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Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): The Malda violence has triggered a major political showdown, with the arrest of alleged mastermind All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Mofakkarul Islam by the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) drawing sharp reactions from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, while Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee defended her government. The West Bengal CID arrested advocate Mofakkarul Islam, identified as the alleged mastermind of ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): The Malda violence has triggered a major political showdown, with the arrest of alleged mastermind All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Mofakkarul Islam by the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) drawing sharp reactions from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, while Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee defended her government. The West Bengal CID arrested advocate Mofakkarul Islam, identified as the alleged mastermind of ...Read More >
Kolkata, April 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has taken serious note of the large number of police personnel deployed by West Bengal Police and Kolkata Police to provide personal security to Trinamool Congress leaders at various levels in the state. The Commission has also flagged an allegedly biased approach in the selection of leaders for state-provided security cover, with ruling party leaders enjoying disproportionately high security, sources in the Commission sai ...Read More >
KOLKATA: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday sought a status report in connection with its directives to withdraw government-provided security cover for political leaders with criminal antecedents from West Bengal police administration as the state is all set to go for polling on April 23 and 29. The ECI, in its directives to the nodal officers of West Bengal Police (WBP), has asked to send compliance report by noon, following the expiry of its deadline -- Thursday midnight -- for ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 3 (PTI) The Election Commission of India has taken serious note of the deployment of police personnel for providing security to individuals allegedly linked to the ruling TMC ahead of the West Bengal elections, a senior official said on Friday. Describing the matter as a "lapse", the official said the poll panel has issued directions to the DGP to ensure corrective measures at the earliest. "Before the announcement of elections, the West Bengal government had deployed 2,185 police ...Read More >
Malda (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): A team from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrived at the Block Development Officer's (BDO) office in Malda in connection with the recent incident, where thousands of people on April 1 blocked the two gates of the Kaliachak-II BDO, holding staff including seven judicial officers "hostage" for hours before they were rescued after midnight. Earlier in the day, the anti-terror agency initiated the preliminary enquiry late on Thursday a ...Read More >
Malda (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): A team from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrived at the Block Development Officer's (BDO) office in Malda in connection with the recent incident, where thousands of people on April 1 blocked the two gates of the Kaliachak-II BDO, holding staff including seven judicial officers "hostage" for hours before they were rescued after midnight. Earlier in the day, the anti-terror agency initiated the preliminary enquiry late on Thursday a ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Keralam) [India], April 3 (ANI): Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Friday slammed the West Bengal government over Malda incident, saying that it "doesn't believe in the Constitution" and thinks it is "above the judiciary and Supreme Court." "The TMC government in West Bengal doesn't believe in the Constitution of India. TMC thinks it is above the judiciary and the Supreme Court. One must follow the rule of law and follow the Constitution. TMC, being fru ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Russia's First Deputy Chairman Denis Manturov reaffirmed that Russian companies have the capacity to steadily increase supplies of oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the Indian market amid the energy crisis due to the conflict in West Asia, underlining deepening energy cooperation between the two countries during his official visit to the country. According to a statement issued by the Russian Embassy in India on Telegram on Thursday, Manturov highlighted t ...Read More >
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has started probe by registering a "preliminary enquiry" into Malda violence case in which thousands of people on Wednesday blocked the two gates of the Kaliachowk-2 Block Development Office (BDO), holding staff including seven judicial officers "hostage" for hours before they were rescued after midnight. The anti-terror agency initiated the preliminary enquiry late on Thursday after the Election Commission of India (ECI) formally referred the matter, sen ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has started probe by registering a "preliminary enquiry" into Malda violence case in which thousands of people on Wednesday blocked the two gates of the Kaliachowk-2 Block Development Office (BDO), holding staff including seven judicial officers "hostage" for hours before they were rescued after midnight. Also Read | Airline Seat Policy Rollback: Govt Suspends 60% Free Seat Selection on Flights After FIA and A ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has started probe by registering a "preliminary enquiry" into Malda violence case in which thousands of people on Wednesday blocked the two gates of the Kaliachowk-2 Block Development Office (BDO), holding staff including seven judicial officers "hostage" for hours before they were rescued after midnight. The anti-terror agency initiated the preliminary enquiry late on Thursday after the Election Commission of ...Read More >
New Delhi: A day after the Supreme Court rebuked the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government over the protests in Malda district over the deletion of names of voters in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), the "mastermind" of the incident was arrested on Friday. S Mofakkarul Islam, an AIMIM leader and advocate, was arrested by the West Bengal police at Bagdogra Airport in Siliguri while he was allegedly trying to flee, said officials. On Wednesday, a group of locals gheraoed and held hostag ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], April 3 (ANI): Bihar minister Ram Kripal Yadav on Friday hit out at the West Bengal government over the Malda hostage crisis, stating that the people will remove the government that disregards law and constitution in the upcoming elections. Speaking to ANI, Yadav said that the investigation of the case has been handed over to the National Investigation Agency, which will ensure the central control and greater safety of the officials. Also Read | Raghav Chadha Releases Vi ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], April 3 (ANI): Bihar minister Ram Kripal Yadav on Friday hit out at the West Bengal government over the Malda hostage crisis, stating that the people will remove the government that disregards law and constitution in the upcoming elections. Speaking to ANI, Yadav said that the investigation of the case has been handed over to the National Investigation Agency, which will ensure the central control and greater safety of the officials. "The Malda case involving violence ag ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Former Chief Protocol and Joint Director of Election Commission of India, Mohd Amin, has criticised the West Bengal government over the Malda hostage crisis, describing the matter as "shameless", asserting that such incidents should be condemned. Speaking to ANI on Thursday, Amin stated that West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee was earlier criticising the seven-phase election schedule and now opposing the Special Intensive Revision. He called the SIR a legal process ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday conducted fresh searches at over 10 office premises of the political consultancy firm I-PAC in four states, including Telangana, in connection with an alleged coal "scam" of West Bengal, officials said. According to ED, the raids are being undertaken at locations in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Delhi, including the premises of I-PAC co-founder and director Rishi Raj Singh in Bengaluru and that of Nair in Mumbai. This is the second raid ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday conducted fresh searches against two executives of political consultancy firm I-PAC, former AAP communication in-charge Vijay Nair and some others in connection with a money laundering case linked to alleged coal scam in West Bengal, officials said. The raids were undertaken at locations in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Delhi under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said. The premises of I-PAC co-founder and dir ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 2 (UNI) Terming West Bengal as the "most polarised State", the Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to deploy central forces for the protection of judicial officers engaged in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, after seven judicial officers including three women judges were gheraoed for several hours in Malda district on Wednesday evening by a mob protesting against the deletion of their names from the electoral rolls. Pu ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday conducted fresh searches against an executive of political consultancy firm I-PAC, former AAP communication in-charge Vijay Nair and some others in connection with an alleged coal "scam" of West Bengal, officials said. The raids are being undertaken at locations in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Delhi under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said. The premises of I-PAC co-founder and director Rishi Raj Singh ...Read More >
Bengaluru/New Delhi, April 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday conducted raids at several locations linked to I-PAC, owned by Prashant Kishor, in connection with the Bengal coal smuggling scam. The raids were carried out at multiple locations in Bengaluru, Delhi and Hyderabad. Prashant Kishor is currently assisting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in strategising for the crucial Assembly elections. Officials confirmed that this is a pan-India operation. ED ...Read More >
Kolkata: Claiming that the entire Bengal has been maligned due to Malda's Kaliachak incident, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata on Thursday urged the minority community to show calm and maintain restraint and asked them to "never touch the judges", in the backdrop of Malda's Kaliachak incident which was even criticized by Supreme Court. Meanwhile, protests over name deletion have erupted in Malda district's Old Malda areas, Englishbazar and Kaliachak. Calling the Malda's incident as a conspirac ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday came down heavily on the West Bengal government following the Malda incident, where seven judicial officers were held hostage for several hours. The top court described West Bengal as the most polarised state and said the judicial officers' gherao in Malda was a "preplanned, calculated and motivated" attempt to derail the electoral process. "Unfortunately in your state each one speaks political language and this is the most polarised state. You are forc ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday took serious note of seven judicial officials engaged in SIR exercise being held "hostage" in West Bengal's Malda district, terming it deplorable and seeking responses from the state home secretary, DGP and other officials for their "inaction". A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi said, "This incident is a brazen attempt not only to browbeat judicial officers but also challenges authority of this court. It ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Thursday took serious note of seven judicial officials engaged in SIR exercise being taken "hostage" in West Bengal's Malda district, terming it deplorable and seeking responses from the state home secretary, DGP and other officials for their "inaction". A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi permitted the Election Commission to seek either CBI or NIA probe into the unfortunate incident. It said the inci ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a blistering rebuke of the West Bengal government following a nine-hour gherao of judicial officers in Malda. Labelling West Bengal the nation's "most polarised" state, the top court condemned the incident as a "pre-planned, calculative, and motivated" strike intended to intimidate officials managing the electoral process. Notably, seven judicial officers, including three women, who were overseeing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral ...Read More >
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the "valuable" right to vote cannot be "washed out" in a manner that creates an "oppressive" situation for citizens as it allowed tribunals set up in West Bengal to hear appeals of voters in the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) exercise to even examine fresh documents after verification. The order was passed by a bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on being informed that 19 tribunals headed by former high court chief ju ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has allowed appellate tribunals in West Bengal to accept new evidence from individuals removed from the revised voter lists, provided that these documents are verified as authentic. A three-member bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant, which had previously said that these appellate tribunals should not accept new documents not submitted before the adjudicating officer, modified its order on Wednesday. Appellate Tribunals "will not entertain fresh documents without ...Read More >
Kolkata, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kolkata-based industrialist Pawan Kumar Ruia, arrested by the cybercrime division of the West Bengal Police in connection with a Rs 600 crore cyber fraud case, was on Wednesday remanded to seven days of police custody by a district court. Ruia, who was arrested on Tuesday evening outside a hotel in New Town on the northern outskirts of Kolkata, was produced before the Bidhannagar sub-divisional court on Wednesday afternoon. During the hearing, the public prosec ...Read More >
Kolkata: Kolkata-based industrialist Pawan Kumar Ruia, arrested by the cybercrime division of the West Bengal Police in connection with a Rs 600 crore cyber fraud case, was on Wednesday remanded to seven days of police custody by a district court. Ruia, who was arrested on Tuesday evening outside a hotel in New Town on the northern outskirts of Kolkata, was produced before the Bidhannagar sub-divisional court on Wednesday afternoon. During the hearing, the public prosecutor sought police custod ...Read More >
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