Kolkata, Jan 15 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday rejected the plea by the West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seeking permission to hold a protest demonstration in front of the state secretariat Nabanna at Mandirtala in Kolkata-adjacent Howrah district, over Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s alleged move to hinder the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) simultaneous raids on the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC).While turning down the plea…
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New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the FIRs registered by the West Bengal Police against Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials in connection with the recent searches at the premises of political consultancy firm I-PAC and the residence of its co-founder, Pratik Jain, in Kolkata. Observing that the petitions raise serious questions of alleged interference by state agencies in a central investigation, a Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Vipul Pancholi issued n…
Kolkata, Jan 13 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has become more active in the investigation of the coal smuggling case. According to sources, several businessmen have been summoned again to the ED office for questioning as part of the investigation. Sources said on Tuesday that these businessmen have already been interrogated, and they will have to appear before the investigators again this week.The ED has recently become more proactive in the investigation of the coal smuggling case ori…
Kolkata, Jan 13 (IANS) BJP’s West Bengal unit on Tuesday filed a petition in the Calcutta High Court seeking permission to protest in front of the state secretariat, Nabanna, against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s alleged move hindering ED’s simultaneous raids against I-PAC.The single-judge bench of Justice Shampa Dutta Paul admitted the petition.On January 8, while simultaneous raids and search operations were being conducted at the Indian Political Action Committee’s office and t…
Kolkata, Jan 12 (IANS) Trinamool Congress General Secretary and party Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee on Monday directed the party’s Information Technology cell — termed as “Digital Yoddhas” or “Digital Warriors” — to launch a massive digital campaign explaining why the Trinamool Congress is opposing the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) raid and search operations at the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) office and at the residence of I-PAC co-founder Pratik Jain last week.He issued th…
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) An Enforcement Directorate (ED) raid conducted last week in Kolkata at the premises of a political consultancy group professionally linked with West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress has turned into a centre-state confrontation, again leading to questions over operational issues in a federal structure.Thursday’s raid, along with subsequent media coverage and ground reports, underscore how such relations in a federal setup are increasingly tested when central agencie…
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Monday launched a sharp attack on the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal, claiming that the BJP’s political fight in the state is not an ordinary electoral contest but a struggle between terrorism and democracy. He asserted that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s government must be removed from power.Speaking on the political situation in West Bengal, Giriraj Singh claimed, “In West Bengal, the BJP is fighting a battle betwee…
Kolkata, Jan 12 (IANS) Kolkata Police have decided to formally approach the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to obtain the names and details of officers who conducted raids last week at the I-PAC office in Salt Lake and the residence of its director, Pratik Jain, on Loudon Street.Simultaneously, city police investigators will continue efforts to identify ED and CRPF personnel through CCTV footage collected from both locations.Sources said that investigators have already learnt that an ED Assistant D…
Kolkata, Jan 10 (IANS) The Regional office of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Kolkata, on Saturday, sent a detailed report to its headquarters in New Delhi on the sequence of events on January 8 in relation to the simultaneous raid and search operations by the central agency officials at the Kolkata office of the India Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and the residence of I-PAC co-founder Pratik Jain.Now, after examining the report sent by ED’s Kolkata regional office, the same will be f…
Mumbai/New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Nirupam on Saturday hit back at AIMIM chief and MP Asaduddin Owaisi over his statement, saying that “a hijab-wearing woman cannot become the Prime Minister of India, though she could become the Prime Minister of Pakistan or Bangladesh.” Owaisi, during a programme, had said that it was his dream that one day a hijab-wearing daughter would become the Prime Minister of the country.Speaking to IANS in Mumbai, Sanjay Nirupam said that a hija…