-PTI Srinagar: The Jammu & Kashmir Police on Tuesday detained Saradha group chairman & managing director Sudipto Sen and a director of the company from Sonamarg, where they had fled after their Calcutta-based chit fund business collapsed last week leaving thousands of depositors and agents stranded. "We have detained Sudipto Sen and Debjani Mukherjee, chairman-cum-managing director and a director of the Saradha group respectively, and Arvind from Sonamarg," the inspector general of...
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Death of a young man-Prabhat Patnaik
-The Telegraph Since I belong to the Left, I know I am likely to be prejudiced against Mamata Banerjee. I try to guard against this prejudice. I try not to let my overall political stance colour my judgment of particular events associated with her. For the last several days, therefore, I have tried to ignore the attacks on Communist Party of India (Marxist) offices in West Bengal in the wake of the...
More »No country for women -Rasheeda Bhagat
-The Hindu Business Line While violence against women continues unabated in India, our crime investigation and justice systems offer no comfort. The Capital has erupted once again over the gruesome kidnapping and rape of a five-year-old girl child. This time, the protests are more political with the presence of volunteers from organisations such as the Aam Aadmi Party, the ABVP, etc. But matters have come to such a head vis-à-vis the gender...
More »What has gone, has gone: Mamata Banerjee-Romita Datta
-Live Mint West Bengal chief minister dashes Saradha depositors' hopes of any immediate state-assisted recovery Kolkata: What has gone, has gone," West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee told depositors of the Saradha Group, dashing their hopes of any immediate state-assisted recovery of dues from the floundering units of the group that collected the money. Banerjee launched two separate investigations and promised to introduce a new law to deal firmly with fraudulent financial...
More »RTI activists seek more teeth to whistleblower law
-The Times of India With over 16 activists killed and thousands under attack or threatened, RTI activists have demanded a stronger whistleblower law, including provisions for accountability and compensation for victims. The Whistleblowers Protection Bill is likely to come up in Parliament in the budget session starting next week. But activists feel that the Bill in its present form is not strong enough to prevent deaths. National Campaign for People's Right to...
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