Bengal’s ‘untainted’ non-teaching staff in limbo as Supreme Court only offers relief to teachers

The non-teaching staff have come together under the banner of “Untainted Group C and D Rights Forum” and hundreds of them have been conducting a sit-in demonstration outside the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) office at Karunamoyee crossing in Salt Lake.  | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI Kolkata  Non-teaching staff in State run schools…

Bengal Congress MP writes to CM Mamata Banerjee requesting extension of force deployment in violence-hit Murshidabad 

Isha Khan Choudhury. File Congress Lok Sabha MP from West Bengal’s Malda Dakshin constituency Isha Khan Choudhury wrote to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday (April 21, 2025) seeking extension of stay of central and State security forces in the violence affected areas of Murshidabad.  It is worth noting that certain parts of…

US Share Market Update: Dow off day’s peak, closes up 420 pts amid tariff war de-escalation hopes

US Stock Market Update: Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)—one of the two American blue-chip indices—managed to keep about one-third of its intraday gains at the end of Wednesday’s session amid volatile trade, with investors hoping for easing of trade friction between the world’s two largest economy and US President Donald Trump signalling that his administration…