Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) Several crucial border-related issues are set to be discussed at an administrative review meeting to be chaired by West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari later on Friday concerning Malda, Murshidabad, North Dinajpur and South Dinajpur, with all four districts having international borders with neighbouring Bangladesh.According to insiders from the state secretariat of Nabanna, the main agenda of the meeting is to review the progress of land handover to the Border Sec…
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Kolkata, May 27 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday said that a total of 142.79 acres of land has so far been handed over to the Border Security Force (BSF) for the construction of outposts and barbed-wire fencing.In a post on X, Adhikari said: “Govt of WB has initiated intensified measures to strengthen border security by facilitating construction of BSF outposts and barbed-wire fencing, further enhancing security in the border areas. Additional land has now been h…
Kolkata, May 22 (IANS) The new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled West Bengal government has carried out a major bureaucratic reshuffle in the state, transferring as many as 17 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers at one go.As per the order issued by the state Personnel & Administrative Reforms Department, a copy of which is available with IANS, the 17 transferred IAS officers include departmental secretaries, municipal commissioners and additional district magistrates.Sources in the…
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) The West Bengal Municipal Affairs Department on Tuesday announced the dismantling of the boards of four Trinamool Congress-run urban civic bodies in the state, all located in North Bengal, against which there were serious allegations of operating illegally through administrative boards for a long time without conducting elections for the formation of the boards. The state government simultaneously announced the transfer of administrative authority of these four urban civic…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Thursday hailed voters of West Bengal and Tamil Nadu for registering record turnout in the Assembly elections. “Highest ever percentage of polling in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu since Independence – ECI salutes each voter of West Bengal and Tamil Nadu,” said CEC Gyanesh Kumar in a message, even as the final turnout figures were being collated by officials in both states.For the first phase of voting in 152 Assembly …
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) The polling for first phase of the West Bengal Assembly polls for 152 constituencies in 16 districts of the state had concluded at 6 p.m. on Thursday, with the record polling percentage in the last 15 years already surpassed by 5 p.m., nearly an hour before the official time of conclusion of the polling process. Since at 6 p.m. queues of voters were there at certain polling booths in the state.The Office of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) was able to provid…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The high-stakes electoral contest for the West Bengal Assembly, marked by a fierce rivalry between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the main opposition BJP, is also witnessing a sharp war of words as both sides seek to outmanoeuvre each other.Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on a whirlwind campaign trail on Thursday, drew a “setting sun” analogy for the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government to highlight its alleged failings on multiple fronts, primarily …
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Tensions escalated during the first phase of West Bengal Assembly polls after BJP candidate Debashish Ojha’s election agent, Bishwajit Mandal, was allegedly attacked in Birbhum’s Labpur constituency. The incident comes amid reports of sporadic violence and allegations of booth capturing in parts of the state as polling continues.Recounting the incident, Mandal said, “I am an election agent… A few people complained to us that the booth is being captured… On my…
Kolkata/Chennai, April 23 (IANS) The voter turnout in the West Bengal Assembly elections was recorded at 18.76 per cent, and in Tamil Nadu, at 17.69 per cent as of 9 a.m. on Thursday, according to data shared by the Election Commission of India (ECI). Polling began for 152 assembly constituencies scattered over 16 districts of West Bengal from 7 a.m. on Thursday in the first phase of the two-phase crucial Assembly polls. Voter enthusiasm for the elections appeared to be quite high this time, as …
Kolkata, April 16 (IANS) Coming as a respite from the sweltering heat in West Bengal, the Regional Meteorological Centre, Alipore, on Thursday predicted Nor’wester over Kolkata and south Bengal districts later in the day and on Friday.There is a high probability of thunderstorms with lightning and rain, locally known as ‘Kal baisakhi’. Scattered rains are likely to occur in all districts of West Bengal, including Kolkata.A yellow alert has already been issued in Howrah and South 24 Parganas di…