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CBI begins interrogating Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar in Shillong; commissioner accompanied by 2 IPS officers
• 6 years agoKolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar, his counsel Biswajit Deb and senior IPS officers Javed Shamim and Murlidhar Sharma arrived at the CBI office in Shillong at 11 am.
Bharati Ghosh joins BJP, but former Bengal IPS officer's chequered career at odds with saffron party's stated stand on corruption
Suhit K Sen • 6 years agoBJP inducted Bharati Ghosh, a former police officer, into its ranks in West Bengal. Ghosh, an officer once much favoured by the Trinamool Congress government and leadership, has had a chequered career that is worth recounting in some detail to make a larger point about the party that still controls the Centre
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Fp Staff • 6 years agoIn his zest or nervousness, Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar, it appears has shifted his loyalty to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee
Mamata Banerjee's 'Save Democracy' dharna reeks of hypocrisy; West Bengal CM's stand aimed to further her PM ambitions
Sanjay • 6 years agoMamata Banerjee is playing the victim card and trying to portray herself as the valiant fighter who is going all out in her fight against the Centre to establish herself as an alternative a national alternative to Narendra Modi
CBI arrests editor of leading Bengali daily in Kolkata in connection with chit fund scam
• 6 years agoAfter repeated questioning by enforcement agencies for four years, the CBI on Thursday arrested Suman Chattopadhyay, editor of of a leading Bengali daily, in connection with West Bengal's ICore chit fund scam, officials said in New Delhi.
Amit Shah says Left cadres have been 'looting' public in Tripura by pocketing public funds meant for development
• 7 years agoBJP president Amit Shah asked the people to oust Tripura's "lal bhai" government, as he accused the Left cadres of pocketing public funds meant for development and promised to make the state a model one if his party is voted to power
Orissa HC grants conditional bail to TMC MP Tapas Pal in Rose Valley chit fund case
Ians • 7 years agoThe Orissa High Court on Thursday granted conditional bail to Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Tapas Pal, who was arrested in the Rose Valley chit fund scam.
Rose Valley chit fund scam: ED attaches assets worth Rs 300 cr of Kolkata-based group
Ians • 8 years agoEnforcement Directorate (ED) has attached Rs 300 crore assets of Rose Valley group in its ongoing probe against the chit fund company for money laundering
Tripura Congress seeks resignation of minister Bijita Nath for 'involvement in chit fund scam'
• 8 years agoThe Congress in Tripura on Monday demanded the immediate resignation of social welfare minister Bijita Nath, who received a CBI notice for interrogation in connection with the Rose Valley Group chit fund scam.
Mamata Banerjee in Odisha: Police detains Puri temple servitor for opposing West Bengal CM's visit
• 8 years agoA servitor of the Jagannath Temple was detained by the police on Tuesday for allegedly threatening to oppose West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's visit to the 12th-century shrine in Puri on Wednesday.