Supreme Court Requests ED’s Response on Partha Chatterjee’s Bail in High-Stakes Teachers’ Scam

01 Oct 2024

In a significant development on October 1, 2024, the Supreme Court of India requested a response from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) regarding a bail plea filed by former West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee. This plea is connected to a high-profile case involving alleged irregularities in teacher appointments and has...

HC Denies Bail To Former WB Education Minister Partha Chatterjee

02 May 2024

The Calcutta High Court has rejected the bail plea of former Education Minister Partha Chatterjee, who is embroiled in the cash-for-jobs recruitment scandal involving the illegal appointment of Assistant Teachers under the West Bengal Board of Primary Education. The decision came from a single bench of the High Court, which...

BJP jibes at TMC for corruption in the garb of Durga Pandal

02 Oct 2022

Using a pandal in Kolkata with a corruption theme, the Bengal BJP has targeted the administration. The Durga Puja pandal prominently displays cut-outs and pictures of Partha Chatterjee and the Bengal education scam. Sukanta Majumda, the leader of the BJP Bengal division, officially unveiled the Durga Puja celebrations at the...

‘Kept in my absence’, Arpita Mukherjee to ED

02 Aug 2022

Days after Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, who has now been suspended, asserted that the enormous sums of money recovered by the Enforcement Directorate in the case involving school jobs were not his, his aide Arpita Mukherjee has now made similar claims. "The money does not belong to me; it was...

West Bengal to get 7 new districts, says CM Mamata

01 Aug 2022

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced that the state would get seven new districts, raising the total number of districts to 30. Sunderban, Ichhamati, Ranaghat, Bishnupur, Jangipur, Behrampur, and Basirhat will be the seven new districts, according to the government. "Earlier there were 23 districts in Bengal...

Bengal Cabinet rejig on Wednesday, “Not possible handle alone,” says Mamta

01 Aug 2022

The Bengal Cabinet will be reorganised on Wednesday, according to the announcement made by the Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, on Monday. The chief minister stated in a briefing that at least four more hires can be anticipated. The announcement comes shortly after Partha Chatterjee and his assistant Arpita Mukherjee were...

Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi questions Mamata’s silence over Partha case

29 Jul 2022

Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi on Thursday took a jibe at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's silence over the corruption charges against former TMC Leader Partha Chatterjee. Addressing a press conference BJP leader said, "I want to remind the people that those who used the slogan 'Maa, Maati, Manush' in...

WB SSC Scam: Partha Chatterjee removed from all posts with immediate effects

28 Jul 2022

Trinamool Congress general secretary and Mamata Banerjee’s close aide Partha Chatterjee has been removed from the Bengal ministry on Thursday. The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee following his arrest in the school jobs scam case. Amid growing clamor to remove Commerce...

WB SSC Scam: ED arrests TMC Minister Partha Chatterjee

23 Jul 2022

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday arrested Trinamool Congress general secretary and Mamata Banerjee's close aide Partha Chatterjee after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) found cash worth Rs 20 crore from an aide's house. This major action has been taken against him in connection with the teacher recruitment scam in West...