Teacher Recruitment Scam
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Bihar students demand teacher job exam notice in 24 hours, threaten protest at minister's residence
Bihar | Aug 18, 2026, 03:46 PM ISTThe protesting students are demanding a single-tier examination in BPSC-TRE 4, strict action against those who got jobs through corrupt practices, transparency in BSSC recruitments, and action against exam mafias.
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Supreme Court cancels CBI probe into Bengal's extra teacher posts, says no illegality found
West Bengal | Apr 08, 2025, 02:04 PM ISTThe Supreme Court has quashed the Calcutta High Court’s directive for a CBI investigation into the creation of supernumerary teaching and non-teaching posts by the West Bengal government in 2022, stating no illegality was found in the process, which had the Governor’s approval.
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Teachers in govt-aided DTEA schools appointed on 'fake certificates’; IAS booked
India | Jan 10, 2025, 08:00 PM ISTCBI has also lodged FIRs against the retired deputy education officer Sharad Kumar Verma, honorary DTEA secretary R Raju, Moti Bagh DTEA Sr Secondary School Principal Govindavel Harikrishna, and CPM Public School manager Shrikant Singh Yadav.
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SC stays High Court order cancelling 25,000 jobs of Bengal school teachers
Kolkata | May 07, 2024, 06:58 PM ISTEarlier, the Calcutta High Court on April 29 ordered the cancellation of appointments of 25,753 teachers and non-teaching staff made through the recruitment process of State Level Selection Test-2016 (SLST) in state-run schools, declaring the selection process as "null and void".
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TMC was aware of teacher recruitment scam before 2021 West Bengal Assembly polls: Kunal Ghosh
West Bengal | May 02, 2024, 10:21 AM ISTHours after Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh shared a stage with a BJP Lok Sabha candidate and praised him, the TMC removed him from the post of state general secretary for making statements not aligning with the party.
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Bengal govt moves SC after HC nullifies appointment of over 25,000 teachers, non-teaching staff
India | Apr 24, 2024, 04:43 PM ISTThe Calcutta High Court nullified all appointments made through the recruitment process of the State Level Selection Test-2016 (SLST) in government-sponsored and aided schools in West Bengal, declaring it as “null and void”.
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Bengal teacher recruitment scam: HC cancels all appointments, Mamata Banerjee calls verdict illegal
Kolkata | Apr 22, 2024, 04:56 PM ISTThe Calcutta High Court has cancelled the 2016 teacher recruitment panel formed by the Bengal Commission. This decision impacts approximately 25,753 individuals who were appointed through this process.
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Teacher recruitment case: Calcutta High Court cancels entire 2016 panel
Jobs | Apr 22, 2024, 12:42 PM ISTThe court also instructed the administration to take action on fresh appointments in the next 15 days. Meanwhile, the court allowed a single exception in the case. The court allowed Soma Das, a cancer victim, to keep her job.
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West Bengal: ED raids several locations in Kolkata over teacher recruitment scam
West Bengal | Mar 08, 2024, 12:18 PM ISTThe ED searches were conducted in the Rajarhat area at the residences of some businessmen, teachers, and intermediaries allegedly involved in the scam. The ongoing raids are part of the ED's probe to track the flow of money in the multi-crore scam.
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Supreme Court says municipality recruitment scam is linked to teacher recruitment scam
Kolkata | Aug 21, 2023, 07:34 PM ISTThe teachers' recruitment scam is under investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED).
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Setback for TMC's Abhishek Banerjee as SC refuses to stay probe in West Bengal recruitment scam
Kolkata | Jul 10, 2023, 02:24 PM ISTThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoned Abhishek Banerjee last month over its investigation in the teacher recruitment scam. Abhishek declined to comply citing political responsibilities.
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Bengal teachers recruitment scam: Abhishek Banerjee's aide Sujay Krishna Bhadra arrested by ED
Kolkata | May 31, 2023, 07:20 AM ISTSuvendu Adhikari, the leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, made the following statement in response to the most recent arrest in the recruitment "scam" case: "No one involved in the matter will be spared, and all the high and powerful will go to jail."
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West Bengal SSC Scam: Partha Chatterjee reaches Kolkata's CGO complex after ED custody ordered
India | Jul 26, 2022, 08:13 AM ISTPartha Chatterjee news: Partha was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the alleged School Service Commission (SSC) scam in West Bengal on Saturday.
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ED officials reach SSKM, Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee flown to AIIMS Bhubaneswar today
India | Jul 25, 2022, 10:38 AM ISTPartha Chatterjee news: The Calcutta High Court said that political leaders belonging to the ruling party (Trinamool Congress) had successfully avoided ED quizzing in the past by taking shelter in SSKM hospital in Kolkata.
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HC reserves verdict in teacher case against Om Prakash Chautala and son
National | Jul 12, 2014, 11:18 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Delhi High Court Friday reserved its verdict on the 2000 illegal teacher recruitment scam in Haryana against former chief minister Om Prakash Chautala, his son Ajay Chautala and others.Justice Siddharth Mridul reserved
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Chautalas get 10 yrs in jail in JBT scam, violence outside court
National | Jan 22, 2013, 07:13 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 22: In a judgement that could have electoral ramifications in Haryana, former Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala and his son Ajay Chautala were today sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for corruption amidst