-IANS Amid clamour for a CBI probe into the raging Saradha Group chit fund scam, West Bengal Chief Minister MAMata Banerjee Wednesday sought public opinion on the Supreme Court describing the agency as "a caged parrot speaking in its master's voice". "Please see what the Hon'ble Supreme Court has said. CBI has become caged parrot speaking in its master's voice. What do you think? Opinion please," Banerjee said on a social networking...
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Left leaders meet PM, FM, seek CBI probe in chit fund scam
-PTI NEW DELHI: Leaders of Left parties today met the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister and sought a CBI probe into the ponzi scam in West Bengal and stringent measures to tackle fraudulent money pooling activities. The Left parties have been demanding a CBI probe alleging that the MAMata Banerjee government was opposed to such an investigation as it would reveal links of her party with the prime movers of the...
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-The Business Standard The scheme can be named as 'Social Security Scheme' or 'We The People Scheme'; would not offer high returns like chit funds Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister MAMata Banerjee today proposed to launch a government-sponsored deposit-taking scheme to provide a secured saving option to the rural people of the state as an alternative. "To provide proper facility in the wake of growing financial insecurity, we are thinking of a social...
More »NCW steps in for acid attack victim
-The Hindu The National Commission for Women on Saturday decided to intervene on behalf of the 23-year-old acid attack victim Preeti Rathi who was assaulted recently in Mumbai. Preeti, a qualified nurse, had gone to Mumbai to join as a medical staff at the INHS Asvini Hospital in Colaba and was attacked at the railway station. The victim's vision has suffered partial impairment and she has extensive burns on her face and...
More »Chit fund scam: Calcutta High Court to hear pleas seeking CBI probe -Sindhu Manjesh
-NDTV Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court will today hear two Public Interest Litigations or PILs demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigation into the Saradha chit fund scam that has wiped out the savings of lakhs of small investors. One of the petitions was filed by a lawyer last week and the court had asked the West Bengal government to file an affidavit by Thursday which it has done. The MAMata Banerjee...
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