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, …
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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…
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Reaffirming its commitment to safeguard the rights and dignity of young girls, the National Commission for Women has directed all states and Union Territories to intensify measures to prevent child marriages, particularly in view of ‘Akshaya Tritiya’ on April 19, an official said. The Commission issued instructions to the Chief Secretaries of all states and Union Territories on Saturday to ensure strict enforcement of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, acr…
Kolkata, April 15 (IANS) The Election Commission has directed District Magistrates, Police Commissioners, and Police Superintendents in West Bengal to visit violence-prone areas in the state and submit a detailed report by 5 p.m. on April 16, an official of the Commission said on Wednesday.In addition, the ECI also asked them to set up mobile, satellite, and wireless communication systems in each polling station.The instructions require senior district and police officials to inspect booths and …
Kolkata, April 13 (IANS) The district magistrates, who are also district electoral officers, police superintendents, and district forces coordinators of the districts concerned, on Monday separately urged the people of poll-bound West Bengal to reach polling booths without fear and cast their votes in large numbers. The three key electoral officials from all districts and the two electoral districts of Kolkata (Dakshin and Uttar) simultaneously addressed the media. The common message conve…
Kolkata, April 13 (IANS) The Election Commission on Monday launched a separate toll-free number to help voters in West Bengal report directly to the Commission any issues related to unrest or law and order. The Commission has also introduced a dedicated email ID so that voters can lodge complaints without delay.Voters can now call the toll-free number or send an email to report problems such as threats, intimidation, beatings, or interference with polling agents.The Commission already operates a…
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress, on Wednesday, wrote a letter to the Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul, requesting the latter to ensure that in case of “logical discrepancy” cases in West Bengal that will be rejected in course of the ongoing judicial adjudication process, the “grounds of rejections” should be mentioned by the judicial officers involved in the process. In an email communique sent to Justice Paul, Trinamool Congress had said that the “ground of rejection”…