Calcutta HC extends interim stay on publication of final notification on new OBC list in Bengal

Calcutta HC extends interim stay on publication of final notification on new OBC list in Bengal

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, July 24 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Thursday extended, till August 31, its interim stay on the West Bengal government issuing the final notification for a fresh Other Backward Class (OBC) list. The matter will come up for hearing again on August 5. On June 17, a division … Read more

WBSSC job case: Hearing on plea challenging notification for fresh recruitment concludes at Calcutta HC

WBSSC job case: Hearing on plea challenging notification for fresh recruitment concludes at Calcutta HC

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

WBSSC job case: Calcutta HC raises questions on new recruitment notification

WBSSC job case: Calcutta HC raises questions on new recruitment notification

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Tuesday, made crucial observations questioning certain points in the recruitment notification issued by West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) to fill up the posts which fell vacant following the cancellation of 25,753 teaching and non-teaching staff in … Read more

Notification issued for election of BJP’s Telangana unit president

Notification issued for election of BJP's Telangana unit president

Follow Us on Google News Hyderabad, June 29 (IANS) The BJP in Telangana on Sunday set in motion the process for electing its new state president. The party issued a notification for the election of a new state unit chief. Nominations can be filed on Monday (June 30) from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., while … Read more

Mamata Banerjee blames BJP, CPI(M) over interim stay by Calcutta HC on final notification of Bengal’s new OBC list

Mamata Banerjee blames BJP, CPI(M) over interim stay by Calcutta HC on final notification of Bengal's new OBC list

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, June 18 (IANS) Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Wednesday, blamed the BJP and the CPI(M) after the Calcutta High Court put an interim stay on the publication of the final notification of West Bengal’s revised Other Backward Classes (OBC) list until July 31. Speaking to the media persons on … Read more

Calcutta HC puts interim stay on final notification of Bengal’s new OBC list

Calcutta HC puts interim stay on final notification of Bengal's new OBC list

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, June 17 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday imposed an interim stay on the publication of the final notification of West Bengal’s revised Other Backward Classes (OBC) list until July 31. The decision deals a major blow to the state government’s attempt to overhaul the OBC categorisation. The … Read more

‘Read notification properly’: BJP slams Oppn on caste census row

‘Read notification properly’: BJP slams Oppn on caste census row

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Amid sharp criticism by the Congress over the Centre’s gazette notification on the 16th National Census, BJP National Spokesperson Syed Shahnawaz Hussain slammed the opposition for “unnecessarily politicising” the issue and asked them to “read it properly before reacting.” “The opposition has nothing constructive to … Read more

BJP, Congress engage in war of words over ‘caste’ census notification

BJP, Congress engage in war of words over 'caste' census notification

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) A day after the Centre notified the two-phased population census, the Congress and BJP are caught up in political bickering over former’s claims that caste clause have been given a miss. Many Congress leaders questioned the government over ‘advertently’ dropping the caste clause from official … Read more

Congress ‘unconvinced’ with Census notification, asks why ‘caste not mentioned’

Congress ‘unconvinced’ with Census notification, asks why ‘caste not mentioned’

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Congress leader Pawan Khera on Tuesday raised fresh doubts over the Centre’s promise of conducting caste enumeration along with the population Census, starting March 1, 2027, asking why the official gazette notification issued for the 16th Census missed the very important caste clause. Pawan Khera … Read more