scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
TopicKolkata Police

Topic: Kolkata Police

CBI begins interrogating Kolkata Police chief in chit fund scams

Rajeev Kumar is being interrogated by the CBI days after West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee held a three-day dharna in protest to the CBI action.

How Mamata Banerjee leveraged the CBI-police ruckus into a ‘political victory’

Mamata Banerjee is known for turning adversity into an advantage, and the CBI-Kolkata police scuffle gave her the perfect opportunity for it.

IAS reforms a must, but not in the manner it’s being pushed

The 50-word Edit — ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Constitutionality of CBI is questionable: Ex-HC judge who ruled CBI has no legal backing

Justice I.A. Ansari, former chief justice of Gauhati HC, says Supreme Court must answer the questions of constitutionality he had raised in his 2013 judgment.

Is CBI overstepping in West Bengal or Mamata Banerjee politicising due process?

The CBI Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking directions to the West Bengal government and the state police to cooperate in the Saradha chit fund case...

The engineer-cop who tracked down mastermind behind one of India’s biggest Ponzi schemes

Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar is known to be an ‘honest’ police officer, but also has a reputation for following his master’s voice, no matter what.

CBI’s Saradha scam probe is not being monitored by Supreme Court

The Saradha ponzi scam is back in the limelight with Mamata Banerjee’s showdown with a CBI team seeking to question the Kolkata police commissioner.

CBI to move Supreme Court after face-off with Kolkata Police in chit fund scams probe

The face-off erupted when CBI officers arrived at Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar's residence to question him regarding ponzi scam cases.

Congress backs Mamata over face-off with CBI, says Modi-Shah using agency as ‘election agents’

Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said the CBI action in Kolkata is clearly "mala fide" and an "assault" on the federal polity.

On Camera

Chinese don’t want Xi to fall for Trump’s G2 gimmicks—’intentional malice’, potential trap

The central theme emerging from Chinese online discourse is that while Trump may now acknowledge China’s strength and treat it as an equal, this recognition is driven more by fear and strategic anxiety than by genuine intent for collaboration.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.