Lok Sabha Elections 2024: ECI appoints Sanjay Mukherjee as new DGP of West Bengal
Mar 19, 2024, 02:45 PM ISTThe Election Commission of India (ECI) directed the transfer of West Bengal's Director General of Police, the state's chief cop.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) directed the transfer of West Bengal's Director General of Police, the state's chief cop.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) directed the transfer of West Bengal's Director General of Police, the state's chief cop.
In a significant development, IPS officer Vivek Sahay has been appointed as the new Director General of Police (DGP) for West Bengal.
The Election Commission has directed all the State Governments to transfer the officers connected with election-related work, who have completed three years or are in their home districts.
The five-storey building collapsed in Hazari Mollah Bagan in the Garden Reach area around midnight on Sunday. According to locals, who were the first responders, concrete chunks fell from the building before it collapsed.
Suspended TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan is accused in a case related to the attack on Enforcement Directorate officials in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali. He is also accused of sexual violence and land grabbing in Sandeshkhali village.
Out of 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress has 22 seats, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has 18. The elections would be held in seven phases from April 19 to June 1.
Balurghat Lok Sabha Election 2024: The fight is between BJP's Sukanta Majumdar and TMC's Biplab Mitra in this constituency in the upcoming general elections. Majumdar is currently the sitting MP from the constituency. It will be interesting to watch who wins the seat.
Lok Sabha elections 2024: Trinamool Congress suffered a significant setback as two of its MPs, Arjun Singh and Dibyendu Adhikari, defected to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
TMC's decision to field former cricketer Yusuf Pathan in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections surprised many. Meanwhile, Congress may announce Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury as the candidate from Baharampur against Pathan, given that the former has won the seat five consecutive times since 1999.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has suffered a major injury on her forehead. The pictures posted by TMC showed her lying on the hospital bed and blood stains on her forehead.
Arjun Singh also confirmed that another 'top TMC leader' will join the BJP alongside him. He has a history of switching sides, starting his career in Congress, then switching to TMC in 2001, and then BJP in 2019 and again switching to the TMC in 2022.
In a bold move, Mamata Banerjee disowned her familial connections with Babun Banerjee amidst a political rift over the TMC's candidate selection process.
Pawan Singh, 38, was named as a BJP candidate in West Bengal's Asansol seat on March 2, which caused a substantial row following his controversial songs. Many highlighted "objectionable references" to Bengali women in his songs, and Singh later pulled out of the candidacy.
TMC has fielded Prasun Banerjee from the Howrah Lok Sabha constituency. A former footballer is a two-time Lok Sabha MP of the TMC from the Howrah seat.
West Bengal Gram Panchayat Recruitment 2024 short notice has been released by the Department of Panchayats and Rural Development, Government of West Bengal. Interested and eligible candidates will be able to submit their applications soon. Check details here.
Sandeshkhali case: In a significant development, the Supreme Court expunged the High Court's critical remarks against the West Bengal government and police regarding the transfer of the Sandeshkhali ED team attack case to the CBI.
Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha Election 2024: Trinamool Congress leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay has represented the Kolkata Uttar constituency since 2009. He defeated BJP's Rahul Sinha in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
BJP's Saumitra Khan had announced split from Sujarat Mondal in 2021 during the West Bengal Assembly elections. TMC has fielded Mondal against Khan in the Bishnupur seat.
The PM inaugurated multiple projects of railway line electrification that will benefit the people of northern West Bengal and nearby areas including the Eklakhi-Balurghat section, Barsoi-Radhikapur section, Raninagar Jalpaiguri-Haldibari section, Siliguri-Aluabari section via Bagdogra among others.
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