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 …
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Kolkata, Jan 31 (IANS) A political slugfest has surfaced in West Bengal over the appointment of former additional director general (South Bengal), Supratim Sarkar as the new Commissioner of Kolkata Police, which was officially announced by the West Bengal Police Directorate on Friday.Top BJP leaders from West Bengal claimed that Sarkar was gifted with the post by the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government for managing the tension at Sandeshkhali, a conglomeration of islands in North 24 Parga…
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Friday named Peeyush Pandey as the successor of Rajeev Kumar as the Acting Director General of state police. Kumar is set to retire from service on Saturday.At the same time, the state government had also announced the replacement of the current Kolkata Police Commissioner.The new Kolkata Police Chief will be Suprateem Sarakr, who is currently the Additional Director General of Police (South Bengal).The current Kolkata Police Commissioner, Man…
Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) Further complications have arisen over the appointment of new Director General of state police in West Bengal as the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has approached the Delhi High Court challenging an order from the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) earlier this month directing the Mamata Banerjee government to complete the process of recruitment of the new DGP by January 31, the day of the retirement of the current Acting DGP, Rajeev Kumar.On January 21, the CAT…
Kolkata, Jan 24 (IANS) The West Bengal government has submitted a list of eight senior IPS officers to the Centre for consideration as the state’s next permanent Director General of Police (DGP), according to official sources. The list, sent to Delhi on January 21, includes acting DGP Rajeev Kumar, who will retire on January 31, and Rajesh Kumar, a 1990 batch IPS officer who alleges unfair treatment in the selection process. The other nominees are Ranveer Kumar, Debashish Roy, Anuj Sharma, …
Kolkata, Jan 24 (IANS) The District Magistrate, also the District Electoral Officer, of Murshidabad district in West Bengal on Saturday afternoon finally lodged an FIR against the Trinamool Congress legislator from the Farakka Assembly constituency, who has been accused of leading party activists in vandalism at a centre for hearings on claims and objections on the draft voters’ list at Farakka over a week ago.However, the FIR was registered almost 48 hours after the deadline set by the Election…
Kolkata, Jan 22 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday directed registration of an First Information Report (FIR) against Trinamool Congress legislator from Farakka Assembly constituency in Murshidabad district, Manirul Islam, in relation to the ransacking of a centre for hearing on claims and objections on the draft voters’ list in West Bengal.The ransacking allegedly conducted by the ruling Trinamool Congress activists last week, was reportedly led by Manirul Islam as per …
Kolkata, Jan 21 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday decided to publish two separate lists of “unmapped” and “logical discrepancy” cases identified during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal.Although a division bench of the Supreme Court, earlier this week, had directed the ECI to publish the list of “logical discrepancy” cases identified in the course of “progeny-mapping” and summoned for hearing, it had been silent on the publicatio…
Kolkata, Jan 21 (IANS) The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has directed the West Bengal government to send to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) the names for empanelment to select the new Director General of Police (DGP) by January 23.Based on the empanelment proposals sent by the state government, the UPSC will have to notify the panel by January 28 and declare the name of the new state police chief.Currently, West Bengal Police does not have any fulltime DGP. Acting DGP Rajeev K…
Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) Amid Supreme Court’s order on issuing a slew of directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to ensure that the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, especially the verification of voters under the “logical discrepancies” category, is conducted transparently and without causing undue hardship to citizens, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has raised the question on whether the apex court will hold the state DGP, Rajeev Kum…