Islamabad, March 30 – Human rights activists and civil society organizations have strongly condemned the planned demolition and forced eviction of residents in Allama Iqbal Colony, a 25-year-old predominantly Christian working-class settlement in Islamabad. The community now faces an imminent...
allama iqbal colony
cda
civil society
community rights
displacement
eviction
housing
human rights
islamabad
katchi abadis
legal protections
marginalized communities
minority rights
pakistan
rimsha colony
supremecourtorder
urban development
New Delhi, March 29 A group of former bureaucrats and wildlife conservationists has called for the withdrawal of an order from the Assam government's environment department, which requires the deployment of approximately 1,600 Assam Forest Protection Force (AFPF) personnel for the upcoming...
administrative overreach
assam elections
assam forest protection force
departmental deployment
election commission of india
environmental regulations
forest protection
government orders
indian forest service
kerala
legal norms
maharashtra
state police
supremecourtorder
uttar pradesh
wildlife conservation
Kolkata, March 28 The West Bengal government will pay the outstanding Dearness Allowance (DA) arrears to serving employees, pensioners, and family pensioners in a single installment instead of the two installments announced earlier, an official said on Saturday.This decision follows a Supreme...
arrears payment
da arrears
dearness allowance
employee benefits
employee payments
financial administration
government finance
government policy
kolkata
payment schedule
pension benefits
pensioner payments
state government
supremecourtorder
west bengal government
Kolkata, March 15 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced two key measures on Sunday, clearing arrears in salaries for state employees and increasing honorariums for priests and muezzins, just minutes before the scheduled announcement of the state assembly elections.Banerjee...
calcutta high court
financial disbursments
honorariums for muezzins
honorariums for priests
india
mamata banerjee
political protests
religious institutions
revision of pay and allowances (ropa) 2009
salary arrears
sangrami joutha mancha
state government finances
supremecourtorder
tmc election
west bengal
west bengal state employees
Thiruvananthapuram, March 14 The Kerala government has decided to acquire 230 acres of land, at a cost of approximately Rs 810 crore, for development activities related to the Vizhinjam International seaport.The decision was taken in a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan...
amaravila
financial planning
identity documents
kerala government
kottukal
land acquisition
larr act
maranallur
port-led industrialization
rehabilitation
right to fair compensation and transparency in land acquisition act
street children
supremecourtorder
vizhinjam international seaport
vizhinjam international seaport ltd (visl)
Kolkata, March 13 – CPI(M) leaders on Friday criticized the West Bengal government over its failure to implement the Supreme Court order, which mandated the payment of 25% of the Dearness Allowance (DA) arrears from 2008 to 2019 by March 31.CPI(M) leader and advocate Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya...
court proceedings suspension
cpi(m)
da arrears
dearness allowance (da)
employee strike
government employee attendance
judiciary
legal right
salary arrears
sangrami joutho mancha
supremecourtorder
trinamool congress
west bengal employees
west bengal government
work stoppage
Kolkata, March 8 Over 8 lakh candidates appeared for the first State Level Selection Test (SLST) conducted by the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on Sunday to recruit Group D non-teaching staff in government-aided schools across the state, officials said.The examination was held...
arithmetic
examination
general knowledge
government schools
group c staff
group d staff
non-teaching staff
omr
reasoning
recruitment
recruitment drive
slst
supremecourtorder
vacancy
west bengal school service commission
New Delhi, March 5 – The West Bengal Congress unit urged the Election Commission on Thursday to announce the state Assembly election schedule only after all pending cases related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the state's electoral rolls are resolved.The state Congress submitted a...
appeal process
chief electoral officer
claims and objections
district election officers
election commission of india
electoral roll
electoral rolls
form-6 applications
form-7 applications
re-enrolment
representation of the people act, 1950
special intensive revision (sir)
supremecourtorder
voter adjudication
voter registration
west bengal assembly election
Kolkata, March 4 – The Sangrami Youth Forum (Joint Movement Forum), an umbrella body of various West Bengal Government employees' associations, had called for a complete work stoppage on March 13 to protest against the state government's inaction regarding the Dearness Allowance (DA) payable to...
da arrears
dearness allowance
employee rights
government action
protest movement
sangrami youth forum
state government
supremecourtorder
west bengal government employees
work stoppage
Kolkata, February 25 – The office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, on Wednesday sought a detailed and comprehensive report from Kolkata Police Commissioner, Supratim Sarkar, regarding the incident involving the heckling of the Leader of the Opposition in...
Srinagar, February 25 Jammu and Kashmir Education Minister Sakina Itoo said on Wednesday that the Union Territory government has put on hold the conduct of the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET).She said that Jammu and Kashmir would be the last to enforce the Supreme Court order, which mandates...
education minister
government policy
in-service teachers
jammu and kashmir
jkbose
kulgam district
primary education
sakina itoo
school education department
supremecourtorder
teacher eligibility test
tet
upper primary education
Kolkata, February 16 The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the West Bengal government to provide an assurance that CISF personnel, providing security at the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, will be relocated from a Chinese language school here by April 30.The Central Industrial...
accommodation
calcutta high court
central industrial security force (cisf)
china town (kolkata)
chinese new year
monica liu
pei mei chinese language school
postgraduate trainee
r g kar medical college and hospital
rape and murder
relocation
security personnel
september 2024
supremecourtorder
west bengal government
Kolkata, February 16 Several parts of the city saw protests on Monday as job aspirants and anganwadi workers staged demonstrations demanding recruitment, better wages, and administrative action.At the headquarters of the Education Department, Bikash Bhavan, candidates who had cleared the...
anganwadi workers
job aspirants
kolkata
mamata banerjee
national institute of open schooling
permanent jobs
poshan tracker
protests
shaishali complex
social welfare department
supremecourtorder
teacher recruitment
wages
west bengal
west bengal assembly
New Delhi, February 16 Using its powers under electoral law, the Election Commission has suspended seven officials, deployed as Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) in West Bengal, with immediate effect for serious misconduct, dereliction of duty, and misuse of statutory powers in...
assistant electoral registration officers
deputation
disciplinary proceedings
election commission of india
electoral law
insubordination
nandini chakravarty
representation of the people act 1950
special intensive revision
state government employees
supremecourtorder
terms of settlement
trinamool congress
voter list revision
west bengal elections