Author: Joymala Bagchi

KOLKATA: Former Union minister Babul Supriyo is among the eight new faces who will be inducted into the Bengal government helmed by Mamata Banerjee. Supriyo was with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) before switching allegiance to TMC last year after being dropped from the Modi cabinet. The famous singer now represents the Ballygunge constituency in the […]

KOLKATA: Unapologetic during her heydays, Bengal’s indomitable Mamata Banerjee is trying to balance her moves following Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials putting one of her trusted lieutenants, Partha Chatterjee, under custody in a multi-crore Bengal SSC Recruitment Scam. The opinion may be divided but the once defiant Banerjee was more silent in recent times – with […]

KOLKATA: After sacking Partha Chatterjee, chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced to reshuffle her Cabinet on Wednesday. Banerjee said four to five new faces will be inducted in the Cabinet. “We don’t have plans to break the entire ministry and form a new one, but yes, there will be a reshuffle. We lost ministers […]

KOLKATA: In his death, young Amresh Chand lit up the lives of five other families. It was made possible after his heartbroken family decided to donate Chand’s organs. “Amresh was the pillar that held our family together, a dutiful son who looked after his parents till the end of their days, a caring brother and […]

KOLKATA: In yet another eye-popping money seizure, West Bengal Police on Saturday recovered a huge amount of cash stashed in a luxury car in which three Congress MLAs from Jharkhand were travelling. Irfan Ansari, MLA from Jamtara, Rajesh Kachhap, MLA from Khijri and Naman Bixal, MLA from Kolebira were travelling in the black Toyota vehicle […]

KOLKATA: After recovering over Rs 50 crores in cash & jewellery, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is now in search of four high-end cars belonging to sacked Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee’s aide Arpita Mukherjee. As per sources in theE D, Audi A4, Honda City, Honda CRV, and Mercedes Benz cars – all registered in the name […]

KOLKATA: The scenes looked straight out of a Bengali potboiler as suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Partha Chatterjee tried to play the victim card, while his aide Arpita Mukherjee was seen wailing as they were brought to ESI Hospital in Joka for a routine checkup on Friday. “I am a victim of a conspiracy,” the former […]

KOLKATA: Amidst mounting pressure, Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Thursday suspended Partha Chatterjee from the party till the investigations are over. The TMC disciplinary committee met in Kolkata today and took the decision to suspend Chatterjee, a fellow committee member as well as an influential party leader. TMC’s all-powerful national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee announced, “Partha […]

KOLKATA: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) continues to make inroads in the Bengal SSC Recruitment Scam as they are now searching at four more premises related to Arpita Mukherjee, the aide of former Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee. ED is searching Mukherjee’s New Town and Baguihati flats. ED sources said that four more ‘close female aides’, including […]

KOLKATA: Hours after the Bengal government sacked Partha Chatterjee from the cabinet, the ruling Trinamool Congress is meeting to discuss the fate of the senior party leader who found himself embroiled in the Teacher’s Recruitment Scam. TMC’s all-powerful national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of party supremo and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, will […]