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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 18 The Election Commission ordered the transfer and posting of five IPS officers as deputy inspectors general (DIGs) in West Bengal on Wednesday, after reviewing the preparedness for the upcoming assembly elections, according to an official communication.In a letter to the chief...

Kolkata, March 17 The Election Commission ordered the transfer of 19 senior police officers, including two Additional Directors General (ADGs), in another reshuffle ahead of the state assembly elections.IPS officer Rajesh Kumar Singh was appointed as the new Additional Director General (ADG)...

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...

New Delhi, March 16 The Election Commission's (EC) decision to transfer top bureaucrats of West Bengal was echoed in the Parliament complex on Monday, as Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders condemned the move and staged a walkout from the Rajya Sabha.While the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...

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...

New Delhi, March 16 Election Commission officials said on Monday that the major changes in the West Bengal civil and police administration were in line with the assurance given by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to hold free and fair elections in the state.The EC has removed the...

New Delhi, March 16 Election Commission officials said on Monday that the major changes in the West Bengal civil and police administration were in line with the assurance given by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to hold peaceful and violence-free elections in the state.The EC has...

Kolkata, March 16 The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday called the Election Commission's reshuffle of senior administrative and police officials in West Bengal a "panic reaction by a party that realizes it cannot win elections through democratic means", while the opposition BJP and CPI(M)...

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...

Kolkata, March 13 – Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, met the newly appointed 22nd Governor, R.N. Ravi, on Friday, and urged him to take action against Chief Secretary Nandini Chakraborty and acting Director General of Police Peeyush Pandey over the alleged...

Kolkata, March 10 – Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, on Tuesday morning broke out of his bureaucratic shell as he interacted with the monks of Belur Math in Belur, Howrah, which is the international headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission founded by Swami...

Kolkata, March 10 – Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar stated on Tuesday morning that the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal, scheduled for later this year, will be completely fair and free from violence.“I extend my greetings to all my brothers and sisters in West Bengal. I...

Kolkata, March 9 – Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar cautioned district magistrates, superintendents of police, and commissioners of various police commissionerates in West Bengal on Monday that the Election Commission of India (ECI) has the authority to initiate departmental...

Kolkata, February 26 – The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has requested the names of Indian Police Service (IPS) officers in West Bengal to select one from among them as the new permanent Director General of Police (DGP).Currently, Peeyush Pandey is the acting DGP.The last permanent...

Kolkata, February 22 – As the deadline for the completion of the scrutiny phase of voter documents submitted during the hearing on claims and objections to the draft voter list in West Bengal has ended, uncertainty remains regarding the number of voter documents classified as "logical...

Kolkata, February 21 – The Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, Sujoy Paul, will chair a crucial meeting on Saturday to finalize the plan for appointing serving and retired judicial officers to oversee the adjudication of claims and objections arising from the ongoing Special Intensive...