Is Mamata aide Mukul Roy looking for BJP's protection?

Speculation is rife on beleaguered Mukul Roy's, a close aide of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who is under the CBI scanner in the Saradha scam, next move. Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com and......

Why Mamata's image will never be the same again

With her simple cotton saree and hawai chappal, Mamata was always identified with the poorest of the poor Bengali. But this sudden burst of chit fund network of seemingly cheat companies has......

EXPLAINED: The Saradha chit fund scam

  What is the Saradha scam all about, who are the main players behind it? Indrani Roy/Rediff.com presents an faq. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her ministers won't forget......

What the Saradha scam reveals

More details will doubtless pour out about Sudipto Sen’s rackets as investigations proceed. But one thing is certain. The vast majority of Saradha’s victims will only get a pittance......

Saradha scam: 2 more arrests and a few questions

Saradha scam, which going by official data, runs up to about Rs 17,000 crore (Rs 170 billion) is once again in focus in West Bengal. The Enforcement Directorate arrested Saradha scamster Sudipta......

Chit fund-hit Tollywood gets corporate balm

Major production houses like Reliance Entertainment and Viacom 18 seem to have come to the rescue of West Bengal’s film industry, Tollywood, which had been feeling the heat as some chit-fund......

'Our ship is sinking, Mamatadidi, save us please!'

Since the Saradha group of companies went bust with its owner Sudipta Sen in police custody from 2013, its agents have been left penniless, homeless and have lost all hope of living a peaceful......

Saradha scam: Where has all the money gone?

It was a multi-million rupee scam whose extent and reach are still being unravelled, so why did the chief of the scam-tainted Saradha group Sudipta Sen plead that he was unable to pay Rs 30,000 as......