Calcutta HC cancels jobs of 36,000 primary school teachers
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday canceled the jobs of 36,000 primary school teachers.
Aparna Sen slams Mamata govt after police vacate TET protest site
Kolkata/IBNS: Veteran actor-filmmaker Aparna Sen has lashed out at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in West Bengal after police at midnight vacated the site in Kolkata's Salt Lake where Teachers Eligibility Test (TET)-qualified candidates had camped for a hunger strike demanding their appointment letters.
Bengal: After Calcutta HC's Sec 144 order, police vacate TET stir venue at midnight
Kolkata/IBNS: Teachers Eligibility Test (TET)-qualified candidates, who were on hunger strike, were driven away from the protest venue in Kolkata's Salt Lake area by police after the Calcutta High Court ordered Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in the site.
Assam teachers stage protest against state Education minister’s controversial remark about TET
Guwahati, June 18 (IBNS): Over 40,000 Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) qualified contractual teachers in Assam on Tuesday staged protest across the state against the Assam Education minister Siddhartha Bhattacharya’s recent remark comparing TET pass certificate with a driving licence and demanded the state government to regularise their jobs.
West Bengal: TET candidates block rail tracks at Barasat, clash with police, commuters
Kolkata, May 3 (IBNS): Demanding an immediate recruitment, Primary Teachers' Eligibility Test (TET) candidates, who successfully passed the exam in 2009, blocked railway tracks near Barasat railway station in Kolkata's neighbouring North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Wednesday afternoon, hitting train service for hours, reports said.
Calcutta High Court grants conditional bail to BJP leader Jay Prakash Majumder
Kolkata, Feb 3 (IBNS): State BJP vice-president and spokesperson Jay Prakash Majumder, who was arrested by Bidhannagar City Police in January for allegedly cheating TET (Teachers' Eligibility Test) candidates, was granted conditional bail from the Calcutta High Court on Friday.