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Kolkata, March 2 – An application was filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, to obtain details regarding the performance of the former West Bengal Education Minister and ex-Trinamool Congress general secretary as an MLA from the Behala (Paschim) Assembly constituency in South 24...

Kolkata, March 2 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned former state Education Minister Partha Chatterjee and his close aide Arpita Mukherjee in the teachers' recruitment corruption case, sources in the central agency said on Monday.It is learnt that the two will be called for...

Kolkata, February 28 Criticizing the West Bengal government for the prolonged delay in granting sanction for prosecution, the Calcutta High Court has granted bail to former School Service Commission advisor SP Sinha in a money laundering case linked to the school jobs scam.Granting conditional...

Kolkata, February 27 – After a prolonged dispute, the West Bengal Police agreed on Friday to hand over the case diary in the recent Beldanga violence case in the minority-dominated Murshidabad district to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The NIA is investigating the matter following...

Kolkata, February 27 – A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court granted conditional bail to Santi Prasad Sinha, a former advisor to the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC), in connection with his alleged involvement in the multi-crore "cash-for-jobs" scandal in the state.Sinha...

Kolkata, February 27 – A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday granted conditional permission to the BJP's proposed two-day "Parivartan Yatra" on March 1 and March 2.The yatra will begin from nine different locations in West Bengal on these two days, in the run-up to the...

Kolkata, February 27 The Calcutta High Court on Friday allowed the BJP to hold political rallies on March 1 and 2 for its 'Paribartan Yatra' program in the poll-bound state of West Bengal, imposing certain conditions.Giving credence to the BJP's contention that the right to assembly is a...

New Delhi, February 27 The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain the West Bengal government's objection to the training module issued by the Election Commission for judicial officers deployed in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state.A bench of Chief...

Kolkata, February 27 – The Calcutta High Court, on Friday, sought a report from the Kolkata Police regarding the alleged heckling of the Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, by a group of booth-level officers (BLOs) in front of the office of the Chief Electoral...

New Delhi, February 27 The Supreme Court said on Friday that it is aware of its judicial officers and they will not be "influenced by anything," after the West Bengal government submitted that the Election Commission had issued a training module for judicial officers deployed in the Special...

Kolkata, February 26 – Political tensions continue to simmer in West Bengal amid the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, as the final voter list is set to be published on February 28, in line with Supreme Court directives.West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agarwal...

Kolkata, February 26 The post-SIR electoral rolls will be published on February 28 in West Bengal, with all 7.08 crore names from the draft list appearing in it, but segregated into three distinct categories – approved, deleted, and adjudication/under consideration, an EC official said on...

Kolkata, February 26 – The Calcutta High Court on Thursday requested 200 judicial officers – 100 each from the High Courts of Odisha and Jharkhand – to join the team of judicial officers already appointed for adjudicating voter documents identified under the “logical discrepancy” category.The...

Kolkata, February 25 Approximately 200 judicial officers from Jharkhand and Odisha are likely to arrive in West Bengal soon for the ongoing SIR exercise, special rolls observer of the Election Commission, Subrata Gupta, said on Thursday.Gupta said the poll panel will shortly be informed about...

Kolkata, February 26 The Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court held a meeting with the Chief Electoral Officer and top state officials on Thursday to review the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise of electoral rolls in West Bengal, in which judicial officers have been assigned...

Kolkata, February 26 – Passport offices in Kolkata received bomb threats on Thursday, following a similar scare at several courts across West Bengal over the past two days.On Thursday, bomb threats were sent to the passport offices in the Brabourne Road and Anandpur areas via email. The...

Kolkata, February 26 – After three unsuccessful attempts, the NIA will again try to produce the seven accused, arrested in the Beldanga unrest case in West Bengal, before a city court on Thursday.This would be the fourth attempt to bring the accused to court, as on the previous three...

New Delhi, February 26 Electoral authorities in West Bengal have been directed to ensure that all pending verification documents related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls are submitted to the designated judicial officers by 5 p.m. on Thursday.The direction was issued...

Kolkata, February 25 – Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, approached the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday, raising serious concerns regarding his personal security and alleging a lack of adequate vigilance and protection by the state police authorities.His...

New Delhi, February 25 – The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed electoral authorities in West Bengal to ensure that all pending verification documents are submitted by 5 p.m. on February 26 to the judicial officers overseeing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.A bench...