West Bengal

ED summons 8 Bengal IPS officers in coal smuggling case
11 Aug

ED summons 8 Bengal IPS officers in coal smuggling case

editor0 CommentsPolitical, West Bengal
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned eight senior police officers of West Bengal to New Delhi for questioning in the coal smuggling case, officers stated on Thursday. Among the IPS officers summoned through the central agency were Gnanavant Singh (ADG, CID), Koteshwara Rao, S Selvamurugan, Shyam Singh, Rajeev Mishra, Sukesh Kumar Jain and Tathagata Basu, they said. They added that the IPS officers have earlier been given specific dates to appear at the ED's New Delhi office. “These IPS officers played an essential role in the coal smuggling case. There is evidence that these officials benefited from the scam. All…
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Special train between Guwahati-Kolkata to start from January 2023
10 Aug

Special train between Guwahati-Kolkata to start from January 2023

editor0 CommentsAssam, West Bengal,
In a bid to clear the rush of passengers, Eastern Railway has determined to proceed the Guwahati-Kolkata distinctive train. As per the latest reports, Guwahati-Kolkata exceptional education will continue bi-weekly till 2023. The train will leave Guwahati Wednesday and Saturday every week at 9 pm. It will reach Kolkata on Thursday and Sunday respectively at 3 PM . From Kolkata, it will leave for Guwahati every Thursday and Sunday at 9:40 PM. It will reach Guwahati at 3:55 pm on Friday and Monday respectively. All passengers, who wish to travel in this train, can book tickets online and offline mode.…
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SSC scam: ABVP members DRAGGED on road by WB police for protesting against CM Mamata Banerjee`s govt
10 Aug

SSC scam: ABVP members DRAGGED on road by WB police for protesting against CM Mamata Banerjee`s govt

editor0 CommentsWest Bengal, Political
West Bengal police have arrested members of Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) for maintaining protests against the kingdom government over the SSC scam. In a video tweeted by ANI, ABVP members are seen dragged on the road through the police. The Scam busting match started on Friday (July 22) when Enforcement Directorate (ED) initiated direct motion on the probe into the multi-crore West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment irregularities rip-off via concurrently conducting raids in thirteen areas across the state, which include Partha Chatterjee's home, a former West Bengal education minister and been sent to judicial custody till August…
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Rain alert for West Bengal: Mamata cuts short Delhi trip by a day
09 Aug

Rain alert for West Bengal: Mamata cuts short Delhi trip by a day

editor0 CommentsWest Bengal,
Cutting quick her remain in New Delhi by way of a day, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee again from the national capital on Sunday night to take stock of the scenario in the state in the wake of horrific climate prediction via the Meteorological Department. A "deep depression" due to low pressure in the Bay of Bengal is likely to succeed West Bengal this week which may even intensify into a cyclone-like situation, the climate department said. Sources in the Jati Secretariat said the chief minister decided to return to the state after hearing about the possibility of "depression"…
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Kolkata college ‘forces’ assistant professor to quit over complaint of student looking at her bikini pics
09 Aug

Kolkata college ‘forces’ assistant professor to quit over complaint of student looking at her bikini pics

editor0 CommentsEducation, West Bengal
A former assistant professor at St Xavier’s University in Kolkata has alleged that she used to be forced to quit after a father or mother complained that he had observed his son looking at images of her in a bikini on Instagram, The Wire reported. The former assistant professor, referred to as Nandini Guha (name changed) in the report, alleged that the university pulled her up after receiving a written criticism from a first yr male undergraduate student’s father remaining year. In the letter, the mum or dad says that he had caught his son looking at images of the…
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West Bengal: Artisans struggle to meet huge demand for flag due to ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’
08 Aug

West Bengal: Artisans struggle to meet huge demand for flag due to ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’

editor0 CommentsWest Bengal, Business
Demand for country wide flags has accelerated after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga campaign’. The remarkable demand for the flags from across the country has pressured flag makers in West Bengal to spend sleepless nights in order to entire the humongous orders. The artisans had to refuse in addition orders in order to meet the modern-day demand. The ordinary tricolour makers said that after the Centre’s attraction for the Tiranga campaign, they acquired a big order from states like Bihar, Assam and Sikkim. Rustam Mandal, an artisan said, “After the Prime Minister’s enchantment for the ‘Har…
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Teaching posts on sale, under-qualified people given jobs: Ex-TMC leader’s attack on Partha Chatterjee
05 Aug

Teaching posts on sale, under-qualified people given jobs: Ex-TMC leader’s attack on Partha Chatterjee

editor0 CommentsPolitical, West Bengal
Former Trinamool Congress chief Baisakhi Banerjee has leveled fresh allegations against sacked Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, who is being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate over the trainer recruitment scam. Banerjee, who served as general secretary of the West Bengal College and University Professors' Association (WBCUPA), claimed that candidates who were ineligible during Partha Chatterjee's tenure as education minister were given direct entry to educational institutions. In an interview with news enterprise ANI, she cited that every instructional post in the state-run universities was "for sale" and if the small print on university and college recruitment was published, it should be…
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Partha Chatterjee-Arpita Mukherjee Santiketan farmhouse ‘Apa’: Enforcement Directorate officials examine loose soil
04 Aug

Partha Chatterjee-Arpita Mukherjee Santiketan farmhouse ‘Apa’: Enforcement Directorate officials examine loose soil

editor0 CommentsPolitical, West Bengal
Enforcement Directorate officials carried out a raid at a farmhouse in Santiniketan -- around 150km from Kolkata -- which is believed to be owned at the same time via sacked Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee and his shut aide Arpita Mukherjee, accused in the trainer recruitment scam. Here are 10 updates on the case: ED officers confirmed that Parth and Arpita jointly bought the plot in 2012. Mutation was done in 2020 titled Arpita Mukherjee. The identity of the farmhouse is believed to be an abbreviation of 'Apa' Arpita and Partha. Some reviews claim that the farmhouse was sold in 2012…
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