Kolkata, May 25 (IANS) The process has begun to recall those Kolkata Police personnel who were transferred to punishment postings in districts ten years ago, in 2016, by the previous Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government for reportedly playing an impartial role in the Assembly elections that year by strictly following the Election Commission of India (ECI)’s guidelines and ignoring the verbal directions of the ruling party leaders.An insider from the city police said that as many as 82 ju…
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Kolkata, May 22 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday put an interim stay on the ongoing hawker eviction drive near Howrah Station in Kolkata.A petition was filed before the Calcutta High Court challenging the exercise undertaken by the state government and seeking a stay on the eviction drive.The matter came up for hearing before the single-judge bench of Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya on Friday and, after a detailed hearing, Justice Bhattacharya put an interim stay on…
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…
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Opposition leaders, including AJUP Chairman Humayun Kabir on Thursday criticised the West Bengal government’s decision to expand the mandatory recital of Vande Mataram to madrasas across the state, saying the move should not be imposed on religious institutions and may create unnecessary tensions. Humayun Kabir opposed the decision and said that the Constitution grants every citizen the freedom to observe their religion.“This should not happen. The Indian Constitutio…
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 20 (IANS) Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday moved the Calcutta High Court through party MLA Akhruzzaman, seeking exemption under the West Bengal Animal Slaughter Control Act for Eid al-Adha. The matter was moved before a division bench of Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen.Talking to reporters, Moitra said that the May 13 notice from the Bengal government would not only affect the Muslims observing Bakri Eid but also the rural economy, es…
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami has been acquitted by the Alipore Court in a cheque bounce case filed by his estranged wife, Hasin Jahan. Jahan had alleged that a Rs 1 lakh cheque issued by Shami towards household expenses had bounced.Delivering its verdict on Wednesday, the court acquitted Mohammed Shami of all charges.Speaking to IANS, Shami’s advocate, Salim Rahman, said, “Cricketer Mohammed Shami has been acquitted in the four-year-old case which was filed by his w…
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) chief and MLA, Humayun Kabir, on Wednesday “warned” the BJP government in West Bengal, saying any attempt to prohibit ‘qurbani (ritualistic animal sacrifice)’ on the upcoming ‘Bakrid’ festival won’t be entertained by the Muslim community.His reaction was in response to the Bengal government’s May 13 notice on ‘Animal Slaughter Guidelines’.The notice made it mandatory to obtain a fit-for-slaughter certificate before slaughtering bulls, bulloc…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) A day after the BJP-led West Bengal government decided that assistance-oriented schemes for religious leaders would be discontinued from June this year, the Congress accused the BJP of changing its stance post its electoral victory for “political ambition”.The decision was taken during the BJP government’s second Cabinet meeting in the state. It stated that religion-based stipend schemes for ‘imams (Muslim priests)’ and ‘purohits (Hindu priests)’, will be discontinued.Sp…
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) The newly elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led West Bengal government on Monday announced the formation of two separate probe commissions, both headed by retired judges of the Calcutta High Court, to investigate cases of “institutional corruption” and “crime against women”.The decision was taken at the second meeting of the new cabinet earlier in the day, following which Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced the move on Monday afternoon.“Both the probe co…