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Court extends Partha Chatterjee's ED custody till August 3
The court also extended the ED custody of Arpita Mukherjee, a close aide of Chatterjee, till August 3. hatterjee's counsels said that they will study the order of the PMLA court and then decide whether to approach any higher court against the decision.
Calcutta HC rejects Partha Chatterjee's plea for deletion of court observations
On Sunday, while directing the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to take Chatterjee to AIIMS Bhubaneswar for medical check-up, the single judge bench of Justice Bibek Chaudhuri made an observation that there have been instances wherein influential ministers of the state government had taken 'shelter' at state-run SSKM Medical College and Hospital to avoid questioning by central probe agencies.
I will not spare my own minister if found guilty: Mamata
Breaking her silence on the issue during a state government event to felicitate acclaimed persons from different fields, Banerjee said, "Supporting corruption is neither my passion nor my habit. I cannot say that everyone is innocent. I want to clearly say that the money recovered from the residence of a woman (Arpita Mukherjee in this case) has no connection either with the Trinamool or the state government.
Partha Chatterjee will be soon discharged from AIIMS Bhubaneswar
After a direction from the Calcutta High Court, Chatterjee, who's also the Secretary General of Trinamool Congress, was flown to Bhubaneswar for medical check-up on Monday morning following his arrest by the ED in connection with the multi-crore teacher recruitment scam in West Bengal.
4 Congress Lok Sabha MPs suspended for entire Monsoon Session
The four Congress MPs -- Manickam Tagore, Ramya Haridas, Jothimani and T.N. Prathapan -- have been suspended for the entire Monsoon Session ending August 12 for holding protests with placards inside the House. Speaker Om Birla had earlier warned them to behave and not to hold the placards inside the house if they wanted to protest.
Trinamool joins Oppn ranks, alleges protocol violation during Prez swearing-in
The opposition has written a letter to the Chairman of the House wherein it has alleged that there was a protocol violation in the sitting arrangement for the Rajya Sabha Leader of Opposition. The letter signed by several opposition members said, "Today at the swearing-in ceremony of the hon'ble President, Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, LOP in the Rajya Sabha was made to sit in a seat not commensurate with the position he holds."
LS Speaker asks Opposition not to hold placards inside House
The House was adjourned till 3 p.m. The opposition members staged a protest against inflation and the hike in the GST rates. Some MPs were seen holding placards and banners against. The Speaker warned them and asked not to violate the rules of the House.
Nitish Kumar skips swearing-in ceremony of president Droupadi Murmu
Defending Kumar's absence, Janata Dal-United parliamentary board chief Upendra Kushwaha asserted that the chief minister is not bound to attend all the events. Responding to the proposed visit of BJP leaders Amit Shah and J.P. Nadda to Patna for a high-level meeting of the party ahead of Lok Sabha election 2024, Kushwaha stated: "In Bihar, Nitish Kumar is the biggest leader. It hardly matters for us if any top leader of another party is coming to Bihar."
ED suspects assets recovered from Arpita Mukherjee's residence just a small portion of actual reserve
While recovering the assets, the ED sleuths have come across some other incriminating documents that hint of a large amount of cash transfers by Mukherjee using the route of private money transfer agents.These documents also suggest that a certain amount of cash was also transferred through the hawala route to Bangladesh.The assets recovered si far is Rs 21.20 crore worth of Indian currency, gold ornaments of estimated market value of around Rs 90 lakhs.
Uddhav camp moves SC seeking stay on ECI proceedings on Shinde camp's plea
The plea filed by general secretary of Shiv Sena Subhash Desai submitted that the respondents purportedly have initiated proceedings under para 15 of the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968 (Symbols Order) interalia seeking to be recognised as the "real Shiv Sena" by the ECI, and are claiming the right to use the election symbol allotted to Shivsena -- "bow and arrow".
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