Kolkata CP Rajeev Kumar to face departmental action for attending Mamata's 'political' dharna
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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'
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.
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
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
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'
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
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
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.