Kolkata, July 28 (IANS) The Health Department of West Bengal is set to introduce a new standard operating procedure (SOP) that mandates a weekly review of medicine inventories in state-run hospitals and medical college hospitals.State Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Sharadwat Mukhopadhyay has given the go-ahead for this new SOP, and the main aim behind this move is to eliminate the presence and use of expired medicines in the state-run medical entities, said an insider from the state healt…
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Ranchi, July 27 (IANS) The Criminal Investigation Department (CID), which is probing alleged irregularities in the 14th Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) Civil Services Examination and several other recruitment tests, has summoned former JPSC Chairman L. Khiangte for questioning on Tuesday.Investigators are expected to question him on various aspects related to the recruitment process and conduct of the examinations.Khiangte said he would fully cooperate with the investigating agency. H…
Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday launched a sharp attack on Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee over the alleged large-scale irregularities at the Sebashray health camps organised in Diamond Harbour in South 24 Parganas during the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool government.Speaking on the floor of the West Bengal Assembly on the final day of the six-day extended session, Adhikari addressed the H…
Kolkata, July 19 (IANS) The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the West Bengal Police, on Sunday, arrested a woman with a huge cache of illegal firearms and ammunition at Ahsoknagar in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.The woman has been identified as Puja Biswas, a resident of ward number 12 under Habra Municipality in the same district.Among the weapons recovered from her are six firearms, which include four 7 mm and two 9 mm pistols, 12 magazines, and 200 rounds of ammunition….
Kolkata, July 17 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday extended the interim protection from coercive police actions, including arrest for Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, in the ongoing Criminal Investigation Department (CID) enquiry in the case of mismatch in the signatures of some Trinamool Congress legislators on a document pertaining to appointments of some crucial slots in the West Bengal Assembly that are r…
Kolkata, July 15 (IANS) Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, is scheduled to appear at Bidhannagar Court in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Wednesday to give his voice samples in the hate speech case registered against him.This follows an ultimatum given to him last week by a single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court.Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, last week skipped the sec…
Kolkata, July 10 (IANS) The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the West Bengal Police probing the death of a 12-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped and murdered at Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district, is also probing a possible angle that could establish links between some of the accused arrested in the case and a girls’ trafficking racket operating in the area.Although refusing to divulge detailed information for the sake of the investigation, an officer from the Baruipur Police District…
Kolkata, July 10 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Friday gave an ultimatum to Trinamool Congress General Secretary, Abhishek Banerjee, asking him to appear at Bidhannagar Court and give his voice samples to sleuths of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), failing which the single-judge Bench would withdraw protection from coercive police action against the leader.The court asked Abhishek Banerjee to appear at Bidhannagar Court in North 24 Paragans district of West Bengal by 2 p.m. on Jul…
Bengaluru, July 9 (IANS) Four police officers, including a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP), have secured relief in the high-profile Bitcoin case after the Karnataka Home Department declined to grant prosecution sanction against them. This prompted the Criminal Investigation Department’s (CID) Special Investigation Team (SIT) to drop charges and file a ‘B’ report before the court, police confirmed on Thursday.The four officers are DySP Sridhar Pujar and Inspectors D.M. Prashanth Babu, Laks…
Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Thursday entrusted the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe and submit a report on the encounter killing of Pravas Mondal, one of the four persons accused in the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl at Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district.At the same time, an insider from the state secretariat of Nabanna said that a judicial probe as per norms has already been initiated into the matter, which will continue.Mandal was ki…