Kolkata, July 3 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) told on Friday that the probe agency’s Kolkata Zonal Office has filed the second supplementary charge sheet against the former West Bengal Education Minister and Trinamool Congress’ Secretary General, Partha Chatterjee, his close aide Arpita Mukherjee, and others before a special court of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Kolkata on June 25 in connection with the multi-crore cash-for-school job scam. “The complaint has been f…
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Kolkata, Feb 5 (IANS) The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) on Thursday suspended seven teachers and the headmaster of a school, allegedly for beating up an examination officer after he discovered a mobile phone inside the exam centre while students were writing the papers.The incident occurred during the Madhyamik (Secondary) examination at Ajhapur School in the Jamalpur area of East Burdwan district.The decision to suspend the teachers was taken after receiving a report on…
Kolkata, Jan 21 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday decided to publish two separate lists of “unmapped” and “logical discrepancy” cases identified during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal.Although a division bench of the Supreme Court, earlier this week, had directed the ECI to publish the list of “logical discrepancy” cases identified in the course of “progeny-mapping” and summoned for hearing, it had been silent on the publicatio…
Kolkata, Jan 6 (IANS) The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) has issued guidelines for both teachers and students in state-run and state-aided schools, state Education Department sources said on Tuesday.It has been learned that the WBBSE has issued a new circular for teachers and school authorities. Several instructions have been given in this. However, it has not been made public.According to the sources, the guidelines stipulate that school teachers will not be allowed to conduct…
Kolkata, Dec 31 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has fixed the new schedule of responsibilities for the Booth-Level Officers (BLOs) engaged in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal from the New Year, which will continue for some time before the final voters’ list is published on February 14 next year. Under the new schedule, BLOs will have to be present at the existing polling booths for two hours daily from Monday to Friday.On the two weekend holidays…