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02 Aug

CM announces 7 new district in West Bengal for better development

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The West Bengal cabinet has approved the creation of 7 new districts in the state, CM Mamata Banerjee stated on Monday (August 1). This will take the quantity of districts in West Bengal to 30 from the current 23. The Chief Minister informed a press conference that a new Sundarban district will be carved out of South 24-Parganas district; two new districts will be created out of North 24-Parganas district — Ichhamati in Bongaon subdivision and a yet unnamed district in Basirhat; Ranaghat, a metropolis and municipality in Nadia district, will become the fourth new district; a new district of…

02 Aug

SSC Scam: Lady throws CHAPPALS at Partha Chatterjee, says ‘I would have found peace IF…’

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A woman throws CHAPPALS at Partha Chatterjee. The woman throws CHAPPALS at his vehicle as he was leaving Joka ESI Hospital, where Partha was taken for a medical check-up on Tuesday. Although the shoe did no longer hit Partha. It fell on his car. The female identify is Shubhra Gharvi. Her house is in Amtala. The woman's be apologetic about is that her thrown shoe did not fall on Partha, "I would have discovered peace if the shoe had fallen on his head." Later the girl said, "They have crores of rupees. Bought residences in numerous locations in Kolkata. Coming…

02 Aug

Money placed in flat in my absence: Partha Chatterjee aide Arpita Mukherjee on seized cash

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Partha Chatterjee's aide Arpita Mukherjee on Tuesday said, "The money does now not belong to me, it was stored there in my absence". The ED had previously recovered more than Rs 50 crores in money from her homes in Kolkata. Former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee and Arpita Mukherjee were despatched to ED custody until August 3. Chatterjee is involved in an alleged recruitment scam of Group ‘C’ and ‘D’ staff, Assistant Teachers of training IX-XII and essential teachers. Meanwhile, the probe corporation is conducting raids at four locations in connection with the teacher recruitment scam. According to sources, the…

30 Jul

Partha Chatterjee, aide Arpita bought farmhouse together for 20 lakh rupees, deed shows

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Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee and his aide Arpita Mukhopadhyay were arrested. They owned a joint property in Santiniketan. The two accused in the Bengal SSC scam case bought a joint property in 2012. A document accessed by India Today showed that the farmhouse bought by the duo cost Rs 20 lakh. Earlier in the day, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had initiated proceedings to freeze at least three bank accounts of Arpita Mukherjee, in which they found at least Rs 2 crore. Several "shell company" bank accounts of Mukherjee are also under the ED scanner. An ED sleuth said the…

28 Jul

CM Mamata Banerjee sacks Partha Chatterjee from all ministries after cabinet meeting

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Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Partha Chatterjee has been eliminated from the Bengal ministry following his arrest in the faculty jobs rip-off case. The choice was once taken at a Cabinet assembly chaired through West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. The meeting was once known as amid growing clamour to get rid of Commerce and Industries Department minister Chatterjee from all posts in the party and the ministry. Partha Chatterjee has been eliminated from the portfolios of Commerce and Industry, Parliamentary Affairs, Information Technology and Electronics, and Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction in the country Cabinet. Mamata Banerjee, who had spoken difficult…

27 Jul

15 Crores And Counting: More Cash Seized From West Bengal Minister Aide’s Home

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At least Rs 15 crore in money and gold jewelry and bars have been recovered from some other residence of Arpita Mukherjee -- the close aide of Bengal's arrested minister Partha Chatterjee -- days after a massive pile of notes was observed in one room of one of her houses, according to sources in the Enforcement Directorate. This time, officers discovered the notes from a shelf at her apartment in Belgharia, positioned in the northern fringes of the city, sources said. Bank officials are nevertheless counting the money at the spot with be aware counting machines.Sources say the ED also…

27 Jul

West Bengal teacher stripped naked, beaten for disciplining student

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A crew led via a minority community girl student’s mother and father stripped a girl instructor naked and assaulted her for disciplining the female in West Bengal’s South Dinajpur. On Friday afternoon, a team led with aid of the student’s dad and mom first held a protest backyard of the headmaster’s office in Trimohini Pratap Chandra High School below the Hili police station of South Dinajpur district in West Bengal over a lady trainer slapping the girl for now not attending instructions on Thursday. They then allegedly entered the teachers’ frequent room and assaulted a women teacher and stripped her…

25 Jul

West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee does not require hospitalisation, says AIIMS

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The ED on Monday gave info to Kolkata court that West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee, arrested in connection with an alleged faculty jobs scam, has persistent fitness issues, but does not require hospitalisation. The ED introduced AIIMS Bhubaneswar scientific report of Partha Chatterjee in front of the courtroom which mentioned that he is fit and stable. "There is nothing wrong with scientific reports. He was taking benefit of his position to stay in a state-run hospital. He is fit and can be taken into custody," ED stated citing AIIMS report. The Enforcement Directorate demanded 14-day custody of Partha Chatterjee.

24 Jul

Shift Partha Chatterjee to AIIMS in Bhubaneswar, orders court in setback to Mamata Banerjee’s minister

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The Calcutta High Court directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to shift West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee to AIIMS Bhubaneswar early on Monday, saying the ruling party's political leaders had successfully evaded ED interrogation by taking refuge earlier. SSKM Hospital. The courtroom was listening to the Enforcement Directorate’s plea towards the switch of the arrested West Bengal minister to state-run SSKM Hospital. The court docket said that the accused would be taken to the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata by using an ambulance from the SSKM Hospital and would be accompanied through his suggest and an SSKM doctor.…

24 Jul

SSC scam: Remanded in ED custody, arrested WB minister Partha Chatterjee hospitalised in Kolkata

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West Bengal Commerce and Industries Minister and Trinamool Congress secretary usual Partha Chatterjee used to be remanded to ED custody for two days in connection with the instructor recruitment scam. He was produced earlier than a judge in the Bankshall courtroom in Kolkata nowadays afternoon. The Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court docket did not hear the depend as it is Saturday. Later, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Chatterjee's close associate Arpita Mukherjee, a day after the central probe enterprise seized Rs 20 crore in cash from her residence. Hours after being remanded to ED custody, Chatterjee was once…