West Bengal makes RT-PCR test mandatory for inter-state movement
Jan 07, 2022, at 12:58 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid the steep rise in COVID-19 cases in her state, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced inter-state movement will require RT-PCR tests.
Amid rising Covid cases, Bengal govt considers fresh shutdown of schools, colleges
Dec 30, 2021, at 02:25 am
Kolkata/UNI/IBNS: Amid increasing number of Covid-19 cases in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday directed the state health secretary to review the situation and said if necessary the educational institutions could be shut from the first week of the New Year, 2022.
Mamata mulls closure of schools in wake of COVID-19 spike
Dec 29, 2021, at 07:27 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is mulling closure of schools in the wake of COVID-19 spike with an added threat from 'Omicron' variant.
Bengal Guv Dhankhar raps Mamata govt, says governance needs uplift
Dec 29, 2021, at 06:45 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Tearing into the Mamata Banerjee government, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday said “neither law unto oneself nor state within state governance" can be constitutionally sanctified.
Rewind 2021: Hits and misses in India's political cauldron
Dec 29, 2021, at 04:37 pm
Indian politics is always on boil and 2021 was no stranger to this phenomenon. As the year draws to a close, IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh rewinds the events of last 12 months
Missionaries of Charity debunks Mamata tweet, says 'none of its bank accounts was frozen by MHA'
Dec 28, 2021, at 02:14 am
Kolkata/IBNS: After the Central government, the Missionaries of Charity (MoC) too on Monday evening clarified that "none of its bank accounts had been frozen by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs", debunking the tweet by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and others claiming so on the micro-blogging site.
No Missionaries of Charity (MoC) bank account frozen, says Centre after Mamata claims so in tweet
Dec 28, 2021, at 12:03 am
Kolkata/New Delhi/IBNS: Hours after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had accused the BJP-led Central government of "freezing" all the bank accounts of Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity (MoC), the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday evening claimed it did not freeze any account of the charity founded by the late Nobel Peace laureate. The MoC also later issued a statement denying any freezing of their accounts.
Mamata Banerjee inaugurates special exhibition on green Christmas
Dec 25, 2021, at 05:53 am
Kolkata: On the eve of Christmas, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated a special exhibition in Kolkata on the various pictures of St. Francis of Assisi - the Patron Saint of Environment and the originator of the tradition of cribs. These pictorial displays, conceptualized by Church Art, would be installed in the Cathedral of Most Holy Rosary premises to inspire and motivate people to love and protect Mother Earth.
Want to see Mamata Banerjee as Prime Ministerial candidate in 2024: Binay Tamang
Dec 25, 2021, at 01:10 am
Kolkata/UNI: Former Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA) chairman and Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leader Binay Tamang, who joined the Trinamool Congress on Friday, said he wanted to see West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as the Prime Ministerial candidate in 2024.
TMC strongman Firhad Hakim to continue as Kolkata Mayor
Dec 23, 2021, at 11:43 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo, Mamata Banerjee, on Thursday picked her trusted lieutenant Firhad Hakim as the new Mayor of Kolkata.
After TMC's landslide win, Mamata Banerjee to pick Kolkata Mayor today
Dec 23, 2021, at 04:42 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will on Thursday pick Kolkata's new Mayor two days after her Trinamool Congress (TMC) registered a landslide victory in the city civic polls.
TMC stands nowhere in Goa race, says Kejriwal; Mamata's party hits back
Dec 22, 2021, at 10:59 pm
Panaji/IBNS: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Trinamool Congress, the two anti-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) forces, have locked horns in the race to triumph over the saffron brigade in the upcoming state polls in Goa where assembly elections are due to be held early 2022.
West Bengal: At least 3 killed, dozens injured in Haldia IOC refinery fire
Dec 22, 2021, at 04:04 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A major fire broke out in an Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) refinery in Haldia in West Bengal's East Medinipur district on Tuesday afternoon, leaving at least three people dead and nearly 50 others injured, officials said.
Mamata's TMC sweeps Kolkata civic polls, BJP-Left-Cong restricted to single digit
Dec 21, 2021, at 11:24 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Maintaining its dominance over West Bengal politics, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday registered a landslide victory in Kolkata civic elections, which were marred by sporadic violence on the polling day, leaving the opposition parties in disarray.
Mamata Banerjee congratulates all candidates for KMC polls victory
Dec 21, 2021, at 08:48 pm
Kolkata: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday congratulated her party candidates as the Trinamool Congress is on the verge of registering a victory in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation polls.
Former Goa Congress MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco joins TMC
Dec 21, 2021, at 06:59 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In a jolt to the grand old party, Goa lawmaker Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco on Tuesday joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC), a day after deserting the Congress.
TMC set to sweep violence-marred Kolkata civic polls, Opposition languishes in single digit
Dec 21, 2021, at 06:42 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Consolidating its position in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has swept the violence-marred Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Elections 2021, which was held last Sunday.
Former Goa Congress MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco set to join TMC
Dec 21, 2021, at 12:57 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Former Congress MLA in Goa, Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco, is all set to join the Trinamool Congress (TMC), IBNS has learnt.
Bengal Guv Dhankhar questions allocation of funds to Maa Canteen, seeks information; TMC hits back
Dec 18, 2021, at 06:45 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Triggering a fresh faceoff with the West Bengal government, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday questioned the allocation of funds to "Maa Canteen", a community kitchen which was launched by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ahead of the 2021 assembly elections.
Dec 17, 2021, at 09:23 pm
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has called upon State Chief Secretary H K Dwivedi to make available the entire record leading to the issuance of July 26 notification regarding Pegasus Inquiry Panel, precisely also reflecting the formation of ‘opinion’ by Governor in the matter latest by Dec 18.
TMC releases manifesto for upcoming Kolkata Municipal Corporation polls, makes 10 promises
Dec 12, 2021, at 02:22 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), which swept the assembly elections earlier this year, is back in the race to continue with its uninterrupted two-term stint in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), which will go to polls on Dec 19.
Goa assembly polls: Ahead of Priyanka Gandhi's visit, more Congress leaders leave party
Dec 11, 2021, at 02:25 am
Panaji/IBNS: Ahead of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's visit to Goa several leaders quit the party, leaving it in the lurch as Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool and Arvind Kejriwal's AAP battle to replace it as the de facto opposition party the state, media reports said.
Mamata Banerjee slams Mahua Moitra in public over factionalism within party
Dec 10, 2021, at 05:10 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday expressed her displeasure over the party's leadership in Nadia and growing factionalism within the party ranks in the district.
West Bengal: CM Mamata Banerjee visits SSKM Hospital to see her ailing brother Ganesh Banerjee
Dec 06, 2021, at 03:39 am
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday visited her ailing brother Ganesh Banerjee, who was admitted at the SSKM Hospital with chest pain.
Cyclone Jawad: 8 NDRF teams on alert in 7 districts of Bengal, CM to monitor preparedness
Dec 03, 2021, at 07:19 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has held an emergency meeting with top government officials and directed them to make all preparations in advance with deployment of eight NDRF teams in the coastal districts to face any eventuality in view of cyclone Jawad threats.
Mamata Banerjee meets industrialist Gautam Adani in Kolkata
Dec 03, 2021, at 04:49 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday met industrialist Gautam Adani at the state secretariat Nabanna in Kolkata.
Dec 02, 2021, at 07:46 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Backing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's statement on the anti-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance, her political aide Prashant Kishor on Thursday said the Congress is "vital" in the Opposition but its leadership is not the "divine right of an individual".
UPA soulless body without Congress: Kapil Sibal countering Mamata's anti-BJP alliance statement
Dec 02, 2021, at 05:14 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Congress has come out to counter West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's downplaying of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), led by the grand old party, in the run up to the 2024 General Elections.
'What is UPA? There is no UPA': Mamata Banerjee in Mumbai
Dec 02, 2021, at 04:48 am
Mumbai/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday met NCP chief Sharad Pawar at the latter's residence in Mumbai.
Shah Rukh Khan was victimised: Mamata Banerjee attacking BJP in Mumbai
Dec 01, 2021, at 11:09 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday referred to an alleged victimisation of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan while attacking the country's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in front of civil society members here.