Kolkata, May 8 (IANS) Political leaders from the BJP and its allies on Friday backed West Bengal Governor R.N. Ravi’s decision to dissolve the Legislative Assembly, asserting that the move was in line with constitutional provisions after the expiry of the Assembly’s term and the electoral defeat of the Trinamool Congress government led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.Reacting strongly to the development, BJP MP Rahul Sinha said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should have resigned after the …
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Kolkata, May 3 (IANS) The Kolkata Police on Sunday removed the Kalighat Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Chameli Mukherjee within 24 hours after appointing her to the post, officials said. With this, the OC of Kalighat Police Station in West Bengal’s Bhabanipur Assembly constituency has been changed four times in the last 36 days. The residence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee falls under Kalighat police station area in south Kolkata.Chameli Mukherjee was appointed to the post on Saturday,…
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) As the second phase of the West Bengal elections progresses, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday called upon voters to participate in significant numbers and utilise their democratic rights. He further said that this is the time to stand up against forces that seek to undermine your rights and give them a befitting reply.Kharge took to social media platform X and said, “Today marks the second phase of polling in the West Bengal Assembly elections. I ur…
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to interfere with the Calcutta High Court’s order upholding the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to transfer several senior bureaucrats and police officers in West Bengal ahead of the Assembly elections, observing that such reshuffles before polls are a common practice. A bench, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, declined to entertain the plea challenging the large-scale transfers ordered by the Ele…
Durgapur, April 11 (IANS) As the highly-anticipated West Bengal Assembly elections draw near, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday said that the BJP would emerge victorious in the state, saying that the “lotus will bloom even in coal mines.” She further added that people across Bengal including youth, women, and farmers have witnessed what she described as the ruthless image of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Speaking to reporters, Rekha Gupta said, “This time, the lotus will bloom…
Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency has applied to the court for the custody of 47 accused arrested in the Kaliachak incident, an official of the central investigation agency said. About 12 First Information Reports have already been filed in this incident. Incidentally, the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate in Malda district had already remanded those arrested in this incident to police custody. Later, the court ordered that the 46 accused be placed in judicial …
Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Gyanesh Kumar, at a virtual meeting on Thursday, directed the West Bengal Police to ensure the arrest of every culprit behind the harassment of seven judicial adjudication officers at Kaliachak in Malda district at the earliest by midnight. At the meeting, West Bengal Director General of Police Siddh Nath Gupta and the Malda district police superintendent, Anupam Singh faced the ire of the CEC for delayed response by the state police in …
Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) As many as 30 people have been arrested by West Bengal Police in connection with tension and violence over a Ram Navami procession at Jangipur in the minority-dominated Murshidabad district, an official said on Saturday.Although the situation was quickly brought under control following prompt joint action by the state police and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), the area had, for some time, virtually turned into a battlefield.Several people were injured in the clashes,…
Kolkata, March 27 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Friday, directed the Chief Secretary of West Bengal, Dushyant Nariala, to immediately suspend Avijit Paul, Inspector-in-Charge of Basanti Police Station in South 24 Parganas district, in connection with the violence and clashes in the area, which erupted on March 26. A police sub-inspector was also thrashed by a group of miscreants allegedly linked to the ruling Trinamool Congress.In a communique sent to the Chief Secretary b…
Kolkata, March 25 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday approached the Election Commission of India (ECI), seeking the removal of Jayant Kant, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from the Bihar cadre, as the Commission-appointed police observer for four assembly constituencies in the minority-dominated Malda district of West Bengal, because he is the husband of a BJP leader from Bihar. A letter on this count was submitted to the ECI by Trinamool Congress’s national working committee me…