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Arrested Bengal minister's 'close aide' remanded to one-day ED custody

A city court on Sunday remanded Arpita Mukherjee, an alleged close associate of arrested West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, to one-day Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody.

Superhigh ambitions led Arpita Mukherjee to abandon her mother: ED

Arpita Mukherjee is currently in the news after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) recovered a huge amount of cash, gold from her residence in connection with the teacher recruitment scam in Bengal

Mamata's silence on Partha Chatterjee 'admission of crime': BJP

BJP slammed the Trinamool Congress and said that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's silence over the arrest of the state's Minister Partha Chatterjee is an admission of corruption committed

Centre working with West Bengal to implement NEP in state: Pradhan

The Centre is working with the West Bengal government to implement the New Education Policy (NEP) in the state, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said. Speaking to reporters, Pradhan said the Centre and the state government were holding regular talks and if there is any gap, they are ironing those out. "I am not sure for what reason one will be against the NEP 2020. It is employment-generating, modern and contemporary. In the last two years, we got great feedback from all stakeholders," he said on Saturday, when asked about certain issues raised by the West Bengal government. The state government recently formed a 10-member committee to examine NEP, and assess the need for a state-level policy on education. State Education Minister Bratya Basu had said that the committee will scrutinise various aspects of the policy. The state will then formulate its response to the NEP as education is on the concurrent list, Basu had said. Meanwhile, Pradhan praised CBSE authorities fo

NIA files charge sheet against three in West Bengal bomb blast case

NIA has filed charge sheet before a special court here against three persons in connection with a bomb blast that left one person dead in West Bengal's Paschim Medinipur district in January this year

West Bengal reports 1,844 fresh Covid-19 infection, seven more deaths

West Bengal on Saturday registered 1,844 new Covid-19 cases, 393 less than the previous day's count, taking the tally to 20,83,572, the health department said in a bulletin

Partha Chatterjee hospitalised after arrest by ED in school jobs scam

The minister was arrested following a marathon 26-hour-long grilling at his house, an ED official said.

School jobs scam: ED gets 2 days' custody of WB minister Partha Chatterjee

The Enforcement Directorate arrested Chatterjee, a senior Trinamool Congress leader, earlier in the day and produced him before a judge in the Bankshall court, who remanded him to 2 days of ED custody

TMC running govt of corrupts in Bengal: Jyotiraditya Scindia on SSC scam

"The TMC government is no longer a government for the people, it is rather the government of corrupts. The entire government is knee-deep in corruption," Scindia alleged.

ED grills Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee overnight over school jobs scam

Officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) interrogated West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee overnight in connection with the teacher recruitment scam case

West Bengal's active Covid cases dip to 26,727; positivity rate at 14.41%

West Bengal reported 2,237 new COVID-19 cases on Friday and seven more deaths, as per the Health Department. The positivity rate was 14.41 per cent as the new cases were detected after testing 15,520 samples, it said. The active cases declined to 26,727 as 3,258 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, it added. At present, 668 patients are undergoing treatment in hospital, while the rest are in home isolation. The state has so far reported 20,81,728 cases and 21,307 deaths.

Recruitment scam: ED seizes cash in raid, grills WB minister for 11 hrs

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday carried out simultaneous raids at the houses of around a dozen people, including 2 ministers, in connection with its investigation into the recruitment scam

ED seizes Rs 20 cr cash after raids on WB minister Partha Chatterjee's aide

The Enforcement Directorate Friday said it has seized Rs 20 crore in cash after raids on the premises of Arpita Mukherjee, a close associate of West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee

Bengal logs 2,486 new Covid cases, 6 more deaths; active cases at 27,755

West Bengal's coronavirus tally increased to 20,79,491 on Thursday after 2,486 more people tested positive for the infection, the state health department said. Six more deaths due to the disease also raised the toll to 21,300 during the day. The state had on Wednesday recorded 2,455 new Covid-19 cases and six fresh fatalities. Altogether 3,124 patients recovered from the infection in the state on Thursday taking the total number of cured people to 20,30,436, the department said in a bulletin. The number of active cases now is 27,755. West Bengal tested 15,311 samples for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the bulletin added.

Mamata Banerjee congratulates Murmu on being elected as President

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday congratulated NDA presidential nominee Droupadi Murmu after she emerged victorious in the election. The Trinamool Congress supremo said that the country will sincerely look up to Murmu as the "Head of State to protect the ideals of the Constitution and the custodian of our democracy". The TMC has supported Yashwant Sinha, the joint candidate of major non-BJP parties, in the election held on July 18. "I would like to congratulate Hon'ble Presidential-Elect Smt Draupadi Murmu. The country will sincerely look up to you as the Head of State to protect the ideals of our Constitution & be the custodian of our democracy, especially when (the) nation is plagued with so many dissensions (sic)," she tweeted. Returning Office for the poll P C Mody announced that she had crossed the halfway mark of the total votes after the third round of counting. An official announcement of her win is expected after all votes are counted.

Break BJP's prison, bring people's government in 2024, says Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday asserted that the saffron camp will be swept away from power at the Centre by people's mandate in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

Huge gathering for TMC's Martyrs' Day rally amid high security at Esplanade

A huge number of people from across West Bengal have congregated at Esplanade, the city's downtown area, for the mega Martyr's Day rally by ruling Trinamool Congress being held amidst tight security

Bengal logs 2,455 new Covid cases, 6 fatalities; positivity rate at 15.4%

West Bengal's COVID-19 tally rose to 20,77,005 on Wednesday as 2,455 more people tested positive for the infection, while six fresh fatalities pushed the toll to 21,294, a health bulletin said. The state had reported 2,243 cases and six fatalities on the previous day. The positivity rate stood at 15.47 per cent as 15,870 samples were tested for COVID-19. The state now has 28,399 active cases, while 20,27,312 people have recovered from the disease so far, including 3,019 in the last 24 hours, it added.

CBI files charge sheet against 41 in Bengal coal pilferage case

The Central Bureau of Investigation has named 41 people, including senior officials of Eastern Coalfields Limited, in its charge sheet filed at a court in West Bengal's Asansol in a multi-crore coal pilferage scam. Among others who find mention in the charge sheet are private companies and unknown officials of the CISF and Railways, a CBI statement said. "They entered into a conspiracy and in pursuance of that, fraudulently misappropriated coal from the coal reserve of leasehold areas under the dominion of ECL, and also from the coal stock parked in the Railway sidings for sale and supply," it said. "It was further alleged that the said accused had obtained undue advantage in the form of huge and regular cash amount as bribe from said private person and facilitated misappropriation of coal from ECL leasehold area and thereby extended undue protection & patronage to the illegal coal syndicate," the statement added. The charge sheet was filed on Tuesday. Sleuths of the CBI have ...

West Bengal logs 2,243 new Covid cases, 6 deaths; active count at 28,969

As many as 20,24,293 people have recovered from the disease in Bengal, including 2,851 since Monday.