-The Times of India The collapse of Saradha Group, promoted by Sudipta Sen, is the greatest threat yet to Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress regime in Bengal. It could also imperil the finances of millions of people in Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa and eastern Uttar Pradesh. Trinamool's blatant association with the bigwigs of Saradha, which raised vast amounts of money from poor people before collapsing, is a potentially fatal political body blow....
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WB chit fund scam: Governor calls special Assembly session next week
-CNN-IBN Kolkata: West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan has called a special session of the state Assembly next week beginning April 29 to discuss the chit fund scam. Speaker Biman Banerjee, in fact, has called an all-party meeting at 3 pm on Friday to discuss the special session. But the TMC wants the West Bengal Protection of Depositors' Interest in Financial Institution Bill to be returned by the Centre so that it could...
More »Tapi tribals launch stir to protest illegal mining -Melvyn Reggie Thomas
-The Times of India SURAT: Tribals of five villages in Tapi district's Valod taluka are on a fast-unto-death at Kosambia village on the bank of Purna river since April 17. They are demanding a check on illegal mining of stones from the banks of Valmik and Ambika rivers and illegal operation of stone quarrying at Kosambia village and strict implementation of The Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act. The agitators said...
More »Cheat funds, again
-The Hindu The spectacular failure of the Saradha Group domiciled in West Bengal but also operating in a few adjoining States reinforces certain important messages from past scams. The first lesson to investors and regulators alike is that it is still possible for unscrupulous promoters to design and operate Ponzi schemes built around promises of extraordinary returns that are clearly unsustainable. Such schemes depend upon a steady stream of fresh deposits...
More »Trinamool MPs assured business protection: Saradha CMD Sudipta Sen- Priyadarshi Siddhanta
-The Indian Express New Delhi/ Kolkata: Chit fund 'kingpin' names Politicians from Bengal, Assam in letter to CBI. Sudipta Sen, promoter of Saradha Group, has claimed that Trinamool Congress's Rajya Sabha members Kunal Ghosh and Srinjay Bose assured him that his business interests will be protected "as they have a very close connection" with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. In an 18-page letter to the CBI, Sen has alleged that a number of Politicians...
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