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Kolkata, March 16 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Monday night, expressing "deep concern and surprise" over the election panel's orders to transfer four top state officials shortly after the announcement of the assembly elections...

Kolkata/New Delhi, March 16 The Election Commission has removed the West Bengal Chief Secretary, Home Secretary, Director General of Police, and Kolkata police commissioner, among others, in an unprecedented administrative shake-up in the state ahead of the high-stakes assembly polls.The EC's...

Bengaluru, March 16 Karnataka Assembly Speaker U T Khader adjourned the House and walked out on Monday, expressing his displeasure over the insufficient number of written replies from government departments to questions from MLAs. He stated that he would not run the House until concerned...

Kolkata/New Delhi, March 16 In a move unprecedented in West Bengal's administrative history in terms of its scale, the Election Commission removed the state's bureaucratic and police top brass, including the chief secretary and the DGP, in the run-up to the next month's assembly polls.Although...

Guwahati, March 16 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday directed the transfer and posting of five IPS officers in Assam as part of measures to ensure the free and fair conduct of the upcoming Assembly elections in the state.In a communication addressed to the Chief Secretary of...

Kolkata, March 16 Lashing out at the Election Commission for transferring top state bureaucrats and police officers shortly after announcing the assembly polls in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee branded the poll panel and the ruling BJP as "anti-women and anti-Bengal".Speaking at a...

Bengaluru, March 16 Upset over the insufficient number of written replies from government departments to MLAs' questions, Karnataka Assembly Speaker U T Khader adjourned the House and walked out on Monday, stating that he would not run the House until concerned ministers and secretaries provide...

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: In a significant escalation of tensions between the Trinamool Congress and the Election Commission of India (ECI), Trinamool MPs staged a day-long walkout from the Rajya Sabha on Monday, protesting the election body's decision to remove several top bureaucrats in poll-bound...

New Delhi, March 16 The Election Commission's decision to transfer West Bengal's chief secretary and DGP shortly after announcing the dates for the Assembly elections triggered a political uproar on Monday.While the opposition parties accused the poll panel of acting at the behest of the BJP...

March 16, New Delhi – In West Bengal, the Election Commission of India has directed the appointment of Dushyant Nariala as the new chief secretary in preparation for the upcoming assembly elections.This marks a significant change in the state's leadership, with current chief secretary Nandini...

Kolkata, March 16 Just hours after the announcement of the West Bengal assembly election schedule, the Election Commission removed two of the top bureaucrats, including Chief Secretary Nandini Chakravorty, from the Mamata Banerjee administration.The commission appointed Dushyant Nariala, an...

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced the transfer of senior officials in the West Bengal government, following the announcement of state assembly elections. In a letter, the Commission stated that it has reviewed the preparations for the general election to the Legislative...

New Delhi, March 16 The Election Commission has ordered the appointment of Dushyant Nariala as the new chief secretary of West Bengal, which will hold assembly elections in two phases next month.Until now, Nandini Chakravarty was the state chief secretary. The EC said she would be kept out of...

Kolkata, March 16 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) has ordered a major administrative reshuffle in West Bengal, appointing senior IAS officer Dushyant Nariala as the new Chief Secretary just a day after the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) came into force for the 2026 Assembly elections.The...

Leh, March 14 Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Saturday directed the administration to prepare a plan for creating at least 50 small water bodies across the Union Territory.During a meeting with Chief Secretary Ashish Kundra, the LG also directed that the locations be...

Patna, March 13 The Bihar Assembly received a bomb threat via email on Friday morning, which later turned out to be a hoax, officials said.The email threat was received at 11:11 am, prompting Secretary Khyati Singh to inform Speaker Prem Kumar, they added.Kumar took note of the threat and...

Mumbai, March 13 – Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar directed Legislative Affairs Minister Chandrakant Patil to submit a report on March 16 regarding the action taken against Additional Chief Secretaries and Principal Secretaries who were absent during the discussion on...

In Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah held a Cabinet meeting in Jammu today, setting the stage for key decisions aimed at strengthening governance and accelerating development across the Union Territory. According to a statement on X, the decisions were made with a focus on...

Patna, March 13 The Bihar assembly received a bomb threat via email on Friday, officials said.Speaker Prem Kumar took note of the threat and held a meeting with senior officials of the assembly secretariat, they said.Kumar instructed officers to inform the Chief Secretary and the DGP about...