Mamata Banerjee attends Military Tattoo event for first time at Eastern Command in Kolkata
Dec 16, 2024, at 03:41 pm
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee attended the Military Tattoo event for the first time on Monday (Dec 16, 2024) to commemorate the Indian Army's Vijay Diwas. She paid tribute to the soldiers who sacrificed their lives in various wars and remembered her freedom fighter father at Kolkata's Race Course. (Images by Rupak De Chaudhuri)
Bengal junior doctors celebrate Mamata Banerjee's administrative rejig in face of protests
Sep 17, 2024, at 11:29 pm
West Bengal junior doctors celebrated after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee bowed to their demands and removed top cop, other police and health officials amid massive protests against the RG Kar rape and murder case. (Images by IBNS)
Sep 17, 2024, at 05:06 pm
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday late night announced the removal of Kolkata Commissioner of Police Vineet Goyal, DC North Abhishek Gupta, two health officials after a meeting with junior doctors, who are on ceasework demanding justice for RG Kar rape-murder case. (Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee at junior doctors' dharna site amid RG Kar stalemate
Sep 14, 2024, at 08:21 pm
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee made a surprise visit to the dharna site of junior doctors who are camped outside Swasthya Bhavan in Kolkata's Salt Lake area for five days. (Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
RG Kar protests swell, demand for justice grows louder
Aug 30, 2024, at 06:02 pm
The arch-rival football clubs- East Bengal and Mohun Bagan- students, activists, prominent singers and actors, LGBTQI+ community and countless common people walked about three kilometers from College Square to Esplanade area in Kolkata on Thursday evening, demanding justice for the RG Kar rape-murder case, resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and a rape-free society. (Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
March to Nabanna: Protesters, police fight pitched battles in Kolkata over RG Kar rape-murder
Aug 28, 2024, at 01:42 am
Students under the banner 'Chhatra Samaj' as well as groups of other people fought pitched battles in Kolkata across routes to West Bengal state secretariat Nabanna in Howrah on Tuesday afternoon protesting against the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. Amid a CBI probe, the protesters demanded Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's resignation over the incident.(Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
Aug 22, 2024, at 11:58 pm
The West Bengal BJP unit, led by party's prominent leaders like Suvendu Adhikari, Agnimitra Paul, Dilip Ghosh and Roopa Ganguly, conducted a protest march on Thursday to Swasthya Bhawan against the brutal rape and murder of a lady doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital on Aug 9.
TMC celebrates win in Lok Sabha polls in Bengal
Jun 05, 2024, at 02:09 am
Trinamool supporters poured into the streets of Kolkata and celebrated the big win of the party in West Bengal in Lok Sabha polls. Later a recharged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addressed the media along with her nephew and party MP Abhishek Banerjee.(Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
Mamata Banerjee holds roadshow in south Kolkata on last day of LS poll campaigning
May 31, 2024, at 01:45 am
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held a roadshow in south Kolkata ahead of the seventh phase of the mammoth Lok Sabha Election. On the last day of the campaign, she walked from Sukanta Setu in Jadavpur to Gopalnagar crossing. The Trinamool Congress supremo was flanked by her heavyweight candidate from the Jadavpur constituency Saayoni Ghosh and other senior party leaders including Mahua Moitra, Firhad Hakim and Arup Biswas among others.(Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
In Images: Mamata Banerjee holds roadshow in Kolkata
May 30, 2024, at 12:57 am
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's roadshow for the BJP from Shyambazar 5-point crossing to Simla Street, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday walked the same stretch in campaign for her TMC in Kolkata North seat. (Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
Sadhus hit streets in Kolkata against Mamata remark on Kartik Maharaja
May 25, 2024, at 03:31 am
In protest against Mamata Banerjee's remarks slamming Kartik Maharaj, a monk in the charitable organisation Bharat Sevashram Sangha, whom she accused of acting on the behest of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, several sadhus hit the streets of Kolkata on Friday.(Photo Courtesy : Avishek Mitra/ IBNS)
Mamata Banerjee inaugurates 47th Kolkata Book Fair
Jan 19, 2024, at 05:28 am
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday inaugurated the 47th Kolkata Book Fair at Central Park in Salt Lake. British High Commission to India Alex Ellis was the Guest of Honour along with Alison Barrett, Director of British Council India, and renowned author Bani Basu.(Images by Avishek MItra/IBNS)
Glimpses from Kolkata's mega Durga Puja Carnival 2023
Oct 28, 2023, at 06:25 am
Like every year, Kolkata bid adieu to some of the famous and revered Durga Puja idols across the city with much pomp and merry through the mega carnival organised by the Bengal government on Friday. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was present at the event as several popular puja organisers displayed their tableau showcasing the idols and cultural performances at the Red Road in presence of hundreds of spectators. Several celebrities from the Tollywood film industry like Prosenjit Chatterjee, Dev and Rituparna Sengupta were also in attendance at the grand carnival.
In Images: Mamata Banerjee, Sourav Ganguly in Spain
Sep 15, 2023, at 04:43 am
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and India’s cricket icon Sourav Ganguly were spotted together in Madrid, Spain during the former’s foreign tour to attract business for her state. (Photo Courtesy: AITC)
Mamata Banerjee meets Amitabh Bachchan, and his family in Mumbai
Aug 31, 2023, at 01:09 am
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met megastar Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan along with their family at their residence in Mumbai/ courtesy: AITC
Mamata Banerjee addresses Martyr's Day Rally in Kolkata
Jul 21, 2023, at 09:44 pm
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addressed the Martyrs' Day Rally in Kolkata on Friday (July 21, 2023).(Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
In images: Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek attending oppositions' meeting in Bengaluru
Jul 18, 2023, at 04:42 am
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee attend the opposition parties' second meeting in Bengaluru hosted by the Congress party.
In images: Opposition parties' meeting in Bengaluru
Jul 18, 2023, at 03:23 am
BENGALURU, JUL 17 (UNI):- Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge with Congress Ex-President Sonia Gandhi during opposition parties meeting in Bengaluru on Monday.(Image credit: UNI)
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee joins ISKCON Ratha Yatra in Kolkata
Jun 21, 2023, at 02:43 am
Kolkata: WB Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee along with Tollywood actors and celebrities, including TMC MP Mimi Chakrabtory and danseuse Dona Ganguly, on Tuesday (June 20, 2023) took part at the ISKCON Rath Yatra in Kolkata. She prayed for the victims of the recent Coromandel rail crash in Odisha killing over 290 people.(Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
Filmmaker Sudipto Sen, actor Adah Sharma speak on The Kerala Story in Kolkata
May 20, 2023, at 10:55 pm
Within 24 hours after the Supreme Court put a stay on the West Bengal government's ban on The Kerala Story, filmmaker Sudipto Sen and actor Adah Sharma flew down to the city to speak on the film, which courted controversy over its content and factual claims. (Photography: Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
Salman Khan meets Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata
May 14, 2023, at 02:18 am
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at her residence in Kolkata on Saturday. Salman is in Kolkata for his Dabangg tour. (Image Credit: AITC)
Mamata Banerjee holds dharna against Centre in Kolkata
Mar 30, 2023, at 03:07 pm
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday began 31-hour long sit-in protest or dharna against the Centre on a range of issues including the alleged delay in releasing central funds, hike in prices of LPG cylinders, using probe agencies for political vendetta at Red Road in Kolkata. She will continue the dharna till 7 pm on Thursday. (Photography: Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
Mamata Banerjee hosts 126th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose in Kolkata
Jan 24, 2023, at 01:45 am
KOLKATA, JAN 23 (UNI):- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the occasion of the 126th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, in Kolkata on Monday. (Image credit : UNI)
PM Modi holds all-party meeting on G20 Summit
Dec 06, 2022, at 05:08 pm
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday interacted with various opposition leaders including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Left leader Sitaram Yechury and others at an all-party meeting on G20 Summit, which will be hosted by India in 2023. (Image Credit: UNI)
BJP protests against Mamata govt, Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim over Dengue
Nov 15, 2022, at 05:13 pm
The West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members protested against the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal and Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim over the increase in cases of Dengue in Kolkata. The protest was held near Hakim's residence at Chetla in south Kolkata. (Image Credit: Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
Left Front rallies in protest against Mamata govt over SSC job issue
Nov 05, 2022, at 06:56 pm
Left Front leaders including veteran politician Biman Bose held a rally in downtown Kolkata on Friday demanding recruitment of legitimate School Service Commission (SSC) candidates by the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal. (Image Credit: Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
Glimpses of preparation to celebrate UNESCO tag for Durga Puja festival in Kolkata
Sep 01, 2022, at 02:57 am
KOLKATA, AUG 31 (UNI):- Preparation in full showing for celebration of World Heritage Durga Puja festival at Red Road, in Kolkata on Wednesday.
Glimpses of Mamata Banerjee's cabinet expansion
Aug 04, 2022, at 12:41 am
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday expanded the state cabinet for the first time since the Trinamool Congress returned to power for the third straight time in 2021.
Mamata Banerjee addresses rally to mark Martyrs day
Jul 22, 2022, at 12:26 am
KOLKATA, JUL 21(UNI):- Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee addressing a rally to mark the Martyrs Diwas, in Kolkata on Thursday.
Presidential polls: PM Modi, CMs, MPs cast votes
Jul 19, 2022, at 01:49 am
NEW DELHI, JUL 18 (UNI):- PM Narendra Modi casting his vote for the Presidential election 2022, at Parliament House in New Delhi on Monday.