Kolkata Protests News - Latest Updates & Headlines
Day after meeting Bengal Education Minister, school job losers intensify stir
Kolkata, April 12: A day after meeting the West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu, the individuals who lost their school jobs following an order of the Supreme Court last week, have intensified their protests on the streets of Kolkata, on Saturday.
Outsiders joining teachers' protests led to ruckus on April 9: Kolkata CP
Kolkata, April 11: Some outsiders joined the protests by the teaching and non-teaching staff -- who lost their jobs -- in front of the office of the district inspector of schools at Kasba in South Kolkata on Wednesday (April 9) following which the protests turned violent, claimed Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Kumar Verma while speaking to the media on Friday.
Crucial meeting between Bengal Education Minister with school job losers today
Kolkata, April 11: West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu will meet the school job losers, whose relay hunger strike has entered the second day on Friday.
Bengal: Doctors protesting on RG Kar issue join protests of sacked school teachers
Kolkata, April 10: Doctors protesting on RG Kar issue joined the protest demonstrations of sacked school teachers in Kolkata on Thursday.
Bengal govt 'defends' police action on protesting job losers
Kolkata, April 9: A West Bengal minister, a senior bureaucrat and a top police officer on Wednesday justified the action of the police on the protesting individuals who lost their school jobs at different pockets of the state. The most intense protest was witnessed at Kasba in South Kolkata near the office of the district inspector of schools.