Kolkata Police register two cases against protesting school job losers

Kolkata Police register two cases against protesting school job losers

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) The Kolkata Police have registered two cases against the teaching and non-teaching staff, who lost jobs after the Supreme Court order, for staging protests. The teachers were severely beaten up by the cops on Wednesday after they protested against the job loss in front of the … Read more

Updated salary portal of Bengal govt schools continues showing names of 25,753 job losers

Updated salary portal of Bengal govt schools continues showing names of 25,753 job losers

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) The salary portal for the teaching and non-teaching staff in West Bengal Government schools continues to show on the payrolls the names of the 25,753 staff members whose jobs were terminated following an order by a Division Bench of the Supreme Court last week. The current … Read more

Bengal govt ‘defends’ police action on protesting job losers

Bengal govt 'defends' police action on protesting job losers

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) A West Bengal minister, a senior bureaucrat and a top police officer on Wednesday justified the action of the police on the protesting individuals who lost their school jobs at different pockets of the state. The most intense protest was witnessed at Kasba in South Kolkata … Read more

Relief for cabinet does not address misery of job losers: Bengal Opposition

Relief for cabinet does not address misery of job losers: Bengal Opposition

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday giving relief to the West Bengal cabinet from the CBI probe in the school job case does not bring an end to the miseries of the 25,753 teaching and non-teaching staff in state-run schools who lost jobs following an order … Read more

School job case: SC sets aside CBI probe into creation of supernumerary posts by Bengal cabinet

School job case: SC sets aside CBI probe into creation of supernumerary posts by Bengal cabinet

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside the direction passed by the Calcutta High Court, which had ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the creation of supernumerary posts in state-run schools. These teaching and non-teaching posts, which have remained under the cloud … Read more

School job case: Crucial hearing in SC today on CBI probe against Bengal cabinet

School job case: Crucial hearing in SC today on CBI probe against Bengal cabinet

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday whether the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) should probe the West Bengal cabinet, which approved the creation of supernumerary posts in state-run schools allegedly to accommodate “tainted” candidates getting teaching and non-teaching jobs against payment of money. The opposition … Read more

Take cognizance of attacks on judiciary over school job termination: BJP MP to CJI

Take cognizance of attacks on judiciary over school job termination: BJP MP to CJI

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 7 (IANS) BJP MP Jyotirmay Singh Mahato, on Monday, asked Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna to take cognizance against the alleged attacks on the judiciary by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the recent order of the apex court cancelling 25,753 school jobs in West Bengal In … Read more

CM Mamata Banerjee doubts ‘game’ behind SC verdict on Bengal school job case

CM Mamata Banerjee doubts ‘game' behind SC verdict on Bengal school job case

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 7 (IANS) Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Monday, expressed doubts about some “game” behind the recent verdict of the Supreme Court ordering the cancellation of all the 25,753 teaching and non-teaching jobs in state-run schools. The Supreme Court on April 3 upheld a Calcutta High Court’s decision to … Read more

Chaos erupts near stadium ahead of Mamata Banerjee’s meeting with school job losers

Chaos erupts near stadium ahead of Mamata Banerjee's meeting with school job losers

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 7 (IANS) Chaos and tension erupted in front of Netaji Indoor Stadium in central Kolkata, the venue of the scheduled meeting later in the day between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and a group of job losers in state-run schools following the Supreme Court’s order that annulled … Read more