Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar to be quizzed in Shillong today
Feb 09, 2019, at 09:11 am
Kolkata/New Delhi, Feb 9 (IBNS): Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar will appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for questioning in connection with its ongoing Supreme Court mandated probe into chit fund scams on Saturday, officials said.
PM Narendra Modi visits north Bengal, targets Mamata Banerjee over her 'dharna'
Feb 08, 2019, at 04:29 pm
Jalpaiguri, Feb 8 (IBNS):At a time when state CM Mamata Banerjee recently sat on a dharna (sit-in protest) to demonstrate against CBI's actions against Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday came down to West Bengal to attack the TMC-led government and also highlighted his Centre's developmental works in the past five years.
BJP will win 23 seats in West Bengal this year: Amit Shah
Feb 06, 2019, at 05:34 pm
Bulandshahr, Feb 6 (IBNS): Giving a new challenge to the ruling Trinamool Congress and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, BJP chief Amit Shah on Wednesday said he will ensure that the Bharatiya Janata Party wins 23 seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in the east Indian state.
Kolkata CP Rajeev Kumar to face departmental action for attending Mamata's 'political' dharna
Feb 06, 2019, at 02:54 pm
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IBNS): The Union Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday asked the West Bengal government to start a departmental probe and take action against Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar as the ministry found that the senior IPS officer violated Indian Administrative Service rule and discipline by attending a political event on duty last Sunday, officials said.
SC sends notice to Prashant Bhusan in contempt petitions over CBI tweets
Feb 06, 2019, at 01:18 pm
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IBNS):The Supreme Court has sent a notice to lawyer-activist Prashant Bhushan, after the Centre accused him of contempt for his tweets on the appointment of Nageshwar Rao as the interim chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation, media reports said.
After SC asks Kolkata Police Commissioner to face CBI, Mamata ends dharna
Feb 05, 2019, at 09:35 pm
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IBNS): After the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar to cooperate with CBI in connection with chit fund scams, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claiming moral victory called off her sit-in protest (dharna) which began on Sunday evening against the federal agency's action in the state.
Kolkata CP Rajeev Kumar to face departmental action for attending Mamata's 'political' dharna
Feb 05, 2019, at 06:05 pm
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IBNS): The Union Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday asked the West Bengal government to start a departmental probe and take action against Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar as the ministry found that the senior IPS officer violated Indian Administrative Service rule and discipline by attending a political event on duty last Sunday, officials said.
This is a fight to save democracy: Tejashwi Yadav says from Mamata Banerjee's dharna venue
Feb 05, 2019, at 05:36 pm
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IBNS): RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav joined West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on the dharna venue to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government and said they are all battling to fight 'democracy' and various 'democratic institutions' in the country.
After SC order, CBI starts forming 'special' team to quiz Kolkata CP Rajeev Kumar
Feb 05, 2019, at 05:34 pm
Kolkata/New Delhi, Feb 5 (IBNS): After getting the Supreme Court's nod on Tuesday morning, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has begun constituting a special team to interrogate Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar in connection with its ongoing probe into several chit fund scams, officials said.
Mamata indicts BJP's Assam Minister producing jailed Saradha chief's 2013 letter
Feb 05, 2019, at 04:59 pm
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IBNS): On the third day of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's ongoing 'dharna' in Kolkata against CBI's move to quiz the Kolkata Police chief, the TMC supremo handed out to media a letter written by Saradha Chit Fund chief Sudipto Sen in 2013 in which he made an allegation against present senior Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Mamata gets support from Kleptocrat's club : Arun Jaitley
Feb 05, 2019, at 02:02 pm
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IBNS) : Hitting out at the opposition leaders who have thrown their weight behind West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in her standoff with the Centre over the CBI episode, Union Minister Arun Jaitley today alleged that such individuals themselves are involved in corruption and the country can not afford to be run by a 'Kleptocrat's club.
Victory of people, says Mamata on SC order on Rajeev Kumar; BJP scoffs, calls it victory of CBI
Feb 05, 2019, at 12:33 pm
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IBNS): West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday claimed as a moral victory the Supreme Court order on the CBI-West Bengal government standoff in which the apex court asked the Kolkata police chief Rajeev Kumar to appear before the federal agency for probe into chit funds scam in a neutral place with assurance of no coercive action now.
Rajeev Kumar should appear before CBI: Supreme Court
Feb 05, 2019, at 11:21 am
New Delhi/Kolkata: As West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's dharna (sit-in protest) against Central Bureau of Investigation's move to quiz Rajeev Kumar entered its third day, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said the Kolkata Police chief should make himself available for the federal agency probe.
Mamata Banerjee's dharna enters third day, Supreme Court to hear CBI plea today
Feb 05, 2019, at 09:15 am
New Delhi/Kolkata, Feb 5 (BNS): As West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's dharna (sit-in protest) against Central Bureau of Investigation's move against Rajeev Kumar enters its third day, the Supreme Court will take up the central probe agency's plea against the Kolkata Police chief on Tuesday.
Opposition backs Mamata's dharna against CBI; BJP calls it 'alliance of corrupts'
Feb 04, 2019, at 11:50 pm
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IBNS): With weeks to go for the General Elections, several opposition leaders came together in support of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is continuing her "sit-in protest" (dharna) over CBI's move against Kolkata Police Commissioner, Rajeev Kumar, accused of tampering evidences of several chit-fund scams.
Feb 04, 2019, at 06:04 pm
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IBNS): Former West Bengal IPS officer Bharati Ghosh, who was wanted in an alleged extortion case and has been absconding since last year, on Monday joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in New Delhi.
Amid Mamata Banerjee's dharna, Rishi Kumar Shukla takes charge as new CBI chief
Feb 04, 2019, at 05:20 pm
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IBNS): Newly-appointed CBI chief Rishi Kumar Shukla on Monday took charge of his office at a time when West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is sitting on a dharna in Kolkata to oppose the national probe agency's move against city police chief Rajeev Kumar on Sunday.
Chandrababu Naidu won't be welcomed to NDA fold: Amit Shah
Feb 04, 2019, at 05:04 pm
Hyderabad, Feb 4 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah on Monday went to Andhra Pradesh and said CM Chandrababu Naidu will not be included in the NDA fold if his party comes to power in the state.
Ravi Shankar Prasad calls opposition parties supporting CM Mamata as 'alliance of corrupts'
Feb 04, 2019, at 04:50 pm
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IBNS); Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday once again targeted opposition leaders and called them 'an alliance of corrupts' after several of them extended their support to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who is currently on a dharna (sit-in protest) against the Central Bureau of Investigation's move against Kolkata Police Chief Rajeev Kumar.
BJP shares old tweets where Rahul Gandhi attacked CM Mamata over same cheat fund scams
Feb 04, 2019, at 03:47 pm
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IBNS): At a time when Rahul Gandhi came out in supporting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is currently sitting on an indefinite dharna against the CBI move against Kolkata Police Chief Rajeev Kumar, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) shared certain old tweets on its official handle where the Congress president could be seen attacking the TMC supremo over the cheat fund scams which hit the east Indian state since she came to power in 2011.
Mamata-CBI tussle: Anti-BJP Opposition backs TMC chief
Feb 04, 2019, at 02:10 pm
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IBNS): In an apparent boost for the anti-Narendra Modi front, several opposition leaders, most of them who were seen at the Brigade rally on Jan 19, backed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's "sit-in" protest against the CBI's move to quiz Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar for allegedly tampering evidences of chit-fund scams.
Both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha adjourned till 2 pm over Mamata's dharna
Feb 04, 2019, at 01:48 pm
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IBNS): Both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha were adjourned till 2 pm on Monday amid ruckus after TMC MPs protested against BJP for allegedly using CBI for political gains in West Bengal ahead of the General Elections.
Who is Mamata shielding? Herself or top cop, asks BJP leader Javadekar
Feb 04, 2019, at 01:38 pm
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IBNS): As the entire opposition rallies behind Mamata Banerjee to challenge Narendra Modi over the CBI vs Kolkata Police episode, the BJP hit back hard asking who is the West Bengal Chief Minister shielding in her tussle with the federal agency- the top cop of Kolkata or herself.
Supreme Court to hear CBI plea against Kolkata top cop tomorrow, Mamata continues dharna
Feb 04, 2019, at 11:26 am
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Monday said it will hear tomorrow the CBI plea against the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal on non-cooperation with the federal agency to probe into the state's chit fun scams, which require the quizzing of Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar, media reports said.
Kejriwal, Tejashwi likely to visit Kolkata over Mamata-CBI tussle
Feb 04, 2019, at 10:59 am
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IBNS): After expressing solidarity with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her tussle with the CBI, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav are likely to visit Kolkata on Monday, media reports said.
CBI set to move Supreme Court against Mamata Banerjee's 'non-cooperation'
Feb 04, 2019, at 10:42 am
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IBNS): Amid the drama unfolding in Kolkata over West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's "sit-in protest" against CBI's move, the central investigating agency is planning to move the Supreme Court against the state government over its "non-cooperation" on Monday, media reports said.
Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee continues her dharna against CBI move to quiz city police chief
Feb 04, 2019, at 09:06 am
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's dharna (sit-in protest) in Kolkata, which she commenced on Sunday to protest against the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) move to enter the house of city police chief Rajeev Kumar to quiz him on chit funds scams, entered its second day on Monday.
Mamata sits on dharna against CBI move to quiz Kolkata police chief, BJP demands Prez Rule in Bengal
Feb 03, 2019, at 11:40 pm
Kolkata/New Delhi, Feb 3 (IBNS): Amid high drama that unfolded since evening, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday began an indefinite dharna (sit-in protest) to protest the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) move to enter the house of Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar to quiz him on chit funds scams and said she is ready to "sacrifice her life to save India from Modi even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanded imposition of 'presidential rule' in the eastern state where the Trinamool Congress is ruling since 2011.
We found concrete evidence against Rajeev Kumar: CBI on chit fund scam probe
Feb 03, 2019, at 10:52 pm
Kolkata, Feb 3 (IBNS) As a high-pitched drama unfolded in Kolkata Sunday evening over the CBI's attempt to interrogate Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar, the federal investigating agency claimed they have concrete evidence against the city police chief in the chit fund scams probe and hence summoned him for quizzing for the past two years.
Feb 03, 2019, at 10:44 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata, Feb 3 (IBNS): Several key opposition leaders, including Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, came out in support of their West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee as she began a dharna (sit-in protest) in the city's downtown area to protest the CBI move to enter the house of Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar, whom the federal probe agency wanted to meet in chit fund scam cases.