Morning Digest | Rain fury continues unabated in Kerala; India moves into hockey semifinals at CWG, and more A select list of stories to read before you start your day The Hindu · Aug 5, 2022
West Bengal: Tantuja set to receive National Award KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday congratulated Tantuja through a tweet for being set to receive a National Award. She posted on Twitter: "Happy to share that our state apex society for handlooms, Tantuja, will be receiving the National Award for Design Development for handloom products on National Handloom… The Times of India · Aug 5, 2022
Mamata Banerjee on four-day visit to Delhi as agencies step up heat The visit comes at a time when central investigation agencies have stepped up probe in connection with different scams in West Bengal. The Hindu · Aug 4, 2022
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… The Times of India · Aug 4, 2022
Babul Supriyo finds place in Mamata Cabinet Eight new faces inducted in Ministry The Hindu · Aug 3, 2022
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… The Times of India · Aug 3, 2022
Rectify teachers' recruitment scam: Dharmendra Pradhan to WB CM Enforcement Directorate is investigating the alleged multi-crore school job scam The Hindu · Aug 2, 2022
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. The Times of India · Aug 2, 2022
West Bengal cabinet reshuffle on August 3: Mamata Banerjee “We have to reshuffle the cabinet because senior leader Subrata Mukherjee and Sadhan Pande have passed away and Partha Chatterjee is in prison,” said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee The Hindu · Aug 1, 2022
WB: Cabinet to get '4-5 new faces', reshuffle on Wednesday This comes soon after former minister Partha Chatterjee was arrested by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the SSC recruitment scam case. Full story on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · Aug 1, 2022
Monsoon Session: Bengal BJP MPs protest outside Parliament over SSC recruitment scam The ED arrested Partha Chatterjee, who was also the Trinamool Congress secretary-general, on July 23 for an investigation into the teacher recruitment scam. Full story on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · Aug 1, 2022
Not my money, says Partha Chatterjee on cash recovered by ED Agency seized ₹50 crore from his aide The Hindu · Jul 31, 2022
Partha Chatterjee | The fall of a heavyweight With its former leader in jail over corruption, Trinamool is on a sticky wicket The Hindu · Jul 30, 2022
Trinamool faces the heat as protests over SSC scam grows The party MP Abhishek Banerjee holds meeting with job seekers and students as Trinamool Congress faces heat over the scam The Hindu · Jul 30, 2022
The Hindu · Jul 29, 2022 Tumbling skeletons: On Partha Chatterjee arrest and Trinamool’s woes The sacking of Partha Chatterjee might not be enough to brush aside charges of corruption
The Hindu · Jul 28, 2022 Partha Chatterjee is out of Bengal Cabinet Trinamool suspends Mr. Chatterjee
Dynamite News · Jul 28, 2022 West Bengal: Arrested Minister Partha Chatterjee sacked from Cabinet over SSC recruitment scam Partha Chatterjee, accused in SSC scam case, is currently under the custody of ED. Read further on Dynamite News:
The Times of India · Jul 28, 2022 Sack Partha Chatterjee from cabinet, expel him, demand TMC leaders WEST BENGAL: West Bengal's industry minister Partha Chatterjee, arrested in the SSC scam, should be removed immediately from his post and expelled from the Trinamool Congress, the party's state general secretary Kunal Ghosh demanded on Thursday.
The Hindu · Jul 27, 2022 Mamata in a spot As another ‘scam’ taints the TMC’s image, the Chief Minister needs to do more about corruption
The Hindu · Jul 27, 2022 More cash, gold recovered from home of arrested Bengal Minister’s aide The cash was recovered from one of the apartments of Arpita Mukherjee at Belghoria in northern fringes of Kolkata
The Times of India · Jul 26, 2022 Bengal's revered 'One Rupee Doctor' Sushovan Banerjee passes away The famed one rupee doctor of West Bengal, Sushovan Banerjee has passed away today. A doctor and a politician, Dr Banerjee treated patients for close to 60 years. He is an ex-MLA from Bolpur seat and had contested on Congress ticket in 1984.
The Hindu · Jul 26, 2022 Explained | The discord between NDA’s vice-presidential candidate and the Bengal government Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s government wrote to the Prime Minister and asked the President to recall Jagdeep Dhankhar as the State’s Governor during his term
The Hindu · Jul 26, 2022 Sack arrested West Bengal Minister immediately: Adhir Chowdhury tells Mamata Banerjee In a letter written to Ms. Banerjee, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said “irregularities” in the recruitment process by the School Service Commission is "an open secret”.
The Times of India · Jul 26, 2022 How Mamata Banerjee changed her tune over support to Droupadi Murmu in the midst of presidential election NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee-headed Trinamool Congress (TMC) breaking ranks with the opposition in the vice-presidential election remains a mystery but the party had, in fact, started parting ways with the Congress-led UPA in the presidential poll itself.
The Hindu · Jul 26, 2022 Morning Digest | Hooch kills 18 people in Gujarat; Sri Lanka to restrict fuel imports for next 12 months and more A select list of stories to read before you start your day