Poulami Roy Banerjee

3 weeks ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Sujoy Khanra |Tamaghna Banerjee |Poulami Roy Banerjee

Kolkata/Goaltore: Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday asked protesting teachers to end their siege of the SSC headquarters and immediately return to school duty, asking them not to be swayed by provocateurs who didn't pay them their salaries. The CM also questioned why "a few" of the protesters were insistent on a list of tainted and untainted staff, calling it a "trap" laid by others. The impasse, she said, would have been resolved "in a second", had she only been in Kolkata.

4 weeks ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Tamaghna Banerjee |Poulami Roy Banerjee

Kolkata: "It's a temporary relief. We are relieved to have got some time now," Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday after Supreme Court allowed "untainted candidates", whose appointments were cancelled earlier this month due to irregularities in recruitment, to continue as teachers till a fresh selection process was completed by the year-end. "We have been given time till Dec. It means we need not worry about complications related to disbursal of salaries as of now.

1 month ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Mayukh Sengupta |Poulami Roy Banerjee |Tamaghna Banerjee

NewsCity Newskolkata NewsDay after Kasba cop kick, jobless teachers lay siege near SSC officeTrendingKolkata: The "kickgate" episode ignited strong emotions with jobless teachers launching a two-pronged protest on Thursday. While one group camped outside the SSC office in Salt Lake on a relay hunger strike, another group took out a mass rally from Sealdah to Esplanade. Outside the SSC office, over 50 protestors set up camp.

1 month ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Poulami Roy Banerjee |Tamaghna Banerjee |Debashis Konar

NewsCity Newskolkata NewsNo ‘eligible’ person to lose job; Plan A, Plan B ready: MamataTrendingKolkata: Not a single "eligible" teacher or non-teaching staff member would lose their job, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said on Monday at a meeting with thousands rendered jobless after last week's SC decision on SSC appointments. Their jobs would be regularised in two months, she said, adding she had both "Plan A" and "Plan B" ready.

2 months ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Poulami Roy Banerjee |Tamaghna Banerjee

NewsCity Newskolkata News7 FIRs, 1 arrest, arson probe as Left JU unions dig in heelsTrendingKolkata: The Jadavpur University (JU) campus seems to be facing an extended period of unrest after SFI on Sunday called for a students' strike at all state universities on Monday, even as the cops arrested a former student and registered seven FIRs in connection with the trouble on campus on Saturday.