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Bengal law minister Moloy Ghatak raided by CBI, grilled in coal smuggling case

Updated on Sep 07, 2022 07:44 PM IST

Bengal law minister Moloy Ghatak was grilled for an unspecific time at his official residence in central Kolkata about evidence that allegedly links him to the coal smuggling case

West Bengal law minister Moloy Ghatak, who was raided by CBI on Wednesday, with chief minister Mamata Banerjee at an event in Kolkata in August (PTI File Photo)

TMC’s Anubrata Mondal remanded in judicial custody again in cattle smuggling case

Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Anubrata Mondal was arrested by CBI on August 11 and he has been in the custody of the Asansol correctional home since August 24

Anubrata Mondal was interrogated by CBI inside the correctional home but officials said he did not answer most of the questions. (File/ANI)
Published on Sep 07, 2022 06:35 PM IST

Minister joins protest over release of Bilkis rape convicts, says Mamata’s orders

West Bengal finance minister Chandrima Bhattacharya said TMC chief Mamata Banerjee directed them to start a protest against violence against women in BJP-ruled states

West Bengal ministers Chandrima Bhattacharya and Shashi Panja with TMC MP Mala Roy, and Mahila Trinamool Congress members stage a 48-hour-long 'dharna' to protest against the central government in Kolkata on Tuesday. (PTI)
Published on Sep 06, 2022 10:51 PM IST

Covid takes a backseat in West Bengal as state sees rise in dengue cases

The highest number of dengue patients (60) admitted in hospitals was in North 24 Parganas, followed by 44 in South 24 Parganas

The situation appears to be concerning in Kolkata too. (File image)
Updated on Sep 06, 2022 09:59 AM IST

CBI raids houses of TMC legislator, municipality chairman in chit fund scam

CBI conducted raids at the houses of Subodh Adhikary, TMC MLA of Bijpur in North 24 Parganas, and Kamal Adhikary, chairman of Kanchrapara municipality, who are brothers

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided multiple places in West Bengal on Sunday. (Representative Image)
Published on Sep 04, 2022 02:25 PM IST

TMC's Sougata Roy warns against 'thief' label for all: 'Will invite blows...'

The CBI on Friday arrested TMC leader and chairman of Halisahar municipality, Raju Sahani for his alleged role in a ponzi scheme that duped people of lakhs of rupees.

Trinamool Congress MP Sougata Roy.(ANI)
Published on Sep 03, 2022 10:45 PM IST
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Calcutta HC rejects appeals against CBI probe into Bengal teacher recruitment

The Calcutta high court in June ordered a CBI probe into primary school teacher appointments over allegations that those who failed the teacher recruitment test were appointed after paying bribes

The primary school teacher whose recruitment was cancelled by the high court had filed the appeal. (File Photo)
Published on Sep 02, 2022 03:54 PM IST

WB fish traders request Bangladesh govt to send 2000 MT Hilsa in festive season

In 2021, fishermen in West Bengal could catch only around 6,170MT of Hilsa and the catch has been going down over the years

The catch of Hilsa along the West Bengal coast has been dwindling. (File image)
Updated on Sep 02, 2022 01:14 PM IST

Durga Puja: Kolkata organises mega rally to thank UNESCO for heritage tag

According to a study commissioned by the state government in 2018, the economic value of the creative industries that crop up around the Durga Puja – the biggest festival in West Bengal – is worth ₹32,377 crore.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee leads a procession to commemorate inscribing of 'Durga Puja in Kolkata' by UNESCO as the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, in Kolkata, Thursday, September 1, 2022. (PTI Photo)
Updated on Sep 01, 2022 10:35 PM IST

WB gears for thermocol-free Durga Puja; draws mixed reactions from organisers

The Centre banned the manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of identified single use plastic items including thermocol, all across the country from July 1

The move has opened up several challenges for organisers ahead of the puja celebrations (File image)
Published on Sep 01, 2022 04:30 PM IST

Bengal govt to organise rally to thank UNESCO for Durga Puja heritage tag

UNESCO included “Durga Puja in Kolkata” on the “Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity” in December 2021

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is expected to address the rally. (PTI)
Published on Sep 01, 2022 11:58 AM IST

In Bengal jail, TMC leader Anubrata Mondal’s trusted bodyguard checks up on him

A jail officer said Sehgal Hossain, a police constable assigned to TMC’s Birbhum district unit president Anubrata Mondal, inquiries about Mondal’s health ever since the TMC leader was taken to the correctional home

Trinamool Congress (TMC) Birbhum president Anubrata Mondal was arrested by CBI in a cattle smuggling case on August 11 and has been remanded in judicial custody (ANI)
Updated on Aug 31, 2022 09:44 PM IST

‘Legal battles difficult due to BJP interference in judiciary’: Mamata Banerjee

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) reacted to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee saying the party has full faith in the judiciary

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said that she has faith in the law and that she will get justice in the people’s court. (PTI)
Published on Aug 31, 2022 08:46 PM IST

Mamata refutes land encroachment allegations, says ‘Can be bulldozed if…’

The Bengal CM said that BJP alleges money from coal scam goes to Kalighat - the neighbourhood in Kolkata where Mamata Banerjee's house is located, but fails to name anyone. “Is the money going to Maa Kali?” she asked.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee during a press conference in Kolkata, Wednesday on August 31, 2022. (PTI Photo)
Updated on Aug 31, 2022 10:08 PM IST

ED seeks custodial trial for Partha Chatterjee; ex-min to be in prison till Sept 14

The special PMLA court sent Chatterjee and his close associate Arpita Mukherjee to judicial custody till September 14 after they were arrested on July 23

Kolkata, India - Aug. 18, 2022: Arrested TMC leader Partha Chatterjee leaves from Bankshall Court after the hearing in connection to the illegal teachers recruitment scam, in Kolkata, India, on Thursday, August 18, 2022. (Photo by Samir Jana/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)
Published on Aug 31, 2022 06:51 PM IST

Recruitment of primary school teachers during TMC regime under scrutiny: Report

The ED has reportedly sought details of a few thousand candidates, who were appointed as primary school teachers since 2011, from the West Bengal Board of Primary Education

Partha Chatterjee, who was the state education minister between 2011 and 2021, has already been arrested in connection with alleged irregularities in the recruitment of teachers through the School Service Commission (SSC). (PTI)
Published on Aug 31, 2022 10:41 AM IST

West Bengal reports highest domestic violence cases by husband, in-laws : NCRB

NCRB data shows, a total of 19,952 cases under Section 498A of the IPC, popularly called anti-dowry law which deal with violence against women by husbands and their relatives, were registered in the West Bengal last year.

Highest number of cases of cruelty against women by spouses or their relatives in 2021 were in West Bengal, NCRB data reveals. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Updated on Aug 30, 2022 09:29 PM IST
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Centre to decide whether two Bengal blasts to be probed by NIA: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta high court said that the offence in both the blast cases comes under the Explosive Substances Act and can be probed by NIA

Two bomb blasts occurred in Bengal’s South 24 Parganas and Malda districts on March 29 and April 24 this year. (File)
Updated on Aug 30, 2022 04:21 PM IST

Bengal coal ‘scam’ case: ED summons Abhishek Banerjee on September 2

Earlier, the ED summoned eight IPS officers posted in West Bengal to New Delhi for questioning in the coal smuggling case, officials familiar with the development.

Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee. (PTI file)
Updated on Aug 30, 2022 11:36 AM IST

Arrest me, see what happens: Mamata Banerjee to BJP

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee dismissed the allegations of an exponential rise in assets of her relatives in the last few years and dared the BJP to have her arrested

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee during the Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad’s foundation day celebrations, at Mayo Road, in Kolkata on Monday. (ANI)
Updated on Aug 30, 2022 01:38 AM IST
By, Kolkata

BJP starts 3-day strategy meet at Kolkata resort; Mamata questions ‘money spent’

The Bengal BJP started its 3-day strategy meet in a Kolkata resort on Monday even as chief minister Mamata Banerjee raised questions over the money being spent by the saffron camp

The BJP leader said the 350-odd delegates of the party’s strategy meet in Kolkata have been asked not to leave the venue till the event is over. (File)
Updated on Aug 29, 2022 08:43 PM IST

'Arrest me if you can...': Mamata's challenge to BJP as corruption claims fly

Bengal CM and TMC boss Mamata Banerjee said that the BJP is using black money and central agencies to dislodge elected non-saffron party governments across India.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee addresses during Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishads foundation day celebrations, at Mayo Road, in Kolkata on Monday. (ANI Photo)(Bibhash Lodh)
Updated on Aug 29, 2022 11:07 PM IST
By, New Delhi

2 firms owned by TMC leader Mondal’s daughter got 27cr in 2018-22

The loan amounts were declared under a new rule notified under the Companies Act in 2014 primarily to help funding of start-ups, shows the acceptance of deposits statements filed by the two companies since March 2019

CBI wants to question his daughter, Sukanya Mondal . A CBI official who asked not to be named said the agency is looking at whether either of the companies was used to launder money received from cattle smuggling. (Saikat Paul)
Updated on Aug 28, 2022 01:38 AM IST

BSF men arrested for allegedly raping Indian woman trying to cross Bangla border

The woman alleged that she was gang-raped by two BSF personnel after she got separated from her husband while running away from the BSF team who were chasing them for trying to illegally cross the Bangladesh border

The woman alleged that she was gang-raped by the BSF personnel in front of her five-year-old daughter. (Representative Image)
Updated on Aug 28, 2022 12:52 AM IST

Vedic Planetarium, world's largest temple, to open in Bengal | 10 things to know

The Temple of Vedic Planetarium in West Bengal's Mayapur will be the world's largest temple, bigger than Taj Mahal in Agra or St Paul's Cathedral in the Vatican.

Temple of Vedic Planetarium in Mayapur, Nadia district, West Bengal.(TOVP website)
Published on Aug 27, 2022 12:42 PM IST

Calcutta HC likely to hear PILs challenging Mamata’s Durga Puja grant today

Mamata Banerjee had announced the grant given to each of the 40,000-plus registered puja committees will be raised from ₹50,000 to ₹60,000 this year

The grants is expected to cost the state ex-chequerer more than <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>250crore. (PTI photo)
Published on Aug 26, 2022 10:52 AM IST

Pradip Sinha, alleged middleman in Bengal’s SSC case, remanded in CBI custody till Sept 1

CBI allegedly found lists of undeserving candidates from his computer during a search carried out on Wednesday

Pradip Sinha denied allegations that he had a role in the West Bengal school recruitment case. (File Photo)
Published on Aug 25, 2022 05:41 PM IST

FICN factory busted in Kolkata, fake currency worth 90,000 seized

The police have arrested two people, and seized counterfeit notes worth more than ₹90,000 over the past two days

Representational image.
Updated on Aug 25, 2022 01:03 PM IST

West Bengal: Three killed, 2 others injured in elephant attack

It was raining and villagers who were standing and chatting didn’t spot the animal after which the elephant attacked them

The incident took place around 7:30 pm in the fringe areas of the Jhargram municipality. (File image)
Published on Aug 25, 2022 10:40 AM IST

West Bengal: Bangladeshi youth allegedly lynched over suspicions of stealing cattle

A section of villagers alleged that Bangladeshi youths have been frequently sneaking into Jalpaiguri district in the middle of the night to steal cattle from bordering villages

For representational purposes only. (HT File Photo)
Published on Aug 24, 2022 06:52 PM IST
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