The Supreme Court has upheld the Calcutta High Court’s verdict terminating the services of nearly 26,000 school teachers. While it is a fact that most of them used unfair means to get their jobs, there still were honest applicants in the mix who now have become collateral damage
Two horrific murder cases in Kolkata—one a brutal rape-murder in a government hospital, the other a chilling family massacre—expose the stark contrast in police efficiency when freed from political interference. The cases also shine a harsh light on the urgent need for long-overdue police reforms
The apex court has reacted to a contempt petition that said the state continues to use cruel methods to chase away pachyderms from human settlements that have encroached upon wild land and this was in violation of the Court’s order with the state reneging on its promise