Kolkata, Feb 25 (IANS): Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Wednesday approached the Calcutta High Court raising serious concerns regarding his personal security and alleging lack of adequate vigilance and protection by the state police authorities.His counsel mentioned the matter before a division bench comprising Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen, drawing the court’s attention to the alleged failure of the state police to ensure pr…
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Kolkata, Feb 25 (IANS) The office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, on Wednesday sent its formal recommendation to the headquarters of the Election Commission of India (ECI) in Delhi for the registration of Janata Unnayan Party (JUP), the new political party floated by suspended Trinamool Congress legislator Humayun Kabir from the Bharatpur Assembly constituency in the minority-dominated Murshidabad district of West Bengal.According to sources in the CEO’s office, Humayun Kabi…
Kolkata, Feb 25 (IANS) The office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, on Wednesday sought a detailed and comprehensive report from the Kolkata Police Commissioner, Supratim Sarkar, in connection with the incident involving the heckling of the Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, in front of the CEO’s office in central Kolkata on Tuesday evening.While the Leader of the Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari, accompanied by a group of se…
Puducherry, Feb 25 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, along with Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, on Wednesday, held a series of high-level consultations with recognised national and state political parties in Puducherry as part of the Election Commission of India’s preparedness for the upcoming Assembly elections.The Commission’s visit assumes significance amid heightened political activity in the Union Territory, with political parties intensi…
Kolkata, Feb 25 (IANS) The vehicles allotted to the Central Armed Police Forces personnel, whose deployment in West Bengal will start from March 1 ahead of the Assembly elections, will be fitted with GPS trackers to ensure that the Election Commission of India (ECI)-appointed central observers can constantly monitor whether the deployed CAPF personnel are effectively utilized from day one or not.The ECI has already given clear instructions that the first phase of 240 companies of CAPF to be depl…
Kolkata, Feb 24 (IANS) Amid the crucial Assembly elections in West Bengal scheduled later this year, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed the police administration in the state to complete the process of identification of the sensitive pockets in the state at the earliest, and if possible, by the second week of March. Based on the sensitive pockets identified by the state police, the Commission will do the initial planning for the concentration of the deployment of Central Armed P…
Kolkata, Feb 23 (IANS) Judicial officers appointed to adjudicate identity documents of voters flagged under the “logical discrepancy” category by the Election Commission of India (ECI) will submit daily progress reports to the Calcutta High Court on the status of the adjudication process.The adjudication process, being conducted by judicial officers appointed by the Calcutta High Court in compliance with directions issued by the Supreme Court last week, commenced on Monday.Despite initial te…
New Delhi/Gandhinagar, Feb 23 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday appointed Sandip Sagale as the new Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Gujarat. He will take over responsibilities from the current CEO, Hareet Shukla, once he formally assumes charge.Sagale, a 2007-batch officer of the Indian Administrative Service in the Gujarat cadre, is currently serving as Director General of the Sports Authority of Gujarat, a role he took on following a major state government reshuffle…
Kolkata, Feb 22 (IANS) The full-fledged judicial adjudication of claims and objections arising from the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound West Bengal will start from Monday, and the process will begin with the involvement of 150 session judges appointed by the Calcutta High Court.A total of 250 judicial officers have been involved in the system, and the process of judicial adjudication will be overseen at the district level by a Calcutta High Court-appoint…
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS) Trinamool Congress All India General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday pointed out multiple violations of norms by officials engaged in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in West Bengal. “It has come to our notice that EROs are no longer able to monitor the progress of AEROs on the ECINet portal with respect to the conduct of SIR in Bengal. This amounts to a TRIPLE VIOLATION,” Banerjee wrote on X.The Trinamool Congress MP also gave details of the norms …