Kolkata, Sept 2 (UNI) The Calcutta High Court today dismissed a petition filed by a section of candidates declared “tainted ineligible” in the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment case, refusing to interfere with the list published by the SSC in compliance with the Supreme Court’s order. Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya, while hearing the matter, came down…
Kolkata, Aug 9 (UNI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached movable assets worth Rs 14.29 crore allegedly lying in 80 mule bank accounts in connection with illegal online betting, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), official sources said. Investigation revealed that multiple mule accounts were used for the collection of illegal online betting…
Kolkata, Aug 7 (UNI) In a blistering attack on the Election Commission of India (ECI), All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee today accused the poll body of acting as an “extended arm of the BJP” and grossly overstepping its constitutional jurisdiction by interfering in the affairs of the West Bengal government…
Kolkata, Aug 4 (UNI) In a significant development the Calcutta High Court today directed the primary school teachers in the state to serve as Booth Level Officers (BLOs). Without interfering into the directives issued by the Election Commission of India (ECI), the court observed that the primary teachers should work as BLO’s for the sake…
Kolkata, Aug 4 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today charged the Damodar Valley Corporation with a “systematic attempt to trigger more and more flood-like situations across South Bengal,” meaning the southern districts of the state. “DVC’s flood mismanagement record this year has surpassed its own dismal accounts of previous years as it has…
Kolkata, July 26 (UNI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached immovable properties worth Rs 15.47 crore belonging to Delta Ltd and others in connection with a money laundering case. The ED has also submitted a final charge sheet July 24 in a special court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Kolkata against…
Kolkata, June 19 (UNI) Amid inclement weather and monsoon rains, voting began peacefully in West Bengal’s Kaliganj assembly seat in Nadia district with the Central armed forces guarding all the 309 polling stations spread across the 13 panchayat areas, official sources said on Thursday. Though the number of voters was scanty in the early hours…
Kolkata, May 4 (UNI) West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose in a special report to the Union Home Ministry has recommended the deployment of Central Armed Forces in the border district of Murshidabad based on his visit there in the aftermath of the anti-Waqf bill violence that left three people dead, with scores of shops…
Kolkata, Apr 30 (UNI) 14 people lost their lives in a devastating fire that broke out in a hotel near Falpatti Machhua in central Kolkata’s Burrabazar, police said on Wednesday. “The fire broke out at Rituraj Hotel on Tuesday night. Fourteen bodies have been recovered so far, and several individuals have been rescued by emergency…
Kolkata, Apr 12 (UNI) Calcutta High Court on Saturday directed deployment of the Central Armed Forces in West Bengal’s trouble-torn Murshidabad district to assist the state administration to restore peace and normalcy, court sources said. A special division bench, headed by Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Raja Basu Chowdhury, after hearing both counsels ordered deployment…
