Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of the Taratala warehouse collapse incident, seeking a detailed report on the matter from state government officials within two weeks. In a statement issued on Thursday, the NHRC sent notices to the Kolkata Police Commissioner, the State Chief Secretary and the Municipal Commissioner, seeking information on what investigation has been carried out into the incident and how much compensation has been p…
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New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of media reports regarding the death of at least 16 labourers and injuries to 20 others after an under-construction warehouse building collapsed in the Taratala area of Kolkata, West Bengal. Observing that the contents of news reports, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of human rights, the apex human rights body has issued notices to the West Bengal Chief Secretary, the Kolkata Police Com…
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Friday a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), alleging interference by then West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and senior state police officials during search operations conducted earlier this year at the Kolkata office of political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC).A Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and N.V. Anjaria earlier deferred the matter after Solicitor General Tushar Meht…
Kolkata, April 29 (IANS) Following the instruction of the Election Commission of India (ECI) at the last moment, central forces personnel have been deployed at the entry-gates of the high-rise buildings and housing complexes where temporary polling booths have been set up this time for the second phase of Assembly polls for 142 constituencies in West Bengal, on Wednesday.It is learnt that the instructions on this count were given to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Manoj Kumar Agarwal, on Tues…
Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Gyanesh Kumar, at a virtual meeting on Thursday, directed the West Bengal Police to ensure the arrest of every culprit behind the harassment of seven judicial adjudication officers at Kaliachak in Malda district at the earliest by midnight. At the meeting, West Bengal Director General of Police Siddh Nath Gupta and the Malda district police superintendent, Anupam Singh faced the ire of the CEC for delayed response by the state police in …
Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) The Kolkata Police Commissioner recently directed the anti-rowdy officers of every police station in the city to submit a ‘rough register’ (a special diary or ledger) to their respective Deputy Commissioners of Police, containing the names and details of miscreants in their jurisdictions. The report was submitted to the Kolkata Police headquarters at Lalbazar on Monday, a senior police officer said.According to the Intelligence Department of Kolkata Police, the names …
Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) IT Cell Chief and party’s central observer for West Bengal, Amit Malviya, on Saturday, questioned the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress’ decision to nominate Menaka Guruswamy for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in the state. In an X post, Malviya claimed that Chief Minister Banerjee has rewarded Guruswamy for defending the then Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal in the RG Kar rape and murder case.”Mamata Banerjee has rewarded Mena…
Kolkata, Feb 25 (IANS) The office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, on Wednesday sought a detailed and comprehensive report from the Kolkata Police Commissioner, Supratim Sarkar, in connection with the incident involving the heckling of the Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, in front of the CEO’s office in central Kolkata on Tuesday evening.While the Leader of the Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari, accompanied by a group of se…
Kolkata, Feb 24 (IANS) A bomb threat was sent to seven courts in West Bengal, including the Calcutta High Court, through e-mails, causing panic among judges and lawyers on Tuesday, police said. Following the bomb threat, the state administration hastily called a high-level meeting in State Secretariat. West Bengal Chief Secretary Nandini Chakraborty, in a press conference, said: “The security in the courts is the responsibility of the state government. There is no reason to panic.”The State Chie…
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Wednesday the plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleging interference by the West Bengal government and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during the Central agency’s recent search operations at the office of political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC).As per the cause list published on the apex court’s website, the matter is listed for hearing on February 18 before a bench of Justices Prasha…