Firhad Hakim, arrested by CBI in connection with the Narada bribery scandal, is first Muslim mayor of Kolkata post-Independence, and first Muslim chair of Tarakeswar Temple board.
CBI had challenged 2 Calcutta High Court orders in Supreme Court, one of which directed that the 4 TMC leaders accused in the Narada scam case be kept under house arrest.
Bengal ministers Firhad Hakim and Subrata Mukherjee, MLA Madan Mitra and former Kolkata mayor Sovan Chatterjee were arrested Monday morning in the 2016 Narada sting op case.
CBI also arrested former Trinamool ministers Madan Mitra and Sovan Chatterjee in Narada case. An official said chargesheet will be filed in court today.
Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has given approval to CBI to prosecute 4 politicians in Narada sting op case — Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee, Sovan Chatterjee & Madan Mitra.
Mukul Roy, Suvendu Adhikari and Sovan Chatterjee, all accused in Saradha chit fund scam & Narada sting cases, are now in BJP and hold significant posts.
CBI took over case in 2017 and sought permission in April 2019 from Lok Sabha Speaker to prosecute three MPs — Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Sougata Roy and Prasun Banerjee — and former MP Subhendu Adhikari.
At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
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