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Kolkata, April 4 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday directed the former Kolkata Police Commissioner, Supratim Sarkar, to be sent on deputation as a police observer in Tamil Nadu, which is also going to hold elections like West Bengal later this month.However, Sarkar had...

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...

New Delhi, March 16 Opposition leaders, including Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, raised concerns on Monday regarding the conduct and timing of the upcoming Assembly elections."The way elections are scheduled, phases are created, and dates are set, I...

Kolkata, February 25 – The office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, on Wednesday sought a detailed and comprehensive report from Kolkata Police Commissioner, Supratim Sarkar, regarding the incident involving the heckling of the Leader of the Opposition in...

Kolkata, February 24 Activists from the Trinamool Congress and the BJP clashed outside the CEO's office in Kolkata on Tuesday evening after TMC activists allegedly showed shoes to Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, and raised "go back" slogans.The BJP alleged...

Kolkata, February 22 A woman was allegedly sexually assaulted after being forced into a car in the Behala area of Kolkata, police said on Sunday.Based on a complaint filed by the victim's father, the accused, Arnab Sau, was arrested on Sunday for outraging the woman's modesty and physically...

Kolkata, February 16, A woman has filed a police complaint alleging that she was sexually assaulted inside a moving car in South Kolkata by three young men who had offered her a ride home, a senior officer said on Monday.The woman, in her complaint at the Kasba Police station on Sunday, stated...

Kolkata, February 15 – Six individuals accused in two separate cases were arrested in Kolkata on the same day, as Police Commissioner Supratim Sarkar made surprise visits across the city to monitor the law and order situation, police sources said on Sunday.Four of the arrested individuals are...