Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) Former Intelligence Bureau (IB) top officer and the ex-Governor of Tamil Nadu, R.N. Ravi, will be sworn in as the new governor of West Bengal on Thursday.Ravi arrived in Kolkata late Wednesday evening, and his oath ceremony will be conducted at 11.30 a.m. at Lok Bhavan (formerly Raj Bhavan). The Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, Sujoy Paul, will administer the oath.The oath ceremony of the new governor will be one of the few rare occasions where the West Bengal C…
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Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) The West Bengal government had replied to the clarifications sought by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) regarding protocol violations during President Droupadi Murmu’s visit to the state on Saturday.The MHA had sought the report from the office of the Chief Secretary, Nandini Chakraborty, on Sunday morning, fixing 5 P.M. of the same day as the deadline for replying to the query.Although an insider from the state secretariat confirmed that a detailed reply on the c…
Kolkata, March 8 (IANS) The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Sunday sought a report from the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government seeking details of the protocol violations during President Droupadi Murmu’s visit to the state.President Murmu was the Chief Guest and the main speaker at International Santal Conclave Gossaipur in Darjeeling on Saturday.Sources in the state secretariat Nabanna said that the main question raised by the MHA in its communique was why the state administrati…
Bhubaneswar, March 5 (IANS) Odisha Police will host a five-day ‘Nyaya Sanhita Exhibition’ in Bhubaneswar as part of an initiative aimed at raising public awareness about India’s revamped criminal justice system.The event will be organised at the Exhibition Ground in Unit-III of Bhubaneswar from March 6 to March 10.Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to inaugurate the exhibition on Friday, while Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi will attend the inaugural programme as the chief guest….
Chennai, March 4 (IANS) With the announcement of Assembly election dates expected soon, the Tamil Nadu government has directed all departments to clear pending files in the state Secretariat by March 6.The instruction comes amid strong indications that the Election Commission of India (ECI) may unveil the poll schedule in the coming days.Senior government officials said departments have been asked to accelerate the processing of administrative files, particularly those linked to tenders, project…
Kolkata, March 2 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has given details of the advance deployment of the 480 companies of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) in two phases in West Bengal before the announcement of the polling dates for the Assembly election.Of these 480 companies, 240 companies have already been deployed on March 1, and the remaining 240 companies will be deployed on March 10.The maximum deployment will be in the North 24 Parganas district at 58, followed by 35 in Mur…
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) The CBI will submit an appeal to the High Court challenging the order issued by the Rouse Avenue court on Friday, which acquitted former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, along with others, in connection with the 2022 Delhi excise policy case. The agency added that several aspects of the investigation were either ignored or not adequately considered in the trial court’s judgment.The CBI had registered an FIR on August 17, 2022, against…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) As the Naxalite movement that daunted India for decades comes to an end, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has already begun chalking out the roadmap to ensure that the menace does not resurface. Officials say that the ideology is officially dead today, but they are on guard to ensure that a new form of criminality does not emerge in certain zones where the Naxalite menace was at its highest.The MHA recognises that once the problem ends, the wise thing to do is to…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has unveiled ‘PRAHAAR’ — India’s first national counterterrorism policy and strategy, outlining the nation’s zero-tolerance towards acts of terrorism, from outside and inside. The elaborate document lays out a framework for India’s firm approach to terrorism, steps already taken over the years, and articulates the strategy to be adopted in future. For decades, the country has suffered multiple blows due to terrorism, sponso…
Kolkata, Feb 23 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Monday ordered that the Union Ministry of Home Affairs be made a party in the case relating to illegal constructions in the East Kolkata Wetlands, court sources said.Justice Amrita Sinha of the Calcutta High Court expressed dissatisfaction with the role of the state government and the Kolkata Municipal Corporation in addressing the issue. The court observed that if necessary, central forces might have to be deployed to demolish the illegal constr…