned away. This initiative by Save the Quest, supported by Indian Oil, aims to bridge a critical gap in accessibility.

Priyadarshini Mallick, daughter of TMC leader Jyotipriya Mallick, has been removed as secretary of the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education. This follows her failure to resign as part of a departmental restructuring. Her name had also surfaced during the ED's probe into the PDS scam involving her father

jadavpur university, historically a left-liberal bastion, witnessed its first RSS morning drill involving staff members. This event, occurring shortly after the BJP's rise to power in the state, signifies a notable expansion of the RSS's presence in Bengal's prominent educational institutions. The drill included physical exercises and an intellectual session focused on nationalistic ideology.

Once Mamata Banerjee’s strongest urban constituency, Bengal’s bhadralok were driven up the wall by corruption, job scams, civic decay and the handling of the RG Kar rape and murder, write Dwaipayan Ghosh & Dipawali Mitra

BJP saw significant gains in assembly constituencies with substantial voter list deletions (SIR). The party's seat tally rose considerably in areas with over 25,000 deletions, and even more dramatically in those with fewer deletions.

West Bengal's election saw a political earthquake, with BJP's massive win overshadowing concerns about Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Analysis reveals voter deletions exceeded winning margins in numerous seats, particularly in areas with significant supplementary deletions. While some seats showed clear BJP gains, others indicated TMC erosion without a direct BJP benefit, highlighting complex local dynamics.