Apr 13, 2022, at 06:59 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In a damage control mode, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday condemned the alleged rape of a minor girl at Hanskhali in West Bengal's Nadia district after its supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's remark on the incident drew widespread flak.
Bengal rape incident: JP Nadda forms 5-member BJP fact finding team to visit Hanskhali
Apr 13, 2022, at 05:26 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Jagat Prakash Nadda on Wednesday formed a five-member fact finding committee to visit Hanskhali in West Bengal's Nadia district, where a minor was allegedly raped by a Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader's son.
Calcutta High Court orders CBI probe in Hanskhali rape case
Apr 13, 2022, at 05:47 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the alleged gang-rape and death of a minor girl at Hanskhali in West Bengal's Nadia district, media reports said.
Apr 13, 2022, at 03:31 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Tuesday condemned the alleged gang-rape of a minor girl at Hanskhali in Nadia district of West Bengal who later died, assuring the victim's family that the “full extent of the law will be implemented” to punish the culprits contradicting her party supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's remark on the same.
Mamata Banerjee doesn't deserve to be CM if she is so insensitive about rape: Nirbhaya's mother
Apr 13, 2022, at 02:42 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The mother of 2012 Delhi gangrape victim Nirbhaya has slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for being "insensitive" towards an incident where a minor was allegedly violated by a Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader's son at Hanskhali in Nadia district of the state, media reports said.
Apr 12, 2022, at 05:01 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A class-9 girl died after being allegedly gang-raped in the birthday party of a local Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader's son in West Bengal, triggering an outrage after she was 'forcibly cremated' without autopsy even as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee waded into the row suggesting that the girl could be in a relationship with the accused.
Mamata Banerjee meets Guv Jagdeep Dhankar after spat over Birbhum violence
Apr 08, 2022, at 04:01 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday finally went for the long-pending meeting with Governor Jagdeep Dhankar over the law and order situation in the state.
Apr 05, 2022, at 04:44 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday spoke over the incident that took place at Aliah University in Kolkata, where the Vice-Chancellor was abused and heckled by an expelled student leader of Trinamool Congress, stating that the police have taken action in the matter.
Mamata Banerjee wishes students appearing for HS examination
Apr 02, 2022, at 05:49 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has wished all students who are appearing for the Higher Secondary examinations which began on Saturday.
Mamata Banerjee turns momo-maker in Darjeeling
Apr 01, 2022, at 01:08 am
Kolkata/IBNS: After displaying her expertise in tea making, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday showcased her skills in making momo in Darjeeling.
Mamata Banerjee writes to Opposition leaders to unite against BJP's 'attack on democracy'
Mar 29, 2022, at 06:34 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In a fresh bid to take on the mighty saffron brigade nationally, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday wrote to all opposition leaders to unite against the country's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing it of sacrificing democracy.
Scuffle breaks out between TMC and BJP MLAs in West Bengal Assembly over Birbhum arson
Mar 28, 2022, at 08:12 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Unruly scenes were witnessed in the West Bengal Assembly on Monday with the lawmakers from both the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) getting engaged in a scuffle inside the house.
Coal scam case: No urgent hearing on Abhishek Banerjee's plea, says SC
Mar 28, 2022, at 07:02 pm
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to give an urgent hearing on a plea filed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary and Lok Sabha MP, Abhishek Banerjee and his wife Rujira Banerjee against an Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons issued to them to appear in Delhi.
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
Birbhum arson: After Mamata's directive, police arrest TMC block president Anarul Hossain
Mar 24, 2022, at 09:56 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Within hours after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's directive, police on Thursday arrested ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s Rampurhat Block 1 president Anarul Hossain in connection with the Birbhum arson that killed at least eight people.
Mar 24, 2022, at 07:50 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Two days after at least eight people were killed in an arson at Bogtui village in West Bengal's Birbhum district, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday visited the spot when the violence occurred and directed police for stringent action against the culprits.
Mar 24, 2022, at 01:48 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday spoke on the violence in Bengal's Birbhum and assured the state government of all necessary help to punish the criminals responsible for the arson at the earliest.
Install CCTV camera at scene of crime: Calcutta High Court directs state govt over Birbhum Violence
Mar 23, 2022, at 11:21 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court while adjudicating upon the suo moto petition related to the the incident of Rampurhat violence in Birbhum on Wednesday directed the West Bengal government to immediately install CCTV cameras with adequate storage facilities covering all angles of the scene of the arson in the presence of the District Judge.
Birbhum violence: Mamata Banerjee to visit Rampurhat tomorrow, says culprit won't be spared
Mar 23, 2022, at 07:11 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Facing massive criticism over the arson that killed 10 people in ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s stronghold Birbhum, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said she will visit Rampurhat's Bogtui village, where the incident occurred, on Thursday.
Coal scam case: Won't bow down my head, says Abhishek Banerjee after ED's 8-hour grilling
Mar 22, 2022, at 03:26 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday maintained his apparent stoicism after his eight-hour long quizzing by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case linked to the alleged coal scam ended.
Coal scam case: Abhishek Banerjee, wife Rujira move Supreme Court challenging ED's jurisdiction
Mar 21, 2022, at 05:06 pm
Kolkata/New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and his wife Rujira Banerjee on Monday moved the Supreme Court challenging the jurisdiction of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case linked to the alleged coal scam case, media reports said.
Mamata Banerjee announces revised HS examination schedule as dates clash Bengal bypolls
Mar 17, 2022, at 11:05 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced the revised schedule for the Higher Secondary (HS) examinations (for class 12) as the dates have clashed with the upcoming byelections announced by the Election Commission.
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.
London station gets Bengali signage, Mamata Banerjee calls 'victory of culture and heritage'
Mar 16, 2022, at 12:45 am
Kolkata/IBNS: In what would certainly make Bengalis proud, a London tube station has got Bengali signage, tweeted Tower Hamlets Mayor John Biggs.
Buoyant by Punjab success, AAP to contest Bengal panchayat polls in 2023
Mar 15, 2022, at 05:11 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Not just Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which is widely perceived as a replacement of the Congress to challenge the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nationally, is aiming to plunge into West Bengal politics in 2023 in the backdrop of its landslide win in Punjab.
All regional parties should be united: Mamata Banerjee after Congress' disastrous election result
Mar 11, 2022, at 09:05 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday once again pitched in the idea of a unity of all regional parties after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s victory in four states and Congress' disastrous poll performance.
BJP set to form govt in Goa for third straight term with MGP pledging support
Mar 11, 2022, at 12:57 am
Panaji/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to retain Goa with the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) pledging support of their MLAs to the saffron brigade.
Chandrima Bhattacharya gets Bengal finance ministry in Mamata cabinet rejig
Mar 09, 2022, at 04:40 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday made minor changes to her cabinet by reallocating some portfolios and giving Chandrima Bhattacharya full charge of the finance department.
Mamata Banerjee warns TMC leaders hobnobbing with Independent civic poll winners
Mar 08, 2022, at 08:12 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday gave a warning to all Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders who are keeping close ties with Independent civic poll winners amid reports of infighting in various districts.
Former BJP leader Jay Prakash Majumdar joins TMC
Mar 08, 2022, at 07:06 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jay Prakash Majumdar on Tuesday joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC), significantly a day after meeting rebel saffron party MP Locket Chatterjee.