Bengal teacher recruitment scam: Suvendu Adhikari's brother among two in CBI net
1 month, 1 week ago

Bengal teacher recruitment scam: Suvendu Adhikari's brother among two in CBI net

India Today  

The West Bengal teacher recruitment scam, which has already landed former state education minister Partha Chatterjee in jail, has taken a dramatic turn with the involvement of two prominent BJP leaders. According to Central Bureau of Investigation sources, former MP Dibyendu Adhikari who is also brother of Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari and ex-IPS officer Bharati Ghosh, both now affiliated with the BJP, have been named in the corruption scandal. The CBI recently submitted a detailed report and a supplementary chargesheet in a special court, implicating them alongside Trinamool Congress's Rajya Sabha MP Mamata Bala Thakur and several other influential figures. Dibyendu Adhikari, the brother of Suvendu Adhikari, and former TMC loyalist Bharati Ghosh, are under scrutiny for allegedly recommending candidates for teaching jobs in exchange for bribes.

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CBI names 'Abhishek Banerjee' in Bengal jobs scam, Trinamool Congress hits back
1 month ago

CBI names 'Abhishek Banerjee' in Bengal jobs scam, Trinamool Congress hits back

India Today  

The Central Bureau of Investigation in its third chargesheet filed in connection with the West Bengal teachers' recruitment scam has named an "Abhishek Banerjee", who allegedly demanded Rs 15 crore for illegal appointments. The central agency only mentioned that when Sujay Krishna Bhadra, an associate of the Trinamool MP arrested in 2023 by the Enforcement Directorate over his involvement in …

Abhishek Banerjee Slams CBI Bribery Charges in Teachers’ Recruitment Scam
1 month ago

Abhishek Banerjee Slams CBI Bribery Charges in Teachers’ Recruitment Scam

Deccan Chronicle  

Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's MP nephew Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday accused the CBI of “harassing” him after his name was apparently referred in its third supplementary chargesheet in the government school teachers’ recruitment scam. In the chargesheet submitted to a city court on February 21, the CBI stated, “There was a rift between Abhishek Banerjee and accused …

CBI files charge sheet against former Bengal Minister in recruitment scam
3 months ago

CBI files charge sheet against former Bengal Minister in recruitment scam

The Hindu  

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday filed a charge sheet against Trinamool Congress leader and former West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee in the school recruitment scam case. The process of framing charges against a total of 54 persons, including Mr. Chatterjee in the ED case related to irregularities in the primary teacher requirement is also going on at …

'Plot to end my political career': UP minister refutes claims of irregularities in teachers' recruitment
3 months, 1 week ago

'Plot to end my political career': UP minister refutes claims of irregularities in teachers' recruitment

India TV News  

Uttar pradesh Technical Education Minsiter Ashish Patel on Monday said that the allegations levelled against him reagrding the irregularities in the recruitment process in Basic Education Department are baseless and are guided to end his political career. Taking to X, UP minister and Apna Dal leader Patel said, "Baseless and unfounded allegations are being made in the media and social …

CBI arrests ex-Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission chairman in bribery case
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4 months, 1 week ago

CBI arrests ex-Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission chairman in bribery case

India Today  

In a big crackdown on corruption, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday apprehended Taman Singh Sonwani, the former chairman of the Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission in a bribery case, officials said. Sonwani was allegedly involved in a bribery scandal, accepting Rs 45 lakh from Bajrang Power & Ispat Ltd director Shravan Kumar Goyal, owner of a prominent Raipur-based steel …

'Future at Stake': Teachers on Losing Jobs After Calcutta HC Order in SSC Scam
11 months ago

'Future at Stake': Teachers on Losing Jobs After Calcutta HC Order in SSC Scam

The Quint  

In 2016, nearly 23 lakh candidates had appeared for the state-level selection Test for 24,640 vacant teacher positions in West Bengal. In 2021, former Calcutta HC judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay, directed to the Central Bureau of Investigation to conduct a probe into the allegations. While passing its order on 22 April, the high court said: "We have given anxious consideration to …

Karnataka: ED writes to Governor, Lokayukta seeking registration of FIR in 'cash-for-jobs' scam
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka: ED writes to Governor, Lokayukta seeking registration of FIR in 'cash-for-jobs' scam

India TV News  

The Enforcement Directorate on Sunday said it has written to the Karnataka Governor and the Lokayukta seeking registration of an FIR and independent probe into "systematic rigging" of a 2023 recruitment process in the Kolar-Chikkaballapur District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Limited led by a Congress MLA under investigation in a money laundering case. The agency, as per official records, has …

WB recruitment scam: ED raids five places, including house of state minister
1 year ago

WB recruitment scam: ED raids five places, including house of state minister

Hindustan Times  

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted fresh raids in at least five places across West Bengal, including at the house of state minister Chandranath Sinha in Birbhum district, in connection with the alleged multi-crore school recruitment scam in the state. Former judge of the Calcutta high court Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who ordered the probe by the central agencies into the scam, …

Bengal Recruitment Scam: ED Raids Premises Of Former Education Minister Partha Chatterjee's Close Aide
1 year, 1 month ago

Bengal Recruitment Scam: ED Raids Premises Of Former Education Minister Partha Chatterjee's Close Aide

ABP News  

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted raids on close aide of ex-West Bengal Education Minister and imprisoned ruling Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee in Kolkata. The audio clip shared by the BJP leader shows a conversation between Kalipada Pati, a TMC leader and an agent of TMC leaders Manik Bhattacharya and Partha Chatterjee, and a job aspirant who paid Rs …

Bribe-for-jobs: CBI files supplementary charges in four cases
1 year, 2 months ago

Bribe-for-jobs: CBI files supplementary charges in four cases

Hindustan Times  

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday filed supplementary chargesheets in four separate cases related to the bribe-for-job scam in the West Bengal education department, naming former education minister Partha Chatterjee in all four documents as one of the prime accused, officials of the federal agency said. The four chargesheets CBI filed on Monday pertained to the appointments of teachers …

Support allegations of corruption with relevant documents: Karnataka CM
1 year, 2 months ago

Support allegations of corruption with relevant documents: Karnataka CM

The Hindu  

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has asked those making allegations to place related documents before the enquiry commissions set up by the Karnataka government to inquire into alleged irregularities in PSI recruitment and 40% commission charges against previous BJP government. Speaking to mediapersons at Ginigera airstrip in Koppal district before proceeding to Sindhanur in Raichur district on December 30, Mr. Siddaramaiah said …

Suvendu Adhikari slams Abhishek Banerjee for deploying 4700 cops for cloth distribution ceremony
1 year, 4 months ago

Suvendu Adhikari slams Abhishek Banerjee for deploying 4700 cops for cloth distribution ceremony

Op India  

On Sunday, West Bengal BJP President Suvendu Adhikari slammed the General Secretary of the Trinamool Congress, Abhishek Banerjee, for his larger-than-life security arrangement. While taking to X, Adhikari pointed out that 4700 police personnel were deployed for the TMC leader’s cloth distribution campaign in Falta in Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency on Friday. The BJP President posted the 33-page copy …

West Bengal: ED arrests TMC minister Jyotipriya Mallick in 'ration scam' case
1 year, 5 months ago

West Bengal: ED arrests TMC minister Jyotipriya Mallick in 'ration scam' case

India TV News  

West Bengal Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Jyotripriya Mallik was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate late on Thursday night in connection to an alleged corruption case, 'ration scam'. West Bengal minister Jyotipriya Mallick has been arrested by ED in connection with an alleged case of corruption in ration distribution," the agency stated in an official release. Earlier this year, the …

Calcutta HC issues guidelines for media coverage on West Bengal recruitment scam
1 year, 5 months ago

Calcutta HC issues guidelines for media coverage on West Bengal recruitment scam

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata, October 17 : The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday issued guidelines for media coverage on Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee and other similarly placed suspects in the recruitment scam. ED has also arrested former West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee, his alleged aide Arpita Mukherjee, TMC MLA and the ex-president of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education …

Bengal Job 'Scam': Relief For TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee As HC Orders No Coercive Action By ED
1 year, 6 months ago

Bengal Job 'Scam': Relief For TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee As HC Orders No Coercive Action By ED

ABP News  

In a relief for Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, the Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the ED not to take coercive steps against him in connection with the school jobs scam in West Bengal. Justice Tirthankar Ghosh instructed the ED that no coercive steps could be taken against the TMC MP and Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's nephew on the …

ED grills Abhishek for nine hours in Bengal school jobs ‘scam’
1 year, 6 months ago

ED grills Abhishek for nine hours in Bengal school jobs ‘scam’

The Hindu  

Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the investigation into the West Bengal school jobs scam. Earlier in the day, the Trinamool Congress from its official social media handles said that the Bharatiya Janata Party continues to use the ED as a ‘political tool’ to target Abhishek Banerjee. West Bengal Chief …

West Bengal: TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee appears before ED in connection with school jobs scam
1 year, 6 months ago

West Bengal: TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee appears before ED in connection with school jobs scam

India TV News  

In connection with its probe into the alleged school jobs scam in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee appeared before the Enforcement Directorate for questioning on Wednesday. TMC leader questions ED's date of summoning Earlier on Sunday, TMC general secretary Banerjee claimed that the Enforcement Directorate has served a summon on him to appear before it on September 13, …

West Bengal: TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee appears before ED in school jobs scam
1 year, 6 months ago

West Bengal: TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee appears before ED in school jobs scam

India TV News  

Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate in connection with alleged school jobs scam in West Bengal. Meanwhile, the TMC leader had on Tuesday filed a supplementary affidavit before the Calcutta High Court, claiming that a fresh summons issued to him by the ED, when his revisional application challenging earlier summons by the agency is …

Teacher Recruitment Scam: SC turns down West Bengal govt plea for interim relief to Abhishek Banerjee
1 year, 7 months ago

Teacher Recruitment Scam: SC turns down West Bengal govt plea for interim relief to Abhishek Banerjee

Firstpost  

The West Bengal government had approached the Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta High Court order which had refused to give interim relief to Banerjee. The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain the West Bengal government’s plea challenging the Calcutta High Court order to grant interim relief to TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee against CBI and ED interrogation in a recruitment …

Supreme Court says municipality recruitment scam is linked to teacher recruitment scam
1 year, 7 months ago

Supreme Court says municipality recruitment scam is linked to teacher recruitment scam

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the plea of the State of West Bengal challenging the Calcutta High Court order which transferred the investigation of the municipality recruitment scam to the CBI. A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices Manoj Misra and JB Pardiwala said the apex court is satisfied that the teachers' recruitment scam was …

West Bengal school recruitment scam: a massive fraud or a case of little ‘extra salt’?
1 year, 7 months ago

West Bengal school recruitment scam: a massive fraud or a case of little ‘extra salt’?

The Hindu  

Almost a year after the West Bengal school recruitment scam came to the fore with the recovery of piles of cash and arrest of former State Education Minister Partha Chatterjee, investigation by the Central agencies has left a maze of FIRs and nearly a dozen arrests including that of leaders of the ruling Trinamool Congress. He described the recruitment scam …

SC Refuses To Interfere With CBI, ED Probe Against Abhishek Banerjee In Teacher Recruitment Scam
1 year, 8 months ago

SC Refuses To Interfere With CBI, ED Probe Against Abhishek Banerjee In Teacher Recruitment Scam

ABP News  

New Delhi, Jul 10 The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the CBI and Enforcement Directorate probe against TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee in the alleged West Bengal teacher recruitment scam, saying it cannot stultify the investigation in the case. On May 26, the top court had stayed the imposition of Rs 25 lakh cost on Banerjee by the …

Land for jobs scam: CBI files another chargesheet, Tejashwi, Lalu Yadav, Rabri and Misa named
1 year, 8 months ago

Land for jobs scam: CBI files another chargesheet, Tejashwi, Lalu Yadav, Rabri and Misa named

Op India  

On the 3rd of July, the Central Bureau of Investigation filed a chargesheet in the land-for-job scam case in Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court. Deputy CM Tejaswi Yadav, his father Lalu Yadav, and Rabri Devi, among others, have been named in CBI’s chargesheet filed before the special CBI court. Earlier, on the 15th of March, the Court granted regular bail to …

TMC Youth Chief And Actor Saayoni Ghosh Summoned By ED In Bengal Teachers' Recruitment Scam Case
1 year, 8 months ago

TMC Youth Chief And Actor Saayoni Ghosh Summoned By ED In Bengal Teachers' Recruitment Scam Case

ABP News  

The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Trinamool Congress youth state president and Bengali actress Saayoni Ghosh in connection with the teachers' recruitment scam case in West Bengal, asking her to appear before the agency on June 30 at CGO Complex, Kolkata. We have evidence about Ghosh's involvement in several dealings with one accused arrested in this scam. Earlier this month, the …

CBI to probe 'irregularities' in recruitment of teachers in Delhi government-aided schools
1 year, 9 months ago

CBI to probe 'irregularities' in recruitment of teachers in Delhi government-aided schools

India Today  

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday registered a case to probe alleged irregularities in the recruitment of teachers for Delhi government-aided schools run by Vedik Sanskrit Agricultural Education Society. According to CBI sources, Vedik Sanskrit Agriculture Senior Secondary School recruited 16 teachers against 18 vacancies. Out of these, six candidates were selected on the basis of forged documents and …

Delhi: CBI files FIR over irregularities in appointment of teachers in govt-aided school
1 year, 9 months ago

Delhi: CBI files FIR over irregularities in appointment of teachers in govt-aided school

India TV News  

The CBI has registered a case regarding the appointment of some teachers at a school supported by the Delhi government and run by the Vedic Sanskrit Agricultural Educational Society on the basis of forged documents, officials said on Wednesday. 14 months after a preliminary investigation revealed that 16 candidates were hired for 18 open positions at V S Agriculture Senior …

Bengal teachers recruitment scam: Abhishek Banerjee's aide Sujay Krishna Bhadra arrested by ED
1 year, 9 months ago

Bengal teachers recruitment scam: Abhishek Banerjee's aide Sujay Krishna Bhadra arrested by ED

India TV News  

Sujay Krishna Bhadra, also known as "Kalighater Kaku," was taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday in connection with the "scam" recruitment of teachers in West Bengal. Suvendu Adhikari, the leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, made the following statement in response to the most recent arrest in the recruitment "scam" case: "No one involved …

Bengal teachers' recruitment scam: ED summons Sujay Krishna Bhadra for questioning
1 year, 10 months ago

Bengal teachers' recruitment scam: ED summons Sujay Krishna Bhadra for questioning

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Sujay Krishna Bhadra for questioning in connection with the teachers' recruitment scam in West Bengal. The ED had conducted a raid on Sujay Krishna Bhadrat's residence in Kolkata's Behala area on May 20. In May 2022, the CBI was directed to probe the appointment of non-teaching staff and teaching staff by the West Bengal School …

TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee appears before CBI in SSC scam case
1 year, 10 months ago

TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee appears before CBI in SSC scam case

Op India  

Mamata Banerjee’s nephew and national general secretary of Trinamool Congress continues to face trouble in the ongoing recruitment scam case in West Bengal. #WATCH | TMC National General Secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee arrives at the CBI office in Kolkata, in the Kuntal Ghosh letter case. A letter sent by a deputy superintendent of the CBI to Abhishek Banerjee’s Harish …

CBI summons TMC’s Abhishek in school recruitment case
1 year, 10 months ago

CBI summons TMC’s Abhishek in school recruitment case

Hindustan Times  

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday summoned Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee for questioning on Saturday in connection with the multi-crore School Service Commission recruitment scam, triggering a sharp reaction from West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee who alleged the Bharatiya Janata Party was misusing investigating agencies against opposition parties. CBI is probing alleged irregularities in the recruitment of …

WB school recruitment scam: CBI summons TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee for questioning
1 year, 10 months ago

WB school recruitment scam: CBI summons TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee for questioning

Hindustan Times  

The Central Bureau of Investigation has asked Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee to appear before it for questioning in the multi-crore school recruitment scam in West Bengal. Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee The party’s general secretary, who was in Bankura on Friday addressing rallies as a part of the party’s mass outreach program, said that he would appear before CBI. …

'I'm innocent, victim of conspiracy': Jailed ex-Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee on job scam
1 year, 10 months ago

'I'm innocent, victim of conspiracy': Jailed ex-Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee on job scam

India Today  

Jailed former Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee, arrested in the alleged Bengal teacher recruitment scam, has claimed that he was innocent and victim of a larger conspiracy. Sukanya Bhattacharya also said that Partha Chatterjee raised questions behind the appointment of chairman into education boards. He was associated with a renowned law college in south Kolkata earlier before appointment as the …

CBI officials, cops scramble for pieces after ‘unknown’ docs set on fire in WB
1 year, 11 months ago

CBI officials, cops scramble for pieces after ‘unknown’ docs set on fire in WB

Live Mint  

The officials from the Central Bureau of Investigation and Kolkata police scrambled through the remains of unknown documents burned by unidentified persons in the Andul Garia area of Bhandar in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Tuesday. At the top of the list is the teacher recruitment scam in which former minister of the West Bengal government Partha …

West Bengal teachers' recruitment scam: CBI forms special task force to speed up probe
1 year, 11 months ago

West Bengal teachers' recruitment scam: CBI forms special task force to speed up probe

India TV News  

Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation has formed a special task force to speed up the ongoing investigation into the alleged West Bengal teachers' recruitment scam case. West Bengal teachers' recruitment scam The scam relates to the irregularities in the recruitment of teachers in government run schools as well as providing jobs to the Group C and D non-teaching staff …

Lalu Prasad's MP Daughter Misa Bharti Appears Before ED in Land-for-jobs Money Laundering Case
2 years ago

Lalu Prasad's MP Daughter Misa Bharti Appears Before ED in Land-for-jobs Money Laundering Case

News 18  

RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s MP daughter Misa Bharti appeared before the Enforcement Directorate in Delhi on Saturday for questioning in the railways land-for-jobs linked money laundering case, officials said. Her brother and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav deposed for questioning before the CBI in Delhi on Saturday in the same case. Both the central agencies had recently initiated …

WB recruitment scam: ED raids properties of expelled TMC leader Santanu Banerjee
2 years ago

WB recruitment scam: ED raids properties of expelled TMC leader Santanu Banerjee

Hindustan Times  

The Enforcement Directorate, probing the West Bengal school teachers recruitment scam, on Saturday, searched multiple properties of expelled Trinamool Congress youth leader Santanu Banerjee in Hooghly district. On Saturday, teams comprising ED officials searched three of Banerjee’s properties, including a guest house at Balagarh, a three-storey house in Bandel and two flats in Chinsurah, all in Hooghly district. According to …

Bengal jobs scam: TMC leader Kuntal Ghosh collected Rs 20 lakh per candidate, says ED
2 years ago

Bengal jobs scam: TMC leader Kuntal Ghosh collected Rs 20 lakh per candidate, says ED

India Today  

Trinamool Congress leader Kuntal Ghosh collected Rs 20 lakh from each job seeker, the ED told a court while seeking his custody in the West Bengal teachers' recruitment scam. As per the ED, Ghosh deposited more than Rs 6.5 crore in two bank accounts in his name, one at ICICI Bank and another at Indusland Bank. The ED arrested TMC …

Bengal recruitment scam: CBI questions ‘Uncle of Kalighat’ for 3 hours
2 years ago

Bengal recruitment scam: CBI questions ‘Uncle of Kalighat’ for 3 hours

Hindustan Times  

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday questioned Sujoy Krishna Bhadra for around three hours in connection with the multi-crore school recruitment scam in West Bengal. Sujoy Krishna Bhadra has said that he doesn’t how did he become the ‘Uncle of Kalighat’, the neighbourhood of Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. Later, another suspect Gopal Dalapati, …

Bengal teachers' recruitment scam: Sujay Krishna Bhadra questioned by CBI in Kolkata
2 years ago

Bengal teachers' recruitment scam: Sujay Krishna Bhadra questioned by CBI in Kolkata

India Today  

Sujay Krishna Bhadra appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation in Kolkata on Wednesday for his alleged involvement in the West Bengal education scam. The CBI has alleged that huge money collected in connection with the recruitment scam was sent to ‘Kalighat er Kaku’, as Bhadra is popularly known. Bhadra was served a notice by the central investigating agency late …

Third model-actor under CBI scanner in Bengal job scam case
2 years, 1 month ago

Third model-actor under CBI scanner in Bengal job scam case

Hindustan Times  

A small-time model and actor, Haimanti Ganguly, has come under the scanner of the Central Bureau of Investigation during the ongoing probe into illegal appointment of teachers and non-teaching staff at Bengal’s state-run schools, officials of the federal agency said on Friday. A Bengali movie director, who did not want to be identified, said Haimanti Ganguly, who acted in some …

Leader from north Bengal under CBI scanner in recruitment scam: Officials
2 years, 1 month ago

Leader from north Bengal under CBI scanner in recruitment scam: Officials

Hindustan Times  

The Central Bureau of Investigation is looking into the possible role played by an “influential political leader” from north Bengal in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in the recruitment of teachers, officials familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. CBI officials familiar with the matter said that during interrogation, Kuntal Ghosh, Trinamool Congress youth wing leader who was …

West Bengal job scam proceeds may have been used to finance movies: ED, CBI officials
2 years, 1 month ago

West Bengal job scam proceeds may have been used to finance movies: ED, CBI officials

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata: Investigations into three people involved in the West Bengal job fraud racket who were arrested by the Enforcement Directorate and Central Bureau of Investigation since July last year has shown that some of the proceeds of the crime may have been used to fund Bengali movies and music videos, officials of the two federal agencies said on condition of …

Bengal recruitment scam: CBI arrests key suspect, five others
2 years, 1 month ago

Bengal recruitment scam: CBI arrests key suspect, five others

Hindustan Times  

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday arrested six, including key suspect Chandan Mondal in connection with the West Bengal school recruitment scam, almost eight months after he was named in court by the agency’s former additional director Upen Biswas, officials said. Chandan Mondal was arrested and brought to Kolkata’s Alipore court, that remanded him to CBI custody till February …

HC Asks CBI To Probe Why Recruitment Of Teachers In Bengal Was Outsourced To Private Firm
2 years, 1 month ago

HC Asks CBI To Probe Why Recruitment Of Teachers In Bengal Was Outsourced To Private Firm

ABP News  

New Delhi: The Calcutta High Court on Friday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation to submit a report within 7 days explaining why confidential work of the West Bengal Primary Education Board, such as the recruitment of teachers, was outsourced to the private company, M/s. While hearing a petition alleging irregularities in the appointment of primary teachers in state government- …

Calcutta High Court asks CBI to find out why work related to teacher recruitment outsourced to private firm
2 years, 1 month ago

Calcutta High Court asks CBI to find out why work related to teacher recruitment outsourced to private firm

The Hindu  

The Calcutta High Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to file a report before it within seven days on why confidential work of the West Bengal Primary Education Board related to the recruitment of teachers was outsourced to a private company. Hearing a petition in connection with alleged irregularities in the appointment of primary teachers in State government- …

West Bengal recruitment scam: Trinamool councillors, leader’s kin among those using unfair means for jobs
2 years, 3 months ago

West Bengal recruitment scam: Trinamool councillors, leader’s kin among those using unfair means for jobs

The Hindu  

The names of two councillors of the Trinamool Congress and a son of a panchayat pradhan have figured in the list of 952 candidates whose marks in the entrance examination were manipulated to get jobs as teachers, in State-run schools. Her name had figured on serial number 417 of the list of 952 candidates, whose OMR sheets were manipulated to …

West Bengal: ED attaches bank deposits, FDs of TMC MLA in 'teachers recruitment scam'
2 years, 3 months ago

West Bengal: ED attaches bank deposits, FDs of TMC MLA in 'teachers recruitment scam'

India TV News  

West Bengal teachers recruitment scam: Bank and fixed deposits worth Rs 7.93 crore of Trinamool Congress MLA Manik Bhattacharya and his family have been attached under the anti-money laundering law in connection with the West Bengal 'teachers recruitment scam', the Enforcement Directorate said on Thursday. Bhattacharya, former president of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education, was arrested by the …

West Bengal: Names of Amit Shah, Mamata Banerjee appear on teacher candidate list, lawyers demand probe
2 years, 4 months ago

West Bengal: Names of Amit Shah, Mamata Banerjee appear on teacher candidate list, lawyers demand probe

India Today  

Sparking fresh controversy in West Bengal, it was found that the names of the politicians of Bengal appeared on the merit list of the Teachers' Eligibility Test of qualified candidates. Leaders' names such as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Abhishek Banerjee, Suvendu Adhikari and Sukanta Majumder were found in a fresh TET merit list. The matter came to public knowledge when …

School job scam: Ex-Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee's judicial remand extended till Nov 28
2 years, 4 months ago

School job scam: Ex-Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee's judicial remand extended till Nov 28

India Today  

A special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Kolkata rejected the bail plea of former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee and others in the School Service Commission recruitment scam and sent them to judicial remand for a further two weeks till November 28. The court also extended judicial custody till the same period for former WBSSC chairman and former vice-chancellor …

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