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  • Ex Bengal CM critical, admitted to hospital in Kolkata

    Ex Bengal CM critical, admitted to hospital in Kolkata

    Kolkata: Former West Bengal chief minister Buddhdeb Bhattacharjee on Saturday was admitted to the ICCU of the city-based hospital after he complained of a severe respiratory problem. He is 79-years-old.

    Sources close to him said that the the leader’s oxygen saturation level dropped to a great extent following which his condition deteriorated and he had to be admitted to the hospital. His wife Meera Bhattacharjee accompanied him on his way to hospital. Their daughter Suchetana Bhattacharjee has also reached the hospital.

    Bhattacharjee had been a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patient for quite some time.

    Sources said that his health condition had been deteriorating for the last few days. However, that time he refused to adhere to the doctor’s advice to get admitted to the hospital.Since afternoon, his condition started deteriorating and the oxygen saturation level was dropping fast. So, the team of doctors attending on him decided to get him admitted to the hospital without further delay.

    In 2021, the former chief minister was infected with COVID-19 and was admitted to the same hospital.

    He became the chief minister succeeding the nonagenarian leader Jyoti Basu in November 2000 and continued to be in the chair till 2021, when Mamata Banerjee- led Trinamool Congress came to power ending the 34- year Left Front rule in the state

    As chief minister, Bhattacharjee was vocal on the need of massive industrialisation in the state. However, the land acquisition matters during his tenure backfired for his party and the Left Front.

  • Bengal school recruitment scam: Opposition criticizes Sayoni Ghosh for not appearing before ED

    Bengal school recruitment scam: Opposition criticizes Sayoni Ghosh for not appearing before ED

    Kolkata (IANS). The opposition in West Bengal has criticized Trinamool Youth Congress president and Bengali actress Sayoni Ghosh for not appearing before the ED for questioning on Wednesday. The central agency had called him for the second round of questioning in the multi-crore school recruitment scam.

    Opposition leaders are seeing this as a U-turn from their earlier commitments to extend full cooperation in the matter.

    Although state Trinamool Congress spokesperson Kunal Ghosh claimed that actress-turned-politician Sayoni had informed the central agency about her inability to appear for questioning, but there was no official confirmation from the central agency about the same. Is.

    It is learned that Ghosh had left her residence this morning and till the filing of the report, there was no information about her whereabouts.

    According to senior CPI(M) leader and former party MLA Tanmay Bhattacharya, “She did not attend the second round on Wednesday morning. Secondly, he himself did not announce his decision not to join the inquiry and instead fielded Kunal Ghosh to do so.

    BJP state spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya said that his prior engagements to participate in the election campaign cannot be an excuse to avoid questioning.

    He said, “So far it has not been said anywhere that he is an accused in the school recruitment case. The central agency is questioning several people for cross checking the information available in the case. If anyone claims that he is innocent, he should face the inquiry without any fear.

    Announcing Sayoni Ghosh’s non-arrival at the ED office on Wednesday morning through a video message, Kunal Ghosh questioned the timing of such summons by ED officials when full campaigning is underway for the rural civic body elections.

    Kunal Ghosh said, “Earlier our party’s national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee was called when he was busy with his public outreach program.”

  • Bengal Election Commission appoints two nodal officers for Panchayat elections

    Bengal Election Commission appoints two nodal officers for Panchayat elections

    Kolkata (IANS). The West Bengal State Election Commission (WBSEC) on Tuesday informed the Calcutta High Court that it has appointed two nodal officers for the panchayat elections to be held on Saturday.

    These two officers are Additional Director General (Law and Order) of West Bengal Police Javed Shamim and West Bengal Civil Service (WBCS)-cadre officer Amitabh Sengupta.

    The election body informed the court in the form of an affidavit.

    Shamim will play a key role in coordination with WBSEC regarding deployment of Central Armed Forces personnel for various election related work.

    At the same time, Sengupta will play the role of coordinator between the commission and the state government.

    On Monday, the WBSEC informed the court that the Union Home Ministry has confirmed the sending of 485 more companies of the Central Armed Forces for the upcoming elections.

    With this, the total strength of the central forces has increased to 822. 337 companies are already deployed.

  • ED to probe Sayoni Ghosh’s bank accounts in West Bengal school recruitment scam

    ED to probe Sayoni Ghosh’s bank accounts in West Bengal school recruitment scam

    Kolkata (IANS). The ED has asked actress-turned-politician Sayoni Ghosh to bring documents related to her bank accounts and properties for the second round of questioning on Wednesday in the West Bengal school recruitment case.

    Sources said Ghosh has been asked to bring the documents of the family members as well.

    The ED has not found any direct evidence against Sayoni Ghosh involved in the school recruitment case. The probe agency is probing whether the proceeds of the alleged scam were invested in any business or property by Ghosh or his family members.

    The sources further said that expelled Youth Trinamool Congress leader Kuntal Ghosh is accused of investing the proceeds of the scam in properties and businesses.

    Earlier, the ED had tracked the information of Kuntal Ghosh giving a loan of Rs 40 lakh to Tollywood actor Boney Sengupta to buy a vehicle.

    Sengupta confessed this to the central agency and later returned the money to the ED.

    Sources said that the ED wanted to find out whether Sayoni Ghosh was also involved in such cases.

    On June 30, Sayoni Ghosh was questioned by the ED for 11 hours. According to agency sources, Sayoni Ghosh gave many contradictory answers to the questions.

  • Bengal municipal recruitment scam: Govt withdraws second SLP challenging HC order

    Bengal municipal recruitment scam: Govt withdraws second SLP challenging HC order

    Kolkata (IANS). The West Bengal government on Monday filed an application in the Supreme Court seeking withdrawal of its second Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the Municipal Corporation recruitment case, challenging the earlier order of a single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court. And the central agency was directed to conduct the investigation.

    This is the second time that the state government has withdrawn its SLP in the apex court in the matter.

    The central inquiry into the matter was originally ordered by a single-judge bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of the Calcutta High Court.

    Challenging the decision, the state government first approached the Supreme Court.

    However, the apex court referred the matter back to the Calcutta High Court. Following this, the state government approached a single-judge bench of Justice Amrita Sinha of the Calcutta High Court, which upheld Justice Gangopadhyay’s order and directed the central agencies to continue their investigation in the matter.

    Subsequently, the state government challenged Justice Sinha’s order before a division bench of the Calcutta High Court and also filed a parallel SLP in the Supreme Court in the matter.

    However, a division bench of Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Partha Satathi Chatterjee expressed displeasure over the state government keeping multiple court options open in the matter. Following a rebuke from the Calcutta High Court, the state government withdrew the first SLP in the matter.

    On June 15, a division bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Justice Chakraborty and Justice Chatterjee had upheld the first single-judge bench’s order on the probe by a central agency into the municipalities recruitment case.

    Thereafter, the state government filed a second SLP in the apex court against the order of the division bench of the Calcutta High Court.

    The state government on Monday filed an application in the apex court to withdraw the second SLP in the matter.

  • Fierce fire in IIT-Kharagpur, fear of destruction of documents

    Fierce fire in IIT-Kharagpur, fear of destruction of documents

    Kolkata (IANS). A major fire broke out in the Lal Bahadur Shastri common room of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kharagpur on Sunday, in which several important documents were gutted.

    Sources in the institute said that the fire incident in the common room was noticed by the security personnel around 3 am when the students, researchers and staff were fast asleep.

    Panic soon spread across the campus. The whole complex was covered with black smoke. However, no casualty or injury was reported till the filing of the report.

    The local fire service station was immediately contacted. Fire tenders reached the spot and after several hours of hard work, the fire was brought under control.

    The cause of the fire is not yet known. However, fire officials suspect that a short circuit may have been the cause of the fire.

    The source of the fire is said to be a store room near the common room. However, questions are being raised about the fire prevention measures in this prestigious institute of technology of the country.

    Earlier in March 2021, a similar fire broke out in IIT-Kharagpur. There were no reports of casualties or damage to property then.

  • Emergency landing of Mamata Banerjee’s helicopter

    Emergency landing of Mamata Banerjee’s helicopter

    Kolkata (IANS). The helicopter carrying West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had to make an emergency landing at Army’s Sevak airbase near Siliguri soon after take off.

    The Chief Minister addressed a public rally at Jalpaiguri on Tuesday afternoon. Thereafter, the helicopter carrying his personal security officer and a scribe took off from Kranti helipad in Jalpaiguri to Bagdogra airport in Darjeeling district.

    The Chief Minister was to spend the night in Siliguri on Tuesday and take a flight from Bagdogra to Kolkata in the morning.

    Sources said soon after take-off, the chopper carrying the chief minister faced uncertain conditions due to overcast sky and strong wind accompanied by heavy rain.

    It is learned that the pilot had no clue when trying to find the right place to land the helicopter. The dense forest of Baikunthpur below added to the trouble.

    However, luckily at the same time the airbase of the armed forces came into their sight. He immediately contacted the airbase authorities and got the helicopter landed there. The landing was safe and none of the passengers were injured.

    Till the filing of the report, the Chief Minister’s convoy was going back to Bagdogra by road.

  • Bengal school recruitment case: important file missing from commission’s office

    Bengal school recruitment case: important file missing from commission’s office

    Kolkata (IANS). An important file sought by the CBI in the multi-crore school recruitment case has gone missing from the office of the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC).

    Sources said the CBI had recently sent a communique seeking a special file from the WBSSC office. However, in its reply, the WBSSC office informed the CBI that the file was missing since last year.

    The commission further stated that it has also made a general diary entry in the local police station. However, the WBSSC has not informed the CBI whether the local police have launched an investigation into the missing file.

    The CBI recently questioned state education secretary Manish Jain twice in the recruitment case. Jain was asked whether any influential person used to influence the recruitment process of teaching and non-teaching staff in West Bengal.

    Sources said that special questions were also asked on the role of former state education minister Partha Chatterjee in this matter. Jain is also likely to be questioned on the role of Chatterjee’s executive assistant Sukanta Acharya in the matter. Chatterjee has been in judicial custody since July last year for his alleged involvement in the case.

    Earlier, when he was questioned by CBI officials, Jain had told that his job was only to sign the files that Chatterjee sent to him for his approval.

    It was because of Jain’s confession in court that the state education department faced the ire of the Calcutta High Court for its decision to create super-numeric teaching posts in government schools. After this, Jain confessed in the court that the decision on super-numeric posts was taken by the state government.

  • West Bengal Governor Bose summoned State Election Commissioner Rajeev Sinha

    West Bengal Governor Bose summoned State Election Commissioner Rajeev Sinha

    Kolkata (IANS). West Bengal Governor C.V. Anand Bose has called State Election Commissioner (SEC) Rajeev Sinha to Raj Bhavan again on Sunday. As per reports, he has been summoned to inquire about the measures taken to ensure free and fair elections for the three-tier panchayat polls in the state.

    Even before this, the Governor had summoned Sinha in this matter. However, at that time Sinha expressed his inability to attend the Governor’s House. Soon after, the governor refused to accept his joining letter and returned it to the state secretariat. Now it remains to be seen whether the State Election Commissions come forward or not.

    However, sources in the commission said Sinha is likely to appear at the Raj Bhavan on Sunday evening. On Saturday itself, the Governor had directed the police to immediately arrest and take action against the killer of Purulia-based Trinamool Congress leader Dhananjay Choubey.

    On June 22, the governor held the state election commissioner responsible for the bloodshed in the state over the upcoming elections for the three-tier panchayat system. Talking to reporters that day, the Governor had said that he appointed the State Election Commissioner. I expressed confidence in him that he would ensure free and fair elections. But I think the common people are disappointed. There was so much bloodshed.

    The governor’s remarks came in the wake of a strong remark by Calcutta High Court chief TS Sivagnanam on June 21, in which he advised the state election commission that he should step down if he is unable to perform his duty. .

    Justice Sivaganam had said that in that case the governor would appoint someone else. So far 10 people have died in election-related violence during the last 17 days since the election dates were announced on June 8. The panchayat elections are to be held on July 8 and the counting of votes will take place on July 11.

  • Panchayat Congress candidate arrested in Trinamool leader’s murder case

    Panchayat Congress candidate arrested in Trinamool leader’s murder case

    Kolkata (IANS) | Police on Friday arrested two people, including the Congress candidate for the West Bengal panchayat polls, in connection with the murder of Trinamool Congress’s Adra city president Dhananjay Choubey in Purulia district. Let us tell you that when Choubey was in the party office on Thursday evening, he was shot from close range. The two arrested persons have been identified as Arshad Hussain and N.D. Has happened in the form of Jamal. Hussain is contesting as a Congress candidate in the state panchayat elections to be held on July 8.

    State Congress leader and Calcutta High Court lawyer Kaustav Bagchi claimed that the arrest was a conspiracy hatched by the district police in connection with the ruling Trinamool Congress.

    Bagchi said, Congress is the main rival of Trinamool Congress in Purulia. Also, infighting among the state’s ruling party leaders is quite common in the district. We are sure that Thursday’s murder was the result of the same conspiracy. Now a Congress candidate and a party worker have been framed to cover it up.

    However, the district leadership of the Trinamool Congress has denied such allegations and claimed that Congress leaders and workers were from the very beginning trying to disrupt the peaceful polling process in Purulia district, which resulted in Choubey’s murder.

    Meanwhile, district Trinamool Congress workers have been agitating in various parts of Purulia district since Friday morning to protest against Choubey’s killing.

    He claimed that the road would remain blocked indefinitely until all those involved in the murder were caught and appropriate action was taken.

    At around 8.30 pm on Thursday, when Choubey was sitting at the party office with his colleagues, three unidentified miscreants arrived there on a motorcycle and shot Choubey at close range.

    His bodyguard Shekhar Das was also injured in this incident. Please tell that in a hurry, Choubey was admitted to a local hospital in critical condition, where he died. His bodyguard is being treated in the same hospital.

    On Thursday afternoon, Governor C.V. Anand Bose indirectly blamed the West Bengal State Election Commission for the bloodshed in the rural civic body elections.

    –IANS