Author: Joymala Bagchi

KOLKATA: Finally breaking her silence over the SSC Scam that led to the arrest of state industries minister Partha Chatterjee, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that those guilty will be punished. “I will not get into the details of the case since the matter is sub-judice. However, what I want is a […]

KOLKATA: The medical report prepared by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Bhubaneswar has taken a direct swipe at the tainted Mamata government minister Partha Chatterjee, saying the medical examination done on him did not yield any indication or signs of fresh ailment in him, thereby ruling out any stay or treatment […]

KOLKATA: After Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Partha Chatterjee in connection with the multi-crore SSC Scam, rumours were rife of the party abandoning the Bengal minister. Now, the arrest memo, which was accessed by The New Indian, suggested that Chatterjee had tried to reach TMC supremo and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee […]

KOLKATA: All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) seems to have distanced itself from Industries minister Partha Chatterjee and his aide Arpita Mukherjee, who were under Enforcement Directorate (ED)’s custody in relation to the Bengal SSC Recruitment Scam case. In an official reaction, following the arrests of Chatterjee, AITC, on Sunday, said that the money recovered by […]

KOLKATA: There seems to be no respite for Arpita Mukherjee, the aide of key accused in the multi crore SSC scam and Bengal industries minister Partha Chatterjee after the Bankshall Court rejected her bail plea on Sunday. Mukherjee will be under ED remand for one day before being brought to Bankshall special court tomorrow morning […]

KOLKATA: A fight has erupted between Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Bengal Industries Minister Partho Chatterjee’s lawyer over his hospital stay. The ED arrested the state’s former Education Minister Chatterjee on Saturday, July 23, in connection with the SSC corruption case on Saturday morning after questioning him for 27 hours. Chatterjee, 69 is admitted to state-run […]

KOLKATA: Arrested All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) leader and Bengal government Minister Partha Chatterjee along with his close aide Arpita Mukherjee, who was also arrested on Saturday evening, had floated several shell companies under the names of different persons and laundered money. The revelations were made in court on Friday by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) […]

  KOLKATA: Hours after the Enforcement Directorate took him into custody over the recovery of over Rs 21-crore from his aide during a live raid in a posh South Kolkata apartment, Partha Chattterjee, the minister in the Mamata Cabinet, said Didi didn’t respond to her numerous calls. “I tried to connect (with her) but did […]

KOLKATA: Until a few years back, she struggled hard to make a mark in the film and fashion industry, but Arpita Mukherjee is hogging headlines these days – albeit for all the wrong reasons. There has been a renewed interest in life since India’s financial probe agency, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) recovered piles of cash […]

  KOLKATA: Congress and CPM on Saturday came down heavily on the ruling TMC for declaring to abstain from voting in the vice-presidential poll, calling the decision a result of the “Darjeeling pact”, a reference to Mamata Banerjee’s meeting with NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar.  Days before the announcement of Dhankhar’s candidature, the TMC supremo met […]