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Close aide of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Partho Chatterjee, faces trial in teacher recruitment scam

Calcutta High Court judge Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay ordered former chairman of West Bengal Board of Primary Education and Trinamool Congress MLA Manik Bhattacharya to appear at the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) office by 8 pm on Tuesday. The order has been issued to Bhattacharya in connection with the ongoing probe into alleged irregularities in […]

ED had found that former Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee had issued a letter calling himself “a close family friend of actor Arpita Mukherjee” for his no objection to her adopting a child.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a chargesheet against jailed former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, his close aide and actor Arpita Mukherjee in the teachers’ recruitment scam Six entities – Echhay Entertainment Pvt Ltd, Ananta Texfab Pvt Ltd, Symbiosis Merchants Pvt Ltd, Sentry Engineering Pvt Ltd, Viewmore Highrise Pvt Ltd and APA Utility Services […]

Within 58 days of investigation, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is set to file a 172-page charge sheet in the School Service Recruitment Scam in Bankhall court on Monday.

“We haven’t taken anyone’s job; we give jobs,” said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief, while launching a scathing attack on the Opposition parties, essentially the CPM (Left Front). She was speaking at a programme to mark Teacher’s Day on Monday. The comment was made in an oblique reference to […]

KOLKATA: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will probe how the properties of leaders and ministers of West Bengal are growing phenomenally. As many as 19 leaders will be under the scanner and most of them are ministers, MLAs, and leaders of the ruling party Trinamool Congress (TMC). The list includes names such as Arjun Singh, Sovan […]

NEW DELHI: Besides the recovery of ₹49 crore cash and jewellery worth ₹5 crore, arrested former Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee had floated a partnership deed with his close aide and actor Arpita Mukherjee in 2012, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe into the West Bengal SSC teachers recruitment case has revealed. The revelations were made […]

KOLKATA: The raging high-voltage drama at the special courtroom hearing of Kolkata’s multi-crore scam case, involving a suspended minister from CM Mamata Banerjee’s Cabinet Partha Chatterjee and his close aide Arpita Mukherjee became more pronounced on Friday. The defense counsel and Enforcement Directorate (ED) lawyer continued to be at loggerheads during the hearing. While praying for […]

KOLKATA: Ending all speculations and a strong protest from the state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bengal Chief Minister will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi today at 4.30 pm. Later on, Banerjee is also likely to meet President Draupadi Murmu. In her meeting with PM Modi, Banerjee is likely to raise issues like MGNREGA […]