Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) mandated the transfer of 13 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, all in the ranks of District Magistrates (DMs), who are the district electoral officers (DEOs).As per the notification issued by the ECI in the afternoon, Jitin Jadav, a 2016 batch IAS officer, will be the new DM-cum-DEO of Cooch Behar district.Sandeep Ghosh, also of the 2016 batch, will be the new DM-cum-DEO of Jalpaiguri district.Vikek Kumar (2016 batch) has…
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Kolkata, Feb 19 (IANS) Ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections, the West Bengal government on Thursday carried out another reshuffle in the state police administration, transferring four IPS officers holding key positions in politically sensitive districts.A notification issued by the state Home Department stated that the transfers were made in the “public interest”. However, administrative and political observers consider the reshuffle significant in the context of preparations ahead of th…
Kolkata, Dec 27 (IANS) Three people were killed in a road accident caused by dense fog in West Bengal’s Alipurduar district on Saturday. According to the police, the incident occurred due to a head-on collision between a small car and a 12-wheeler trailer. After the accident, the trailer fell into a ditch beside the road.Police said that a small car was travelling towards Siliguri in north Bengal. The trailer was coming from the opposite direction.The accident took place in the Garam Basati area…