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Wednesday, November 26, 2025
TopicSaradha Ponzi Scam

Topic: Saradha Ponzi Scam

‘Release them or arrest me’ — Mamata tells CBI as ministers, MLA are arrested in Narada case

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.

ED summons TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh in Saradha chit fund scam

Ghosh, who is out on bail in the Saradha case, was suspended from the TMC in 2013 for alleged anti-party activities. He headed a TV channel and a daily funded by the Saradha group.

Paintings by Mamata sold to ‘promoters of ponzi companies’ — CBI tells SC in petition

In a 277-page plea submitted in Supreme Court, CBI also claims money from the CM’s Relief Fund was used to bail out a Saradha-owned media company.

Rajeev Kumar defies CBI summons, files anticipatory bail plea again

The CBI, which is looking for Rajeev Kumar, sent out teams to his residence on Park Street in Kolkata and at a resort in South 24 Parganas district.

CBI conducts searches for Rajeev Kumar across Kolkata, asks him to appear before Friday

The CBI alleges Rajeev Kumar has suppressed crucial evidence required for preparing the final chargesheet in the Saradha scam, and is evading summons.

Rajeev Kumar fails to appear before CBI, special court dismisses his anticipatory bail plea

Former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar had applied for anticipatory bail after receiving a CBI notice in connection to the multi-crore Saradha chit-fund scam.

‘Feathers’ in Mamata Banerjee’s cap despite being on wrong side of ‘poll-scale’

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How startups are falling into lenders’ debt traps

Increasingly, lenders have stepped in where equity funding has slowed amid global market volatility. But instead of helping startups, they end up extracting a pound of flesh that outlasts the crisis itself.

Vehicles, TVs, mobile phones—PM EAC report shows rural India is catching up with urban consumers

Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.

General secrets from frozen peaks: A Kargil veteran reveals what politically correct writers left out

At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war. 

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.