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  • Bengal government accused of giving scheme money for compensation of Odisha train accident

    Bengal government accused of giving scheme money for compensation of Odisha train accident

    Kolkata (IANS) | West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is set to hand over compensation checks to the families of Odisha train accident victims on Wednesday amid allegations that money from a special labor welfare scheme is being diverted for the purpose. . Shubhendu Adhikari, Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly and Debanjan Chakraborty, President of the West Bengal unit of the Construction Workers’ Federation of India (CWFI), alleged that the Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Board (BOCWWB) money was being given to the families of accident victims. Is.

    The official said the same was done while paying compensation to the families of the victims of the Bogatui massacre last year – the money allocated for the mid-day meal scheme was used to pay the compensation.

    The Leader of Opposition said that the victims of the train accident should have been provided compensation from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.

    Meanwhile, the state president of CWFI said that his association is considering going to court if such diversion of funds from the BICWWB scheme has indeed taken place.

    He said, the state government has no authority to spend the money under the BOCWWB scheme for other purposes. If this has happened then we condemn any such move.

    Meanwhile, the state government officials are maintaining complete silence on the matter.

    However, a senior official of the state finance department, on the condition of anonymity, said that he was not aware of the matter, but there have been instances that in case of emergency, the state government diverts funds allocated under a particular scheme for a different purpose. uses for He said, the state’s finance department later returns the money again in the same scheme. This has been happening for centuries.

    There was no response from the Trinamool Congress till the filing of this report.

    –IANS

  • Ram Navami violence: Bengal government challenges Calcutta High Court order in Supreme Court

    Ram Navami violence: Bengal government challenges Calcutta High Court order in Supreme Court

    Kolkata (IANS) | The West Bengal government has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta High Court order for an NIA probe into the Ram Navami clashes in Howrah and Hooghly districts. The state government said the probe could not be handed over to a central agency as the court’s order was on a petition filed by Leader of Opposition Shubhendu Adhikari with an ulterior political motive.

    The matter will be heard on Friday.

    On April 27, a division bench of the Calcutta High Court, while ordering an NIA probe into the case, also directed the state police to hand over all documents related to the case to the central agency.

    NIA has already registered six FIRs in this case.

    The central agency had sent letters to the Additional Director General in-charge of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the West Bengal Police, as well as the commissioners of the Chandranagar Police Commissionerate and Howrah City Police, seeking copies of documents related to the case.

    Ordering an NIA probe, the bench had said that it was beyond the power of the state police to find those who were responsible for the violence.

    Justice Sivagnanam also questioned the suspension of internet services in the areas.

    Internet services cannot be suspended in such clashes, he said. People get stressed due to such incidents.

  • SC stays Bengal government order banning MOVIE ‘The Kerala Story’

    SC stays Bengal government order banning MOVIE ‘The Kerala Story’

    The Supreme Court today stayed the West Bengal government’s order banning the public screening of movie ‘The Kerala Story’. The court said the May 8 order suffers from “overbreadth” and is not based on any material produced before Court.

    It said that statutory provisions cannot be used to “put a premium on public intolerance” and hinted that it may stay the West Bengal government’s order banning the movie, “The Kerala Story”.

    A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said it is the duty of the state government to maintain law and order as the film has been granted certification by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).

    “Bad films bomb at the box office,” the bench said.

    “The legal provision cannot be used to put a premium on public intolerance. Otherwise, all films will find themselves in this spot,” the bench, also comprising justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala, said during the hearing which is still on.

    The states cannot sit in appeal over the grant of certification to the movie, said senior advocate Harish Salve appearing for the producer of the movie.

    Meanwhile one of the petitioner in the case Qurban Ali said that his stand vindicated as it heared SLP

    “We are thankful to the honourable Supreme Court for hearing our SLP.Now the honourable court will watch this movie (Kerala stories) regarding the challenge to the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) certification, the Court said it would be listed after summer vacations as the Court would first have to see the movie for that” said Ali

    “The challenge to the final judgment of the Madras High Court challenging the CBFC certification we will list after vacations. We will have to see the film for that. We will do that,” the bench said.

    Qurban Ali said that our demand for a disclaimer was also accepted by the honourable court.
    During the hearing, the bench also questioned the claim made by the film that 32,000 women from Kerala have been deceitfully converted into Islam. Senior Advocate Harish Salve, appearing for the film producer, agreed to clarify in the disclaimer that “there is no authentic data available to back up the suggestion that the figure of conversions is 32000 or any other established figure”. He said that the disclaimer will be added by 5 PM on 5 PM on May 20. The disclaimer will clarify that the film represents a fictionalised version of subject matter.

    Bench questions 32,000 figure At this juncture, CJI Chandrachud asked Salve about the 32,000 figure and said it is a “distorted figure”. “Mr Salve, said that it will be clarified in the film disclaimer that there is no authentic figure available.

    Further, CJI Chandrachud told senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for the producer of the movie, that there needs to be proper disclaimer in the film.

    “The disclaimer should say that there is no authentic data to back up the suggestion that the figure of conversions is 32000 or any other established figure,” Salve said, as reported by Live Law.

    To this, the CJI responded, “Disclaimer should say that it’s fictionalised.”

  • Bengal Govt Confers State’s Top Honour To Bethune Collegiate School

    Bengal Govt Confers State’s Top Honour To Bethune Collegiate School

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday presented the state’s top honour ‘Banga Ratna’ to Bethune Collegiate School on the occasion of its 175th year and expressed hope that the institute will someday occupy the No 1 place among all schools across the globe. The school which was set up by John E D Bethune, in north Kolkata with 21 students in 1849, is rated as one of the best girls’ boarding schools in the city.

    At a function at Netaji Indoor Stadium in central Kolkata, attended by students, guardians, and teachers of the state-run school, Banerjee handed over a trophy and citation to Sabari Bhattacharya, the teacher in charge of the educational institution.
    It is a matter of pride for all of us that Bethune School has attained such pre-eminence in the country and the world. You will one day occupy the number one place among all schools in the world,” Banerjee said amidst thunderous applause of the gathering.

    Tracing back to the days of 1849 when the school came into existence, Banerjee said “You charted the path of women’s emancipation in those days. Over the years, your pupils had made their mark and excelled in every field being the true embodiment of ‘Nari Shakti, Matri Shakti’(women empowerment). To this date, Bethune School is performing the same role.

    ”The teachers of this school are imparting knowledge related to wisdom, unity, amity, compassion, and humanity to make our daughters multifaceted – excelling in various fields.”

    The chief minister said it was Bengal which had pioneered women’s emancipation. “Our history is the history of pride, tolerance, and progressiveness. Nowhere else you will find so much tolerance,” Banerjee said.

    Pointing out that the May 10 programme was preceded by the birth anniversary of Rabindra Nath Tagore on Tuesday, she said “It is a matter of great pride that the national anthems of both India and our neighbour Bangladesh had been composed by Gurudev – ‘Jana Gana Mana’ and ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’ respectively.

    “Bengal is the soil of Netaji who had coined the phrase Jai Hind instilling patriotic fervour among people. Bengal is the place where Gandhiji set up his base in 1947 and launched an indefinite fast to stop the country from being engulfed in flames. We have renovated that house in Beleghata area of the city,” she said.

    Banerjee also dwelt on the personal rapport between Gandhi and Tagore and how both of them dealt with issues confronted by pre-independent India. Tagore had returned the knighthood offered by the British government in protest against the Jalianwala Bagh massacre, she pointed out referring to the role of luminaries from the state in the freedom movement, social reforms and people’s uprising. The chief minister said B R Ambedkar, Chairman of the drafting committee of the Constitution, had gone to Parliament from Bengal Assembly.