New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) West Bengal Minister Dilip Ghosh on Wednesday welcomed the announcement of elections to the Howrah Municipal Corporation (HMC) and Bally Municipality, saying the decision would restore democratic governance in civic bodies where polls have remained pending for several years.Speaking to reporters, Ghosh said elected representatives were essential to ensuring better public services and that prolonged administration through state-appointed officials was not in the interest …
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Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) Pravas Mondal, the first among the three accused to be arrested in the minor girl’s death case at Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal last week, was killed in an encounter on early Wednesday morning, as the accused was trying to escape after snatching a service rifle of an escorting police rifle.State police sources said that he was taken to the crime scene on Tuesday night to reconstruct the incident. There, he allegedly snatched a service rifle from one…
Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) Heavy security remained deployed outside former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s residence in Kolkata’s Kalighat area on Monday, triggering a political confrontation between the Trinamool Congress and the BJP over the reason behind the heightened police presence. While the Trinamool Congress alleged that the security deployment was aimed at preventing Banerjee from visiting the family of the 11-year-old rape-murder victim in Baruipur, the BJP maintained that th…
Kolkata, July 5 (IANS) The “original but minority” faction in the Trinamool Congress, which continues its allegiance towards former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, has alleged a deliberate and massive deployment of state and central forces in front of the residence of the two leaders at Kalighat in south Kolkata, allegedly to prevent them from visiting the family of a child who was allegedly raped and murdered in Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district…
Kolkata, July 5 (IANS) A second FIR has been filed in South 24 Parganas district’s Diamond Harbour against Trinamool Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee and others over the ‘Sebaashray’ health camp, said the police on Sunday. This time, the Bishnupur police station has registered the FIR against Banerjee and others, based on the complaint of local BJP leader Abhijit Das (Bobby). The case has been registered under multiple sections.The list also includes Banerjee’s a…
Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) Fresh allegations of sexual assault have emerged against former Trinamool Congress MLA Saokat Molla, who is currently in judicial custody in connection with a bomb blast case, after two women came forward on Saturday to narrate their harrowing experiences of rape and torture allegedly committed by the politician and his associates years ago. One of the two women told a section of media persons that she was raped for a year by Saokat Molla and his associates in Jibantala ar…
Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) at Alipore has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall across south Bengal districts, including Kolkata, till Monday, as a low-pressure area over the northwest Bay of Bengal is expected to intensify into a depression. “A low pressure is present in the northwest Bay of Bengal. It will increase in strength and turn into a depression. Then this new system will move west and northwest. This will cause heavy to very heavy rain in south Be…
Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Wednesday ordered a major reshuffle in the state’s police department, with as many as 15 senior officers, including Indian Police Service (IPS) and WBPS officers, being transferred.Some officers have received promotions, others have undergone routine transfers, and in the case of a select few officers, their transfer notifications were revoked, and they were assigned new duties.As per the notification issued from the state secretariat of Nab…
Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) Districts in south Bengal are likely to witness heavy to very heavy rainfall over the next few days due to a low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal, the Met Office said on Wednesday.According to the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Kolkata’s Alipore area, the low pressure will soon transform into a depression, which will bring heavy rain in South Bengal, including Kolkata, from Saturday onwards. Till then, scattered rain will continue in Kolkata and adjoining di…
Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) Around six lakh beneficiaries of the 100-day job scheme from South 24 Parganas under the former Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) during the previous Mamata Banerjee-led regime in West Bengal will not be a part of the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Scheme because their e-KYC is pending.Insiders from the state secretariat of Nabanna explained that Aadhaar-based filtering and filling up of e-KYC is…