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  • Armed man storms into Bengal school to take school college students hostage, Mamata calls it a conspiracy

    By Express News Service

    KOLKATA: In a spine-chilling incident, an individual in his 40s stormed proper right into a highschool in Malda on Wednesday morning brandishing a pistol and entered a classroom with the intention of taking school college students hostage, which Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee described as a conspiracy hatched in Delhi.

    The man, acknowledged as Dev Ballav, moreover positioned a petroleum bomb and a container stuffed with acid on the desk of the classroom. On being alerted, police personnel surrounded the varsity and a deputy superintendent of police pounced on Ballav and pinned him down. A search revealed one different pistol tucked inside the man’s waist.

    Preliminary investigation revealed the individual’s partner is a BJP member of a Trinamool Congress dominated panchayat. Police are probing whether or not or not the individual’s partner had any dispute with the ruling celebration or the couple had any conjugal drawback which might have led to the incident.

    The incident occurred spherical 11.30 am when classes have been taking place as regular in Muchia Chandramohan High School in Old Malda area. “Ballav, with a bag on his shoulder, entered the school unnoticed. He went straight to a classroom on the ground-floor and brandished a firearm. He threatened the teacher to stop teaching. Ballav then placed the petrol-bomb and the acid container on the table,” talked about a police officer.

    Ballav took out a bit of paper and started learning out how his complaints to elevated authorities inside the administration fell on deaf ears.

    On listening to the incident, police swung into movement shortly. Personnel from the native police station rushed to the spot.

    “I carefully went close to the door of the classroom. I saw the frightened pale faces of the students. I got married recently and I do not have a child. I could not resist myself and pounced on the man and forced him to lie on the floor. Soon, other policemen came to help me,” talked about DSP Mohammad Azharuddin.

    Ballav was arrested and booked beneath the Arms Act.

    Reacting to the incident, the West Bengal CM talked about, “Conspiracies are being hatched from Delhi. I don’t know who are behind it. I urge people to be very careful about it.”

    The police talked about Ballav, in the middle of the course of interrogation, talked about his partner had left him collectively along with her son and he complained to fully completely different layers of the state administration. “We are yet to ascertain whether Ballav’s grievance is the reason behind his act,” talked about a police officer.

    KOLKATA: In a spine-chilling incident, an individual in his 40s stormed proper right into a highschool in Malda on Wednesday morning brandishing a pistol and entered a classroom with the intention of taking school college students hostage, which Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee described as a conspiracy hatched in Delhi.

    The man, acknowledged as Dev Ballav, moreover positioned a petroleum bomb and a container stuffed with acid on the desk of the classroom. On being alerted, police personnel surrounded the varsity and a deputy superintendent of police pounced on Ballav and pinned him down. A search revealed one different pistol tucked inside the man’s waist.

    Preliminary investigation revealed the individual’s partner is a BJP member of a Trinamool Congress dominated panchayat. Police are probing whether or not or not the individual’s partner had any dispute with the ruling celebration or the couple had any conjugal drawback which might have led to the incident.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The incident occurred spherical 11.30 am when classes have been taking place as regular in Muchia Chandramohan High School in Old Malda area. “Ballav, with a bag on his shoulder, entered the school unnoticed. He went straight to a classroom on the ground-floor and brandished a firearm. He threatened the teacher to stop teaching. Ballav then placed the petrol-bomb and the acid container on the table,” talked about a police officer.

    Ballav took out a bit of paper and started learning out how his complaints to elevated authorities inside the administration fell on deaf ears.

    On listening to the incident, police swung into movement shortly. Personnel from the native police station rushed to the spot.

    “I carefully went close to the door of the classroom. I saw the frightened pale faces of the students. I got married recently and I do not have a child. I could not resist myself and pounced on the man and forced him to lie on the floor. Soon, other policemen came to help me,” talked about DSP Mohammad Azharuddin.

    Ballav was arrested and booked beneath the Arms Act.

    Reacting to the incident, the West Bengal CM talked about, “Conspiracies are being hatched from Delhi. I don’t know who are behind it. I urge people to be very careful about it.”

    The police talked about Ballav, in the middle of the course of interrogation, talked about his partner had left him collectively along with her son and he complained to fully completely different layers of the state administration. “We are yet to ascertain whether Ballav’s grievance is the reason behind his act,” talked about a police officer.

  • West Bengal: Situation ‘beneath management’ in violence-hit Hooghly, prohibitory orders nonetheless in pressure

    By PTI

    RISHRA/SHIBPUR: The state of affairs in violence-hit Rishra and Serampore in Hooghly district is peaceable and beneath management, whilst prohibitory orders and suspension of web providers in some areas continued on Monday, police stated.

    A senior officer of the Chandannagore Police Commissionerate stated round 12 folks have been arrested in reference to the clashes that broke out between two teams throughout a Ram Navami procession on Sunday night. “Things are under control and peaceful. Prohibitory orders are in force along with heavy police deployment. Markets were allowed to open for some time. We are also keeping a tab on the movement of vehicles,” he instructed PTI.

    Security forces performed route marches at locations within the district, which witnessed violence on Sunday, the officer stated.

    “There was tension in some areas in the morning. We, however, dispersed the crowd, and boosted security,” he stated.

    “Hopefully, the situation will further improve in the afternoon. A decision on revoking prohibitory orders and resumption of internet services will be taken after evaluation,” the officer added.

    Two Ram Navami processions have been organised within the Rishra police station space, and the second got here beneath assault close to Wellington Jute Mill More on GT Road round 6.15 pm on Sunday, police had stated.

    Prohibitory orders beneath CrPC Section 144 have been imposed in Rishra wards 1-5 and Serampore’s ward 24, and web providers have been suspended in some elements of the district until 10 pm on Monday, they stated.

    ALSO READ | In contemporary unrest in Howrah, policemen pelted with stones; Section 144 CrPC imposed

    RISHRA/SHIBPUR: The state of affairs in violence-hit Rishra and Serampore in Hooghly district is peaceable and beneath management, whilst prohibitory orders and suspension of web providers in some areas continued on Monday, police stated.

    A senior officer of the Chandannagore Police Commissionerate stated round 12 folks have been arrested in reference to the clashes that broke out between two teams throughout a Ram Navami procession on Sunday night. “Things are under control and peaceful. Prohibitory orders are in force along with heavy police deployment. Markets were allowed to open for some time. We are also keeping a tab on the movement of vehicles,” he instructed PTI.

    Security forces performed route marches at locations within the district, which witnessed violence on Sunday, the officer stated.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    “There was tension in some areas in the morning. We, however, dispersed the crowd, and boosted security,” he stated.

    “Hopefully, the situation will further improve in the afternoon. A decision on revoking prohibitory orders and resumption of internet services will be taken after evaluation,” the officer added.

    Two Ram Navami processions have been organised within the Rishra police station space, and the second got here beneath assault close to Wellington Jute Mill More on GT Road round 6.15 pm on Sunday, police had stated.

    Prohibitory orders beneath CrPC Section 144 have been imposed in Rishra wards 1-5 and Serampore’s ward 24, and web providers have been suspended in some elements of the district until 10 pm on Monday, they stated.

    ALSO READ | In contemporary unrest in Howrah, policemen pelted with stones; Section 144 CrPC imposed

  • West Bengal: Child rights physique at hospital as respiratory an infection deaths proceed 

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: Members of the West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) visited a hospital in Kolkata on Wednesday as little one deaths attributable to acute respiratory an infection (ARI) continued within the state, officers mentioned.

    The WBCPCR members visited the Dr BC Roy Post Graduate Institute of Paediatric Sciences and spoke to households of youngsters who have been present process remedy there, they mentioned.

    Several youngsters have died within the state over the previous few weeks attributable to ARI and adenovirus.

    On March 2, The New Indian Express reported the loss of life of 45 infants attributable to adenovirus within the state within the final two months. 

    ALSO READ | Kolkata: Adenovirus claims lives of 10 youngsters in 48 hours

    In the final 24 hours, two six-year-old youngsters died on the Kolkata Medical College and Hospital, whereas one other breathed final on the Dr BC Roy Hospital and Hospital, officers mentioned.

    “These three children died because of ARI. They were suffering from fever,” a well being official mentioned.

    KOLKATA: Members of the West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) visited a hospital in Kolkata on Wednesday as little one deaths attributable to acute respiratory an infection (ARI) continued within the state, officers mentioned.

    The WBCPCR members visited the Dr BC Roy Post Graduate Institute of Paediatric Sciences and spoke to households of youngsters who have been present process remedy there, they mentioned.

    Several youngsters have died within the state over the previous few weeks attributable to ARI and adenovirus.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    On March 2, The New Indian Express reported the loss of life of 45 infants attributable to adenovirus within the state within the final two months. 

    ALSO READ | Kolkata: Adenovirus claims lives of 10 youngsters in 48 hours

    In the final 24 hours, two six-year-old youngsters died on the Kolkata Medical College and Hospital, whereas one other breathed final on the Dr BC Roy Hospital and Hospital, officers mentioned.

    “These three children died because of ARI. They were suffering from fever,” a well being official mentioned.

  • Voting for by-election in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh, West Bengal’s Sagardighi constituencies underway

    By PTI

    RAMGARH: Voting for the by-election in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh meeting constituency started at 7 am on Monday amid tight safety, a ballot official stated.

    Jharkhand’s Ramgarh meeting by-election: Voter turnout of 15.9 per cent was recorded until 9 am​

    Though 18 candidates, together with 14 Independents, are within the fray, the competition will likely be primarily between the Congress, an ally of the ruling JMM-led coalition, and the AJSU Party, which has tied up with the BJP for the ballot.

    The by-election was necessitated after the disqualification of Congress legislator Mamta Devi, following her conviction in a legal case.

    The Congress has fielded Mamta Devi’s husband, Bajrang Mahto, from the seat whereas the AJSU Party has nominated its chief Sunita Choudhary.

    Polling for Ramgarh by-elections in #Jharkhand begins peacefully; 15.19 % voting until 9 am.@NewIndianXpress @TheMornStandard @santwana99 pic.twitter.com/qP6nli4uz3

    — Mukesh Ranjan (@Mukesh_TNIE) February 27, 2023

    Over 3.34 lakh voters, together with 1.61 lakh girls, are eligible to train their franchise within the by-election.

    West Bengal:

    Bengal’s Sagardighi meeting bypoll: Over 13 computer voter turnout until 9 am

    Voting for the by-election in West Bengal’s Sagardighi meeting constituency in Murshidabad district started at 7 am on Monday, amid tight safety, a ballot official stated.

    Candidates of the ruling Trinamool Congress, the opposition BJP and the Congress-Left alliance are the principle contestants.

    The TMC and BJP fielded Debashish Banerjee and Dilip Saha respectively, whereas the Left-supported Congress candidate is Bayron Biswas.

    The by-poll to the Sagardighi meeting seat was necessitated by the dying of its three-time TMC MLA and state minister Subrata Saha in December final yr.

    Apart from greater than 60 per cent minority inhabitants, the agricultural seat additionally has round 18.5 per cent Scheduled Caste and 6.5 per cent Scheduled Tribe inhabitants.

    It has roughly 2.3 lakh voters.

    RAMGARH: Voting for the by-election in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh meeting constituency started at 7 am on Monday amid tight safety, a ballot official stated.

    Jharkhand’s Ramgarh meeting by-election: Voter turnout of 15.9 per cent was recorded until 9 am​

    Though 18 candidates, together with 14 Independents, are within the fray, the competition will likely be primarily between the Congress, an ally of the ruling JMM-led coalition, and the AJSU Party, which has tied up with the BJP for the ballot.

    The by-election was necessitated after the disqualification of Congress legislator Mamta Devi, following her conviction in a legal case.

    The Congress has fielded Mamta Devi’s husband, Bajrang Mahto, from the seat whereas the AJSU Party has nominated its chief Sunita Choudhary.

    Polling for Ramgarh by-elections in #Jharkhand begins peacefully; 15.19 % voting until 9 am.@NewIndianXpress @TheMornStandard @santwana99 pic.twitter.com/qP6nli4uz3
    — Mukesh Ranjan (@Mukesh_TNIE) February 27, 2023
    Over 3.34 lakh voters, together with 1.61 lakh girls, are eligible to train their franchise within the by-election.

    West Bengal:

    Bengal’s Sagardighi meeting bypoll: Over 13 computer voter turnout until 9 am

    Voting for the by-election in West Bengal’s Sagardighi meeting constituency in Murshidabad district started at 7 am on Monday, amid tight safety, a ballot official stated.

    Candidates of the ruling Trinamool Congress, the opposition BJP and the Congress-Left alliance are the principle contestants.

    The TMC and BJP fielded Debashish Banerjee and Dilip Saha respectively, whereas the Left-supported Congress candidate is Bayron Biswas.

    The by-poll to the Sagardighi meeting seat was necessitated by the dying of its three-time TMC MLA and state minister Subrata Saha in December final yr.

    Apart from greater than 60 per cent minority inhabitants, the agricultural seat additionally has round 18.5 per cent Scheduled Caste and 6.5 per cent Scheduled Tribe inhabitants.

    It has roughly 2.3 lakh voters.

  • TMC, BJP, Left-Cong to struggle it out in Bengal’s Sagardighi by-poll

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: The stage is ready for a three-cornered contest within the by-poll to the Sagardighi meeting constituency in Murshidabad district on Monday, because the ruling TMC, opposition BJP and the Congress-Left alliance are prepared for the struggle to bag the minority-dominated seat.

    The TMC, which has been successful the seat since 2011, received in 2021 by a margin of almost 50,000 votes, securing greater than 50 per cent of the whole votes polled, whereas the BJP and the Congress-Left alliance had bagged 24 per cent and 19 per cent respectively.

    The TMC has fielded native chief Debashish Banerjee, who’s up towards Dilip Saha of the BJP, and the Left-supported Congress candidate Bayron Biswas who is called the beedi-baron within the space.

    The constituency is understood for its beedi trade and can also be a cradle of migrant labourers, who enterprise out to varied elements of the nation in the hunt for jobs.

    Apart from greater than 60 per cent minority inhabitants, the agricultural seat additionally has round 18.5 per cent Scheduled caste and 6.5 per cent Scheduled Tribe inhabitants.

    It has roughly 2.3 lakh voters.

    The by-poll to the Sagardighi meeting seat was necessitated by the demise of its three-time TMC MLA and state minister Subrata Saha in December final yr.

    The TMC, assured of successful the seat for the fourth consecutive time, has employed social gathering nationwide normal secretary Abhishek Banerjee and a number of different prime leaders and ministers to marketing campaign within the space.

    “In the by-poll, we must improve our margin further and expose the unholy opposition nexus of BJP, CPI (M) and Congress. I wish to tell everyone here that a vote for the Congress will strengthen the hand of the BJP and its designs to implement NRC in future,” Banerjee had mentioned throughout a current election marketing campaign.

    His reference to NRC was a reminder of the violent protest the district had witnessed in December 2019 towards the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Parliament.

    The current IT raids on TMC MLA Jakir Hossain from the district have left the ruling social gathering fuming, accusing it of utilizing central companies to threaten the social gathering leaders forward of the by-polls.

    The BJP’s large weapons — Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, nationwide vice-president Dilip Ghosh, and state president Sukanta Majumdar – have carried out a whirlwind marketing campaign within the constituency. “If the elections are free and fair, the BJP will win the seat by a record margin. The Sagardighi assembly by-poll will kick off the downfall of the TMC in future,” Adhikari had mentioned.

    Congress state president and an MP from the district, Adhir Chowdhury, who’s crisscrossing your complete constituency, is assured that of successful the seat. “The minorities have realised that the TMC and the BJP are both sides of the same coin. The death of student leader Anish Khan and recent graft cases where deserving candidates have been denied jobs as the posts were sold will have an impact on this by-poll,” he mentioned.

    The seat was thought of a Congress bastion for the reason that early Fifties until the then-ruling CPI (M) snatched it from the grand previous social gathering within the meeting election of 1987.

    Riding on the winds of change, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) snatched it from the Left in 2011.

    The Election Commission, in a bid to make sure free and truthful polls, has deployed 30 corporations of central forces within the space.

    KOLKATA: The stage is ready for a three-cornered contest within the by-poll to the Sagardighi meeting constituency in Murshidabad district on Monday, because the ruling TMC, opposition BJP and the Congress-Left alliance are prepared for the struggle to bag the minority-dominated seat.

    The TMC, which has been successful the seat since 2011, received in 2021 by a margin of almost 50,000 votes, securing greater than 50 per cent of the whole votes polled, whereas the BJP and the Congress-Left alliance had bagged 24 per cent and 19 per cent respectively.

    The TMC has fielded native chief Debashish Banerjee, who’s up towards Dilip Saha of the BJP, and the Left-supported Congress candidate Bayron Biswas who is called the beedi-baron within the space.

    The constituency is understood for its beedi trade and can also be a cradle of migrant labourers, who enterprise out to varied elements of the nation in the hunt for jobs.

    Apart from greater than 60 per cent minority inhabitants, the agricultural seat additionally has round 18.5 per cent Scheduled caste and 6.5 per cent Scheduled Tribe inhabitants.

    It has roughly 2.3 lakh voters.

    The by-poll to the Sagardighi meeting seat was necessitated by the demise of its three-time TMC MLA and state minister Subrata Saha in December final yr.

    The TMC, assured of successful the seat for the fourth consecutive time, has employed social gathering nationwide normal secretary Abhishek Banerjee and a number of different prime leaders and ministers to marketing campaign within the space.

    “In the by-poll, we must improve our margin further and expose the unholy opposition nexus of BJP, CPI (M) and Congress. I wish to tell everyone here that a vote for the Congress will strengthen the hand of the BJP and its designs to implement NRC in future,” Banerjee had mentioned throughout a current election marketing campaign.

    His reference to NRC was a reminder of the violent protest the district had witnessed in December 2019 towards the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Parliament.

    The current IT raids on TMC MLA Jakir Hossain from the district have left the ruling social gathering fuming, accusing it of utilizing central companies to threaten the social gathering leaders forward of the by-polls.

    The BJP’s large weapons — Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, nationwide vice-president Dilip Ghosh, and state president Sukanta Majumdar – have carried out a whirlwind marketing campaign within the constituency. “If the elections are free and fair, the BJP will win the seat by a record margin. The Sagardighi assembly by-poll will kick off the downfall of the TMC in future,” Adhikari had mentioned.

    Congress state president and an MP from the district, Adhir Chowdhury, who’s crisscrossing your complete constituency, is assured that of successful the seat. “The minorities have realised that the TMC and the BJP are both sides of the same coin. The death of student leader Anish Khan and recent graft cases where deserving candidates have been denied jobs as the posts were sold will have an impact on this by-poll,” he mentioned.

    The seat was thought of a Congress bastion for the reason that early Fifties until the then-ruling CPI (M) snatched it from the grand previous social gathering within the meeting election of 1987.

    Riding on the winds of change, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) snatched it from the Left in 2011.

    The Election Commission, in a bid to make sure free and truthful polls, has deployed 30 corporations of central forces within the space.

  • Two TMC staff killed in bomb blast in Bengal’s Birbhum; SP transferred

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: Two ruling Trinamool Congress staff on a motorcycle have been killed when bombs have been hurled at them in West Bengal’s Birbhum district forward of the panchayat elections, the police mentioned on Sunday.

    While the opposition BJP and the Congress alleged that the killings have been a fallout of the TMC’s infighting, the ruling social gathering pointed fingers on the grand outdated social gathering of India.

    The superintendent of police of the district was transferred inside 24 hours of the incident, although the administration claimed that the transfer just isn’t associated to the killings.

    TMC staff Newton Sheikh and his companion Laltu Sheikh, brother of the native panchayat chief, have been going someplace on a bike when some miscreants hurled bombs at them on Saturday night, police mentioned.

    While Newton died at night time, Laltu succumbed to his accidents at SSKM Hospital in Kolkata, the place he was shifted from Rampurhat Hospital within the district.

    The family of the deceased individuals alleged that the bombs have been thrown by goons of the Congress because the social gathering was frightened of the “increasing popularity” of the 2 within the space forward of the panchayat polls due this 12 months.

    Countering their claims, West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury mentioned the social gathering has little presence at Margram to have the ability to perform such an assault.

    “Everyone knows that the attackers and victims both belong to the TMC,” Chowdhury claimed.

    BJP nationwide Vice-President Dilip Ghosh mentioned, “TMC activists are attacking themselves and getting killed in the fight to get the spoils over cut money. The situation will end only after the removal of this regime.”

    West Bengal minister and senior TMC chief Firhad Hakim, nevertheless, denied there may be any intra-party rivalry behind the killings.

    Giving a twist to the incident, Hakim puzzled whether or not Maoists might be concerned within the assault as Birbhum district shares borders with Jharkhand the place the pink rebels are energetic.

    The police ought to examine all points to learn how and why the 2 have been attacked, Hakim mentioned in Kolkata.

    Meanwhile, the West Bengal authorities on Sunday transferred Birbhum district Superintendent of Police Nagendra Nath Tripathi and introduced one other IPS officer Bhaskar Mukherjee in his place.

    A notification from the state secretariat ‘Nabanna’ mentioned Tripathi has been requested to take over as an officer on particular responsibility (OSD) at West Bengal Police Directorate instantly.

    Mukherjee was the SP of the Sunderban Police District.

    He might be changed by Koteswara Rao Nalavath, the SP (headquarters), Anti-Corruption Branch, the notification mentioned.

    A senior official of the state secretariat described the mini reshuffle in IPS ranks as “purely administrative” although it was effected inside a day of the killing of two TMC activists.

    Ghosh claimed that IPS officers, “despite pledging loyalty to the ruling party”, are being shunted and it’s a unhappy commentary over the prevailing scenario.

    “This cosmetic step will not help in unearthing the huge number of crude bombs stockpiled by the ruling party ahead of the panchayat elections,” the BJP chief mentioned.

    TMC Rajya Sabha MP Santanu Sen, nevertheless, mentioned it was a purely administrative choice.

    KOLKATA: Two ruling Trinamool Congress staff on a motorcycle have been killed when bombs have been hurled at them in West Bengal’s Birbhum district forward of the panchayat elections, the police mentioned on Sunday.

    While the opposition BJP and the Congress alleged that the killings have been a fallout of the TMC’s infighting, the ruling social gathering pointed fingers on the grand outdated social gathering of India.

    The superintendent of police of the district was transferred inside 24 hours of the incident, although the administration claimed that the transfer just isn’t associated to the killings.

    TMC staff Newton Sheikh and his companion Laltu Sheikh, brother of the native panchayat chief, have been going someplace on a bike when some miscreants hurled bombs at them on Saturday night, police mentioned.

    While Newton died at night time, Laltu succumbed to his accidents at SSKM Hospital in Kolkata, the place he was shifted from Rampurhat Hospital within the district.

    The family of the deceased individuals alleged that the bombs have been thrown by goons of the Congress because the social gathering was frightened of the “increasing popularity” of the 2 within the space forward of the panchayat polls due this 12 months.

    Countering their claims, West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury mentioned the social gathering has little presence at Margram to have the ability to perform such an assault.

    “Everyone knows that the attackers and victims both belong to the TMC,” Chowdhury claimed.

    BJP nationwide Vice-President Dilip Ghosh mentioned, “TMC activists are attacking themselves and getting killed in the fight to get the spoils over cut money. The situation will end only after the removal of this regime.”

    West Bengal minister and senior TMC chief Firhad Hakim, nevertheless, denied there may be any intra-party rivalry behind the killings.

    Giving a twist to the incident, Hakim puzzled whether or not Maoists might be concerned within the assault as Birbhum district shares borders with Jharkhand the place the pink rebels are energetic.

    The police ought to examine all points to learn how and why the 2 have been attacked, Hakim mentioned in Kolkata.

    Meanwhile, the West Bengal authorities on Sunday transferred Birbhum district Superintendent of Police Nagendra Nath Tripathi and introduced one other IPS officer Bhaskar Mukherjee in his place.

    A notification from the state secretariat ‘Nabanna’ mentioned Tripathi has been requested to take over as an officer on particular responsibility (OSD) at West Bengal Police Directorate instantly.

    Mukherjee was the SP of the Sunderban Police District.

    He might be changed by Koteswara Rao Nalavath, the SP (headquarters), Anti-Corruption Branch, the notification mentioned.

    A senior official of the state secretariat described the mini reshuffle in IPS ranks as “purely administrative” although it was effected inside a day of the killing of two TMC activists.

    Ghosh claimed that IPS officers, “despite pledging loyalty to the ruling party”, are being shunted and it’s a unhappy commentary over the prevailing scenario.

    “This cosmetic step will not help in unearthing the huge number of crude bombs stockpiled by the ruling party ahead of the panchayat elections,” the BJP chief mentioned.

    TMC Rajya Sabha MP Santanu Sen, nevertheless, mentioned it was a purely administrative choice.

  • BJP’s North Bengal MLA Suman Kanjilal joins TMC

    By Express News Service

    KOLKATA: In a jolt to BJP’s north Bengal stronghold, an MLA from Alipurduar of the saffron camp on Sunday defected to the Trinamool Congress (TMC).

    Suman Kanjilal, a BJP MLA from the north Bengal constituency, joined the Trinamool Congress in presence of Abhishek Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress’s nationwide normal secretary and nephew of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.  

    With the defection of Kanjilal, BJP’s power within the Assembly has come right down to 69 from 77 as 5 different MLAs had joined the ruling TMC earlier. Two MPs, who had contested within the 2021 Assembly elections and gained, determined to operate as representatives within the decrease home of the Parliament.

    “As an MLA, I wish to work for the frequent folks. I mentioned it with the chief minister. I made a decision to affix the TMC to work higher for the folks. I wished to carry out extra once I was a BJP MLA utilizing the schemes of the Union authorities. But I couldn’t as a result of many initiatives have been stalled by the BJP-led Centre,’’ mentioned Kanjilal.

    Kanjilal’s change in political allegiance is claimed to be vital forward of the panchayat elections within the state.

    Though the TMC had secured a sweeping victory by bagging 214 seats out of 292 within the 2021 Assembly polls, the occasion failed to depart a footprint within the Alipurduar district because the BJP secured victory in all 5 seats.

    “The people who voted for the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and 2021 Assembly polls are disappointed. They realised there is no alternative political force other than the TMC which can offer good governance,” mentioned a senior TMC chief, including that there have been extra surprises ready for the BJP in North Bengal.

    In the 2019 normal elections, the BJP bagged 18 seats out of 42 in Bengal of which seven have been from north Bengal.

    KOLKATA: In a jolt to BJP’s north Bengal stronghold, an MLA from Alipurduar of the saffron camp on Sunday defected to the Trinamool Congress (TMC).

    Suman Kanjilal, a BJP MLA from the north Bengal constituency, joined the Trinamool Congress in presence of Abhishek Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress’s nationwide normal secretary and nephew of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.  

    With the defection of Kanjilal, BJP’s power within the Assembly has come right down to 69 from 77 as 5 different MLAs had joined the ruling TMC earlier. Two MPs, who had contested within the 2021 Assembly elections and gained, determined to operate as representatives within the decrease home of the Parliament.

    “As an MLA, I wish to work for the frequent folks. I mentioned it with the chief minister. I made a decision to affix the TMC to work higher for the folks. I wished to carry out extra once I was a BJP MLA utilizing the schemes of the Union authorities. But I couldn’t as a result of many initiatives have been stalled by the BJP-led Centre,’’ mentioned Kanjilal.

    Kanjilal’s change in political allegiance is claimed to be vital forward of the panchayat elections within the state.

    Though the TMC had secured a sweeping victory by bagging 214 seats out of 292 within the 2021 Assembly polls, the occasion failed to depart a footprint within the Alipurduar district because the BJP secured victory in all 5 seats.

    “The people who voted for the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and 2021 Assembly polls are disappointed. They realised there is no alternative political force other than the TMC which can offer good governance,” mentioned a senior TMC chief, including that there have been extra surprises ready for the BJP in North Bengal.

    In the 2019 normal elections, the BJP bagged 18 seats out of 42 in Bengal of which seven have been from north Bengal.

  • NEET aspirant dies after falling from sixth flooring of hostel constructing in Kota

    By PTI

    KOTA: A 20-year-old NEET aspirant from West Bengal died after falling from the sixth flooring of his hostel constructing within the Jawahar Nagar space right here, police mentioned on Friday.

    It is suspected that Ishanshu Bhattacharya misplaced his steadiness and fell on the aluminium railing of a balcony which could not take his weight and broke, Circle Officer Amar Singh mentioned.

    He fell from the sixth flooring of the constructing and died on the spot, the officer mentioned, including that he was declared introduced useless by a hospital.

    Bhattacharya, a resident of Dhupguri in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district got here to Kota in August final 12 months and was getting ready for medical entrance examination NEET.

    The circle officer mentioned, Bhattacharya together with three of his hostel mates was speaking within the balcony on the constructing’s sixth flooring.

    Around midnight, once they had been going again to their rooms, it’s suspected that Bhattacharya misplaced his steadiness and fell.

    The sufferer’s physique has been despatched to the mortuary of MBS hospital for postmortem, which will probably be carried out after his relations arrive, he mentioned.

    In the same incident on January 29, a 17-year-old JEE Mains aspirant from Maharashtra who was getting ready for the doorway check in Kota sustained vital accidents after he allegedly fell from the balcony on first flooring of his hostel constructing.

    The injured scholar remains to be in vital situation and present process therapy in a metropolis’s personal hospital.

    KOTA: A 20-year-old NEET aspirant from West Bengal died after falling from the sixth flooring of his hostel constructing within the Jawahar Nagar space right here, police mentioned on Friday.

    It is suspected that Ishanshu Bhattacharya misplaced his steadiness and fell on the aluminium railing of a balcony which could not take his weight and broke, Circle Officer Amar Singh mentioned.

    He fell from the sixth flooring of the constructing and died on the spot, the officer mentioned, including that he was declared introduced useless by a hospital.

    Bhattacharya, a resident of Dhupguri in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district got here to Kota in August final 12 months and was getting ready for medical entrance examination NEET.

    The circle officer mentioned, Bhattacharya together with three of his hostel mates was speaking within the balcony on the constructing’s sixth flooring.

    Around midnight, once they had been going again to their rooms, it’s suspected that Bhattacharya misplaced his steadiness and fell.

    The sufferer’s physique has been despatched to the mortuary of MBS hospital for postmortem, which will probably be carried out after his relations arrive, he mentioned.

    In the same incident on January 29, a 17-year-old JEE Mains aspirant from Maharashtra who was getting ready for the doorway check in Kota sustained vital accidents after he allegedly fell from the balcony on first flooring of his hostel constructing.

    The injured scholar remains to be in vital situation and present process therapy in a metropolis’s personal hospital.

  • Bengal: Mamata meets Amartya Sen, backs economist in Visva Bharati land dispute

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    Kolkata: Two days after Visva Bharati accused Nobel laureate Amartya Sen of “unauthorised occupation,” West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday got here out in assist of the economist and handed over the land-related paperwork to the octogenarian.

    The central college had requested the Sen handy over part of the plot the place his residence is situated in Santiniketan, citing “illegal” occupation.

    Mamata, who met Sen at his residence throughout her go to to Birbhum, known as the accusations in opposition to him as “baseless.” She additionally introduced that the Nobel laureate could be accorded ‘Z+ class’ safety in future.

    “The folks of Bengal are sad with the way in which the Nobel laureate has been humiliated. Allegations of land grabbing in opposition to him (Sen) are baseless. It is an try to malign his fame. No one has the precise to insult him. We received’t tolerate it. I’ve collected the unique data of his land and handed them over to him. Z-plus safety will probably be offered for him,’’ mentioned Mamata, after assembly the economist.

    Only Mamata and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee have a ‘Z+ class’ safety over within the state.

    The letter issued to Sen by Visva Bharati on January 27 acknowledged: “You are in possession of 1.38 acre of land which is in excess of your legal entitlement of 1.25 acre. Kindly return the land to Visva Bharati as early as possible since the application of the laws of the land will cause embarrassment to you and also to Visva Bharati which you endear so much.”

    According to the college authorities, Visva Bharati had leased out the land and a portion of Sen’s plot is part of it which he has been requested handy over. This was the second letter issued to Sen by Visva Bharati asking him handy over the land leased out by the college.

    Visva Bharati’s letter to Sen got here days after the Nobel laureate’s comment that Mamata has the qualities to grow to be the Prime Minister of the nation.

    Hitting out on the BJP-led Centre, Mamata mentioned, “I want Visva Bharati to run properly instead of attempts to saffronise the hallowed institution.”

    The Bengal CM additionally mentioned her authorities will determine the following course of authorized motion as soon as she is again in Kolkata.

    Urging the Union training minister to take notice, Mamata mentioned, “Now the Visva Bharati functions like an island, disconnected from the rest of Bengal. Those who insult Amartya Sen must remember they will have to bow down and apologise one day.”

    Kolkata: Two days after Visva Bharati accused Nobel laureate Amartya Sen of “unauthorised occupation,” West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday got here out in assist of the economist and handed over the land-related paperwork to the octogenarian.

    The central college had requested the Sen handy over part of the plot the place his residence is situated in Santiniketan, citing “illegal” occupation.

    Mamata, who met Sen at his residence throughout her go to to Birbhum, known as the accusations in opposition to him as “baseless.” She additionally introduced that the Nobel laureate could be accorded ‘Z+ class’ safety in future.

    “The folks of Bengal are sad with the way in which the Nobel laureate has been humiliated. Allegations of land grabbing in opposition to him (Sen) are baseless. It is an try to malign his fame. No one has the precise to insult him. We received’t tolerate it. I’ve collected the unique data of his land and handed them over to him. Z-plus safety will probably be offered for him,’’ mentioned Mamata, after assembly the economist.

    Only Mamata and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee have a ‘Z+ class’ safety over within the state.

    The letter issued to Sen by Visva Bharati on January 27 acknowledged: “You are in possession of 1.38 acre of land which is in excess of your legal entitlement of 1.25 acre. Kindly return the land to Visva Bharati as early as possible since the application of the laws of the land will cause embarrassment to you and also to Visva Bharati which you endear so much.”

    According to the college authorities, Visva Bharati had leased out the land and a portion of Sen’s plot is part of it which he has been requested handy over. This was the second letter issued to Sen by Visva Bharati asking him handy over the land leased out by the college.

    Visva Bharati’s letter to Sen got here days after the Nobel laureate’s comment that Mamata has the qualities to grow to be the Prime Minister of the nation.

    Hitting out on the BJP-led Centre, Mamata mentioned, “I want Visva Bharati to run properly instead of attempts to saffronise the hallowed institution.”

    The Bengal CM additionally mentioned her authorities will determine the following course of authorized motion as soon as she is again in Kolkata.

    Urging the Union training minister to take notice, Mamata mentioned, “Now the Visva Bharati functions like an island, disconnected from the rest of Bengal. Those who insult Amartya Sen must remember they will have to bow down and apologise one day.”

  • Mamata launches TMC’s new outreach drive forward of Panchayat polls in Bengal

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    KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee launched her celebration’s newest outreach programme titled ‘Didir Suraksha Kavach’ (sister’s protecting defend) forward of the Panchayat polls slated to be held later this 12 months.

    Around 3.5 lakh Trinamool Congress staff and 350 celebration leaders comprising of MPs and MLAs will act as ‘Didir Dyut’ (sister’s messenger) and perform the programme’s goal of reaching out to 10 crore folks throughout the state. The celebration’s lawmakers and different leaders have been requested to spend 10 days in villages to determine the ground-level issues and discover out whether or not the state authorities’s flagship tasks are reaching them.

    The new initiative follows two related outreach drives from the previous —’Didi Ke Bolo’ (inform your sister) and ‘Duare Sarkar’ (authorities at your step) and comes amid a sequence of corruption costs levelled towards TMC functionaries.

    “Didir Suraksha Kavach is one other form of Duare Sarkar. The state authorities is doing its personal job. But because the ruling political celebration, we can’t skip duties. Because greater than 85 gram panchayats are dominated by our celebration. The authorities’s doorstep initiative sorted many points. The new outreach drive will concentrate on different points which the federal government is but to handle,’’ stated chief minister Mamata Banerjee whereas addressing a staff’ meet in south Kolkata’s Nazrul Mancha.

    The drive will proceed for 2 months protecting each the agricultural and semi-urban pockets of the state. The initiative is alleged to be an initiative primarily aimed on the rural polls at a time when the ruling TMC is going through large-scale complaints of corruption within the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), whereas the CPI(M), continues its resurgence because the second political outfit within the state.

    Asked whether or not the brand new outreach drive is aimed on the panchayat polls, Mamata stated the Duare Sarkar drive was initiated after the 2021 Assembly elections. “It is our part of a continuous effort for the development of the state. Elections have nothing to with it.”

    Replying to her frequent allegation towards the BJP over “destroying” the federal construction of the nation, the Bengal CM stated, “My ideology is clear. We want unity in diversity. The federal structure of the country must be strengthened.”

    Meanwhile, Mamata’s nephew and TMC’s nationwide basic secretary Abhishek Banerjee stated, “The party will start the new initiative from January 11 and continue it for the next 60 days. Our party leaders will spend 10 days at villages, and our 3.5 lakh party workers reach out to the people in remote pockets to verify whether the state government’s welfare projects are reaching them.”

    KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee launched her celebration’s newest outreach programme titled ‘Didir Suraksha Kavach’ (sister’s protecting defend) forward of the Panchayat polls slated to be held later this 12 months.

    Around 3.5 lakh Trinamool Congress staff and 350 celebration leaders comprising of MPs and MLAs will act as ‘Didir Dyut’ (sister’s messenger) and perform the programme’s goal of reaching out to 10 crore folks throughout the state. The celebration’s lawmakers and different leaders have been requested to spend 10 days in villages to determine the ground-level issues and discover out whether or not the state authorities’s flagship tasks are reaching them.

    The new initiative follows two related outreach drives from the previous —’Didi Ke Bolo’ (inform your sister) and ‘Duare Sarkar’ (authorities at your step) and comes amid a sequence of corruption costs levelled towards TMC functionaries.

    “Didir Suraksha Kavach is one other form of Duare Sarkar. The state authorities is doing its personal job. But because the ruling political celebration, we can’t skip duties. Because greater than 85 gram panchayats are dominated by our celebration. The authorities’s doorstep initiative sorted many points. The new outreach drive will concentrate on different points which the federal government is but to handle,’’ stated chief minister Mamata Banerjee whereas addressing a staff’ meet in south Kolkata’s Nazrul Mancha.

    The drive will proceed for 2 months protecting each the agricultural and semi-urban pockets of the state. The initiative is alleged to be an initiative primarily aimed on the rural polls at a time when the ruling TMC is going through large-scale complaints of corruption within the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), whereas the CPI(M), continues its resurgence because the second political outfit within the state.

    Asked whether or not the brand new outreach drive is aimed on the panchayat polls, Mamata stated the Duare Sarkar drive was initiated after the 2021 Assembly elections. “It is our part of a continuous effort for the development of the state. Elections have nothing to with it.”

    Replying to her frequent allegation towards the BJP over “destroying” the federal construction of the nation, the Bengal CM stated, “My ideology is clear. We want unity in diversity. The federal structure of the country must be strengthened.”

    Meanwhile, Mamata’s nephew and TMC’s nationwide basic secretary Abhishek Banerjee stated, “The party will start the new initiative from January 11 and continue it for the next 60 days. Our party leaders will spend 10 days at villages, and our 3.5 lakh party workers reach out to the people in remote pockets to verify whether the state government’s welfare projects are reaching them.”