Calcutta HC grants interim bail to 3 TMC leaders, former Kolkata Mayor in Narada case
Kolkata/IBNS: In a setback for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Calcutta High Court on Friday granted an interim bail to three heavyweight Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLAs including two West Bengal ministers and a former Kolkata Mayor in the case related to Narada sting operation.
Narada case: Calcutta HC orders house arrest of four Bengal politicians
Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered house arrest of four heavyweight Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders and a former Kolkata Mayor, who were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) earlier this week in connection with the Narada case.
Narada case: No hearing in Calcutta HC today
Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court will on Thursday not resume its hearing on the plea filed by three arrested Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLAs and a former Kolkata Mayor seeking the reconsideration of the stay put on the bail granted to them by a local court in the Narada case.
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) lawmaker Madan Mitra and former Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee, who have been arrested in the Narada case a day ago, were admitted to a hospital after complaints of breathlessness.
Kolkata/IBNS: In a dramatic turn of events, the Calcutta High Court on Monday night stayed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court's interim bail granted to West Bengal Ministers Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee, Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra and former party leader Sovan Chatterjee in connection with the Narada scam case. All four were taken to Presidency jail after midnight.
Kolkata/IBNS: A special Central Bureau of Information (CBI) court in Kolkata granted interim bail to West Bengal Ministers Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee, Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra and former TMC leader Sovan Chatterjee after they were arrested by the probe agency on Monday in connection with the Narada scam.
CBI arrest of TMC leaders in Narada case sparks outrage, Mamata camps at Nizam Palace
Kolkata/IBNS: In a morning swoop, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested three top Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders, including Kolkata Municipal Corporation administrator Firhad Hakim, along with a former Mayor, in connection with the 2016 Narada expose, triggering a political firestorm in West Bengal amid a raging pandemic and in the aftermath of a violent staggered state election in which the ruling TMC decimated its new political challenger BJP.
CBI arrests three TMC leaders, former Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee in Narada case
Kolkata/IBNS: In an interesting turn of events in West Bengal, India's premier investigating agency on Monday arrested three Trinamool Congress (TMC) heavyweights and a former Kolkata Mayor in a case related to the Narada sting operation.
Sovan Chatterjee appointed as BJP's Kolkata zone's observer
Kolkata/IBNS: Months before the West Bengal Assembly polls, the BJP has taken former Kolkata Mayor, Sovan Chatterjee, back to active politics by appointing him as the observer of the party's Kolkata zone.
Speculations rife over Sovan Chatterjee's return to TMC, BJP leader Arvind Menon calls on him
Kolkata/UNI: With speculations rife over former Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee's comeback to his former party Trinamool Congress (TMC), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s national leader Arvind Menon called on him late last night and held a closed door meeting for hours.
CBI records voice sample of former Kolkata mayor Sovan Chatterjee in Narada sting scam case
Kolkata, Sep 11 (UNI) The CBI, probing the Narada sting operations scam case, today recorded the voice sample of former Kolkata Corporation mayor Sovan Chatterjee, who had joined the BJP recently.
Kolkata, Sep 9 (UNI) The CBI probing the Narada sting operations case has freshly summoned Bengal minister Suvendu Adhikari, former Kolkata Mayor and now BJP leader Shovan Chatterjee and journo Mathew Samuel to appear on Wednesday (September 11) as the investigating agency wanted to have face to face interrogation and their voice recording in the alleged scam of money transfer against favour.
Mamata couldn't have become CM without BJP's help: Sovan Chatterjee
Kolkata: Once a right-hand man and a close aide of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, ex-Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee on Tuesday said his former party chief couldn't have assumed power without the saffron party's assistance.
Mamata's former right hand man and ex Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee joins BJP with friend Baisakhi
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IBNS): Giving a jolt to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, former Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee, who was once considered one of the closest aides of the Trinamool Congress chief, and his close associate Baisakhi Banerjee joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday.
Former Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee, close aide Baishakhi Banerjee join BJP
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IBNS): Once a close aide of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, former Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee and his 'close friend' Baishakhi Banerjee, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday, months after the Trinamool Congress received a jolt in the Lok Sabha polls in May.