'Will garage Mamata-Abhishek': Suvendu Adhikari thunders in Nandigram
Mar 14, 2023, at 05:45 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Leader of Opposition and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Suvendu Adhikari challenged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee from his assembly constituency Nandigram on Tuesday.
'Was unaware of this side of Partha Chatterjee': Firhad Hakim on Bengal SSC scam
Mar 14, 2023, at 05:17 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal top minister and Trinamool Congress veteran Firhad Hakim on Tuesday said he was unable to recognise former state education minister Partha Chatterjee, who has been arrested in connection with the teacher recruitment scam.
Despite state's warning, Bengal govt employees associations observe strike over DA
Mar 10, 2023, at 05:07 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Despite the state administration's warning, members of various West Bengal government employee associations came together to observe a strike demanding an increase in the Dearness Allowance (DA) on Friday.
'Chop off my head': Mamata Banerjee slams opposition over DA protests
Mar 07, 2023, at 05:44 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday slammed the opposition-backed protests over Dearness Allowance (DA) issue, stating that the state does not have funds to pay any more to its employees.
Mar 05, 2023, at 03:51 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Congress leader Koustav Bagchi, who was arrested on Saturday morning for his controversial remark on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, has been granted bail by a city court.
Mar 04, 2023, at 11:13 pm
Kolkata: West Bengal Congress leader Koustav Bagchi was granted bail by a Kolkata court on Saturday, hours after he was arrested by the Kolkata Police over his alleged controversial remark on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Bengal Congress leader Koustav Bagchi arrested over his controversial remark on Mamata Banerjee
Mar 04, 2023, at 04:37 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Congress leader Koustav Bagchi was on Saturday morning arrested by the Kolkata Police over his controversial remark on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Mar 03, 2023, at 05:52 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday launched a scathing attack on state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury referring to his late daughter and driver in her response to the Trinamool Congress' debacle in Sagardighi assembly by-election.
'Will fight alone in 2024': Mamata Banerjee rules out any alliance
Mar 03, 2023, at 05:28 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday declared that the Trinamool Congress will fight the 2024 national election "alone with people's support".
Left-backed Congress unlocks Bengal assembly door with Sagardighi win, Mamata says 'unholy alliance'
Mar 03, 2023, at 04:17 am
Kolkata/IBNS: In less than two years after being routed from the state assembly, the Congress, of course backed by the Left, made its comeback trouncing the ruling Trinamool Congress in the minority-dominated Sagardighi assembly constituency of West Bengal's Murshidabad district.
Mamata Banerjee's TMC fails to make electoral inroads in Tripura, Meghalaya
Mar 03, 2023, at 02:29 am
New Delhi/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) failed to make much headway in either Meghalaya or Tripura in the recently concluded assembly elections in both states.
'Democratic victory': Mamata on Supreme Court's landmark verdict on CEC, ECs appointment
Mar 02, 2023, at 07:49 pm
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday termed the Supreme Court's landmark verdict which ruled a panel comprising the Prime Minister, Leader of Opposition and Chief Justice of India would appoint the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners until a new law is framed as a "democratic victory".
West Bengal: Elephant attack kills Madhyamik examinee in Raiganj
Feb 23, 2023, at 07:07 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A class 10 state board examination candidate was killed in an attack by elephant at Raiganj in West Bengal on Thursday morning, media reports said.
West Bengal: After Mamata's warning, pro-Gokhaland parties call off Darjeeling bandh
Feb 22, 2023, at 07:33 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's warning of action, the pro-Gorkhaland political parties on Wednesday called off their Feb 23 bandh in Darjeeling, media reports said.
'Govt won't spare': Mamata Banerjee warns of action against those calling Darjeeling strike
Feb 22, 2023, at 06:06 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has disapproved of the 12-hour bandh (strike) called in Darjeeling on Feb 23 by the pro-Gorkhaland parties, warning the strike supporters of strict action on behalf of the government.
West Bengal: Govt employees observe two-day pen-down on DA issue
Feb 20, 2023, at 06:59 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The state government employees in West Bengal are observing a two-day pen-down or cease work protest from Monday demanding the Dearness Allowance (DA) at par with the Centre, media reports said.
Feb 09, 2023, at 06:01 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Opposition MLAs from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Bengal Legislative Assembly Wednesday created ruckus over Governor CV Ananda Bose's first address as they shouted slogans and tore up copies of the speech handed to them and finally staged a walkout.
Tripura: Security beefed up for visits of Amit Shah, Himanta Biswa Sarma, Mamata-Abhishek
Feb 06, 2023, at 06:36 pm
Agartala/UNI: Security beefed up in view of the visit of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee and party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee to poll-boundTripura on Monday and Tuesday.
'Union Budget anti-people, anti-poor': Mamata Banerjee
Feb 02, 2023, at 06:01 am
Kolkata/UNI: Slamming the Union Budget as "anti-people" and "anti-poor", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said the document was prepared with an eye on the upcoming Assembly polls and the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Visva-Bharati row: Mamata Banerjee hands over land documents to Amartya Sen
Jan 31, 2023, at 08:02 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday met Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen at his Bolpur residence Monday and handed over documents to him regarding land over which he had been sent notices by Visva-Bharati University.
Jan 31, 2023, at 07:18 am
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced a monetary reward of Rs 5 lakh each to four World Cup-winning cricketers, who represented Bengal in the Indian team Under-19 Women, which won the inaugural T20 championship in South Africa on Sunday.
We must highlight India's true documented past: Mamata Banerjee on Netaji's birth anniversary
Jan 24, 2023, at 03:11 am
Kolkata/UNI: There is a need to highlight the true documented past of India without tampering with the country's history, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said here on Monday, apparently taking potshots at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central and state governments accused of rewriting Indian history.
Bengal: Mamata calls Abhishek Banerjee on stage of govt programme, stirs row
Jan 20, 2023, at 04:37 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday stirred a row by calling upon her nephew, Trinamool Congress MP and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, on the stage of a state government programme in Alipurduar.
Mamata Banerjee to launch campaign in Meghalaya’s Garo Hills
Jan 18, 2023, at 06:24 am
Shillong/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee will launch her election campaign on Wednesday in the Garo Hills region, which is considered the heartland of the Congress, in Meghalaya.
Jan 17, 2023, at 04:45 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday assured necessary help to assist singer Arijit Singh in building a hospital in Murshidabad's Jangipur.
Mamata Banerjee to address TMC's election rally in Meghalaya on Jan 18
Jan 16, 2023, at 05:08 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee is slated to fly to Shillong on Wednesday for a public meeting in the North Garo Hills district, the party's Meghalaya unit, said in a statement.
'Mamata fit to be PM,' says Amartya Sen prompting TMC chief's 'order' response, BJP snubs
Jan 16, 2023, at 05:05 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is "fit" to replace Narendra Modi as the next Prime Minister, said Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen triggering a response from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and a snub from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
12 lakh jobs have been created in West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee at G-20 summit meeting
Jan 09, 2023, at 08:45 pm
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said employment has increased manifold with 12 lakh jobs being created in the state.
'Incident happened in Bihar, not Bengal': Mamata on Vande Bharat Express attacks
Jan 05, 2023, at 07:32 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday refused to accept that the attacks on newly launched Vande Bharat Express took place in her state but claimed it was pelted with stones in the neighbouring state Bihar.
West Bengal: Stones pelted at Vande Bharat Express days after launch
Jan 03, 2023, at 06:14 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: India's seventh Vande Bharat Express was on Monday attacked by an unknown mob in West Bengal's Malda, three days after it was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, media reports said.