As the Assembly elections approach closer and there is palpable tension around the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, former Chief Secretary Manoj Pant, who is now personal secretary to CM Mamata Banerjee finds himself at the centre of a fresh controversy.
State government today appointed Nandini Chakraborty as the state Chief Secretary after the term of her predecessor, Manoj Pant came to an end, today.
West Bengal chief secretary Manoj Pant has requested seven days time from the Election Commission of India (ECI) to decide on suspending four state officials and a data entry operator accused of irregularities in the revision of electoral rolls.
The West Bengal government on Monday initiated an internal inquiry to probe the alleged involvement of the five poll personnel, including two Electoral Registration Officers (ERO), WBCS executives, and assistant EROs.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has sent a letter to the chief secretary Manoj Pant seeking autonomous status for the chief electoral officer (CEO) office in the state.
In a bid to streamline the keenness among many state government officers to attend national and international meetings, conferences, workshops etc in the country and abroad, state secretariat Nabanna has given a directive to its officials.
The state government today extended the tenure of Manoj Pant as the chief secretary of West Bengal by six months, following the central government’s approval of the state’s proposal. The proposal had sought a one-year extension of Mr Pant’s term.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday urged chief secretary Manoj Pant to raise multiple cross-border concerns with the central government—ranging from the duty-free import of Nepal tea to flood threats originating from Nepal and Bhutan.
The meeting, which was attended by the CPs, SPs and other senior-ranking officials among others, including the DMs, also made it imperative that only trained personnel at the district level control rooms should be given the onus of monitoring the situations.
With just 15 days to go before the much-awaited Jagannath Dham at Digha, East Midnapore is unveiled and thrown open to the public, on 30 April, by chief minister Mamata Banerjee
