-The Hindu High Court tells state to install CCTVs to monitor police behaviour Bangalore: In a people-friendly move, the Karnataka High Court said the State government should install video cameras (closed-circuit television cameras) in and around all police stations to ensure discipline among the police force. If this is implemented in letter and spirit, people in the near future may walk into police stations without fear of being harassed or ill-treated. A bunch of...
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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 »Money laundering case against Saradha group filed
-PTI In further trouble for the Ponzi scheme scam-hit Saradha group of Kolkata, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a money laundering case to probe the allegations of financial irregularities by numerous depositors against it. The ED has registered a regular case under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) at its Guwahati office as the Assam police has registered an FIR against the group after allegations were made...
More »Saradha crisis: Mamata hikes VAT on tobacco for relief fund- Romita Datta
-PTI Mamata Banerjee stages reversal of former apathy towards fate of those affected by Saradha Group demise Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee staged a reversal of her former apathy towards the fate of those whose savings had disappeared amid the collapse of the deposit-taking Saradha Group. Having said on Monday that "what has gone, has gone", Banerjee on Wednesday announced a 10 percentage point hike in value-added tax (VAT) on tobacco...
More »Rs 4,000 cr at stake, SEBI asks Bengal to probe five more chit fund companies -Madhuparna Das
-The Indian Express Kolkata: As the investigation into the Saradha chit fund scam threatens to reach the doorstep of the Trinamool Congress, the markets watchdog is learnt to have warned of a larger, more frightening scenario: similar Ponzi schemes run by at least five other companies in West Bengal, involving over Rs 4,000 crore of small investors' money. In its latest communication sent to the state government, the Securities and Exchange Board...
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