Partha chatterjee

A spokesman of the Manch said the Rs 10,000 monthly salary of para teachers at primary schools and Rs 13,000 in Higher Secondary schools is meagre considering the present market condition and in comparison with the salary in other professions. read more

Dhankhar arrived at around 10 am and spent about 25 minutes at the hospital. He spoke with the VC alone for about 10 minutes. read more

Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar had indicated action against Jadavpur University Vice Chancellor Suranjan Das for the violence that erupted in the campus on Thursday during the visit of Union Minister Babul Supriyo. read more

Bengal governor’s office, amid protests and political blame game over the manhandling of Union minister Babul Supriyo by a section of students at Jadavpur University campus, issued a statement stating Dhankhar had spoken to chief minister Mamata Banerjee... read more

JU students and Jadavpur University Teachers’ Association were opposing the move of the state government to form an apolitical student council and not conducting regular polls to elect student representatives. read more

Chatterjee, who was accompanied by the local media during her visit to Bani Mandir School in Chinsurah, alleged that funds allocated by the Centre for mid-day meals in schools were being misappropriated by local Trinamool Congress leaders. read more

Only seven days earlier, on August 9, Rajya Sabha MP and national spokesperson of the TMC, Derek O’Brien, was questioned by CBI officers on the matter of funding of the party’s Bengali mouthpiece Jago Bangla. read more

TMC leader alleged that as the MHA and the saffron party are being headed by the same person,and that whatever the BJP desires, the MHA is implementing it with closed eyes. read more

State Chief Secretary Malay Kumar De wrote that “firm and appropriate actions” were initiated in all cases of violence without any delay. read more

BJP national executive member Mukul Roy informed Union home minister Amit Shah about the violence and gave him a report on Saturday evening. read more

A day after getting assurance from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, around 200 aspiring school teachers Thursday withdrew their 29-day long relay hunger strike with the hope that something positive will happen by first week of June. read more

As was the case in the past five days, images of the physical science question paper were found to be circulated on WhatsApp. Madhyamik, the Class 10 school leaving examination, is conducted by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE). read more

About 20 leaders of parties opposed to Bharatiya Janata Party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, including one former prime minister, are supposed to be present at the Brigade Parade Ground on Satuday afternoon. read more

There is a flood of requests from ruling party units in every corner of Bengal for Abhishek Banerjee to address public meetings in the run-up to the LS elections. read more

Violence continued on Friday with two government buses and two wheelers set on fire during a 12-hour bandh called by the BJP to protest the police firing in Islampur. read more