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…
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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…
Kolkata, Jan 16 (IANS) The central leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has directed the party’s West Bengal unit to launch a massive campaign across the state on the developments in the Supreme Court on January 15, when the apex court stayed the FIRs registered by the West Bengal Police against Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials in connection with the recent searches at the premises of political consultancy firm I-PAC and the residence of its co-founder Pratik Jain in Kolkata.Sayi…
Kolkata, Jan 8 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Thursday said that if the Enforcement Directorate (ED) does not take action against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for allegedly obstructing officials during raid and search operations, it would send a wrong signal to the people of the state.Adhikari was addressing mediapersons about the Chief Minister’s visit to the office of political consultancy firm India Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and …
Kolkata, Jan 6 (IANS) As the tenure of the current West Bengal Director General of Police, Rajeev Kumar, is scheduled to end on January 31, complications surfaced over the appointment of his successor.The Director (All India Service) of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), Nand Kishor Kumar, advised the West Bengal Chief Secretary, Nandini Chakraborty, to approach the Supreme Court and get the necessary clearance for the appointment of Rajeev Kumar’s successor.The UPSC had also returned t…