Category: KOLKATA

The organisers alleged that while the procession was passing through the area, a group of people attacked and started throwing glass bottles, stones and bricks at those who had participated in the procession.

While Lt Gen R.P. Kalita, GOC-in-C, Eastern Command, along with officers of other ranks paid tributes to Naik Lengkholal and Sepoy Aldrin Hmingthanzwala, the Army has set up a court of inquiry (CoI) to probe the incident that took place on Wednesday.

On the day of her meeting with the Samajwadi Party chief, the Trinamool Congress leadership made it clear that they will maintain a distance from the Congress and instead try to unite the regional parties having strength with their respective states.

Calcutta High Court's Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, while hearing a matter relating to the multi-crore scam in the recruitment of teaching and non-teaching staff at state-run schools, observed on Wednesday that at times he is better at interrogation compared to the CBI sleuths probing the matter.

CBI sources said that of the two corporate entities, one is engaged in real estate activities and the second has interest in Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES) activities.

The joint forum has contended that the ruling party has chosen the same venue as for their rally, where the DA agitators had been holding sit-in demonstration for the last two months after getting a permission from the court on this count.

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has sent a notice to the West Bengal government seeking a report over the alleged 'human sacrifice' of a seven-year-old minor girl by her neighbour in the Tiljala area in South Kolkata.

The decision to remove Ghulam Rabbani as the minority affairs minister was announced on Monday, when it was also said that the affairs of the department will now be under the purview of the Chief Minister. Rabbani has been transferred to the horticulture department.

Incidentally, the same arrested Trinamool Congress- confidante real estate promoter Ayan Shil, who is currently in ED custody, has emerged at the centerstage of this multi- faceted recruitment scam.

Kolkata reported a total of 13,316 cases of tuberculosis (TB) in 2022, posing as a major concern for the West Bengal state department as well as the city's municipal corporation.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a top official of an OMR sheet manufacturing entity in the course of its probe in connection with the multi-crore teachers' recruitment scam in West Bengal, an official said on Friday.

However, Trinamool Congress insiders aware of the proceedings of the meeting claimed that Kumaraswamy invited the West Bengal Chief Minister to come to Karnataka and campaign against the BJP for the forthcoming Assembly elections in the southern Indian state.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Congress national General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee maintained a subtle distance from Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi even while slamming his disqualification from the Lok Sabha.

Sources said that just as Bhattacharya used the bank accounts held by his wife Satarupa Bhattacharya and son Souvik Bhattacharya to divert the proceeds of the scam, Shil adopted the similar approach, using the account held by his wife Kakoli Shil and son Abhijit Shil.

A near replication of the murder of Shraddha Walker and disposal of her body in Delhi's Mehrauli area last year surfaced on the outskirts of Kolkata on Wednesday evening, where a man was held for murdering his wife and burying her corpse near a waterbody after cutting it into three pieces.

The judge accepted the argument of Enforcement Directorate (ED) counsel that Bhattacharya, being a "highly influential" person, can influence the witnesses and tamper with evidence, if released on bail.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday issued fresh summons to West Bengal Law Minister Malay Ghatak for questioning in connection with the multi-crore coal scam in the state.

During the course of its ongoing probe in multi-crore recruitment scam in teaching and non-teaching staff in West Bengal, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has come across clues of somewhat similar indiscretions in recruitment of staff in different municipalities in the state.

After around 40 hours of marathon raid and search operations, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has finally arrested private real-estate promoter Ayan Shil in connection with the multi-crore scam in recruitment of teachers and non- teaching staff in state-run schools.

Already, the ED counsel has informed a special court of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Kolkata that a major part of the crime proceeds collected by other expelled and arrested youth Trinamool Congress leader Kuntal Ghosh has been invested in the business of film financing.

Siddique had been on the dais to express solidarity with the agitating employees. As he was addressing the protesters, a stranger wearing a black trouser, a camouflage-pattern shirt and cap and carrying a helmet, suddenly came up to him.

Two teams of Enforcement Directorate (ED) probing the multi- crore teachers' recruitment scam in West Bengal are conducting raids and search operations at two properties owned by the expelled Trinamool Congress leader, Santanu Bandopadhyay since Saturday morning.

Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is probing the multi-crore cattle smuggling scam in West Bengal, has hinted at taking stern steps against Trinamool Congress strongman Anubrata Mondal's daughter Sukanya Mondal if she makes renewed attempts to dodge the agency's summons.

ED Counsel Phiroze Edulji told the court that that amounts as high as Rs 6.50 crore were transferred to a number of Tollywood actors and actresses from two bank accounts held by expelled and arrested youth Trinamool Congress leader Kuntal Ghosh over a period of time.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday submitted a supplementary chargesheet in court in connection with its ongoing investigation into the irregularities in the recruitment of teaching and non-teaching staff in West Bengal.