Overview

• Bratya Basu announced full-time vice-chancellors will be appointed in all state-run and aided universities by August 31
• Interim VCs were installed by Governor C V Ananda Bose after several vice-chancellors’ terms expired earlier this year
• The Calcutta High Court’s August 7 order has stayed WBJEE-2025 results and directed a revised merit list with a seven percent reservation for 66 pre-2010 OBC categories, a delay Basu described as a “judicial logjam”
• The scheduling of undergraduate law exams on August 28, which coincides with the TMC students' wing foundation day, has prompted calls for rescheduling
• Hindol Majumdar was arrested on arrival for allegedly plotting an attack on Basu’s convoy and the minister said the case is under police jurisdiction