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WB professors pulled up for giving opinion on TV

Kolkata: After the cartoon controversy in which a Jadavpur university professor was arrested, the West Bengal government has now issued showcause notices to two government college professors for appearing in a TV programme where they allegedly made 'anti-government' comments.

Debasish Sarkar, professor of Jhargram Raj College and Sampa Sen, professor of Hooghly Mohsin College, were issued showcause notices by the Higher Education directorate seeking to know whether they had taken prior permission from the government before taking part in the TV programme.

However, Higher Education Minister Bratya Basu said on Friday that there should be no controversy in the matter. "We have only sought to know if as government college teachers, they have taken prior permission from the department as per rules.

"Freedom of expression is for everyone. I have nothing to comment," Basu said, adding that adherence to rules was mandatory by government college teachers....more

12:27 PM, Jun 09, 2012

Greece politician assaults 2 others on live TV

by Associated Press

Athens: Greece's election campaign turned ugly on live TV. The spokesman of the extreme-right Golden Dawn party, after trading insults of "commie" and "fascist", lunged at two female left-wing politicians on a mainstream morning talk show, throwing water at one and smacking the other three times across the face. The violent display reminiscent of trash TV, a week and a half ahead of crucial elections, stunned Greeks as they seek...

09:12 AM, Jun 08, 2012