Mamata Banerjee mid-air flight turbulence: Bengal govt seeks report from DGCA
Mar 06, 2022, at 05:06 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal government has sought a report from the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on the mid-air turbulence that was encountered by a chartered plane carrying Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee while she was returning to Kolkata from Varanasi, reports said,
BJP's attack on me proves their defeat in UP: Mamata in Modi's constituency Varanasi
Mar 03, 2022, at 09:28 pm
Varanasi/IBNS: Supporting Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers' alleged attack on her here a day ago shows the saffron brigade is losing the ongoing assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
Mamata sweeps Bengal civic polls decimating Opposition, Hamro Party springs surprise in Darjeeling
Mar 02, 2022, at 09:17 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Maintaining its absolute dominance in the state politics, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday swept the violence-marred polls held in 108 civic bodies, wiping out all key opposition parties including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which had won 77 assembly seats in less than a year ago.
Mamata offers 'unconditional support' to PM Modi over India's stand on Russia-Ukraine war
Feb 28, 2022, at 09:24 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Keeping the political differences aside, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday offered an "unconditional support" to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over India's stand on the war between Russia and Ukraine.
BJP's West Bengal bandh against civic poll violence evokes mixed response
Feb 28, 2022, at 06:19 pm
Kolkata/UNI: A 12-hour statewide shutdown sponsored by the opposition BJP in West Bengal voked a mixed response on Monday with cities and towns functioning normally while normal life was partially affected in the rural areas.
Mamata Banerjee dials Sharad Pawar after Nawab Malik's arrest, expresses solidarity
Feb 24, 2022, at 06:10 am
Kolkata/UNI: Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday spoke to NCP chief Sharad Pawar and expressed her solidarity with him after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested NCP leader and Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik in a money laundering case.
Two policemen arrested in Bengal student leader's death case: CM Mamata Banerjee
Feb 23, 2022, at 11:40 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said two policemen have been arrested in connection with the death of Anish Khan, a student leader from Howrah's Amta.
I laugh it off: Prashant Kishor on his reported rift with Mamata Banerjee
Feb 23, 2022, at 08:10 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Political strategist Prashant Kishor has rubbished the media reports that have recently claimed he is having a rift with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, with whom he had worked in the 2021 assembly elections in the eastern state.
Bengal student leader's death: 3 cops suspended for negligence of duty
Feb 22, 2022, at 08:24 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Three policemen, including an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), posted at Amta Police Station in West Bengal's Howrah district have been suspended for 'negligence of duty' in connection with student leader Anish Khan's unnatural death case, officials said.
West Bengal Minister Sadhan Pande passes away at 71
Feb 20, 2022, at 05:44 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: West Bengal Minister and senior Trinamool Congress leader Sadhan Pande died in a private hospital in Mumbai on Sunday. He was 71.
Mamata Banerjee reappoints nephew Abhishek Banerjee as TMC national gen secy after reported rift
Feb 19, 2022, at 02:04 am
Kolkata/IBNS: After two weeks of reported infighting and alleged scar in the relationship between Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress supremo on Friday not only backed the latter but also restored his number two status in the party.
Mamata sweeps four Bengal civic polls, breaches Siliguri hurdle
Feb 14, 2022, at 09:03 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) maintained its absolute dominance in the state politics sweeping four more chaos-ridden civic polls including one in Siliguri, which was always a sticky ground for her party.
TMC skipped UP polls to avoid making Akhilesh Yadav weak: Mamata Banerjee
Feb 14, 2022, at 07:22 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said her party Trinamool Congress (TMC) skipped the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections to help Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav to remain strong in his fight against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Mamata Banerjee's TMC sets up new committee after rift caused by nephew's faction
Feb 13, 2022, at 02:16 am
Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee on Saturday cracked the whip amid a raging rift in her Trinamool Congress by scrapping all party posts, except the chairperson's, and announcing a 20-member national working committee after a meeting was called to discuss the conflict within the party triggered by a faction led by her nephew Abhishek Banerjee.
Ties between Mamata Banerjee's TMC and I-PAC intact: Source
Feb 12, 2022, at 02:56 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The ties between political strategist Prashant Kishor's firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) have not ended, a source told IBNS rubbishing rumours of a possible parting of their ways.
BJP should first apologise for Hathras and then seek votes: Mamata Banerjee in UP
Feb 09, 2022, at 01:15 am
Lucknow/UNI: Claiming there will be 'Khela Hobe' in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) should first apologise for everything it has done and then seek votes from the people.
Mumbai court issues summons to Mamata Banerjee for alleged 'disrespect to National Anthem’
Feb 03, 2022, at 03:17 am
Mumbai/IBNS: A metropolitan magistrate court in South Mumbai's Mazgaon has issued summons to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for allegedly insulting and showing disrespect to the National Anthem during her two-day visit to India's financial capital in the first week of December last year, reports said on Wednesday.
'Wanted all anti-BJP fronts to unite but...': Mamata Banerjee on roadmap to 2024
Feb 03, 2022, at 12:43 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday took a swipe at the Congress blaming it for the non-formation of a united Opposition to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2024 General Elections.
TMC to field candidates in Uttar Pradesh during 2024 Lok Sabha polls: Mamata Banerjee
Feb 02, 2022, at 11:31 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Trinamool Congress Chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced that her party would contest the Lok Sabha polls from Uttar Pradesh in 2024.
Pegasus used to tap telephones of Abhishek, PK: Mamata Banerjee
Feb 02, 2022, at 09:53 pm
Kolkata: Alleging that the telephones of her nephew and party leader Abhishek Banerjee and election strategist Prashant Kishor have been tapped, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said people would fight it out if Pegasus spyware is used to silence political opponents by instilling fear.
A Pegasus Spin Budget: Mamata Banerjee
Feb 01, 2022, at 07:47 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee described the Union Budget as 'Pegasus Spin Budget' and said it has 'zero' for common people.
West Bengal to reopen schools, colleges, universities on Feb 3
Jan 31, 2022, at 11:00 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Schools for classes eighth to 12th standard, colleges and universities will reopen with the decline in COVID-19 cases in West Bengal on Feb 3, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Monday amid sporadic protests against the closure of educational institutions.
Mamata Banerjee blocks Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Twitter
Jan 31, 2022, at 10:36 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In a fresh State-Raj Bhavan conflict, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she has blocked Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on micro-blogging site Twitter over the latter's repeated attacks on the government.
Veteran singer Sandhya Mukhopadhyay hospitalised with Covid, other difficulties
Jan 28, 2022, at 03:21 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Legendary playback singer Sandhya Mukhopadhyay, who specialises in Bengali music, has been admitted to a Kolkata hospital with Covid-19 and other health complications, reports said on Thursday.
Bengal Guv Dhankhar asks Mamata govt to furnish information sought by him
Jan 27, 2022, at 07:19 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday said he has conveyed to the Mamata Banerjee Government about its constitutional “duty” regarding furnishing of information sought by him.
Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi slamming proposed changes in IAS cadre rules
Jan 21, 2022, at 04:01 am
New Delhi/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a strong-worded letter underscoring her reservations about the proposed changes in the rules for the IAS cadre.
Republic Day Tableau: Centre denies Mamata Banerjee's allegations
Jan 18, 2022, at 01:13 am
New Delhi/UNI: The Centre on Monday rejected the allegations levelled by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that the state's tableau has been excluded from the Republic Day parade on January 26.
At least six dead, over 50 injured in Bikaner-Guwahati Express train derailment in Bengal
Jan 14, 2022, at 03:25 am
Kolkata/IBNS: At least six people died and over 50 were injured as the Bikaner-Guwahati Express derailed near West Bengal's Maynaguri on Thursday evening, officials said.
Mamata Banerjee, Abhishek Banerjee differ over COVID-19 restrictions in West Bengal
Jan 13, 2022, at 06:47 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The difference of opinion between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew parliamentarian Abhishek Banerjee has been caught over the restrictions to curb COVID-19 spread in the eastern state.
Gangasagar pilgrims must abide by Covid rules: Mamata Banerjee
Jan 13, 2022, at 01:12 am
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday appealed to the pilgrims arriving at the Gangasagar Mela to abide by Covid rules and use double masks.