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TMC leaders, kin lose school jobs after Calcutta HC order in appointment scam
Published on Mar 12, 2023 08:50 PM IST
A recent Calcutta high court order sought termination of service of those who paid bribe for employment in Bengal government schools
Stones pelted at Howrah-New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat train again for fifth time
According to Eastern Railway, the incident took place in Murshidabad district's Farakka in late evening on Saturday.
Updated on Mar 12, 2023 06:27 AM IST
Snehashish Roy
Who is Bonny Sengupta and why is the actor under ED radar? 10 things
The ED found Bonny Sengupta's name on the list of people who received money from arrested Trinamool Yuva leader Kuntal Ghosh.
Updated on Mar 11, 2023 08:40 AM IST
Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
ED arrests fifth TMC leader Shantanu Banerjee in Bengal job scam case
TMC youth wing leader Shantanu Banerjee’s house in Balagarh area of Hooghly district was raided by ED in January and he has been questioned several times since then.
Updated on Mar 10, 2023 10:45 PM IST
West Bengal govt employees protest to demand hike in DA
The West Bengal government said 90% of government employees were present at work on Friday despite a strike call by staff associations over the DA hike demand
Published on Mar 10, 2023 09:34 PM IST
Actor Bonny Sengupta grilled by ED in Bengal job scam case, summoned again
The actor’s name came up during the interrogation of Kuntal Ghosh, one of the prime suspects who is now in the custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
Published on Mar 10, 2023 05:15 PM IST
Bengal man dies after crude bomb he was making explodes, 3 accomplices hurt: Cop
Additional superintendent of police Subimal Pal said: “We are probing the incident. Sheikh’s body has been sent for a post-mortem.”
Updated on Mar 10, 2023 03:33 PM IST
Sreyasi Pal
On charges of malpractice, BJP-TMC crosses swords over electoral bond funds
The two parties asking each other to reveal the amount of money they have raised through it.
Published on Mar 09, 2023 08:04 PM IST
PTI |
Bidhannagar illegal call centres: ₹4 crore, 400 computers, high-end cars seized
Police said they have arrested six persons In a major crackdown on illegal call centres in Bidhannagar, West Bengal’s IT hub
Updated on Mar 08, 2023 10:43 PM IST
Bengal Congress spokesman writes to police, says he anticipates attack by TMC
West Bengal Congress spokesperson Koustav Bagchi was arrested on Saturday by the Kolkata police for his alleged derogatory comments against chief minister Mamata Banerjee
Updated on Mar 07, 2023 08:45 PM IST
Arrested TMC leader Anubrata Mondal flown to Delhi by ED on court orders
Last week, Delhi’s Rouse Avenue court questioned the ED why Mondal was not being produced before it, although a production warrant for this was issued in December 2022
Published on Mar 07, 2023 07:33 PM IST
‘CM is concerned’: Mamata Banerjee sets up panel to look into Sagardighi defeat
Mamata Banerjee wants to know why Muslims voted for the Left-Congress alliance although she is running so many welfare schemes for citizens, said Bengal minister Siddiqullah Chowdhury
Updated on Mar 07, 2023 05:41 PM IST
World Trade Center likely to open branch in Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee
The process for identifying land is already underway, the chief minister said.
Published on Mar 06, 2023 10:08 PM IST
PTI |
Is CBI hesitant to probe Mamata Banerjee, Suvendu Adhikari asks PM in letter
The Saradha group of companies allegedly duped lakhs of people to the tune of ₹2,500 crore, promising higher rates of return on their investments.
Published on Mar 06, 2023 09:48 PM IST
‘Can’t give more dearness allowance to employees’: Mamata Banerjee
On February 15, state finance minister Chandrima Bhattacharya, who presented the 2023-24 budget in the assembly, said that the government will pay 3% additional DA to its employees
Published on Mar 06, 2023 08:51 PM IST
3, including 2 minors killed during illegal sand mining in north Bengal
The injured were rushed to a hospital, police said, adding the two deceased were identified as minors, both 15 years in age, while one was aged 20.
Updated on Mar 06, 2023 07:17 PM IST
TMC’s Anubrata Mondal, arrested by ED, likely to be flown to Delhi on Tuesday
A senior official of the ED said that Mondal is likely to be brought to Kolkata on Tuesday where he would be checked by doctors (general surgery, cardiology and general medicine) at the ESI hospital
Published on Mar 06, 2023 06:58 PM IST
Paediatric infra developed during Covid helps tackle adenovirus wave in WB
There are around 2,476 sick new-born care units (SNCU), 654 paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) beds and 120 neo-natal intensive care unit (NICU) beds across the state
Published on Mar 06, 2023 08:52 AM IST
Recruitment scam: Bengal schools face staff crunch as bribe givers lose job
The process of terminating the service of teachers began in June last year when justice Gangopadhyay cancelled the appointment of Bengal’s former deputy education minister Paresh Adhikari’s daughter Ankita Adhikari
Published on Mar 05, 2023 06:10 PM IST
Watch: Cong leader shaves head over arrest for remarks against Mamata Banerjee
Congress leader Koustav Bagchi was granted bail hours after his arrest on Saturday for his alleged derogatory remarks against the West Bengal CM.
Published on Mar 05, 2023 03:44 PM IST
Nisha Anand | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh
Congress leader arrested over alleged derogatory remark against Mamata Banerjee
Congress leader Koustav Bagchi had read out some excerpts from a book written by Dipak Ghosh, a former bureaucrat and once a trusted aide of Banerjee, which deals with the TMC supremo’s personal life
Updated on Mar 04, 2023 01:50 PM IST
Don’t shift me to Delhi’s Tihar, TMC’s Anubrata Mondal tells HC. Hearing tomorrow
TMC leader Anubrata Mondal, a prime suspect in the Bengal cattle smuggling case, moved the high courts in Kolkata and Delhi after the Asansol court in West Burdwan district on Thursday allowed him to be shifted
Updated on Mar 03, 2023 07:52 PM IST
Calcutta HC grants bail to ISF legislator Nawsad Siddique
ISF legislator Nawsad Siddique was arrested in Kolkata on January 21 after a clash between his supporters and the police
Published on Mar 02, 2023 08:44 PM IST
'No need to panic': Mamata Banerjee on Adenovirus cases in Bengal
Adenovirus: Bengal health authorities have been asked to be vigilant after the state recorded numerous cases of Adenovirus.
Published on Mar 02, 2023 08:37 PM IST
Bengal court allows ED to shift TMC’s Anubrata Mondal to Delhi’s Tihar jail
The TMC Birbhum district president and a close aide of chief minister Mamata Banerjee was arrested by the ED in connection with the multi-crore cattle smuggling scam on November 17 last year
Published on Mar 02, 2023 08:22 PM IST
West Bengal: 12 children die of Adenovirus infection; CM says seasonal flu
At least 12 children, infected with Adenovirus, have died in state-run hospitals in West Bengal in the last one month, while around 5,213 cases of acute respiratory infections (ARI) have been reported, a health official said on Thursday
Published on Mar 02, 2023 07:06 PM IST
No PMAY funds if...: Centre writes to Bengal govt
The Union rural development ministry has written to the West Bengal chief secretary saying that a spot inspection by the central teams has revealed several irregularities in the PMAY scheme
Updated on Mar 02, 2023 07:01 PM IST
TMC loses Sagardighi after 13 yrs, Mamata says won’t ally with Cong-Left in 2024
TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee accused the Congress-Left combine of having an ‘immoral alliance’ with the BJP and said that her party will not enter into any partnership with the two opposition parties to fight the saffron camp in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls
Published on Mar 02, 2023 05:55 PM IST
Calcutta HC seeks report over attack on Union minister’s convoy
The division bench of HC chief justice Prakash Srivastava and justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj also ordered the government to submit the case diary
Published on Mar 02, 2023 08:29 AM IST
CBI finds ₹50 lakh cash, 1.5kg gold from ex-advisor’s flat in recruitment case
CBI alleged the flat from where the cash was seized was a benami property held in someone else’s name by ex-advisor of West Bengal School Service Commission, Shanti Prasad Sinha
Published on Mar 01, 2023 07:48 PM IST
