Trinamool Congress

₹21 Cr Scam: ED Summons Another TMC MLA For Questioning

NEW DELHI: Days after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Trinamool Congress leader Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee and his aide and actor Arpita Mukherjee, the financial probe agency has summoned another party MLA Manik Bhattacharya in connection with the teachers’ recruitment scam. A senior ED official related to the probe told The New Indian, “Bhattacharya has […]

Cong Trains Guns On Didi, Wants Partha To Be Sacked

KOLKATA: With Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee finding herself caught in the quagmire over the Enforcement Directorate (ED)’s arrest of her industries minister Partha Chatterjee in the multi-crore SSC recruitment scam, Congress is leaving no opportunity to target the beleaguered TMC supremo. Senior congressman Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, president of the Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee, wrote […]

Mamata Banerjee Has Institutionalised Depravity & Corruption: Amit Malviya

NEW DELHI: Reacting to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar’s report that Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee requires no hospitalisation, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s West Bengal co-in-charge Amit Malviya said that Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has institutionalised depravity and corruption. “AIIMS, Bhubaneswar’s report on arrested TMC minister Partha Chaterjee raises several questions on […]

₹21 Cr cash: ‘People Make Mistakes’, Mamata Says After Her Mantri’s ED Arrest

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 […]

Rs 21-Cr Cash: AIIMS Report Busts Partha Chatterjee’s Lie On Fresh Illness

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 […]

Why Partha Chatterjee Is Still A Minister?

Trinamool Congress (TMC) top brass is perhaps faced with its biggest political crisis ever since Mamata Banerjee broke away from the Congress to form her own party in January 1998. The arrest of West Bengal Commerce and Industries Minister Partha Chatterjee and his continuation in the West Bengal Cabinet is enough to suggest what it […]

Rs 21 Cr Haul: ED Memo Says Partha Called Mamata B/W 2-9 am

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 […]

Rs 21 Cr Haul: Court Rejects Arpita Mukherjee’s Bail Plea

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 […]

Rs 21 Cr Haul: Now, Partha Vs ED Fight Over Hospital Stay

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 […]

Numbers Game: Heavy Cross-Voting Favoured Draupadi Murmu

NEW DELHI: Heavy cross-voting in favour of Draupadi Murmu became the distinctive feature of this Presidential election as the Opposition’s candidate Yashwant Sinha drew a blank in three states Andhra Pradesh, Nagaland and Sikkim. What sets the tongues wagging is an indication that Bengal satrap Mamata Banerjee’s fortress might have been breached. The result of […]