Mamata Banerjee undergoes MRI after injury following helicopter emergency landing in North Bengal
Jun 28, 2023, at 02:56 am
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday underwent an MRI after she got hurt following emergency landing of her helicopter at an Army base on Sevoke Road in North Bengal owing to sudden inclement weather.
Mamata Banerjee's chopper makes emergency landing in north Bengal due to inclement weather
Jun 27, 2023, at 08:19 pm
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's helicopter made an emergency landing in north Bengal on Tuesday due to bad weather, media reports said.
Mamata Banerjee tries her hand at preparing dumplings in North Bengal
Jun 27, 2023, at 06:22 am
Cooch Behar/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is on a visit to North Bengal ahead of the coming Panchayat election, Monday stopped at a local tea shop in Chalsa and tried her hand at preparing dumplings as well as brewing tea.
Panchayat polls: BSF trashes Mamata Banerjee's charges of 'intimidating' voters in border areas
Jun 27, 2023, at 05:29 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Kickstarting her campaigning for the upcoming panchayat polls for the first time, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday accused the Border Security Force (BSF) of scaring voters in the bordering areas of the state and asked police to keep a strict vigil on them.
Mamata to kickstart Bengal panchayat poll campaign from Cooch Behar today
Jun 26, 2023, at 05:21 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will kickstart her campaign for the upcoming panchayat elections from the state's northern part, a sticky ground for the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC).
Opposition parties reach 'consensus' to fight 2024 polls together at mega Patna meet
Jun 24, 2023, at 01:39 am
Patna/IBNS: Sixteen non-BJP political parties, who met in Patna on Friday, claimed they have arrived at a consensus to contest the coming Lok Sabha polls together to defeat the saffron party, whose rule according to them "was not in the interest of the people of India".
Nitish Kumar hosts rainbow opposition camp in Patna in search for 'defeat Modi' formula
Jun 23, 2023, at 08:01 pm
Patna/IBNS: Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar is hosting here a mega meeting of opposition leaders, who are often at the loggerheads with each other in respective states, in a bid to strategise for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will seek a third straight term.
Top opposition leaders arrive in Patna for mega anti-BJP parties' meeting tomorrow
Jun 23, 2023, at 04:54 am
Patna/IBNS/UNI: In a major step towards forging national-level unity to counter the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, top opposition leaders including Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee arrived here on Thursday, on the eve of the meeting of anti-BJP parties.
Mamata Banerjee meets Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad, Tejashwi in Patna ahead of mega Oppositions' meet
Jun 23, 2023, at 02:40 am
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna ahead of the grand opposition meeting.
Jun 22, 2023, at 06:08 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In an apparent discomfort for Trinamool Congress, noted writer-turned politician and MLA, Manoranjan Byapari, quit two posts of the ruling party ahead of the high-octane violence-marred panchayat elections in West Bengal.
'Shocked': Mamata Banerjee slams Bengal Guv for declaring June 20 as state's Foundation Day
Jun 20, 2023, at 06:47 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday lashed out at Governor CV Ananda Bose for his decision to mark June 20 as the state's Foundation Day.
Abhishek Banerjee's 2-month-long mass outreach campaign concludes in Bengal
Jun 17, 2023, at 02:14 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee's two-month-long "Jono Sanjog Yatra" ahead of the three-tier Panchayat election concluded at Kakdwip in Bengal's South 24 Parganas on Friday.
Bengal Panchayat polls: Mamata Banerjee denies all allegations of violence against TMC
Jun 16, 2023, at 02:46 am
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday denied allegations of violence to block Opposition candidates from filing nomination papers in the Panchayat polls.
'Rate Card for jobs!': Modi slams Mamata over Bengal recruitment scams
Jun 14, 2023, at 06:22 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday made a veiled attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her government over the alleged scams that took place in various recruitment processes in the state.
JP Nadda accuses Bengal's Mamata Govt of diverting OBC quota to Muslims
Jun 14, 2023, at 12:40 pm
Shimla: BJP on Tuesday kicked off its Lok Sabha poll campaign in Himachal Pradesh with party's National President J P Nadda unleashing a scathing attack on the Opposition, especially West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who he accused of diverting the OBC benfits to the Muslim community.
ED quizzes TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's wife Rujira for four hours in coal scam case
Jun 09, 2023, at 05:56 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Thursday quizzed Rujira Banerjee, wife of Abhishek Banerjee (MP), for about four hours at its CGO Complex, Salt Lake, in relation to the alleged coal scam case.
Longtime rivals to come together at Oppositions' big Patna meet on June 23
Jun 08, 2023, at 05:04 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Oppositions' meeting on June 23 in Patna will see longtime rivals coming together to take on the mighty Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the general elections next year.
Jun 08, 2023, at 01:27 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday described the Bahanaga railway disaster in Odisha as the biggest train tragedy in this century, and alleged that efforts were being made to suppress the facts.
Bengal govt making all efforts to assist victims of Coromandel train accident: CM Mamata Banerjee
Jun 05, 2023, at 07:20 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said the state government is making tireless efforts to ensure the safety and security of those who have been affected by the tragic train accident near Balasore.
Jun 03, 2023, at 05:21 am
Balasore/IBNS: At least 50 people were killed and 300-400 were injured when a passenger train hit the derailed coaches of another train in Odisha's Balasore on Friday evening. Many are feared trapped and the casualties may rise, officials said. However, updates at 230 am quoting officials said the toll could be 120.
'My heart goes out to protesting wrestlers': Mamata Banerjee participates in candlelight vigil
Jun 02, 2023, at 05:46 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Alleging that protesting wrestlers were being repeatedly "harassed and mistreated", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday attended a candlelight vigil here in solidarity with them.
Jun 01, 2023, at 12:59 am
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday joined a rally in Kolkata in protest against the alleged manhandling of wrestlers at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.
May 29, 2023, at 01:14 am
New Delhi: Wrestlers, including Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia, who have been protesting against Wrestling Federation of India chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh, accusing him of sexual harassment, were detained by Delhi Police on Sunday after they tried to march towards the new Parliament building.
Bengal: Mamata Banerjee visits Egra where cracker factory explosion killed 11
May 27, 2023, at 07:38 pm
Kolkata/Egra/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday visited the Khadikul village under the Sahara Panchayat Area at Egra in East Midnapore district where eleven people lost their lives in a gruesome explosion at an illegal firecracker factory on May 16.
Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari slams Mamata, Kejriwal for 'hatching political conspiracies' against Modi
May 24, 2023, at 07:46 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday charged Chief Ministers of West Bengal and Delhi, Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal respectively, with 'unethically' using the state secretariat Nabanna on Tuesday for 'hatching political conspiracies' against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
May 24, 2023, at 02:51 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann met Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata during which the Bengal Chief Minister pledged support to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi against the Centre's move on officers' posting in the national capital.
Amid Centre-Delhi govt tussle, Arvind Kejriwal to meet Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata today
May 23, 2023, at 04:31 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will hold a meeting with his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee here on Tuesday amid the ongoing tussle between the Centre and the government operating in the national capital over share of powers.
May 18, 2023, at 11:09 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the ban imposed by the West Bengal government on ‘The Kerala Story’ film and stated that the state administration is duty-bound to maintain law and order in the state.
Mamata govt upgrades Sourav Ganguly's security cover to Z category
May 17, 2023, at 06:01 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal government has upgraded former Indian cricket captain and ex-BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly's security cover to Z category, media reports said.
May 16, 2023, at 03:01 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Karnataka Assembly polls result has left the opposition camp to rethink their stand in considering the role of Congress in the general elections next year with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee pledging support to the grand old party.