Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) Garga Chatterjee, founder of ‘Bangla Paksha’, was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly making provocative comments during the West Bengal Assembly elections, a senior officer of Kolkata Police said.Officers of the cyber cell of Kolkata Police arrested Chatterjee from the Deshapriya Park area in south Kolkata. He is also accused of spreading rumours related to electronic voting machines (EVMs) during the elections.The authorities believed that such comments are not just cr…
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Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) The West Bengal government has decided to withdraw the ‘Z-plus’ security cover provided to Trinamool Congress General Secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee, a government official said on Monday.According to the official, the additional security personnel and special pilot car facility allotted to Abhishek Banerjee will no longer remain in force.It may be noted that Abhishek Banerjee had been provided ‘Z-plus’ security cover for more than 10 years. Howe…
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) A young man has been arrested in Kolkata on charges of extorting Rs 3 crore by threatening a woman with “digital arrest” in Haryana. The accused, Rahul Roy, was arrested from the Bansdroni area of south Kolkata with the help of Kolkata Police, a senior police officer said on Monday.Members of the cyber fraud gang allegedly extorted Rs 3 crore from the account of the elderly wife of a former Army officer from Haryana.Police said the incident took place a few months ago …
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 10 (IANS) Within less than 24 hours of taking oath, newly sworn‑in West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has carried out a sweeping overhaul of the bureaucratic structure in the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) at the state secretariat.As many as 16 bureaucrats attached to the earlier CMO led by former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee have been replaced by new officers. Of these, the most prominent name among the erstwhile officers who have been shifted out of the CMO is Santan…
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) Hours after taking oath as the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday held his first meeting with the state’s top administrative and police officials, including Chief Secretary Dushyant Nariala, Home Secretary Sanghamitra Ghosh and Director General of Police (DGP) Siddh Nath Gupta.The meeting was held at the Public Works Department (PWD) auditorium in central Kolkata’s Esplanade area.During the meeting, the newly sworn-in Chief Minister enquired about…
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) The Kolkata Police on Saturday unfollowed former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee’s X accounts after Suvendu Adhikari was sworn in as the Chief Minister of West Bengal. At the same time, the list of those whom the Kolkata Police are now following includes the accounts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the new Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, the Prime Minister’s Office, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and his office.The results o…
Kolkata, May 7 (IANS) As preparations for the new Chief Minister’s oath-taking ceremony are underway, the Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata has been put under a massive security blanket, with the ground divided into 30 sections.The oath-taking ceremony on Saturday will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, a host of BJP’s central leaders and Chief Ministers of NDA-ruled states.The Lalbazar (Kolkata Police headquarters) held a meeting on Wednesday. According t…
Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed West Bengal Chief Secretary, Director General of Police and CAPFs deployed in the state to ensure zero tolerance towards post-poll violence, an official of the Commission said on Tuesday evening. The directive from the Election Commission came following reports that several incidents of violence took place across the state from Monday evening, after the West Bengal Assembly elections results were declared.The Trinamool Congres…