Kolkata, Feb 13 (IANS) As many as seven district magistrates (DMs)/district electoral officers (DEOs), on Friday, faced the ire of the Election Commission of India (ECI) for various reasons mainly in relation to violations of the Commission-set guidelines for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal. These DMs, also the Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs), faced the ire of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Gyanesh Kumar, at a virtual meeting of the full-bench of the commissio…
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Kolkata, Feb 7 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday sought the attention of the Election Commission of India (ECI) and requested it to look into reported incidents of forgery of signatures of micro-observers appointed for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the State, allegedly in his native district of East Midnapore.In a statement issued on Saturday afternoon, the Opposition leader claimed that in the Deshapran block of the Uttar Kanthi A…
Kolkata, Jan 29 (IANS) A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday sought an explanation from the West Bengal government on why financial benefits under a women-oriented state government scheme had been stopped in a particular village panchayat in East Midnapore, which is the native district of Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Assembly.The division bench of Calcutta High Court’s Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen directed the state govern…
Kolkata, Jan 18 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) had turned down the West Bengal government’s plea last week seeking withdrawal of the poll body’s earlier order for strong disciplinary action — including suspension and registration of FIRs — against four electoral officers in the state accused of manipulation in the enrolment of voters in two Assembly constituencies.On Friday, an official communique went from the West Bengal government to the ECI through the office of the West Ben…
Kolkata, Jan 11 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has taken exception to the unnecessary delay on the part of two District Magistrates, also the District Electoral Officers, in West Bengal, over the delay in registering FIRs against four electoral officers in the state accused of manipulations in the enrolment of voters.The Commission, on Saturday, sent reminders to the District Magistrates and District Electoral Officers of South 24 Parganas and East Midnapore districts, through the…
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday sought action taken reports (ATRs) from the district magistrates, who also function as district electoral officers (DEOs), of South 24 Parganas and East Midnapore districts of West Bengal on the implementation of its recent directive to register FIRs against four electoral officers accused of irregularities in voter enrolment in two Assembly constituencies.On January 2, the ECI directed the DEO of South 24 Parganas district t…
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IANS) Amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has received information about 14 voters who are holding Indian EPIC cards and Bangladeshi passports simultaneously.Based on inputs and suspicions that these 14 voters might be originally Bangladeshi residents, the CEO’s office had sought information about them from the Foreigners’ Regional Registration Office (FRRO) in Kolkata.The FRRO, Kolkata, recently wr…
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) The impact of a western disturbance has led to a rise in temperatures across Kolkata and several south Bengal districts, offering brief relief after days of bone-chilling cold when the mercury had dipped to around 11 degrees Celsius.On Saturday morning, the minimum temperature in Kolkata was recorded at 14.2 degrees Celsius, close to normal for this time of the year. On Friday, the city had logged a minimum of 13.1 degrees Celsius, while December 31 marked the coldest day o…
Kolkata, Jan 2 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday directed the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, to register FIRs against four electoral officers in the state accused of manipulation in voter enrolment in two Assembly constituencies.Two of the officers against whom FIRs have been ordered are the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) of Baruipur East Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district, Debottam Dutta Chowdhury, and the Assistant Elector…
Kolkata, Dec 31 (IANS) Cold conditions continued unabated in West Bengal, with Darjeeling recording a minimum temperature of 4 degrees Celsius.At 11 degrees Celsius, Kolkata recorded the coldest day of the season.With clear skies, the temperature is likely to remain similar for the next few days, with the possibility of the minimum temperature dropping further.The weather office has forecast rain and snowfall in Darjeeling between January 1 and 2.”The northerly winds are gripping districts acros…