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BJP’s John Barla shares stage with Mamata in N Bengal

In a significant political development, former MP and Union minister of state John Barla joined chief minister Mamata Banerjee's official programme at Subhasini tea plantation in Alipurduar today, sharing the dais with her.

Manoj Malviya confirmed as state director general of police

Malviya took charge on 1 September this year as acting DG since his name was due to be cleared by the UPSC state consultative process. His predecessor Virendra, who was appointed as DG in 2018 was removed by the Election Commission during the Assembly election but was reinstated by the Mamata Banerjee government after coming to power for the third time in a row.

Dhankhar seeks details of consultant recruitment from CS

"The mechanism spelt out leaves all to be desired from the perspective of transparency and fairness. The declared selection mechanism is ex facie subjective, sketchy and arbitrary and does not appear to be fair...," he wrote to chief secretary