West Bengal

08 Aug

Pedestrian Killed As 19-Year-Old In Jaguar Rams Her In Kolkata

editoraccident, West BengalKolkata

A pedestrian was killed when a 19-year-old man driving a Jaguar ran over him in Kolkata. The pedestrian, identified as 45-year-old Shasti Das, a resident of Kolkata's Picnic Garden, died on the spot, police said.The Jaguar hit the two automobiles first before hitting the pedestrian, police said, citing witnesses. The driver Suesh Parashrampuria has been arrested.

05 Aug

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

editorPolitical, 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…

04 Aug

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

editorPolitical, 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…

02 Aug

CM announces 7 new district in West Bengal for better development

editorWest BengalMamata Banerjee

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…’

editorPolitical, West Bengal

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

editorPolitical, West Bengal

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

editorPolitical, West Bengal

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

Mamata Banerjee sacks Partha Chatterjee from all ministries after cabinet meeting

editorPolitical, West BengalCM Mamata Banerjee

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

editorPolitical, West Bengal

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

editorEducation, West Bengal

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…