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November 12, 2025, 04:38 PM - 4 min read
Soon after his release on bail, the five-time MLA from Behala (West) launched an outreach initiative called “Duare Bidhayaak” (MLA at Your Doorstep) — part of his effort to reconnect with his constituency after years of political and legal isolation.
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November 11, 2025, 04:18 PM - 4 min read
The Supreme Court had earlier directed that Chatterjee could be considered for bail once the charge sheet and testimonies of eight key witnesses were completed.
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September 15, 2025, 09:25 PM - 4 min read
Former Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, appearing virtually from a hospital bed on Monday, claimed innocence in the SSC scam as the CBI court began framing charges against the accused.
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September 1, 2025, 04:56 PM - 2 min read
Speaking in the Assembly, Adhikari said that if the government brought a bill to recognise SSC qualified candidates, the opposition would unanimously support it.
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August 30, 2025, 10:19 PM - 3 min read
The official said the tainted candidates had either tampered with OMR sheets or jumped ranks with the help of influential people.
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May 17, 2025, 12:14 PM - 4 min read
Teachers in Kolkata are staging a prolonged protest against the Mamata Banerjee government, demanding job security after the Supreme Court’s ruling found the SSC recruitment process tainted, leading to the termination of thousands of teachers. The standoff continues outside Bikash Bhawan.
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May 16, 2025, 12:56 PM - 3 min read
Several teachers were injured as police resorted to lathi charge during a protest by SSC teachers in Kolkata on Thursday. The demonstration followed the Supreme Court’s decision to terminate over 26,000 teaching jobs in connection with a tainted recruitment process.
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April 22, 2025, 05:28 PM - 3 min read
Speaking at a public meeting in Midnapore on Tuesday, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that had she been in Kolkata, she could have resolved the ongoing teachers’ agitation outside the School Service Commission (SSC) office "within a second."
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April 19, 2025, 10:04 AM - 3 min read
A group of jobless teachers, rendered unemployed by the WBSSC recruitment scam, invited Sourav Ganguly to join their protest march to Nabanna. Police stopped them, taking them to a station. Ganguly declined, stating, “Please don’t involve me in politics,” amid the ongoing controversy.
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April 17, 2025, 02:43 PM - 4 min read
In a partial relief to West Bengal, the Supreme Court on Thursday allowed untainted teachers dismissed in the 2016 WBSSC recruitment scam to continue in service until fresh recruitment is completed. However, it denied similar relief to Group C and D employees and set a strict recruitment deadline.
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April 13, 2025, 02:17 PM - 3 min read
After four days of fasting and protest outside the SSC office in Salt Lake, jobless teachers from the 2016 batch have ended their hunger strike. Though the fast has ended, protestors vowed to continue fighting for justice through democratic means until recruitment processes become transparent.
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April 10, 2025, 03:50 PM - 7 min read
While the ruling may appear to be a necessary step toward cleansing systemic corruption, the indiscriminate nature of its execution has unleashed unprecedented suffering. The innocent have been bracketed with the guilty, honest educators penalised alongside those who manipulated the process.
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