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Partha used his college-day photo while buying property in 2012: Report

Document for the purchase of land jointly by Partha Chatterjee and Arpita Mukherjee in 2012 at Bolpur-Santiniketan in West Bengal's Birbhum district has his college-day picture.

Mamata leaves for Delhi to attend Niti Aayog prog, meeting with PM likely

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday afternoon left Kolkata for a four-day trip to New Delhi, where she was to meet opposition leaders, besides attending a Niti Aayog programme

West Bengal: Five cabinet ministers sworn in, including Babul Supriyo

Supriyo, along with Snehasis Chakraborty, Partha Bhowmik, Udayan Guha and Pradip Majumdar were sworn in as cabinet ministers at Raj Bhavan by Governor La Ganesan.

WBSSC scam case: Partha, Arpita to remain in ED custody till Aug 5

The ED had sought four days of custody for Chatterjee and three days for Mukherjee, from whose apartments crores of rupees in cash and other valuables were recovered last month.

Three turncoats get ministerial berths in Mamata Banerjee's government

As 9 TMC legislators were inducted as ministers in the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government, three out of them are turncoat politicians who joined Trinamool Congress at a later stage.

Top headlines: IndiGo Q1 net loss narrows; rupee plummets 68 paise

Adani Power on Wednesday reported 16-fold jump in consolidated net profit at Rs 4,780 crore for the quarter ending June 30, 2022.

J'khand MLAs cash seizure case: Bengal CID 'restrained' by Delhi Police

West Bengal CID claimed that Delhi Police allegedly restrained its team from conducting a raid in the national capital at a property associated with one of the three arrested Jharkhand MLAs.

WB ministers do not pick calls even if we ring 10 times: Pratima Bhoumik

"Even if we call 10 times, ministers in West Bengal do not pick the calls...That is the situation," Union minister Pratima Bhoumik said in Lok Sabha while replying to queries.

ED searches 2 more flats, shop allegedly linked to Arpita Mukherjee: WB

ED officials probing the multi-crore teacher recruitment scam, on Tuesday conducted search operations at two flats and another shop allegedly linked to Arpita Mukherjee.

West Bengal's share in small savings rises to highest since pandemic began

Maharashtra has also seen an increase in net collections in recent years

WBSSC scam: Another company linked to Arpita Mukherjee under ED scanner

The ED sleuths probing the multi-crore West Bengal School Service Commission scam have tracked another shell company clandestinely linked to Arpita Mukherjee, the close aide of Partha Chatterjee.

Money with J'khand MLAs sourced in Kolkata, trio part of bigger plan: CID

The huge cash found on the now-suspended Congress MLAs from Jharkhand had its source in Kolkata and not Assam, a senior West Bengal CID officer probing the matter said.

Partha Chatterjee 'non-cooperative', not responding to questions: ED

Arrested West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee has been "non-cooperating" with sleuths of the Enforcement Directorate as he has "not replied" to most of their questions.

Mamata to carve out seven new districts in Bengal, total number rises to 30

The Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal on Monday decided to carve out seven new districts out of the existing 23 districts by redrawing their boundaries for better administration.

West Bengal to carve out seven new districts, total number rises to 30

CM Mamata Banerjee earlier also announced that a cabinet reshuffle is on cards, and around four to five new faces will be inducted to the council of ministers

Major reshuffle in TMC, ministers assigned organisational responsibilities

Trinamool Congress on Monday carried out a major organisational reshuffle in the party and inducted several new faces, including some ministers with thrust on toning up the party ahead of next year's crucial panchayat polls. The restructing came amidst the ongoing political furore over the arrest of veteran party leader and former minister Partha Chatterjee in a school recruitment scam. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee earlier in the day announced a cabinet reshuffle and said a few leaders occupying ministerial posts will be sent back to the party for organisational work. The All India Trinamool Congress under the inspiration and guidance of Hon'ble Chairperson Smt Mamata Banerjee is pleased to announce a few new appointments of District Chairman & District President for West Bengal Trinamool Congress, the party said in a statement. After Banerjee's announcement Asima Patra, the minister of state with independent charge of the department of planning, statistics and ...

Cabinet reshuffle on cards, 4-5 new faces likely to get inducted: Mamata

Rubbishing media reports about the possible dissolution of state cabinet, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that a reshuffle was on the cards, with four to five new faces expected to get inducted in the council of ministers. Banerjee also said that several departments were currently functioning without any dedicated minister, and it wasn't possible for her to shoulder responsibilities of these alone. "We have to reshuffle our Cabinet. But (I) do not have any plan to dissolve the Cabinet and come up with a new one. There are several departments which has no one at the helm. I alone cannot shoulder (the) responsibilities of all these departments," Banerjee told reporters. "We will introduce four to five new faces in the Cabinet. The reshuffle will be carried out on Wednesday," the chief minister added. Departments of Panchayat, Public Health Engineering, Consumer Affairs & Self Help Group are currently looked after by Banerjee. After Partha Chatterjee was ...

10 dead, many injured due to electrocution in West Bengal's Cooch Behar

As many as 10 people died in West Bengal's Cooch Behar after a pickup van carrying passengers en route to Jalpesh got electrocuted, according to the police on late Sunday night.Soon after the incident, the passengers were rushed to the hospital where 16 people out of 27 in the van were referred to Jalpaiguri hospital for treatment as they sustained minor injuries in the incident.According to the police, the incident may have taken place due to the wiring of the generator of the DJ system in the van."Today at around 12 am, an incident took place at Dharla Bridge under Mekhliganj PS where one pick up van carrying passengers on its way to Jalpesh got electrocuted. The preliminary enquiry reveals that it might be due to wiring of the generator (DJ system) which was fitted in the back of the vehicle," said Additional Superintendent of Police, Matabhanga, Amit Varma."They were brought to Changrabandha BPHC. The attending Medical Officer referred 16 out of 27 persons to Jalpaiguri District ..

West Bengal logs 1,011 new Covid-19 cases, 7 fatalities in 24 hrs

West Bengal's COVID-19 tally rose to 20,93,891 on Sunday as 1,011 more people tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said.

Congress suspends 3 Jharkhand MLAs held in Bengal with huge amount of cash

However, it asserted that the coalition government led by the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) is "completely secure and stable'' and would complete its term.