Good News : Missing persons bureau in every commissionerate

To enable coordination of information on missing persons, West Bengal Police has decided to set up a Missing Persons Bureau in every commissionerate. As a part of the efforts towards coordination of information, the state police is also setting up a database of missing persons.

For a start, 30 police officers have been selected for manning the bureaus in five commissionerates. Gradually, bureaus would be set up in all the eight commissionerates. Two commissionerates were created recently, in Haldia and in Kharagpur.

Till now, the Missing Persons Bureau of CID was the sole agency responsible. To reduce pressure on it, the government has decided to set up a bureau in each commissionerate, each of which is responsible for a group of, mostly urban, police station areas.

Many times it happens that a person returns home, but the information does not reach the police. Sometimes the family does not inform the police; and then too, it is difficult for the single bureau under the CID to deal with missing persons’ information from across the state. Hence, to spread the responsibility, in order to have up-to-date information, West Bengal Police has taken this decision, which is indeed commendable.

Source: Ei Samay

Courtesy ; https://goo.gl/Nj7uXq
 

SC allows Centre to withdraw 4 more CRPF companies from Darjeeling hills ahead of Gujarat polls

-The bench agreed to the Centre's plea to relocate half of the remaining paramilitary forces from the state's strife-torn districts to the poll-bound state.

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Centre to withdraw four of the eight companies of Central Armed Paramilitary Forces (CAPF) from Darjeeling and Kalimpong in West Bengal in the wake of the upcoming Gujarat elections. The forces were deployed there following the protests in the hills over the demand for a separate state of Gorkhaland.

A bench of judges headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra agreed to the Centre’s plea to relocate half of the remaining paramilitary forces from the state’s strife-torn districts to the poll-bound state.

The top court on October 27 had allowed the Centre to withdraw seven of the 15 companies of CAPF from the districts. The decision came after the Centre filed a petition saying that the forces were required in the poll-bound states of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh as well as along the borders of Jammu and Kashmir and in the north-eastern states. In its plea, the Centre also argued that the internal security situation of the country cannot be ignored before taking any decision of troop deployment to states.

The forces were allocated to West Bengal after the state government had asked for security during the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha statehood agitation in Darjeeling. Complying with the request, a total of 12 CRPF and three SSB companies were deployed in the state.

After the strike ended, the Centre decided to withdraw a few companies from the region. The Mamata Banerjee-led state government, however, objected asking the Union home ministry to extend the deployment of forces till December 25. The Centre, in response, said the situation in the hills had improved compared to July when the troops were initially positioned. The Calcutta High Court had then stayed the withdrawal after Mamata Banerjee approached it. The decision was, however, overturned by the apex court.

[Via: Indian Express][file photo]

Global business body comes to town - Mamata to speak at Horasis meet

In PC : Participants at the meeting in Calcutta on Sunday. Picture by Sanat Kumar Sinha

Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee will be the star attraction at the Horasis Asia meeting on Monday, when she will address a gathering of the region's senior leaders from the business community and the government on the state's priorities and policies towards an economic renaissance.

Horasis - to see, as in a vision, in ancient Greek - is a global community committed to enact visions for the future. The forum holds several meetings across the globe, including regional summits focusing on India and east Asia.

"This is the first time that Horasis has come to India and that too in Calcutta.... This means a lot," said Shaswat Goenka, the president of the Indian Chamber of Commerce, which is hosting the event along with the state government.

The fact that the Bengal government, which is actively scouting for business, has partnered with the event is an indication that it is keen on using the forum to reach out to business leaders from emerging markets and their global counterparts. On being invited as a speaker, the chief minister was scheduled to take part in the 2016 edition of Horasis Asia in Bangkok last November, but she opted out at the last moment to spearhead the protests against the Prime Minister's demonetisation decision.

Over the past few years, Mamata has been trying to promote business opportunities in Bengal, citing the geographical advantage of the state and its easy connectivity with east and southeast Asia. Though the state government has been holding its annual investor summit with much fanfare and the chief minister is herself touring several countries - Singapore, England, Germany and Scotland - getting investment into the state has remained an Achilles heel for the government.

"She is expected to roll out the government's policies and priorities and the business leaders will be keen to hear what the state has to offer," said a city-based businessman.

It is likely that Mamata will use the forum to seek participation of the chief executives of global companies in the state's annual investment summit, to be held in January 2018.

At the meeting on Sunday afternoon, the participants were busy brainstorming on several topics in parallel sessions that went through to the evening. Among several sessions, the one on "Valuing Unity in Diversity" threw up several takeaways, some of which Mamata has been stressing for sometime.

"There are so many elections in the country.... Can't all these elections be held on one day?" asked a participant at the session.

His question indicated that the politics surrounding elections have often come in the way of good economics. Mamata has, several times in the past, stressed on the same point, highlighting how elections and the guidelines surrounding them hamper delivery of governance

Source : Telegraph

Navy job racket busted

The arrested trio in Jalpaiguri.pic by :Biplab Basak

Three Bihar youths have been arrested in Jalpaiguri for allegedly planning to conduct "an examination" to recruit people to the "Indian Navy" and hand them fake appointed letters after taking "Rs 2-3 lakh" from each of them.

Police said Divyanshu Mishra, Amaresh Yadav and Pramod Kumar - all residents of Darbhanga district - had arrived in Jalpaiguri a few days ago and were to conduct the test at a local school on Sunday.

The police sniffed a conspiracy when the trio informed the Kotwali police station about the test and sought security for the exercise.

"On Sunday, they were to conduct an examination at a local school for recruiting youths to lower posts in the Indian Navy. They had informed us about the test and sought security for the so-called exam," said Biswashroy Sarkar, the inspector in charge of Kotwali police station.

Sources said the police became all the more suspicious after scanning the application, which was made in the name of "Institute of Maritime Academy Private Limited".

"It was surprising that a placement agency would carry the tag of private limited. Also, exams for recruitment to the Indian Navy are conducted by the defence forces," said an officer.

The police learnt that the company was floated in July this year and its address mentioned Dwarka in Delhi.

A police team went to the Jalpaiguri hotel where the trio had put up and detained them for questioning on Saturday evening. "None of them could reply to us satisfactorily. We brought them to the police station," an officer said.

Sources said the trio had admitted that they planned to dupe the candidates for Rs 2-3 lakh each. They were arrested on Saturday night.

"They planned to call the examinees to Delhi and ask for Rs 2-3 lakh from each for the appointment letters. The trio would have fled then," said another officer.

At the hotel, the police also found two women, who have apparently said that they had been asked by the trio to work as "receptionists" at the test centre on Sunday.

Around 80 candidates - all from Assam - turned up at the Purbanchal High School in Jalpaiguri for the test but found the gates locked.

"We had seen ads in newspapers in our area. I felt interested at the prospect of working for the navy and found some local shops selling forms for the exam. I had to attach a draft of Rs 300 with the filled form. A few days later, I received an admit card, where the details of the exam and the test centre were mentioned," said Kavita Kumari, a resident of Paltanbazaar in Guwahati.

A teacher of the school where the test was to be held said: "They had said they would pay us on Sunday for using the school as a test centre. We never imagined that they had such plans."

[Source : Telegraph]

विराट कोहली ने ठोका 5वां दोहरा शतक, पहली बार टेस्ट क्रिकेट में किया ये काम

टीम इंडिया के कप्तान विराट कोहली ने नागपुर में तीसरे दिन टेस्ट क्रिकेट में अपना पांचवां दोहरा शतक जमा दिया। इस पारी के दौरान उन्होंने एक ऐसा काम कर दिया जो कोहली आजतक कभी भी नहीं कर पाए थे। इस मैच से पहले कोहली श्रीलंका के खिलाफ कभी भी दोहरा शतक नहीं लगा पाए थे, लेकिन नागपुर में उन्होंने इस आंकड़े को भी बदल दिया।

ऐसी रही कोहली की पारी 

इस दोहरे शतक के लिए विराट कोहली ने 259 गेंदों का सामना करते हुए 15 चौकेे के साथ-साथ 02 छक्के भी लगाए। विराट कोहली ने इस पारी के दौरान पहले चेतेश्वर पुजारा के साथ मिलकर 183 रन की साझेदारी की। पुजारा के आउट होने का बाद आए रहाणे के साथ कोहली की सिर्फ 11 रन की पार्टनरशिप हुई। रहाणे पवेलियन लौटे तो रोहित शर्मा के साथ मिलकर कोहली ने 173 रन की साझेदारी की। इसके बाद कोहली 213 रन के निजी स्कोर पर परेरा की गेंद पर कैच आउट होकर पवेलियन लौट गए। 

ये रहे टेस्ट क्रिकेट में कोहली के 5 दोहरे शतक

पहला दोहरा शतक- 200 रन- वेस्टइंडीज़, नॉर्थ साउंड, जुलाई 2016

दूसरा दोहरा शतक- 211 रन, न्यूज़ीलैंड, इंदौर, अक्टूबर 2016

तीसरा दोहरा शतक- 235 रन, इंग्लैंड, मुंबई, दिसंबर 2016

चौथा दोहरा शतक- 204 रन, बांग्लादेश, हैदराबाद, फरवरी 2017

पांचवां दोहरा शतक- 213 रन, श्रीलंका, नागपुर, नवंबर 2017

कोहली ने की लारा की बराबरी

बतौर कप्तान सबसे ज़्यादा दोहरे शतक लगाने के मामले में भारतीय कप्तान विराट कोहली ने वेस्टइंडीज़ के पूर्व दिग्गज बल्लेबाज़ ब्रायन लारा की बराबरी भी कर ली। लारा के नाम कप्तान रहते हुए दुनिया में सबसे ज़्यादा 5 दोहरे शतक लगाने का रिकॉर्ड था और अब कोहली ने भी पांच शतक लगाकर उनकी बराबरी कर ली है। इस लिस्ट में अब इन दोनों के बाद नाम आता है सर डॉन ब्रैडमैन, माइकल क्लार्क और पूर्व दक्षिण अफ्रीकी कप्तान ग्रेम स्मिथ का। इन सभी ने अपनी-अपनी टीमों के कप्तान रहते हुए 4-4 दोहरे शतक ठोके थे।

Source :Dainik Jagran

खुदरा पैसे नहीं लेने से छोटे व्यवसायियों का काम बंद होने की कगार पर

जागरण संवाददाता, जलपाईगुड़ी: शहर में छोटे व्यापारियों का व्यवसाय बंद होने की कगार पर है। खुदरा पैसे की समस्या का जल्द कोई हल निकाला गया तो व्यवसायियों को मजबूरन अपना काम बंद करना पड़ेगा। समस्या का हल निकालने को लेकर आज कुछ व्यवसायी कोतवाली थाने पहुंचे थे। पुलिस प्रशासन ने आश्वासन दिया कि जो व्यवसायी खुदरा पैसा लेने से इंकार कर रहे हैं उन्हें चिन्हित करके कड़ी कार्रवाई की जाएगी।

व्यवसायियों की माने तो घर में खुदरा पैसों का अंबार सा लगा है। बैंक में भी जमा नहीं ले रहे हैं। लिखित देकर खुदरा पैसा लेने से इंकार कर रहे हैं। महाजन व दुकान में आने वाले ग्राहक भी खुदरा पैसा लेने से मना कर रहे हैं। इसलिये भविष्य को लेकर व्यवसायी काफी चिंतित हैं। इस समस्या से निजात पाने के लिए व्यवसायियों ने पुलिस को लिखित शिकायत की है।

कोतवाली थाने के आईसी बी सरकार ने कहा कि शिकायत मिली है। इस समस्या को लेकर नगपालिका से बातचीत की जाएगी। जो खुदरा लेने से इंकार कर रहे हैं उनपर कार्रवाई होगी

Sikkim Unit BJP President DB Chauhan calls 25 Nov Ranipul meeting unconstitutional and illegal

BJP Press Release

A meeting was held at Bharatiya Janata Party  office,Ranipool on  25 November 2017 at about 11: 30 AM by Some members. In that meeting a resolution has been passed against Sri  D.B. Chauhan President, Bharatiya Janata Party, Sikkim, and removed him as president of State unit by electing Smt. Bhim Kumari Sharma as president of the state unit. This is highly unconstitutional and illegal activity which falls under Party constitution act 25 (f).
All matters of dispute can be resolved by discussion in the party forum and need not to resort to any anti party activities, said by Sri DB Chauhan.
All those who have participated this meeting will be liable for action for violation of the constitution.
The state party has apprised the central leadership above this matter and they have took this incident as very seriously and necessary action will be taken very soon. The party shall not tolerate any such activity in future.

VOS Report