'Respect people of Tamil Nadu but..." Mamata Banerjee disapproves of 'Sanatana Dharma' remark
Sep 05, 2023, at 04:27 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday expressed her disapproval at Tamil Nadu Minister Udhyanidhi Stalin over his "Sanatana Dharma" remarks, which have set off a political storm ahead of a string of state elections and drawn multiple barbs from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
INDIA bloc forms 14-member central coordination committee, announces panels for campaign, media
Sep 02, 2023, at 01:59 am
Mumbai/IBNS: The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A), comprising 26 anti-BJP parties, Friday announced a 14-member Central Coordination Committee and a 19-member campaign committee at the conclusion of its two-day meeting in Mumbai.
Mamata Banerjee visits Bachchans at their Mumbai house, ties rakhi to Big B
Aug 31, 2023, at 05:53 am
Mumbai/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday visited Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan and his family at their house 'Jalsa' in Mumbai's Juhu to celebrate Raksha Bandhan.
Only two INDIA meetings enough to reduce LPG price: Mamata's dig at Modi govt
Aug 30, 2023, at 04:25 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday took a dig at the BJP-led NDA government, saying only two meetings of the INDIA alliance in a couple of months were enough to force the Centre to reduce the cooking gas price by Rs 200.
Bengal: Mamata Banerjee accuses Governor Bose of violating Constitution by appointing VCs
Aug 29, 2023, at 07:39 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has accused Governor C V Ananda Bose of violating the Constitution by appointing " his friends as vice-chancellors in the state-owned universities.
Mamata Banerjee pledges to uproot BJP from power in upcoming Lok Sabha polls
Aug 29, 2023, at 06:09 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday slammed the BJP-led central government for its "anti-people policies" and said Trinamool Congress will uproot it from power as it did to the CPI(M) led Left Front government in West Bengal.
#RakeshRoshan trends on X after Mamata Banerjee confuses astronaut Rakesh Sharma with actor
Aug 24, 2023, at 05:51 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: #RakeshRoshan started trending on social media platform X after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee confused astronaut Rakesh Sharma with the Bollywood actor.
'All stand together and cheer for successful soft landing of Chandrayaan-3': Mamata Banerjee
Aug 23, 2023, at 06:39 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Lauding ISRO team of scientists as Chandrayaan-3 is inching closer to land on the Moon's South Pole, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday, "We must all stand together and cheer for its successful soft landing".
Aug 22, 2023, at 03:42 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday warned the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he has just six months left as the ruling Trinamool Congress looks to consolidate its vote share among minority populations in the state ahead of the 2024 general election.
West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee on a three-day trip to Jhargram
Aug 08, 2023, at 05:36 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is on a three-day trip from Tuesday to West Bengal's Jhargram where she will launch various projects in Adivasi areas, media reports said.
BJP’s dictionary doesn't have Constitution in it, but only violence: Mamata Banerjee
Aug 04, 2023, at 01:38 am
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: Asserting that violence has always been a part of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s dictionary, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday alleged that the saffron party's dictionary does not have Constitution in it but only violence.
Aug 03, 2023, at 06:04 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday refrained from making any comment on the allegation of corruption brought against actress and Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP from West Bengal's Basirhat, Nussrat Jahan.
The more BJP talks about INDIA, the more it will humiliate our country's name: Mamata Banerjee
Jul 26, 2023, at 02:17 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said the more the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) speaks of the newly formed Opposition's alliance 'INDA', the more it will end up humiliating the country's name.
Tripura TMC chief Pijush Kanti Biswas quits party
Jul 26, 2023, at 12:36 am
Agartala: In a setback for Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress, the party’s Tripura chief Pijush Kanti Biswas stepped down from the post and quit the primary membership of the party, media reports said.
Bengal BJP MLA Bishnu Pada Ray dies of cardiac arrest, PM Narendra Modi mourns
Jul 25, 2023, at 10:10 pm
Kolkata: BJP Legislator from Dhupguri Assembly constituency in North Bengal Bishnu Pada Ray breathed his last due to cardiac arrest here on Tuesday.
Amid Manipur horror, BJP alleges two tribal women stripped naked, tortured in Bengal's Malda
Jul 22, 2023, at 09:49 pm
Kolkata: Amid outrage over a recent viral video where two women were seen paraded naked by a mob in strife-hit Manipur, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday alleged that two tribal women were stripped naked and tortured in West Bengal's Malda region recently.
Jul 21, 2023, at 11:02 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In her last Martyrs' Day rally ahead of 2024 General Elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday peddled the newly formed anti-Modi national alliance 'INDIA' to oust the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claiming she is not in the race for prime ministership.
Jul 21, 2023, at 10:19 pm
Kolkata: Kolkata Police on Friday arrested a drunk person while he was attempting to enter the high-security cordon near the lane of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's residence at Kalighat.
TMC's Martyrs' Day rally: Police intercept one armed person outside Mamata's residence
Jul 21, 2023, at 06:18 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Kolkata Police has intercepted one armed person near West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's residence in the city ahead of Trinamool Congress' Martyrs' Day rally.
Mamata's last Martyrs' Day rally ahead of 2024 General Elections today
Jul 21, 2023, at 06:09 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Days after the sweep in the panchayat polls, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee will hold the Martyrs' Day rally, which will be the last before the next General Elections, on Friday.
Mamata Banerjee expresses outrage at Manipur horror video, calls it 'act of barbarism'
Jul 21, 2023, at 02:46 am
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday expressed outrage at the horrific video from Manipur showing the brutal treatment of two women by a mob.
'INDIA' is ready to take BJP head-on: Mamata Banerjee after Bengaluru meet
Jul 20, 2023, at 05:00 am
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been 'shivering with fear' since the time they came to know about the Opposition alliance.
'NDA, BJP, can you challenge I-N-D-I-A.?' Mamata Banerjee after Oppositions' meet
Jul 19, 2023, at 03:15 am
Kolkata/IBNS: As top Opposition leaders agreed to form I-N-D-I-A ((Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) to take on the mighty Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the general elections scheduled next year, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is one of the key faces of the newly formed front, challenged the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) after the strategic meeting ended.
Jul 18, 2023, at 06:27 am
New Delhi: Top leaders of 26 Opposition parties have gathered in Bengaluru to decide the strategies of the front that will take on the mighty Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Lok Sabha elections next year. The formal talks will take place on Tuesday from 11 am to 4 pm.
Opposition parties' second meeting in Bengaluru from today to chalk out 'anti-Modi' front
Jul 17, 2023, at 07:18 pm
Bengaluru/IBNS: With less than a year to go for the next General Elections, 24 opposition parties will on Monday meet, the second in recent times, here to chalk out strategies and create a bloc to prevent Prime Minister Narendra Modi from returning to power for the third consecutive term in 2024.
Given freehand to state police to probe violence in Panchayat polls: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
Jul 13, 2023, at 03:33 am
Kolkata: As West Bengal witnessed a blood bath in the recently concluded Panchayat elections, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said she has given full powers to the state police to find the culprits behind the violence, media reports.
Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress sweeps Bengal Panchayat elections, BJP ranks distant second
Jul 12, 2023, at 07:09 am
Kolkata/IBNS: After days of sporadic violence, West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress swept the state's all three-tier Panchayat elections as results kept pouring in from several districts till late Tuesday night amid tight security of central forces and the state police.
Mamata Banerjee's TMC heading for victory in violence-hit West Bengal Panchayat polls
Jul 11, 2023, at 11:58 pm
Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) is heading for a massive victory in all three-tier Panchayat elections as results are pouring in from several districts as the ruling party secured wins in 14,767 gram panchayat (GP) seats, followed by main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that clinched 3,344 seats, according to the State Election Commission on Tuesday.
Bengal panchayat poll violence claims 14 lives, Oppn blasts Mamata govt
Jul 09, 2023, at 03:13 am
Kolkata/IBNS: At least 14 people were killed and many others were injured in a widespread violence that dominated the three-tier panchayat elections in West Bengal, which is infamous for political clashes for decades, on Saturday.
'BJP is virus, Trinamool, Mamata its vaccine': Abhishek Banerjee in Bengal panchayat poll campaign
Jul 06, 2023, at 05:25 pm
Baidyapur/UNI: Hitting out at the BJP, Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday said just as Corona is a virus, and Covishield its vaccine, similarly, BJP is the virus, and Trinamool and Mamata Banerjee its vaccine.