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QKolkata: Govt Will Let JU Be For Now, Says Partha & More

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1. Govt Will Let JU Be For Now: Partha

Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said on Friday that Jadavpur University (JU) would run the way it should be and the state government would "do the needful only when it is necessary".

Asked to comment on the agitation at JU after entrance tests had been scrapped, the minister said: " Jadavpur je bhabe cholar Jadavpur se bhabe cholbe - cholte din (Jadavpur will run they way it should - let it run)."

The education minister added: " Sarkar-er ja koronio ta samay moto korbe (The government will do what it should do when it is necessary)."

(Source: The Telegraph)

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2. Five Minutes To Make Potholes Go

A quick fix for cratered city roads is on the way in the form of two truck-mounted pothole repairing machines that can complete in five minutes what a contingent of workers usually needs more than 30 minutes to do.

A road can be reopened to traffic almost immediately after the potholes are filled, unlike when manual repairs are carried out. Just a 15-minute gap between two spells of rain will enable a machine to fix several potholes on the same stretch, something that is almost impossible for workers to do manually.

(Source: The Telegraph)

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3. Formalin Scare Triggers Fish Fear

The city has barely come out of a meat scare when a fish crisis is threatening to unfold.

Reports that formalin has been found in fish imported from Andhra Pradesh may lead to a halt in procurement from the southern state and a spurt in prices, traders fear.

More than half the fish consumed in Calcutta is from Andhra Pradesh.

Formalin is a preservative that can lead to cancer if consumed over a period of time. The chemical can also cause nausea and other ailments in the short term.

(Source: The Telegraph)

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4. Driving Class Exposes Ignorance

Questions on basic traffic rules invited rather confusing replies from a class of 30-odd drivers of state-run buses who attended a training on Friday.

"An amber light means you have to pass slowly," said one. A few others thought the amber light was an indicator for vehicles to slow down. No one, however, mentioned that a blinking amber light also meant it was time to get ready before the signal turned green.

The 90-minute class for veteran bus drivers at the Calcutta Traffic Training School in Tallah Park underlined the need for refreshing skills and lessons learned long ago.

(Source: The Telegraph)

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5. HC Orders Probe In Assault Case

The high court on Friday directed Maniktala police station to start a criminal probe against the 200-odd people who had allegedly attacked a family at their Muraripukur Road house, ransacked furniture and took away ornaments worth Rs 5 lakh.

Justice Tapabrata Chakrabarty, who issued the ruling, also asked the police to take adequate steps for the family's protection.

"Maniktala police are directed to start a criminal probe against the accused. The police are directed to take steps against the accused if they are found guilty," Justice Chakrabarty said in his order.

(Source: The Telegraph)

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6. Airport Unleashes Woman Power To End Parking Tiffs

Kolkata airport has found an out-of-the-box solution to the problem of boorish behaviour by staff manning its parking fee collection plaza at the exit gate. It has just replaced the men with an all-women force during the day shift. And the move, if the first few days of this unique gender experiment are anything to go by, has worked wonders.

The decision to replace men with women followed the arrest of five male toll staffers earlier this year. Parking fee collection had to be suspended for several weeks following allegations that the staff resorted to extortion and involved passengers in brawls. “The ‘goons’ in the guise of parking fee staff gave a bad name to the airport and the city,” lawyer and activist Subhas Datta, who had a run-in with one of them last year and filed a police complaint, said.

(Source: The Times Of India)

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7. CPM Expels Ex-RS Member

CPM mandarins in Alimuddin Street cracked the whip on former state committee member and Rajya Sabha MP Moinul Hasan on Friday, six days after he called it quits.

State secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra announced Hasan’s expulsion from CPM, pointing to “irregularities” over his acquiring land assets that weren’t commensurate with his income.

The decision, though ratified at the CPM state committee meeting that ended on Friday, didn’t have a smooth sailing. Mishra came under fire from several state committee members, who wondered why he had been sitting on such a “grave allegation” against Hasan since April, when the former “blue-eyed boy” of Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was dropped from the new state committee at the CPM state conference.

(Source: The Times Of India)

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