Bhopal/Ujjain, May 19 (IANS) A controversy has erupted as Leader of Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly, Umang Singhar, raised serious allegations over a land deal near the Mahakal Temple in Ujjain, claiming government land used for parking was sold to a company linked to a BJP MLA.Singhar alleged that land originally designated as government property was first privatised and then sold to Utopia Hotel and Resort Private Limited, whose directors include BJP MLA from Alot, Chintamani Malviya…
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Guwahati, May 16 (IANS) Former Leader of Opposition in the Assam Legislative Assembly, Debabrata Saikia, has written to the Assam Chief Secretary alleging serious malfunctioning of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) Assam website and its associated helpline numbers, calling the situation “highly unprofessional” and unacceptable. In a letter addressed to the Chief Secretary on Saturday, Saikia claimed that while attempting to retrieve his own NRC details through the “Know Your ARN” s…
Bhubaneswar, May 14 (IANS) Amid opposition parties’ criticism over rising violence, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday directed the Odisha Police to adopt a more proactive, people-centric approach and intensify efforts to completely eradicate organised crime in the state. Reviewing the law-and-order situation in the state with senior administrative and police officials, district collectors, and Superintendents of Police, CM Majhi emphasised that the police should take steps to earn th…
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Manoj Agarwal, was on Monday appointed as the state’s new Chief Secretary.”The Governor is pleased to appoint Shri Manoj Kumar Agarwal, IAS (WB-1990), Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal and ex officio Additional Chief Secretary, Home and Hill Affairs (Election), Department, Govt. of West Bengal, as Chief Secretary of West Bengal until further orders. This is issued in the interest of public interest,” a notification issued by Ad…
Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed West Bengal Chief Secretary, Director General of Police and CAPFs deployed in the state to ensure zero tolerance towards post-poll violence, an official of the Commission said on Tuesday evening. The directive from the Election Commission came following reports that several incidents of violence took place across the state from Monday evening, after the West Bengal Assembly elections results were declared.The Trinamool Congres…
Chandigarh, May 3 (IANS) A delegation of the Punjab BJP unit, led by state President Sunil Jakhar, met Governor Gulab Chand Kataria and demanded the replacement of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.Jakhar alleged that the conduct of CM Mann during the just-held Assembly session, where he reportedly appeared in an inebriated state, “makes him unfit to continue leading a sensitive border state like Punjab”. He said, “If the law does not allow a person under the influence of alcohol to drive, then…
Bhubaneswar, April 29 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Keonjhar Collector and Superintendent of Police (SP) to initiate an inquiry into an incident in which a tribal man exhumed and carried his sister’s skeletal remains to a bank after officials allegedly demanded a death certificate and a legal heir certificate to process a death claim. Acting on a petition filed by noted rights activist Manoj Jena on April 28, the apex rights body has also asked the Keonjha…
Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) Just 48 hours before the crucial second and final phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections, the Union Home Ministry on Monday issued an order extending the tenure of the current state Director General of Police (DGP) Siddh Nath Gupta by six months.Gupta was supposed to retire from service on April 30.Under Secretary, Home Ministry, Sanjeev Kumar, on Monday, sent a communique to West Bengal Chief Secretary, Dushyant Nariala, to intimate him about the extension to Gupt…
Shimla, April 18 (IANS) Days after the salary cuts of the lawmakers, comprising Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, now 30 per cent pay cut has been made temporarily for senior government officials, including the Chief Secretary Sanjay Gupta and the Director General of Police (DGP) Ashok Tiwari, on Sunday. The Congress government has taken a major decision to address financial crisis in the hill state.The state government has issued an order temporarily suspending a portion o…
Chennai, April 19 (IANS) With just five days remaining for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed the state government to transfer senior IPS officer K.A. Senthil Velan from his post as Inspector General of Police (Intelligence) and appoint Avinash Kumar in his place with immediate effect.In an order issued on Sunday, the ECI instructed that Avinash Kumar, a 2004-batch IPS officer, be posted as the new IG (Intelligence), underscoring the need for a…