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Jammu, April 1 – On Wednesday, Jammu and Kashmir legislators from all parties protested the absence of senior bureaucrats in the Legislative Assembly during Question Hour, as BJP MLAs called for postponing the business of departments whose administrative secretaries were absent from the House...

Kolkata, March 31 – A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday dismissed two public interest litigations (PILs) filed by a Trinamool Congress leader challenging the decisions of the Election Commission of India regarding the large-scale transfers of bureaucrats and police officers in...

Kolkata, March 30 – A fresh petition has been filed at a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court on Monday over the Election Commission of India (ECI)’s order on Sunday transferring 83 Block Development Officers (BDOs), who are also Returning Officers, and 184 Inspector-rank police officers...

Kolkata, March 28 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday replaced five police observers from other states who had been appointed for the upcoming two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal next month.Of the five observers removed, one is Jayant Kant, an Indian Police Service...

Kolkata, March 27 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday that LPG produced in the state should not be sent outside the state as long as the current crisis over LPG supply is resolved.At the same time, she also expressed concerns that, following the mass transfers...

Kolkata, March 26 – The Trinamool Congress expressed concerns on Thursday about potential attempts to hack electronic voting machines (EVMs) that will be used in the crucial two-phase elections in West Bengal next month.The party's Member of Parliament from the Jadavpur constituency in South...

New Delhi, March 25 The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached immovable assets worth approximately ₹1,700 crore located in Dubai, belonging to entities linked to Sourabh Chandrakar, one of the main promoters of the "illegal" Mahadev online betting app, as part of its investigation into money...

Kolkata, March 25 – The Trinamool Congress approached the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday, seeking the immediate removal of the newly appointed returning officer (RO) for the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency in South Kolkata. This constituency is where Chief Minister Mamata...

Kolkata, March 23 – In a significant development late Monday evening, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has removed as many as 73 Returning Officers (ROs) in West Bengal, which is scheduled to go to the polls in two phases next month on April 23 and April 29.This development opens a new...

Kolkata, March 23 – The preliminary hearing at the Calcutta High Court on the public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to transfer several senior bureaucrats and police officers in poll-bound West Bengal concluded on Monday. The ECI’s counsel...

Kolkata, March 20 – A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Calcutta High Court challenging the transfers of bureaucrats and police officers of the West Bengal cadre ordered by the Election Commission of India (ECI) since the Model Code of Conduct came into force on Sunday.The...

Kolkata, March 19 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday strongly criticised the Election Commission of India (ECI) over its decision to transfer bureaucrats and police officers in the state and also to send many of them on deputation as general and police observers in other...

Kolkata, March 19 – In a late-night development on Wednesday, the Election Commission of India (ECI) cancelled the rehabilitation of several Indian Police Service (IPS) officers in West Bengal who had been given alternative postings by the state government after being removed by the Commission...

Kolkata, March 18 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) has mandated the transfer of 13 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, all in the ranks of District Magistrates (DMs), who are also the District Electoral Officers (DEOs).According to a notification issued by the ECI in the...

Kolkata/New Delhi, March 16 In a move unprecedented in West Bengal's administrative history, the Election Commission removed the state's top bureaucrats and police officials, including the chief secretary and the DGP, in the run-up to the assembly polls.The decision for the shake-up was taken...

New Delhi, March 16 As the Centre has proposed setting up standing bodies to expedite the green clearance process in states and Union territories, experts have raised concerns about the criteria for selecting the members for the new bodies, which could lead to a weakened scrutiny of projects...

Kolkata, March 16 – Uncertainty is looming over the transfer of several bureaucrats and police officers in West Bengal, ordered just around an hour before the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the two-phase polling dates in the state on Sunday afternoon.The uncertainty stems from...

Kolkata, March 5 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Thursday that the Commission's full bench, which will visit West Bengal for a two-day tour next week, will have a packed schedule.According to the schedule, the full bench, headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC)...

Kolkata, March 3 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accused Trinamool Congress leaders and a West Bengal Minister on Tuesday of making baseless allegations against the State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal.The BJP also claimed that the Trinamool Congress's decision to...