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Calcutta HC asks teachers to shift protest venue, restricts participants to 200

KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed protesting teachers and other staff of West Bengal government-run and -aided schools, who lost their jobs due to a Supreme Court ruling, to shift their protest venue in the interest of public convenience. The court also limited the number of participants to 200 at any given time. Hearing petitions filed by the Deserving Teachers Rights Forum, under whose banner the protest is being organised, and the state government, Justice Tirthankar Ghosh o

23 May 2025 3:27 pm
WB school recruitment scam: SSC sends list of 'tainted', 'untainted' candidates to Bengal education department

KOLKATA: Amidst ongoing protests by sacked teachers of secondary and higher secondary schools, the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) has sent a list of 'tainted' and 'untainted' candidates to the state education department for cross-verification, a senior official said on Monday. The list, dispatched on April 13, reportedly segregates candidates affected by the Supreme Court's April 3 order , which invalidated the appointments of around 26,000 teaching and non-teaching staff due to l

14 Apr 2025 4:50 pm