The All India Trinamool Congress is an Indian political party that is mainly influential in the state of West Bengal. It was founded by Mamata Banerjee on 1 January 1998 as a breakaway faction from the Indian National Congress and rapidly rose to prominence in the politics of West Bengal under her leadership. Presently,it is ruling the state of West Bengal beside being the third-largest party in India in terms of number of MPs just after the BJP and INC.
Mamata Banerjee is an Indian politician who is serving as the eighth and current chief minister of the Indian state of West Bengal since 20 May 2011,the first woman to hold the office. Having served multiple times as a Union Cabinet Minister,Mamata Banerjee became the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the first time in 2011. She founded the All India Trinamool Congress in 1998 after separating from the Indian National Congress,and became its second chairperson later in 2001. She is often referred to as Didi.
The commissioner of police,Kolkata is the chief of the Kolkata Police. The Kolkata police commissioner is appointed by the Government of West Bengal and reports independently to the home secretary of the state. The headquarter is at 18,Lal Bazar Street,near B.B.D. Bagh area of Central Kolkata.
West Bengal Civil Service (Executive),popularly known as W.B.C.S.(Exe.),is the civil service of the Indian state of West Bengal. For the WBCS (Exe) and other comparative posts,Public Service Commission of West Bengal arranges competitive examinations in three phases every year. These phases are Preliminary,Mains and Personality Test. WBCS is considered to be the premium public service in the state of West Bengal.
Subrata Mukherjee was an Indian politician who was cabinet minister of the government of West Bengal and sitting member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly. He was a member of All India Trinamool Congress. He was also the 35th Mayor of Kolkata from 2000 to 2005.
Upendranath Biswas or U. N. Biswas is a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer,caste historian,and an Indian politician. He is widely known for his probe into the Fodder Scam and for bringing down the once-powerful RJD leader and Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav in 1997.
Firhad Hakim is an Indian politician serving as the current and 38th Mayor of Kolkata. He is also serving as Cabinet Minister of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs and Housing,Government of West Bengal. He is a MLA of the All India Trinamool Congress party from Kolkata Port.
Haider Aziz Safwi,popularly known as 'Safwi Sahab',was an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer turned politician. He was the Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 2016 until his death in December 2018,and previously a cabinet minister in the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) government's first term in office. He held the portfolios of Minister for Cooperation and Inland Water Transport and Minister for Correctional Administration.
Barrackpore Police Commissionerate,established on 20 January 2012,is a city police force with primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation within the area which roughly constitutes the Barrackpore subdivision,and is located within the northern part of Kolkata metropolitan area. The Commissionerate is part of the West Bengal Police,and is under the administrative control of Home Ministry of West Bengal. It was formed after bifurcation of the North 24 Parganas Police District,and has 25 police stations under its jurisdiction. Sanjoy Mukherjee was appointed as the first Commissioner of the Barrackpore Police Commissionerate.
Bhupendra Singh Yadav is the Director General of Police of Rajasthan in the Indian Police Service. Yadav is an IPS officer of the 1986 "batch". He has been awarded the Police Medal and President's Police Medal in 2002 and 2016 respectively.
1993 Kolkata Firing was an incident of firing by Calcutta Police in 1993 on Indian National Congress workers. The State Youth Congress led by Mamata Banerjee had organised a protest march to Writers Building on 21 July 1993 against the then Communist government of the state,demanding photo voter identity cards be made mandatory to ensure fair elections. The Police fired on the protesters killing 13 people and injuring many others.
Soumen Mitra is an Indian police officer,who is serving as 43rd Police Commissioner of Kolkata on 8 February 2021,in the rank of DGP. Being an IPS officer,he was at 1988 cadre of IPS service from West Bengal.
Rajendra Prasad Sharma is a retired Odisha cadre IPS officer. He is the current Member of Lokayukta,Odisha. He was also the former Director General of Police of Odisha. He was also the former Director of Vigilance in the state of Odisha. Sharma is from Rajasthan.
Chandannagar Police Commissionerate established on 30 June 2017,is a police force with primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation within certain urban parts of Hooghly district. The Commissionerate is part of the West Bengal Police,and is under the administrative control of Home Ministry of West Bengal. It was formed after bifurcation of the Hooghly Police District,and has nine police stations under its jurisdiction. It was established by Mamata Banerjee,Chief Minister of West Bengal on 30 June 2017.
Rina Mitra is a 1983 retired IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre. She is the incumbent Chief Commissioner of the West Bengal Right to Public Service Commission. She served as the Special Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Anuj Sharma is an officer of the Indian Police Service. He was the 40th and 42nd Commissioner of Police,Kolkata,having served from 19 February to 5 April 2019 and from 26 May 2019 to 7 February 2021. On 26 May 2019,Anuj Sharma was reinstated as the 42nd Commissioner of Police,Kolkata,replacing Dr. Rajesh Kumar.
Surajit Kar Purkayastha is a retired senior Indian Police Service officer of 1985 West Bengal cadre who served as the State Security Advisor of West Bengal from 1 June 2018 to 31 May 2021. Prior to that,he served as Director General of Police of West Bengal and was the 36th Police Commissioner of Kolkata.
Humayun Kabir is an Indian politician and former police officer from West Bengal,who is serving as member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Debra constituency since 2021. A member of Trinamool Congress,he has also served as cabinet minister of state under Third Banerjee ministry,from 2021 to 2022.
Rajeev Kumar is an Indian Police Service officer and administrator,who is serving as Director General of Police,West Bengal since 27 December 2023. Prior to his office,he was principal secretary of Information Technology of West Bengal Government until 2023.
Damayanti Sen is An Indian Police Service officer of 1996 batch from West Bengal cadre,she holds the rank of Additional Director General of Police in West Bengal Police.
