Bengal's new DGP Rajeev Kumar: From controversial accusations to high-stakes investigationsIn 2009, the TMC accused Kolkata Police's STF chief of phone surveillance on then-railway minister Mamata Banerjee. In 2019, Banerjee prote...
27 Dec, 2023, 09.54 PM IST
ED arrests URO Group director Biswapriya Giri in chit fund caseThe enforcement official then went on to produce him before the Special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) Court, Kolkata, on the sa...
23 Aug, 2023, 12.33 AM IST
Special court grants interim bail to TMC's Kunal Ghosh in Saradha chit fund caseKunal Ghosh's lawyer claims that he surrendered before the court on Thursday soon after getting information about the issued summons. The c...
09 Sep, 2021, 05.50 PM IST
CBI questions Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh in Saradha chit fund scam caseKunal Ghosh was the CEO of Saradha Media, an arm of the Saradha Group which was busted in 2013 for its illegal operations, and was arrested...
27 Aug, 2020, 03.51 PM IST
Derek O' Brien questioned by CBI in Saradha chit fund caseDerek O' Brien is the second TMC MP to be quizzed by a central agency in the chit fund scam in two days.
09 Aug, 2019, 08.04 PM IST
CBI summons ex-Kolkata police chief, asks him to appear before it on MondayThe agency has sought Kumar's custodial interrogation to prevent him from leaving the country, officials said Sunday.
26 May, 2019, 09.34 PM IST
Chit fund case: SC refuses urgent listing of Rajeev Kumar's plea for further protection from arrestA three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi had on May 17 withdrawn the protection from arrest granted earlier to Kumar.
24 May, 2019, 04.20 PM IST
Blow to Mamata Banerjee, moral victory for CBI: BJP on SC order in chit fund caseSenior BJP leader and Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad welcomed the order and said it's a blow to the Mamata Banerjee government and a vi...
05 Feb, 2019, 12.30 PM IST
CBI's attempt to enter Rajeev Kumar's house: HC declines immediate hearingFollowing objection by the Union government, Justice Shivakant Prasad refused to give the matter an immediate hearing and listed it for Tue...
04 Feb, 2019, 04.00 PM IST
Madras HC grants Nalini Chidambaram interim protection from arrestJustice G K Illanthiraiyan passed the interim order at a special sitting to hear the anticipatory bail plea of Nalini Chidambaram.
12 Jan, 2019, 05.27 PM IST
Choksi seeks quashing of FIR in chit fund caseChoksi has filed a petition for quashing the FIR registered by city crime branch with the consent of the complainant, a Bhavnagar-based doc...
20 Feb, 2018, 11.20 AM IST
CBI arrests CMD & Director of Prayag Group in chit fund caseBoth Basudeb and Avik Bagchi were charged under the sections of Prize Chit and Money Circulation (Banning) act, cheating, misappropriation ...
15 Mar, 2017, 07.05 PM IST
TMC MPs detained as police thwarts march to PM's residenceAccusing the government of indulging in vendetta politics, TMC MPs raised slogans of "Modi hatao, desh bachao" (remove Modi, save country) ...
05 Jan, 2017, 03.38 PM IST
Saradha chitfund case: Petition in HC seeking Madan Mitra's removal from West Bengal cabinetHe cannot also perform his duties as a minister from behind the bars, the petitioner said.
16 Jan, 2015, 03.30 PM IST
CBI raids residence of MLAs and former cops in connection with Saradha scamSardha group CMD, Sudipta Sen in his letter to CBI has named politicians, bureaucrats for fleecing money from him.
29 Aug, 2014, 01.30 PM IST
CBI to register cases in Saradha scam soonCBI chief Ranjit Sinha had written letters to Chief Secretaries of West Bengal and Odisha asking them to provide logistic support to his te...
29 May, 2014, 08.10 PM IST
Odisha to set up fast track courts for chit fund casesFast track courts will be set up to ensure time-bound trial of chit fund cases in Odisha, state Finance Minister Prasanna Acharya said.
25 May, 2013, 10.14 PM IST