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  TMC membership is to turn Saradha black money into white: Rahul Sinha

  Politics | January 02, 2015 20:31 IST

  Kolkata: BJP state President Rahul Sinha today described the membership drive of ruling Trinamool Congress as an effort to collect money from the masses and alleged that it was an attempt to turn the black

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  Bengal transport minister's judicial custody extended

  Politics | January 02, 2015 19:07 IST

  Kolkata: West Bengal Transport Minister Madan Mitra's bail petition was today rejected by a city court in the Saradha scam case and his judicial custody extended till January 16.Monikuntala Roy, judicial magistrate in an Alipore

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  Trinamool cautions 'Bengal will burn' MP

  Politics | January 02, 2015 6:35 IST

  Kolkata: Drawing flak over party MP Idris Ali's comments that West Bengal would burn if Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was arrested by the CBI in connection with the Saradha scam, the state's ruling Trinamool Congress

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  No adverse impact of Saradha scam on TMC in polls: Mukul

  Politics | January 01, 2015 23:48 IST

  Kolkata: Dismissing speculation that Saradha scam could have an adverse impact on Trinamool Congress's performance in coming municipal and Assembly elections, party General Secretary Mukul Roy today said people continued to repose faith on Mamata

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  Babul Supriyo targets TMC, Mamata over Saradha scam

  Politics | December 25, 2014 22:45 IST

  Mumbai: Targeting Trinamool Congress (TMC) and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee over the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam, Union minister of state for urban development Babul Supriyo said here on Thursday that the TMC

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  Mamata Banerjee isolated in national politics over Saradha scam: BJP

  Politics | December 23, 2014 18:10 IST

  Kolkata: Mocking West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's recent visit to New Delhi and her brief meeting with PM Narendra Modi at a dinner, State BJP President Rahul Sinha today said that Banerjee has become

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  7-member medical board to monitor Mitra's health

  Politics | December 22, 2014 21:11 IST

  Kolkata: A seven-member medical board has been formed at the state-run SSKM Hospital to monitor the health of West Bengal Sports and Transport minister Madan Mitra who was arrested by the CBI in connection with

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  It seems people being jailed on political consideration: Mamata

  Politics | December 22, 2014 21:01 IST

  Kolkata: Amid her party's protest alleging misuse of CBI by the Centre in the Saradha scam following state minister Madan Mitra's arrest, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said it seemed that people were being sent

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  Mamata Banerjee biggest beneficiary of Saradha Media: Kunal Ghosh

  Politics | December 22, 2014 17:51 IST

  Kolkata: Suspended Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh today alleged that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was the biggest beneficiary of Saradha Media, an arm of the Saradha Group embroiled in a multi-crore chit fund

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  BJP hitsback at Trinamool, calls Mamata a 'chit fund minister'

  Politics | December 21, 2014 21:50 IST

  New Delhi: BJP today hit back at Trinamool Congress leaders for using offensive language against the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister, and called West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee a "chit fund minister".Describing the

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  Saradha scam, Burdwan blast have shaken Trinamool: BJP

  Politics | December 21, 2014 18:19 IST

  Kolkata: Asserting the Trinamool Congress was competing with itself in using unparliamentary language, the BJP Sunday said the probes in the Saradha scam and the Oct 2 Burdwan blast seem to have shaken up West

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  Ruckus during Mitra's production not contempt of SC: Kabir

  India | December 20, 2014 22:07 IST

  Kolkata: Former Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir today said the ruckus made by supporters of West Bengal minister Madan Mitra, arrested in connection with the Saradha scam, while he was being produced in Alipore

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  I was not initially informed about Mitra's arrest: Governor

  Politics | December 20, 2014 16:29 IST

  Kolkata: West Bengal Governor K N Tripathi today said that he was not “initially” informed about the arrest of the state's sports and transport minister Madan Mitra by the CBI in its ongoing probe into

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  Arrested Bengal minister denied bail again, hospitalised

  Politics | December 20, 2014 7:09 IST

  Kolkata: West Bengal Transport and Sports Minister Madan Mitra, arrested in the multi-crore rupee Saradha scam, was on Friday again denied bail and sent to judicial custody till Jan 2 by a court here. He

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  CBI functioning as a 'department of PMO': Mamata Banerjee

  Politics | December 18, 2014 15:56 IST

  New Delhi:  Pulling no punches in her attack against BJP for allegedly pursuing “political vendetta” against TMC, West Bengal Chief Minister today charged that CBI was being used as a “political tool” by the NDA

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  TMC raises Saradha scam probe in Lok Sabha

  Politics | December 16, 2014 13:32 IST

  New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress Tuesday raised the issue of CBI probe into the Saradha scam in West Bengal in the Lok Sabha once again and accused the central government of misusing the investigation agency.As

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  CBI might consider shifting of Saradha case

  India | December 15, 2014 14:41 IST

  New Delhi: The Special Crime Branch of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the Saradha scam, might consider shifting of the case to some other state in view of the huge crowds

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  Madan Mitra arrest: Trinamool Congress to intensify campaign

  Politics | December 14, 2014 18:16 IST

  Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Sunday decided to intensify its campaign against alleged "political vendetta" of BJP and hold protest in front of Parliament tomorrow in the wake of the arrest of state Transport Minister

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  CBI says it intimated West Bengal Speaker of Madan Mitra's arrest

  India | December 14, 2014 8:20 IST

  Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday said it had intimated West Bengal Assembly Speaker's office soon after the arrest of Transport Minister Madan Mitra on Friday."We had sent an email and a

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  Best officers chosen to probe Saradha scam: CBI chief

  India | December 13, 2014 23:48 IST

  New Delhi: Newly-appointed CBI Director Anil Kumar Sinha on Saturday said the agency has deputed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) and the best officers from across India to probe the multi-crore rupee Saradha chit fund