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.
The state chief secretary, Manoj Pant, today urged the dismissed teachers—rendered jobless by the Supreme Court verdict—to exercise restraint and refrain from taking the law into their own hands.
Calcutta High Court today issued summons to the state chief secretary Manoj Pant on charges of alleged contempt of court for not implementing the high court order over cancellation of OBC certificates and also asked the chief secretary to clarify personally on the next date of hearing, 12 March.
With an eye on facilitating industrial growth and enhancing the ease of doing business in the state, the state government has formed a state-level investment synergy committee, which will work as a single window for clearance of investment proposals.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has directed chief secretary Manoj Pant to investigate the reasons behind the tea board's decision to halt plucking on 30 November last year.
She even set a seven-day deadline to the Birbhum DM to settle all the issues. Within 24 hours of the CM directive, a high-level team of the state government held a review meeting and looked at ways to expedite the project construction.
