Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) Tension flared up in front of Bikash Bhavan, the West Bengal education department headquarters at Salt Lake on the northern outskirts of Kolkata on Thursday night, as the police resorted to ruthless baton-charges to disperse the “gherao” demonstration organised by the “genuine” secondary and higher secondary … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) Tension prevailed at the West Bengal education department at Salt Lake on Thursday afternoon after secondary and higher secondary government schoolteachers, who lost their jobs following a Supreme Court order last month, gheraoed the main office. The demonstration at the headquarters situated on the northern outskirts … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chandigarh, April 27 (IANS) Just ahead of holding another round of meeting with central delegation led by Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the protesting farmer unions — the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) on Sunday urged him not to invite representatives of the Punjab government. … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) BJP National General Secretary, Tarun Chugh, on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Congress for protesting and questioning the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) action in the National Herald case and claimed that it was a case of “ulta chor kotwal ko daante.” His remarks came … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) Amid a row, the cop accused of kicking a protesting teacher in front of the office of the District Inspector of the schools at Kasba in Kolkata, has been removed from the probe into the agitation by the job losers. As the information surfaced on Friday … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) Doctors protesting on RG Kar issue joined the protest demonstrations of sacked school teachers in Kolkata on Thursday. The sacked employees organised the protest rally in central Kolkata, demanding immediate action by the state government and West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) in segregating “genuine” candidates … Read more
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
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
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) Protests by a group of Indians in England, against West Bengal Chief Minister over the handling of the R.G. Kar rape and murder case, were termed “inevitable” on Friday by a junior doctor who led the protest movement in the state over the issue. The protest … Read more