Telegraph lays off 35 employees operating out of Jharkhand and North East

According to media reports, Kolkata based English daily, Telegraph, has sacked 35 staffers that operated out of Jharkhand and North East.

May 31 will be the last issue of the daily in the respective regions.

The newspaper has compensated the staff by offering three to nine months’ basic pay along with gratuity pay for employees associated with the publication for more than a decade.

All communication to the staff has been verbal and there has been no official email or statement released by the newspaper.