Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, July 30 (IANS) A single-judge Bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Wednesday, barred the West Bengal government from taking any administrative or disciplinary action against a senior resident doctor who had approached the court against his ‘arbitrary’ transfer to a far-off location in the state. The senior resident … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday criticised the Gujarat government for the lathi charge and use of tear gas on livestock farmers protesting outside the Sabar Dairy facility in Sabarkantha district. The farmers protested on Monday, demanding a fair share in … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) West Bengal secretariat of Nabanna at Mandirtala in Kolkata-adjacent Howrah district and the area around it was covered under security blanket on Monday following the “march to state secretariat” rally by the ‘untainted’ teachers who lost jobs following a Supreme Court order cancelling 25,753 school jobs … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Dhanbad, July 11 (IANS) Tension gripped Dhanbad’s Asanbani village on Friday after police resorted to a lathi charge to disperse protesting villagers opposing the commencement of the Tasra opencast coal project work by the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL). At least 10 villagers, including several women, were injured in … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, June 15 (IANS) Four “untainted” or “genuine” teachers in state-run schools in West Bengal, who have lost jobs following a Supreme Court order in April this year and who had been on hunger strike near the office of West Bengal school service commission since the night of June 12, … Read more
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
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
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) Government school teachers in West Bengal who have been protesting against their job loss following an order of the Supreme Court last month in the cash-for-job case, will now take their demonstrations beyond Kolkata to the national Capital. This was announced by the protesting teachers who … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, May 24 (IANS) Teachers who lost their jobs following a recent Supreme Court order in the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment case have given a deadline to state Education Minister Bratya Basu to meet them and address their concerns. The aggrieved teachers, who identify as “untainted” or … Read more