WBSSC job case: ‘Untainted’ teachers to continue protests despite fresh recruitment notification

WBSSC job case: ‘Untainted’ teachers to continue protests despite fresh recruitment notification

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, May 30 (IANS) Despite the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) issuing notifications on Friday morning for fresh recruitment of teachers for secondary and higher secondary schools, hundreds of “untainted” or “genuine” teachers — whose appointments were cancelled by the Supreme Court last month — have vowed to continue … Read more

WBSSC job case: Special focus on preservation of OMR sheets, retention of scanned copies (Ld)

WBSSC job case: Special focus on preservation of OMR sheets, retention of scanned copies (Ld)

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, May 30 (IANS) The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) has given special emphasis on the preservation of hard copies of optical mark recognition sheets to be used in the written examination and retention of the scanned copies or mirror images of those OMR sheets as it issued notifications … Read more

WBSSC job case: Notification for recruitment issued, only for teaching staff

WBSSC job case: Notification for recruitment issued, only for teaching staff

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, May 30 (IANS) The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on Friday issued notifications for fresh recruitment for vacancies in state-run schools, but only for the posts of teaching staff in the secondary and higher secondary sections. While the notifications for fresh recruitment for 23,212 assistant teachers in the … Read more

WBSSC job case: Protesting teachers to march to state Secretariat tomorrow

WBSSC job case: Protesting teachers to march to state Secretariat tomorrow

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, May 29 (IANS) The “untainted” or “genuine” teachers of state-run schools in West Bengal, protesting the loss of their jobs following a Supreme Court order last month, announced that they would be organising a “March to State Secretariat” on Friday. The protesting teachers would start assembling at Sealdah from … Read more

5 Naga bodies protest against Nagaland’s job reservation policy

5 Naga bodies protest against Nagaland's job reservation policy

Follow Us on Google News Kohima, May 29 (IANS) Braving inclement weather, five major Naga tribes on Thursday held protest rallies in various districts of Nagaland, demanding a review of the state’s job reservation policy. The protests were carried out by the ‘5 Tribes Committee on Review of Reservation Policy (CORRP)’, formed in 2023 to … Read more

WBSSC job case: Calcutta HC refuses to entertain plea from ‘tainted’ candidates

WBSSC job case: Calcutta HC refuses to entertain plea from 'tainted' candidates

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a plea from “tainted” teachers who have lost jobs in state government-run schools, following a Supreme Court order last month. The main contention of the plea was that although the apex court gave a chance to teachers … Read more

WBSSC job case: Questions surface over Mamata Banerjee’s announcement on fresh recruitment

WBSSC job case: Questions surface over Mamata Banerjee’s announcement on fresh recruitment

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) After West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the notification of fresh recruitment for teaching and non-teaching jobs will be issued on May 30 and the “untainted” teachers, who lost jobs following a Supreme Court order last month, will have to appear for the written examination, … Read more

Bengal school job row: Protesting teachers term CM’s announcement ‘death sentence’, opposition says ‘self-contradictory’

Bengal school job row: Protesting teachers term CM's announcement 'death sentence', opposition says 'self-contradictory'

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, May 27 (IANS) Protesting teachers termed as a “death sentence” West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Tuesday announcement that the “untainted” teachers, who had lost their jobs following a Supreme Court order in connection with the cash-for-job case, will have to appear afresh in a written examination for recruitment, … Read more

Delhi CM hands over job letters to kin of 1984 riot victims, recipients express mixed emotions

Delhi CM hands over job letters to kin of 1984 riot victims, recipients express mixed emotions

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) In a significant move aimed at delivering long-overdue justice, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, along with Cabinet Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa, on Tuesday distributed government job letters to family members of the 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims. At the ceremony, held in the capital, 19 individuals … Read more