Kolkata, Jan 21 (IANS) The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has directed the West Bengal government to send to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) the names for empanelment to select the new Director General of Police (DGP) by January 23.Based on the empanelment proposals sent by the state government, the UPSC will have to notify the panel by January 28 and declare the name of the new state police chief.Currently, West Bengal Police does not have any fulltime DGP. Acting DGP Rajeev K…
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Kolkata, Jan 21 (IANS) Retail prices of yellow marigold flowers surged nearly five-fold in Kolkata markets this week as the city prepares for Saraswati Puja and the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on Friday.Flower traders in the city said prices usually rise during this period, but the increase has been steeper this year due to lower production caused by frequent fluctuations in temperature during the current winter.“At the same time, Saraswati Puja and the birth anniversary of…
Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court has directed the Rajganj Block Development Officer (BDO) Prashant Barman to surrender in connection with the case of the abduction and murder of gold merchant Swapan Kamilya at Salt Lake’s Dattabad in Kolkata. Within 24 hours of the apex court’s order, Prashant Barman was removed from his post as the Rajganj BDO in Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal. At the same time, the West Bengal government on Tuesday appointed Saurav Kanti Mandal as the new Rajganj B…
Kolkata, Jan 19 (IANS) A division Bench headed by Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul on Monday took suo motu cognisance of rising pollution in West Bengal, especially in the state capital Kolkata.Accordingly, a suo motu public interest litigation has been registered before the Chief Justice’s division Bench in the matter. At the same time, two other public interest litigations (PILs) filed on the issue have been linked to the suo motu public interest litigation.The hearing in the mat…
Kolkata, Jan 18 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) had turned down the West Bengal government’s plea last week seeking withdrawal of the poll body’s earlier order for strong disciplinary action — including suspension and registration of FIRs — against four electoral officers in the state accused of manipulation in the enrolment of voters in two Assembly constituencies.On Friday, an official communique went from the West Bengal government to the ECI through the office of the West Ben…
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Amid Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scathing attack on Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government and the ruling Trinamool Congress on various issues from a public rally in the minority-dominated Malda district on Saturday, the West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released a video song on social media, the main theme of which echoes the Prime Minister’s call for a change of regime in the eastern state, and the beginning of BJP rule after the crucial Assembl…
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court is set to hear on Thursday a petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleging that its recent simultaneous raid and search operations at the office of the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and the residence of its co-founder, Pratik Jain, were obstructed by the West Bengal government and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.A bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Sharma and Vipul M. Pancholi will hear the matter later in the day, as per the caus…
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on Thursday a petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleging that its simultaneous raid and search operations last week at the office of the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and the residence of its co-founder, Pratik Jain, were obstructed by the West Bengal government and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.As per the causelist published on the website of the apex court, a bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Sharma and Vipul M. …
Kolkata, Jan 13 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has criticised the West Bengal government and the Trinamool Congress over the purported attack on a member of the National Commission for Women (NCW) probing the sexual assault case of a minor girl at Uttarpara in Hooghly district.In a social media post on Tuesday, BJP’s Information Technology Cell chief, Amit Malviya referred to an incident where some people reportedly associated with the ruling Trinamool Congress made an alleged attempt t…
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Monday launched a sharp attack on the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal, claiming that the BJP’s political fight in the state is not an ordinary electoral contest but a struggle between terrorism and democracy. He asserted that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s government must be removed from power.Speaking on the political situation in West Bengal, Giriraj Singh claimed, “In West Bengal, the BJP is fighting a battle betwee…