Kolkata, March 5 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday said that the Commission’s full bench, which will visit West Bengal for a two-day tour next week, will have a packed schedule.According to the schedule, the full bench headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar will arrive in Kolkata on the night of March 8. Over the next two days — March 9 and March 10 — the Commission will review both the ongoing process of judicial adjudication of voters’ documents c…
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Kolkata, Feb 26 (IANS) Political tensions continue to simmer in West Bengal amid the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, as the final voter list is set to be published on February 28 in line with Supreme Court directives. West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agarwal confirmed on Thursday that the list will be released on schedule, but with special markings to address ongoing cases and deletions. Agarwal explained that the final roll will include two additional features …
Kolkata, Feb 26 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court, on Thursday, sought 200 judicial officers — 100 each from the High Courts of Odisha and Jharkhand — to join the team of judicial officers already appointed for adjudication of voters’ documents identified under the “logical discrepancy” category.The decision to seek these 200 judicial officers from the neighbouring states was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul. The meeting was attended by C…
Kolkata, Feb 25 (IANS) Several courts in West Bengal on Wednesday received bomb threat again, just a day after getting similar warnings through email.The mails were sent to judges of various district courts.According to the police, the bomb scare first spread to the Asansol District and Sessions Court. The threat mail was sent to the West Burdwan District Judge.According to sources, the mail read, “A bomb has been placed in the court. It will explode after some time.”Asansol-Durgapur Deputy Comm…
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…
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) The West Bengal government has completed the process of registering FIRs against two electoral registration officers (EROs) and two assistant electoral registration officers (AEROs), following the Election Commission of India (ECI)-set deadline for completing the process by 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. At the same time, the state government had also completed the process of FIR registration against a data-entry operator engaged in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in W…
Balurghat, Feb 16 (IANS) Following the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to suspend seven Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) engaged in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, Union MoS Sukanta Majumdar on Monday said strict action would be taken against officials who work in a biased manner. Speaking to reporters, Sukanta Majumdar said, “The Election Commission has ordered the suspension of officials across seven blocks, including Ghatal, Sham…
Kolkata, Feb 11 (IANS) Sara Bangla Atashbaji Unnayan Samity (All Bengal Fireworks Development Association) has written a letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, expressing concerns about the “dangerous” training imparted in the name of making eco-friendly firecrackers, sources said on Wednesday.A copy of the letter has been sent to the state’s Chief Secretary Nandini Chakraborty and the Additional Chief Secretary of the Small and Cottage Industries Department.The letter, written on Tuesday, ha…
Kolkata, Feb 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday the Union Public Service Commission’s petition challenging the Central Administrative Tribunal’s order directing the Mamata Banerjee government to complete the recruitment process of the new DGP by January 31.Since the legal complications in the matter are ongoing, even as the state government had named Peeyush Pandey as Rajeev Kumar’s successor, Pandey was appointed as an acting DGP, not as a permanent DGP.All eyes will …
Kolkata, Jan 29 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Thursday requested the Election Commission of India (ECI) to withdraw its order, issued earlier this week, stopping the transfers of three Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, who are currently on temporary deputation to the poll panel for the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) in the state.The Commission’s Secretary, Sujeet Kumar Mishra, on Tuesday, wrote to Chief Secretary Nandini Chakraborty, ordering a stop to the departme…