New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) In February 2019, Mamata Banerjee wrote an 18-line poem titled ‘Key’, lamenting what she saw as a ‘shrinking’ democratic space under the regime at the Centre. The poem spoke of voices being stifled, of lips metaphorically locked, and of a reckoning that would one day confront those in power. It was a political message wrapped in verse — sharp, accusatory, and unambiguous in its intent. Seven years on, those very lines seem to echo differently — an uncomfortable reflecti…
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Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Sunday conducted raids at the residence of Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner (DCP) Shantanu Sinha Biswas.The ED officials reached the DCP’s house on Fern Road in Ballygunge at 7 a.m. It is reported that a search is underway at the house.Officials said the search operation was being held in connection with the Sona Pappu syndicate case in the Ballygunge area of South Kolkata. Biswas was once the Officer-in-Charge of Kalighat police sta…
Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday conducted a raid again at the residence of former West Bengal education minister and former Trinamool Congress secretary general, Partha Chatterjee, in south Kolkata. On Saturday morning, the ED reached Partha’s house in Naktala with a large contingent of central forces. It is believed that the former minister will be questioned again in the school teacher recruitment case before the Assembly elections. After getting bail, the…
Kolkata, April 6 (IANS) Kolkata Police on Monday evening sent a notice for interrogation to Trinamool Congress MLA Ratna Chatterjee, who is the party’s candidate this time as well, over an incident of vandalism at a local office of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Behala (Paschim) Assembly constituency in the southern outskirts of Kolkata. Earlier in the day, a First Information Report (FIR) was registered against her at the local Parnasree Police Station under Behala (Paschim) Assembl…
Kolkata, April 6 (IANS) A first information report (FIR) has been lodged against Trinamool Congress MLA Ratna Chatterjee, who is the party’s candidate this time as well, over an incident of vandalism at a local office of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Behala (Paschim) Assembly constituency in the southern outskirts of Kolkata.The FIR has been registered following the instruction of the Election Commission of India (ECI), which is in charge of the general and police administration in Wes…
Kolkata, March 17 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Tuesday announced 291 candidates for the two-phase April elections to the 294-member West Bengal Assembly, dropping almost all the leaders under the scanner of central agencies in various scams, while nearly a fifth of the nominees are women. There are a total of 52 women candidates, including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, or around 18 per cent of the total candidates. The Chief Minister is contesting from Bhabanipur in south Kolkata, where th…
Kolkata, March 11 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned former West Bengal education secretary Manish Jain and expelled Trinamool Congress leader Kuntal Ghosh in connection with the SSC teachers’ recruitment corruption case, sources in the central agency said on Wednesday.Both have been asked to appear before the ED at its Kolkata office next week as part of the ongoing investigation.Earlier, the ED had also summoned former state education minister Partha Chatterjee and his clos…
Kolkata, March 2 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned former state Education Minister Partha Chatterjee and his close aide Arpita Mukherjee in the teachers’ recruitment corruption case, sources in the central agency said on Monday.It is learnt that the two will be called for questioning after the state Assembly elections. Partha Chatterjee was arrested in July 2022 in the West Bengal School Service Commission teachers’ recruitment corruption case. His close aide, Arpita Mukherjee…
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday granted conditional bail to former West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) advisor Santi Prasad Sinha in connection with his alleged involvement in the multi-crore cash-for-school jobs case in the state.Sinha was granted bail in the case registered against him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Earlier, he had secured bail in the case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the same matter…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) West Bengal is increasingly requiring judicial involvement in issues pertaining to procedural details and administrative inertia, where political interests are allegedly reigning over other aspects. From law-and-order matters to holding rallies, several incidents of such court involvement have been seen of late. Friday’s “extraordinary decision in view of the extraordinary circumstances” direction to depute judicial officers to adjudicate claims of voters listed under th…