Buddha to set up Special Task Force to combat terrorism

The chief minister, who is also in-charge of the home department, said this during the question-answer session.

Bhattacharjee revealed that 178 police stations in the districts and four police stations in Kolkata have no separate lock-ups for women criminals. They are kept in the lock-ups meant for women in neighbouring police stations.

Bhattacharjee, who urged the Opposition to join the government to work for permanent peace at Nandigram, said that 29 people had died in the violence that erupted there since January 2007. Of the deceased 17 belonged to CPM, six to Trinamool Congress. The total number of people arrested in Nandigram is 570.

In the afternoon, while replying to the debate on the budget for the home (personnel) department, Bhattacharjee announced that the government was setting up a coaching centre to train IAS aspirants at the Administrative Training Institute.

“It is indeed true that the number of people from this state who get into IAS and IPS has gone down. That is why we are planning to set up a coaching centre to prepare the aspirants for civil services examination,” Bhattacharjee said.

He also said that the Expert Committee on Administrative Reforms appointed by the state government and headed by Chief Secretary Amit Kiran Deb is going to submit its report by September.