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We are thieves, you all are saints, Mamata takes a dig at BJP’s corruption allegations

Remarks by the TMC supremo assume significance as it comes in backdrop of seizure of cash valuing ₹50 crore and jewellery of ₹4.5 crore from the residence of Mr. Chatterjee’s aide

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Income Tax department raids Jharkhand hotel in search of Partha Chatterjee aide

The person, however, reportedly left the hotel hours before the I-T team arrived.

The Hindu

West Bengal SSC scam case: Custody of Partha Chatterjee, Arpita Mukherjee extended till August 31

KOLKATA: A special court on Thursday extended the judicial remand of former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee and his alleged close aide Arpita Mukherjee — both arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the School Service Commission (SSC) scam — by 14 more days.

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Posters of Abhishek Banerjee with promise of a new TMC create a flutter

Differences between the party’s old guard and new leadership have come to fore lately

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ED officials visit Kolkata jail to quiz arrested ex-Bengal minister

“We had quizzed Arpita yesterday.”

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Mamata’s backing lifts Anubrata’s ‘confidence’ in custody

Speculation rife over party’s reaction to recent arrests of two senior TMC leaders

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Explained: What is the SSC scam and what does it mean for West Bengal politics?

Over the past weeks, the West Bengal public education system has been under legal scrutiny. Both the CBI and the ED are presently investigating a multi-crore corruption scam involving the Staff Selection Commission and thousands of illegal appointments. Partha Chatterjee, one of the most influential ministers in Mamata Banerjee’s cabinet,…

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CBI arrests Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal in cattle smuggling case

The TMC leader had twice skipped his scheduled appearance before the central probe agency in the last few days.

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Kolkata: ‘Uncomfortable’ Arpita Mukherjee seeks ward transfer in Alipore prison

KOLKATA: Arpita Mukherjee, who was lodged in ward 4 at Alipore Correctional Home following a court order, might be shifted to a different ward after she told prison authorities that she was feeling uncomfortable there and requested a transfer.

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Partha Chatterjee, aide remanded in judicial custody till August 18

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Pride for profession taken a hit: Bengal teachers

‘Sanctity associated with teaching getting dented by recent arrest of Minister’

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West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee rejigs ministry, Babul Supriyo among five new faces in cabinet

KOLKATA: The Mamata Banerjee government effected on Wednesday its second cabinet reshuffle since being voted to office in 2021 for its third successive term, adding five cabinet ministers and three ministers of state to give Bengal a 44-strong council of ministers, reports Debashis Konar. North Bengal strongman Udayan Guha, former…

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Partha Chatterjee, aide in ED custody till August 5

LIC policies, partnerships uncovered’

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Babul Supriyo finds place in Mamata Cabinet

Eight new faces inducted in Ministry

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West Bengal cabinet reshuffle: Raj Bhavan ready for swearing-in ceremony

KOLKATA: Raj Bhavan in the city is gearing up for the 4pm show of swearing-in ceremony of the new ministers, as West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is going to reshuffle her cabinet. For the swearing-in ceremony at Raj Bhavan, governor La Ganesan who is holding dual charge of Bengal and…

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West Bengal: TMC scoffs at Arpita Mukherjee cash denial

KOLKATA: Expelled Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee's "close associate" Arpita Mukherjee claimed on Tuesday that the money found in her flats was kept in her absence and she had no knowledge about the same.

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Partha Chatterjee gets slipper treatment in Kolkata hospital

KOLKATA: A woman in her late thirties, Subhra Ghorui, a resident of Amtala in South 24 Parganas, who had come to the OPD of ESI Hospital at Joka for the treatment of a relative, threw her slippers at Partha Chatterjee while he was being taken back to the CGO Complex…

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Kolkata: Partha Chatterjee's 'slipper treatment' in Hospital

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Kolkata: ED raids flats, nail salons to nail Arpita Mukherjee and Partha Chatterjee

KOLKATA: ED officers on Tuesday raided seven premises related to Arpita Mukherjee - three nail salons and four flats - the most in a day since her arrest last Saturday, taking the total number of properties raided in her connection to 15 in the last 10 days.

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Rectify teachers' recruitment scam: Dharmendra Pradhan to WB CM

Enforcement Directorate is investigating the alleged multi-crore school job scam

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School job scam: Woman throws shoes at former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee

KOLKATA: A woman on Tuesday took off her pair of shoes and made an attempt to throw her footwear at suspended Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee when the latter was being escorted out of a hospital in Kolkata by Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials . It, however, missed its mark.

The Hindu

School jobs scam | Money kept in my residences without my knowledge: Partha's close aide

Meanwhile, a woman hurled shoes at former Education Minister when he was at hospital for medical check-up

The Times of India

Pressure mounts on Mamata Banerjee to sack MoS education Paresh Adhikari in SSC scam

NEW DELHI: The main opposition in West Bengal, the BJP, has accused chief minister Mamata Banerjee of trying to deflect the people’s attention from the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment irregularities scam by announcing reorganisation of the state and reshuffle of portfolios of her council of ministers on August 3.

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