Mumbai, March 30 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday announced plans to use data-driven tools and artificial intelligence technology to detect illegal Bangladeshi immigrants. He specifically mentioned partnering with institutions like the Indian Institute of Technology to develop an artificial intelligence tool that can help authorities differentiate between legal residents and those living in the city without valid documentation. These tools will be deployed once testi…
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Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Wednesday assigned new responsibilities to 19 IPS officers who were removed from their posts by the Election Commission. They have now been appointed to new positions, a senior officer at the state secretariat, Nabanna, said. The state government issued a directive to this effect on Wednesday, keeping in mind the EC’s condition that none of the officers could be reinstated to any post related to the Assembly elections.Indira Mukherj…
Guwahati, March 2 (IANS) The Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Kamrup district in Assam on Monday ordered that one of the accused in Zubeen Garg’s death case – the festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta’s bank accounts be unfrozen, noting that the provisions under Section 107 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) were not applicable in the present circumstances. The Court also ordered another accused in the case, Siddhartha Sharma, to deposit Rs. 16 lakhs with the Criminal Invest…
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Friday named Peeyush Pandey as the successor of Rajeev Kumar as the Acting Director General of state police. Kumar is set to retire from service on Saturday.At the same time, the state government had also announced the replacement of the current Kolkata Police Commissioner.The new Kolkata Police Chief will be Suprateem Sarakr, who is currently the Additional Director General of Police (South Bengal).The current Kolkata Police Commissioner, Man…
Patna, Jan 27 (IANS) The mysterious death of a NEET aspirant at Shambhu Girls’ Hostel in Patna has sent shockwaves across Bihar, with fresh developments adding new gravity to the investigation. The Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) has collected blood samples from 11 individuals, including hostel owner Manish Ranjan, in a significant step forward.Among those sampled are five members of the deceased student’s family and six other suspects.These suspects include individuals captured on CCTV fo…
Bengaluru, Jan 24 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Bengaluru Zonal Office, has provisionally attached immovable properties worth Rs 1.53 crore under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in connection with the Police Sub-Inspector (PSI) recruitment scam involving former ADGP Amrit Paul and others, the agency said in an official statement on Saturday.The attached assets include residential properties belonging to Amrit Paul, former Additional Director G…
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IANS) The West Bengal Government on Monday announced a massive reshuffle in the state police ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections.According to a notification issued by the West Bengal Police Directorate, as many as 26 senior police officials, both of the Indian Police Service (IPS) and West Bengal Police Service (WBPS), have been shifted.However, the maximum of the transferred officials — 23 — are of the IPS, while the remaining are of the state police service.Three of the …
Kolkata, Dec 23 (IANS) The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA), on Tuesday, approached a division bench of the Calcutta High Court, challenging the order by a single-judge bench of the same court earlier this month, cancelling the jobs of 313 teachers, attached to different GTA-run schools in the hills scattered over Darjeeling, Kurseong, and Kalimpong in West Bengal. The matter will be heard at the Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench by the division bench of Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justi…
Mumbai, Dec 22 (IANS) The death of a key figure in last year’s political uprising and cancellation of the opening ceremony in Dhaka over political unrest have raised doubts over the next season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). As franchises ramp up preparations, questions continue to swirl around the tournament’s ability to start on schedule amid political unrest and security concerns across Bangladesh, a news report said on Monday.Though the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) remains firm …