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There should be more collective activity of public-private sectors to work for Bengal tourism: Babul Supriyo

Jan 20, 2023, at 03:12 am

Kolkata: West Bengal's Tourism Minister Babul Supriyo on Thursday said there should be more activity for the public and the private sectors to work collectively that will attract more tourists to Bengal.

Babul Supriyo, 8 others join Mamata Banerjee's team of cabinet ministers

Aug 03, 2022, at 10:44 pm

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday expanded the state cabinet for the first time since the Trinamool Congress returned to power for the third straight time in 2021.

Babul Supriyo takes oath as TMC MLA in Bengal Assembly

May 12, 2022, at 01:09 am

Kolkata/UNI: Ruling Trinamool Congress winner from Ballygunge Babul Supriyo was sworn in as the MLA in the West Bengal Assembly on Wednesday.

TMC earns maiden Asansol win courtesy Shatrughan Sinha, BJP turncoat Babul Supriyo survives CPI-M threat in Ballygunge

Apr 17, 2022, at 01:14 am

Kolkata/IBNS: For the first time in 24 years since its inception, the Trinamool Congress (TMC), spearheaded by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Saturday managed to win the Asansol Lok Sabha seat with veteran Bollywood actor Shatrughan Sinha as its candidate.

Shubho Nababarsho gift to us: Mamata Banerjee after TMC's win in Bengal bypolls

Apr 16, 2022, at 08:26 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has termed her party Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s win in two byelections in the state as a Nababarsho or the Bengali New Year "gift" to the outfit's organisation.

BJP turncoat Babul Supriyo's winning margin as TMC candidate in Ballygunge shrinks, CPI-M closes in

Apr 16, 2022, at 07:17 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Babul Supriyo, a former Union Minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the Centre, won under the banner of Mamata Banerjee but his winning margin as compared to his predecessor late Subrata Mukherjee, shrank significantly in the byelection held in West Bengal's Ballygunge assembly seat.

Bengal bypolls: TMC leads in both Ballygunge and Asansol

Apr 16, 2022, at 04:22 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) has taken a lead in both Ballygunge assembly constituency and Asansol Lok Sabha seat, where byelections were held on Apr 12.

West Bengal by-polls: Babul Supriyo leading in Ballygunge seat

Apr 16, 2022, at 03:30 pm

Kolkata:  Counting of votes for the by-polls to one Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal’s Asansol and a Assembly seat in Ballygunge are currently underway on Saturday.

Bengal: Naseeruddin Shah, Ratna Pathak Shah support CPI-M's Saira Shah Halim who is fighting Babul Supriyo in Ballygunge

Apr 05, 2022, at 04:57 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Veteran Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah has come out in support of her niece and CPI-M candidate from West Bengal's Ballygunge constituency, Saira Shah Halim, who is taking on turncoat Babul Supriyo fielded by the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC).

Talk about people's issues, not the Hindu-Muslim discourse: Left's Ballygunge bypoll candidate Saira Shah Halim

Mar 26, 2022, at 06:42 pm

Countering the charge that it feeds only an ageing party organisation, the Left, much like the 2021 assembly elections, has fielded Saira Shah Halim as a young CPI-M candidate from Ballygunge seat in south Kolkata. Halim also happens to be the niece of veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah and daughter-in-law of late politician Hashim Abdul Halim. In the middle of her campaigning amid the soaring temperature in Kolkata, Saira, who fought against the CAA-NRC and very recently the hijab ban, exclusively speaks to India Blooms correspondent Souvik Ghosh ahead of the Apr 12 bypoll to the seat, which fell vacant by the demise of Mamata Banerjee's senior colleague Subrata Mukherjee

Bengal bypolls: CPI-M fields Naseeruddin Shah's niece Saira Shah Halim from Ballygunge constituency

Mar 17, 2022, at 04:39 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The Left Front has fielded veteran Indian actor Naseeruddin Shah's niece Saira Shah Halim as the Communist Party of India-Marxist or CPI-M candidate for the upcoming bypolls in the Ballygunge assembly constituency of West Bengal.

WB Bypolls: TMC fields former BJP heavyweights Shatrughan Sinha from Asansol LS seat, Babul Supriyo from Ballygunge assembly segment

Mar 13, 2022, at 07:51 pm

Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Sunday announced the names of erstwhile BJP leaders Shatrughan Sinha and Babul Supriyo as candidates for bypolls to Asansol Lok Sabha seat and Ballygunge assembly seat respectively.

EC announces bypoll dates to Asansol LS seat vacated by Babul Supriyo, 4 assembly constituencies on Apr 12

Mar 13, 2022, at 01:10 am

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India Saturday announced the schedule of by-elections to one parliamentary constituency in West Bengal and four assembly constituencies in Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Maharashtra, and West Bengal.

Babul Supriyo, his family and multiple staff test COVID-19 positive

Jan 04, 2022, at 05:46 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Former Union Minister and ex-Lok Sabha MP, Babul Supriyo, his wife, father and multiple staff have tested positive for COVID-19.

Babul Supriyo resigns as Lok Sabha MP

Oct 19, 2021, at 09:47 pm

New Delhi/UNI/IBNS: Singer-turned-politician Babul Supriyo, who recently joined Trinamool Congress, on Tuesday formally tendered his resignation as Lok Sabha MP.

BJP-turned TMC leader Babul Supriyo to resign as Lok Sabha MP tomorrow

Oct 18, 2021, at 06:20 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Former Union Minister Babul Supriyo, who quit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) last month, will resign as the Lok Sabha MP on Oct 19.

Happy at the way Mamata Banerjee gave love, affection, warmth: Babul Supriyo after meeting TMC chief

Sep 20, 2021, at 08:49 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Former Union Minister Babul Supriyo, who joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) last week, Monday said he was "happy" at the way love and affection were showered on him by party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Former Union Minister Babul Supriyo joins TMC

Sep 18, 2021, at 08:28 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Leaving the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) egg-faced, former Union Minister and the saffron party's star campaigner for the upcoming Bhabanipur byelection, Babul Supriyo, joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) here Saturday. 

Will continue as MP, but quitting politics: Babul Supriyo after meeting JP Nadda

Aug 03, 2021, at 03:36 am

New Delhi/IBNS: BJP leader and former Union Minister Babul Supriyo on Monday again clarified that he will be quitting politics though he has decided to continue as Asansol MP.

'Not joining any other political party': Babul Supriyo rebuffs speculations after editing Facebook post

Aug 01, 2021, at 07:58 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Former Union Minister and BJP MP Babul Supriyo on Saturday evening triggered speculations about his political plans when he edited his Facebook post declaring his exit from politics.

Alvida: BJP MP, former Union Minister Babul Supriyo hints at quitting politics in his latest Facebook post

Jul 31, 2021, at 11:31 pm

Kolkata: Former Union Minister and BJP MP Babul Supriyo on Saturday announced his decision that he might quit politics.

BJP's Tollygunge candidate Babul Supriyo tests positive for Covid-19 for second time, his wife too tests positive

Apr 25, 2021, at 08:31 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Union Minister and BJP candidate in Tollygunge assembly seat, Babul Supriyo, has tested positive for Covid-19 for the second time while his wife's Covid report has come positive too, Babul Supriyo, wrote on his Twitter handle on Sunday afternoon.

West Bengal voting in fourth phase of Assembly polls

Apr 10, 2021, at 02:20 pm

Kolkata: West Bengal is voting in the fourth phase of the high-voltage Assembly elections on Saturday.

BJP names new list of 27 candidates, Babul Supriyo to contest West Bengal Assembly polls from Tollygunj seat

Mar 14, 2021, at 09:19 pm

Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday announced another round of candidates for the West Bengal Assembly polls.

Bengal: Will try to ensure that no Trinamool leader comes to BJP, says Asansol MP Babul Supriyo

Dec 18, 2020, at 05:25 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Asansol Lok Sabha MP from West Bengal, Babul Supriyo, on Thursday said he would ensure that no Trinamool Congress leader from his constituency enters into the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in a reaction to the rumours that his arch-rival and former ruling party member Jitendra Tiwari might join the saffron camp.

TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee shoots legal notice to BJP MP Babul Supriyo

Sep 21, 2020, at 12:29 am

Kolkata/UNI: All India Trinamool Youth Congress president Abhishek Banerjee, MP from Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency, on Saturday dashed off a legal notice to BJP MP from Asansol and Union Minister of State Babul Supriyo for the latter's tweet.

After Babul Supriyo's 'dead body' video went viral, Bengal bans mobile phones at hospitals

Apr 22, 2020, at 08:42 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: After a video showing dead bodies were lying with the suspected COVID-19 patients at a hospital here went viral on internet following a tweet by Union Minister Babul Supriyo, the West Bengal government has banned the usage of mobile phones in all Coronavirus hospitals, media reports said.

Babul Supriyo tweets video of 'suspected COVID patients lying with dead in Kolkata hospital'

Apr 21, 2020, at 10:36 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: In a video tweeted by Union Minister Babul Supriyo, several isolated suspected Novel Coronavirus patients were found sharing a ward with few deceased at a hospital here pointing a finger at the health infrastructure of West Bengal.

Covid-19: Follow Kejriwal in implementing Ayushman Bharat in WB: Babul Supriyo to Mamata

Mar 24, 2020, at 07:13 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Urging to follow Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Union Minister and BJP MP from Bengal Babul Supriyo has urged West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to not be egoistic about implementing the centre's Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme in her state amid the coronavirus crisis. 

Kolkata: TMC lawmakers to 'boycott' East-West Metro's inauguration today as CM Mamata Banerjee isn't invited

Feb 13, 2020, at 02:29 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: TMC lawmakers, who have been invited to the flagging off event of Kolkata's East-West Metro's first phase's inaugural run on Thursday, decided not to join the function as Kolkata Metro Railway Corporation Limited (KMRCL) did not send any invitation to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, reports said.