Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) The hearing on the petition challenging the new rules on “weightage criteria” introduced by the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) in its notification for fresh recruitment for teaching posts in state-run schools lying vacant following a Supreme Court in April this year cancelling 25,753 school … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Srinagar, July 14 (IANS) Over the last 11 days, since it began on July 3, more than two lakh pilgrims have undertaken the ongoing Amarnath Yatra, as another batch of 6,143 pilgrims departed from Jammu for Kashmir on Monday. Officials said, “Another batch of 6,143 Yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Srinagar, July 10 (IANS) Over 1.28 lakh pilgrims performed the ongoing Amarnath Yatra during the last seven days as another batch of 7,307 pilgrims left for Kashmir from Jammu on Thursday. The batch of 7,307 Yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in two escorted convoys for the Valley. “First escorted … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) The West Bengal government and the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on Tuesday separately challenged the order of the Calcutta High Court’s single-judge bench directing the commission to exclude candidates already identified as “tainted” from the fresh recruitment process for filling up teaching posts in … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) The Centre on Tuesday rejected Elon Musk-run X’s claims that it had directed the social media platform to block 2,355 accounts within the country, including Reuters, on July 3. According to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), no such fresh blocking order or … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, July 7 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Monday clearly stated that the candidates already identified as “tainted” should be excluded from the fresh selection process of the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) for filling up the vacant posts for teachers arising out of cancellation of 25,753 school … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Thiruvananthapuram, July 6 (IANS) Kerala Health Minister Veena George has confirmed that 425 individuals have been placed on the Nipah virus contact list across the state. The highest number of contacts, 228, is in Malappuram district, followed by 110 in Palakkad and 87 in Kozhikode. Among those on the contact … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) Two police officers including one erstwhile officer-in-charge of a police station under the jurisdiction of Kolkata Police have been named as accused in in the latest supplementary chargesheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) earlier this week at a special court in Kolkata in … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) A day after alleging Russian funding to over 150 Congress MPs, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Tuesday dropped a fresh bombshell, accusing the previous dispensations of receiving money from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) — an intelligence service of the United States. The funding by … Read more