Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Tuesday announced the formation of a judicial commission to probe the different cases of institutional corruption during the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government in the state from 2011 to 2026. The Commission will be led by former judge of Calcutta High Court, Justice Biswajit Basu (retired).As per the notification issued from the State Secretariat of Nabanna, an investigation will be conducted into allegations of corrup…
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Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) The West Bengal government’s notification enforcing a set of restrictions for its employees at all levels, from making media statements, participating in media debates, making government documents public, among others, is nothing but a “strangulation of democracy”, Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee said on Thursday.In a social media post on the wall of his official X handle, Banerjee had claimed that use of the p…
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) The West Bengal government has issued a set of restrictions for its employees at all levels, from making media statements, participating in media debates, making government documents public and even leaking crucial state government information, among others.In the notification issued by the state personnel administrative reforms department on Wednesday night, and signed by the Chief Secretary, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, a copy of which is available with IANS, it has been clarifi…
Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Friday, announced the suspension of a joint block development officer (BDO), also the assistant returning officer (ARO), in East Burdwan district of West Bengal on charges of gross dereliction of duty. The officer concerned is Jyotsna Khatun, the joint BDO-cum-ARO of the Khandaghosh Development Block in East Burdwan district.In a communique sent by the ECI’s Secretary Sujeet Kumar Mishra to the West Bengal Chief Secretary Dushyan…
Kolkata, Jan 23 (IANS) The West Bengal unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to identify the booth-level officers (BLOs), electoral registration officers (EROs) and assistant electoral registration officers (AEROs) accused of deliberately refusing acceptance of Form-7 applications in genuine cases and submit the list of erring electoral officers to the Election Commission of India (ECI).Form-7 applications are meant for the deletion of names of deceased, duplicate, and shifted voters,…
Kolkata, Jan 21 (IANS) Ahead of the crucial Assembly elections in West Bengal scheduled this year, the state government on Wednesday announced the creation of 140 additional reserved posts in the state administration for West Bengal Civil Service (WBCS) cadre bureaucrats.According to a notification issued by the state Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department, of the 140 additional reserved posts created for WBCS cadre bureaucrats, 40 will be in the rank of additional secretaries and the r…