1. Bengal Drags Feet on Stiff Road Rule
State transport minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday said the Bengal government was not going to implement immediately the new Motor Vehicles Act, which is scheduled to become effective from 1 September.
Speaking to the media at his Assembly chamber, Adhikari said, “The new motor vehicle act will not be implemented now in Bengal. We disagree with the exorbitant hikes in the penalty charges for violation of motor vehicle rules. We are still in talks with the Centre on this issue.”
He also added that the state government had objected to the clause that a car company would be entitled to give fitness certificates for its own cars.
(Source: The Telegraph)
2. Highest Ever Number of PhD Awardees at IIT Kharagpur
IIT Kharagpur on Tuesday awarded the highest number of PhD degrees in its history, director officiating Sriman Kumar Bhattacharya said. “Today, we have conferred degrees on 372 PhD students, a substantial increase from last year’s figure of 295,” he said.
“This is the first time that so many students are getting PhD degrees from this institute.”
Chemical scientist Man Mohan Sharma had urged the IIT at its 63rd convocation in 2017 to enrol more PhD students so that the institute emerged as a foremost research hub in the country.
(Source: The Telegraph)
3. Beat Up Police and Trinamul: BJP’s Dilip Ghosh
Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh has exhorted party workers to unleash counterattacks on police and Trinamul Congress members, assuring his men that the consequences would be “managed”.
Addressing a party programme at East Midnapore’s Mecheda on Monday night, Ghosh told BJP workers not to be afraid of the police and Trinamul.
“Attacks on BJP workers across the state have become common. Instead of arresting those responsible, the police are framing our boys in false cases. If you are under attack, beat up police personnel, beat up TMC workers. Do not be scared. If there is any problem, we will manage it,” said Ghosh, the Midnapore MP.
(Source: The Telegraph)
4. Mamata Rues ‘Sad-But-True’ RBI Transfer
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday expressed concern at the Centre’s move to dip into the Reserve Bank of India’s reserves and asserted that the economy was in “recession”.
Mamata, who chaired an administrative review meeting in Hooghly, said the Union government’s decision was “sad but true”.
“It is sad but true. The Reserve Bank’s money and gold are saved for emergencies. Even that money of the Reserve Bank is being taken away,” the Trinamul Congress chief said at the meeting, which was broadcast live.
(Source: The Telegraph)
5. Elderly Woman Found Living With Brother’s Body
Police found a 60-year-old woman, suspected to be mentally-challenged, living with the decomposed body of her 65-year-old brother at their Narendrapur residence under Sonarpur police station in South 24 Parganas on Tuesday, police said.
The woman has been identified as Minoti Dey, while the deceased as Anjan Kumar Dey.
According to police sources, the residents of a residential complex in Narendrapur found a foul smell emanating from the fourth floor flat of Block B, belonging to the Deys. When the building’s security guard knocked on their door, it was found open. As they went inside, they spotted Anjan’s body on bed. The neighbours immediately informed the local police.
(Source: The Indian Express)
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