Lucknow, May 14 (IANS) At least 89 people lost their lives, and 53 others were injured after a powerful thunderstorm, heavy rain, hailstorm and lightning strikes battered several districts of Uttar Pradesh, causing widespread destruction on Wednesday evening, officials said. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took cognisance of the widespread damage and directed officials to undertake immediate relief and rescue measures.Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed condolences to the families of the dec…
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Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) The new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led West Bengal government has decided to decentralise the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC), which was marred by controversies over massive irregularities in the recruitment of teaching and non-teaching staff in state-run schools during the previous Trinamool Congress regime, in an attempt to ensure greater efficiency and transparency in the recruitment process.As the first step, the old system of operating WBSSC through fi…
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) The West Bengal government has issued an order directing the immediate closure of all unapproved toll gates and drop gates throughout the state that were active during the previous Trinamool Congress regime in the state.“All toll gates, drop gates, barricaded structures and operational collection points, from which vehicular traffic is operating across the district of West Bengal, which have not been duly approved/authorised by the competent authority of the Government o…
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) The Education Department of West Bengal has issued communications to all District Magistrates, instructing them to compile lists of “identified tainted” candidates within their respective districts who obtained teaching and non-teaching positions in various state-run schools in exchange for cash.Sources in the department said that besides preparing the lists of such “identified tainted” candidates, the District Magistrates (DM) have also been asked by the department to…
Patna, May 11 (IANS) In a major governance initiative aimed at resolving public grievances efficiently, Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary on Monday launched the ‘Sahyog Portal’ and Helpline Number 1100. The Chief Minister inaugurated the system remotely from the ‘Samvad’ hall at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat, located at 4 Deshratna Marg.The portal (sahyog.bihar.gov.in) features a real-time monitoring system designed to ensure transparency and accountability in grievance re…
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) The first meeting of the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led West Bengal cabinet, led by the ninth Chief Minister of the state, Suvendu Adhikari, will be held at the current state secretariat at Nabanna in Mandirtala, Howrah district, on Monday.Although the BJP had decided that its ministers would operate from the original state secretariat, the Writers’ Buildings, in central Kolkata, where renovations are taking longer, the new cabinet, including the Chief Minister, …
Kolkata, May 10 (IANS) After becoming the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari is scheduled to visit Nabanna for the first time on Monday. He is expected to hold an administrative meeting at the Nabanna (state secretariat) meeting hall at 12 noon. In view of his visit, Howrah and Kolkata Police are working to strengthen the security of Nabanna around that meeting.Not only the meeting hall, but also the security of the Nabanna perimeter is being reviewed, said government officials on S…
Kolkata, May 1 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday directed the general observers for all the 294 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal to be present at the respective counting centres and the counting halls before the counting of votes at 8 a.m. on May 4 and be present there till the counting is completed and the winning certificates are handed over to the elected candidates. An insider from the office of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said that the Commissio…
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) The Election Commission has directed the office of the state’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) to monitor the situation in West Bengal to prevent post-poll violence. In this regard, the CEO’s office held a virtual meeting with the District Magistrates and Superintendents of Police on Thursday. Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agrawal gave this message to the officers.After the end of the second and final phase of the Assembly elections on Wednesday, reports of sporadi…
Lucknow, April 20 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday announced a waiver for the ‘unregistered’ wheat-producing farmers to approach the government procurement centres and sell their farm produce, officials said.The move is seen as a big relief for a large section of the farming community, as this forgoes the existing condition of first getting themselves registered at government-run centres for selling farm produce.According to the officials privy to the order, the farmers will not…