Kolkata | Partha Chatterjee, tainted in the multi-crore West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) crore scam, on Tuesday afternoon felt the heat of the public rage when a middle-aged woman hurled her slipper at him. The incident took place while Chatterjee was being taken out of the ESI Hospital in Joka in the southern outskirts of […]
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Bengal SSC scam: Partha Chatterjee removed from all three ministerial posts
Kolkata | The Mamata Banerjee government on Thursday removed Partha Chatterjee, who has been arrested in connection with the multi-crore West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC), from all three of his ministerial posts. The decision was taken at a meeting of the state cabinet at the state Secretariat, Nabanna that lasted for little less than 15 […]
ED arrests Partha Chatterjee’s aide Arpita Mukherjee from whose home Rs 20 crore in cash was recovered
Kolkata | The Enforcement Directorate (ED) probing the multi-crore financial scam related to recruitment irregularities in the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on Saturday arrested Arpita Mukherjee, a close aide of former West Bengal Education Minister and Trinamool Congress Secretary General Partha Chatterjee. The ED move came hours after Chatterjee, who is currently the state […]
Teachers scam: ED arrests Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee
Kolkata | After over 24 hours of marathon grilling, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials probing the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment irregularities scam, finally arrested state minister and the Trinamool Congress secretary general Partha Chatterjee on Saturday morning. A decision to this effect was taken after Chatterjee went into a total non-cooperation mode following […]
Rs 20 crore seized from residence of Partha Chatterjee’s close aide
Kolkata | Officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) probing the recruitment irregularities in the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) and West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE) have recovered huge amount of cash and several mobile phones from the house of a close aide of former state Education Minister and Trinamool Congress Secretary General Partha […]
Partha Chatterjee interrogated by CBI in I-Core chit fund case
Kolkata | After West Bengal Commerce and Industry Minister Partha Chatterjee said that he would not be able to go to the CBI office, the officers came to his South Kolkata office and interrogated him for two hours. Chatterjee was interrogated by the central agency for his alleged connection with the chit fund group. Speaking to […]
Resolution against CAA passed in Bengal assembly
Kolkata: The West Bengal Assembly on Monday passed a resolution demanding scrapping of contentious new citizenship law. The resolution, moved by state Parliamentary Affairs minister Partha Chatterjee in a special session, was backed by members of the Congress and Left Front while the BJP opposed it. The Left and the Congress members, however, expressed their dismay […]
Trinamool youth leader shot dead in Bengal, party blames BJP
Kolkata : A Trinamool Congress youth leader was shot dead in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Monday, police said. Nazimul Sheikh, a resident of Behrampur area, was allegedly shot dead by bike-borne assailants at around 10 a.m. “Sheikh was shot twice by the miscreants near his residence. He was rushed to the Murshidabad Medical College […]
Strict action against those extorting money from students: Bengal Minister
Kolkata : West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee on Tuesday said stern action will be taken against those tried to extort money from students for admission to colleges. He also urged the selected students to complete the process through banks. “Those who are involved in this, stern action will be taken against them. We also […]
Tension in Bengal after Ram Navami violence, BJP hits out at Mamata government
Kolkata : Tension prevailed over parts of Raniganj and adjoining areas in West Bengal’s Paschim Burdwan district on Wednesday following clashes over Ram Navami rallies, even as the state government rushed a crack police team including senior officiers to prevent any breach of peace, sources said. “We are maintaining a tight vigil. So far things […]