After PM Modi's high-octane rally in Bengal, Trinamool Congress 'fact-checks' his charges
Apr 27, 2024, at 07:10 am
New Delhi: Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's high-octane election rally in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress has published a list of comments the Prime Minister made and "fact-checked" them.
Plea filed in Calcutta HC seeking action against Mamata Banerjee's 'judges purchased' remark
Apr 26, 2024, at 05:30 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Senior Advocate Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya approached the Calcutta High Court Friday seeking suo moto cognizance of remarks allegedly made by Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in which she called judges biased and said they 'had been purchased.'
'Not one vote to BJP, CPIM or Congress': Mamata announces after 26,000 teachers lose jobs in Bengal
Apr 25, 2024, at 07:49 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said there should not be a single voting for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), CPM, or Congress, in response to the Calcutta High Court order scrapping the job of 26,000 teachers.
'Illegal, I challenge it': Mamata Banerjee on Calcutta HC cancelling 24,000 jobs in SSC scam probe
Apr 22, 2024, at 07:40 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has called the Calcutta High Court order cancelling 24,000 recruitments of teaching and non-teaching staff "illegal".
Mamata Banerjee on DD News' new logo colour: 'Shocked at the sudden saffronisation'
Apr 21, 2024, at 12:16 am
Kolkata/IBNS: "I am shocked at the sudden saffronisation," said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in slamming the unveiling of new DD News logo where the red colour was replaced with the saffron one, which also happens to be the official colour of the country's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Mamata Banerjee reiterates opposition to CAA, NRC and UCC on Eid
Apr 11, 2024, at 06:42 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday reiterated her opposition to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and Uniform Civil Code (UCC) addressing the Muslim community on Eid.
Mamata Banerjee won't stop infiltration for vote bank politics: Amit Shah in Bengal
Apr 10, 2024, at 08:43 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday targeted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on infiltration ahead of the kickstarting of the Lok Sabha elections.
Mamata Banerjee slams NIA action over 2022 Bhupatinagar bombing case
Apr 07, 2024, at 03:06 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has accused the National Investigation Agency (NIA) of working as BJP’s proxy after the Central terror probe agency arrested two primary suspects related to the 2022 Bhupatinagar bombing in West Bengal's East Midnapore district on Saturday.
All Sandeshkhali perpetrators will be severely punished: PM Modi in Bengal
Apr 05, 2024, at 02:12 am
Cooch Behar/IBNS/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi kick-started his maiden election rally in Bengal on Thursday, assuring the people of the state that the perpetrators, especially of Sandeshkhali, will be punished severely and appealed to the electorate to vote without fear.
EC issues notices to Congress leader Supriya Srinate, BJP's Dilip Ghosh over derogatory remarks
Mar 28, 2024, at 04:24 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Election Commission has issued show cause notices to Congress leader Supriya Shrinate and the Bharatiya Janata Party's Dilip Ghosh over "derogatory" remarks against actor-turned-politician-Kangana Ranaut - the BJP's candidate for Himachal Pradesh's Mandi Lok Sabha - and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
BJP pulls up Dilip Ghosh for his controversial remarks on Mamata Banerjee
Mar 28, 2024, at 01:26 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has pulled up its national vice president and former West Bengal unit chief Dilip Ghosh for his controversial remarks against state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee right at the start of his campaign for the upcoming General Elections.
'Blatant assault on democracy': Mamata Banerjee condemns Arvind Kejriwal's ED arrest
Mar 22, 2024, at 07:21 pm
Kolkata/New Delhi/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has called the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrest of her Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the excise policy case a "blatant assault on democracy".
Kolkata: Garden Reach illegal multi-storey building collapse toll rises to 10, 1 more missing
Mar 20, 2024, at 05:29 pm
Kolkata/UNI: With the recovery of one more body, the toll in the five-storey under-construction illegal building collapse at Garden Reach in the city on Sunday night, left ten people dead, even though one more person is missing at the mishap site, official sources said on Wednesday.
Death toll in Kolkata's under-construction illegal building collapse rises to 9
Mar 19, 2024, at 05:59 am
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: The death toll in the "illegal" under-construction five-storied building collapse at the thickly populated Garden Reach area in Kolkata rose to 9 so far, even as the rescue operations were underway using floodlights, official sources said on Monday.
Mar 18, 2024, at 05:03 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Two persons were killed and at least seven were injured as an under-construction building, which the administration called "illegal", collapsed at Garden Reach area in Kolkata on Sunday night, media reports said.
Mamata Banerjee suffered 'major injury' due to 'push from behind': Kolkata hospital
Mar 15, 2024, at 04:57 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has suffered a "major injury" on her forehead due to a "push from behind" and received four stitches, stated state-run SSKM Hospital where he was admitted to last evening.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee suffers 'major injury'
Mar 15, 2024, at 03:22 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was on Thursday hospitalised in Kolkata after she suffered a "major injury".
Mamata Banerjee suffers injury, taken to Kolkata hospital
Mar 15, 2024, at 02:00 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday suffered major injury and was taken to a state-run hospital in the city.
Mamata Banerjee doesn't know the difference between refugee and infiltrator: Amit Shah
Mar 15, 2024, at 01:10 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has hit out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for opposing the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which was implemented by the Centre earlier this week.
Politics of lies: Amit Shah slams Opposition over CAA protests
Mar 14, 2024, at 05:04 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has lashed out at the opposition parties for doing "politics of lies" by opposing the implementation of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which aims to grant citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from neighbouring countries.
Mar 13, 2024, at 08:43 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said she has severed her relation with her brother Babun Banerjee after the latter expressed his displeasure over the party's Howrah candidature for the Lok Sabha elections.
Mar 12, 2024, at 06:36 am
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Monday said it attached Rs.10.29 crore of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the form of a demand draft in connection with its money laundering probe against Alchemist Group, headed by former Rajya Sabha member K D Singh.
In a setback, SC dismisses Mamata govt plea against Calcutta HC oder over CBI probe for Sandeshkhali
Mar 12, 2024, at 05:05 am
New Delhi/IBNS: In a setback to the Mamata Banerjee government, the Supreme Court Monday dismissed its plea against the Calcutta High Court order that transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) the probe into an attack on a team of Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials in Bengal's Sandeshkhali.
'Mamata Banerjee afraid of upsetting PM Modi': Congress reacts after TMC's snub on seat-sharing deal
Mar 11, 2024, at 07:26 am
Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee wants to send a message to the PMO that she has no intention to fight the BJP, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said after the TMC chief declared candidates for all 42 Lok Sabha seats in Bengal, ignoring Congress.
Mar 10, 2024, at 11:28 pm
Reacting to the Trinamool Congress announcing its Lok Sabha candidates for all 42 seats in West Bengal, the Congress said on Sunday that it had always desired to have a seat-sharing agreement with the TMC.
Bengal declares Ram Navami as public holiday, BJP slams move calling it 'too late'
Mar 10, 2024, at 05:46 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has declared Ram Navami on April 18 this year as a public holiday in her state.
Mamata Banerjee to announce candidates' list for upcoming Lok Sabha polls from Brigade rally
Mar 10, 2024, at 05:20 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In a surprise move, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is all set to declare Trinamool Congress' candidates' names for the upcoming Lok Sabha Election from her mega rally at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata.
Mamata Banerjee on Tapas Roy's BJP joining: Some people are scared of ED raids
Mar 08, 2024, at 05:40 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has taken an apparent dig at former Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Tapas Roy over his joining in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the run up to the Lok Sabha elections.
Mask is off: Mamata Banerjee on former Calcutta HC judge Abhijit Ganguly's BJP switch
Mar 08, 2024, at 04:17 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has lashed out at former Calcutta High Court judge-turned Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Abhijit Ganguly, who took on the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) while delivering his judgements in the massive teacher recruitment scam in the state.
Mamata Banerjee claims women are safe in Bengal, BJP 'spreading lies' about Sandeshkhali
Mar 08, 2024, at 02:47 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday claimed that women were safe in West Bengal. and lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alleging that it was spreading lies about sexual abuse of women in Sandeshkhali.