Ramesh Gandhi

Independent and NTK candidates made a striking entrance to file nominations for the April 23 assembly election. Arriving in bullock carts, carrying ploughs, and with symbolic gestures like earthen pots and toy guns, they aimed to highlight farmer issues and voter awareness. One candidate even paid his deposit in Rs 10 coins to protest alleged corruption.

City business Ramesh Gandhi who was arrested by CBI on Monday evening in connection with Saradha scam was produced before a city court on Tuesday.

Ascetic and householder, creator and destroyer, one who accepts offerings as varied as milk and the poisonous dhatura, Lord Shiva evokes awe and admiration within urban yuppies and mendicants alike.

The Ponzi muddle in the state deepened further with the CBI questioning Manoranjana Sinh and Ramesh Gandhi on Tuesday for their alleged involvement in other CIS (collective investment scheme) companies.

The Enforcement Directo rate on Monday attached properties worth Rs 150 crore belonging to painter Shuvaprasanna, former UPA minister Matang Sinh and his estranged wife Manoranjana and former media bosses Ramesh Gandhi and Rathikanta Basu in connection with the Saradha scam.

An ancient idol of Jain Tirthankar Mahavir Swami was stolen on Tuesday night from the Adinath Foundation derasar, which is situated behind the Big Bazaar in Satellite area. Trustee of the Adinath Foundation, Ramesh Gandhi, has lodged a complaint of theft with the Satellite police. In his complaint, Gandhi stated that three persons, including a priest, Akshay Jain, and two security guards, Gafur Desai and Dinesh Chauhan, were present at the Jain derasar at the time of the robbery.

Media personality Manoranjana Sinh, recently arrested by CBI in the Saradha scam, was admitted to SSKM hospital on Monday after she complained of chest pain.

Journalists should know their beat well before asking any question, said PWD minister Kshiti Goswami while speaking at a seminar on the role of media on Tuesday.

The Enforcement Directorate on Monday attached assets worth Rs 28 crore belonging to Congress member Matang Sinh and a few others in the Saradha chit fund scam.

KOLKATA: A day after 24 kg of banned ephedrine hydrochloride was seized from the tenants of UN Biswas, the former CBI officer said there is a ''conspiracy to vilify and malign'' him by those whom he had exposed before the law.

To discover another facet of some of the well-known professionals of the city, Chatra Jagrati Nagpur organized an event Chupe Rustam at Sai Sabhagruha on Saturday.

A 38-year-old grocery shop owner found himself behind bars on Friday evening after he picked up a quarrel with a state transport (ST) bus conductor for Rs47.

Enforcement Directorate on Monday attached properties of painter Shuvaprasanna in Saradha money laundering case.

The Madurai bench of the Madras high court has granted an interim stay on an order issued by the district revenue officer, Virudhunagar relating to the construction of a railway overbridge (ROB).

Voicing concern over the use of money during elections, former speaker Krishna on Monday said it is time to curb the trend to lure voters through various ways.

The high court has ordered notice to the state government on a petition filed by a deputy librarian working at the University of Mysore (UoM), seeking parity with the status of teachers, including in the matter of age of superannuation.

Monday is double special for worshippers of Lord Shiva as the festival of Mahashivratri is being celebrated on his favourite day of the week.

YSRC clinched Guntur Municipal Corporation (GMC) with thumping majority. YSRC bagged 44 seats in the 57 member council while TDP won just nine seats.

Bengal Air Services Limited, a joint venture company with the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation has renewed its proposal to the state government that it was ready to ply inter-district flights in the state.

CBI officials on Monday evening arrested businessman Ramesh Gandhi for his alleged involvement in the Saradha scam.

NEW DELHI: In a well-researched judgment, the Calcutta High Court recently criticised investigating agencies’ scant respect for the directions passed by the courts.

For the past one week, acres of mangroves near Bangur Nagar in Goregaon West are being systematically destroyed with apparent impunity.

KOLKATA: Why would the underworld pose a threat to a low-budget Bengali film. And who would call up the film's director to demand its withdrawal? Could it be a distributor's ploy or just a prank?

Saturday’s earthquake in Nepal shares an astounding similarity with the flash floods that hit Uttarakhand in June 2013.