Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will take over the investigation into the Chandranath Rath assassination case, officials said on Tuesday. A 7-member Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by a DIG-rank officer from the CBI, will conduct the investigation.The CBI will take over the case from the West Bengal Police later in the day.Earlier, the Bengal Police had recommended a CBI inquiry into this case.On Monday, the Bengal Police arrested three sharpshooters fro…
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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…
Raipur, May 11 (IANS) Political reactions intensified on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to citizens regarding economic restraint, with Congress leader and former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel launching a sharp attack on him and the BJP over rising gold prices and the country’s economic situation.”First of all, the PM has finally woken up. Gold, which is at Rs 1.5 lakh, had gone up to Rs 1.86 lakh, but the PM remained silent then,” Baghel said.He further alleged that the Centr…
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) Money under the state government’s ‘Annapurna Bhandar’ scheme will start flowing into women’s bank accounts from June 1, a state government official said on Monday. During the Assembly election campaign, PM Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah repeatedly promised to implement the Annapurna Bhandar social welfare scheme for women in the state.Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari began fulfilling those promises on the first working day of the new government, Monda…
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) In his first meeting with departmental secretaries of the West Bengal government, the new Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari, on Monday directed the top bureaucrats in the state to focus strictly on eliminating wasteful expenditure to ease pressure on the cash-strapped exchequer inherited by the new government.He also instructed departmental secretaries not to use the tagline “inspired by the Chief Minister” in any state government hoarding, advertisement or plaque, whic…
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) Organiser Satadru Dutta has squarely blamed security agencies and law enforcement for the chaos surrounding Argentine legend Lionel Messi’s appearance in Kolkata during the GOAT India Tour 2025, alleging that the local authorities’ “complete failure” to implement the high-level security arrangements planned for the event.Speaking to IANS, Dutta claimed the programme had been organised under stringent protocols because of the presence of several high-profile personali…
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) Aam Janata Unnayan Party legislator Humayun Kabir on Monday welcomed the decision taken in the first meeting of the new cabinet in West Bengal, led by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, to allocate land to the BSF for the installation of barbed fencing along the currently unfenced international border with Bangladesh within a period of 45 days. “The security of the state and the country is associated with this decision. Now there is a double-engine government in West Be…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Monday told the Supreme Court that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal had materially affected the outcome of Assembly elections in several constituencies, claiming that the number of deleted voters exceeded the margin of victory in at least 31 seats won by the BJP. A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing petitions challenging the SIR exercise undertaken by the…
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) The West Bengal government, on Monday, issued an order terminating the tenures of nominated directors, members and chairpersons of different boards, organisations, non-statutory bodies and public sector undertakings under various state government departments.“I am directed to request you that necessary action to immediately terminate the tenures of the nominated Members/Directors/Chairpersons of different Boards, Organizations, non-statutory bodies and public sector unde…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Amid the gloom and recriminations within West Bengal’s defeated Trinamool Congress, the nomination of veteran leader Sovandeb Chattopadhyay as Leader of the Opposition has stood out as a rare positive development.Widely regarded in political circles as “the right man in the wrong party”, the octogenarian’s elevation has revived discussions about integrity and experience in a party grappling with electoral setback and internal criticism.According to a mid-level Tr…