Mamata meets PM Modi, raises WB debt problem
Mar 09, 2015, at 11:14 pm
New Delhi, Mar 9 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament House on Monday.
Mamata Banerjee to meet PM Modi today
Mar 09, 2015, at 03:15 pm
New Delhi, Mar 9 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is all set to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Monday.
Mamata Banerjee meets Bangladesh President
Feb 21, 2015, at 05:35 am
Dhaka, Feb 20 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday met Bangladesh President Md. Abdul Hamid as they discussed 'matters of mutual interest'.
Don't worry over Teesta deal: Mamata
Feb 20, 2015, at 10:48 pm
Dhaka, Feb 20 (IBNS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday assured people of Bangladesh to keep faith on her over resolving the issue Teesta water sharing deal.
TMC leader Dinesh Trivedi set to join BJP?
Jan 21, 2015, at 12:08 am
Kolkata, Jan 20 (IBNS): Days after Manjul Krishna Thakur, Minister of State for Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation in the Mamata Banerjee cabinet, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), another Trinamool Congress leader and former Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi is now expected to make a similar move, media reports said on Tuesday.
TMC leader praises Modi, calls Mamata 'arrogant'
Jan 20, 2015, at 10:29 pm
Kolkata, Jan 20 ( IBNS) In what could be seen as a indication of a shift in alignment, Trinamool Congress leader and former Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi on Tuesday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi while saying Mamata Banerjee has to shed her 'ego' and 'arrogance.'
Jadavpur University VC Abhijit Chakraborty resigns
Jan 13, 2015, at 02:48 am
Kolkata, Jan 12 (IBNS) After months of turmoil, West Bengal's Jadavpur University Vice-Chancellor Abhijit Chakraborty on Monday finally resigned from his post.
Trinamool heavyweight Mukul Roy summoned by CBI
Jan 12, 2015, at 08:29 pm
Kolkata, Jan 12 (IBNS) In a major development, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday summoned All India Trinamool Congress General Secretary Mukul Roy for questioning in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam.
Two-day Bengal Global Business Summit to begin today
Jan 07, 2015, at 04:18 pm
Kolkata, Jan 7 (IBNS): The two-day 'Bengal Global Business Summit, 2015' will kick-start in Kolkata on Wednesday. The investment extravaganza would be attended by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari.
Didi promises help to people crossing from Assam, sets up relief camps
Dec 27, 2014, at 05:58 pm
Bagdogra, Dec 27 (IBNS): Days after Assam massacre by armed Bodo militants, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that several relief camps have been set up at Alipurduar in north Bengal and also promised to establish several more.
TMC attacks Amit Shah, alleges Sahara links
Dec 01, 2014, at 08:49 pm
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IBNS) A day after BJP chief Amit Shah attacked Mamata Banerjee in a Kolkata rally over Saradha chit fund scam and terrorism links, the Trinamool Congress hit back outside Parliament in New Delhi alleging links between Shah and the Sahara Group.
Didi's nephew thinks Amit Shah is not of his aunt's stature
Dec 01, 2014, at 05:49 pm
Kolkata, Dec 1 (IBNS): West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew and a party Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee thinks that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah is not of his aunt’s stature, NDTV reported.
Mamata Banerjee inaugurates Haldia Thermal plant
Nov 28, 2014, at 03:35 am
Kolkata, Nov 27 (IBNS): Providing a major impetus to power generation in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has inaugurated the Haldia Thermal plant of Haldia Energy Limited, a subsidiary of CESC.
Centre carrying out political vendetta: Mamata
Nov 22, 2014, at 09:09 pm
Kolkata, Nov 22 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA Government is carrying out political vendetta against Trinamool Congress (TMC).
Left snubs Mamata on national level coalition
Nov 19, 2014, at 08:53 pm
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IBNS): A day after Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee hinted of a coalition with arch-rivals at home, Left parties, at national level against communal forces, the latter on Wednesday has quashed any such possibility, media reported.
Mamata Banerjee meets LK Advani
Nov 18, 2014, at 02:28 am
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Mamata Banerjee on Monday met Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s patriarch LK Advani here.
Mamata suspends 3 after Kunal Ghosh attempts suicide in prison
Nov 14, 2014, at 07:30 pm
Kolkata, Nov 14 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday suspended officials including Jail Superintendent in connection with the alleged suicide attempt of suspended Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh, media reported.
Invited by Congress, Mamata likely to attend Nehru conference
Nov 12, 2014, at 09:06 pm
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IBNS): Mamata Banerjee, Jayalalithaa and Nitish Kumar are the 'like-minded prople' who featured in Congress' invitee list for a mega-event to mark Nehru's birth anniversary, media reported.
Didi hits out at media for turning Trinamool leaders into thieves
Nov 06, 2014, at 04:02 pm
Kolkata, Nov 6 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday evening attacked a section of media for turning her party leaders into thieves.
Bengal assures Centre all help in Burdwan blast probe
Oct 28, 2014, at 05:32 pm
Kolkata, Oct 27 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday assured the Central investigators of all help regarding the ongoing Khagragarh blast probe, which unearthed a huge terrorist module in the state, media reported.
NSA Ajit Doval to meet Mamata over Burdwan blast probe
Oct 27, 2014, at 03:34 pm
Kolkata, Oct 27 (IBNS): National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval is scheduled to visit West Bengal on Monday in connection with the Khagragarh blast in Burdwan district on October 2 that raised fears about a terror plot with international links, media reports said.
After Mamata, Modi eyes Singapore
Sep 10, 2014, at 09:47 pm
New Delhi, Sept 10 (IBNS): While West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Singapore trip has drawn limelight few days ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also expressed desire to visit the South-East Asian nation after he received Singapore’s Emeritus Senior Minister (ESM) Mr. Goh Chok Tong on Wednesday.
Mamata blames media for Bengal negative image
Sep 05, 2014, at 11:24 pm
Kolkata, Sept 5 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that the state is going through a dark phase and blamed a section of media for it, as been quoted in party’s micro-blogging site.
Mamata hints alliance with CPI-M to stop BJP
Aug 30, 2014, at 11:00 pm
Kolkata, Aug 30 (IBNS) West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee sprung a political surprise when she hinted in an interview to a Bengali news channel that to keep the BJP at bay in the state a tie-up with her lifelong bete noire Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) is not ruled out.
Rape incidents have reduced in WB: Mamata
Aug 30, 2014, at 05:18 am
Kolkata, Aug 29 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said the number of rape incidents in her states have reduced by 12 percent.
Meeting with Singapore PM constructive: Mamata
Aug 19, 2014, at 08:18 pm
Singapore, Aug 19 (IBNS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday held a meeting with the Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong at Shangri La hotel in Singapore, at the end of which she called the interaction as positive, constructive and fruitful.
Trinamool to observe 21st anniversary of Martyrs Day today
Jul 21, 2014, at 03:52 pm
Kolkata, July 21 (IBNS) West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress will observe its 21st anniversary of the Martyr’s Day Monday in memory of 13 youth Congress activists who died in a police firing in 1993.
Mamata govt completes three years in office tomorrow
May 20, 2014, at 05:13 am
Kolkata, May 19 (IBNS: With the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government gearing up to complete three years in the office on Tuesday, the Chief Minister thanked people for reposing their trust and confidence on them.
Mamata retains Bengal, thanks people
May 16, 2014, at 09:24 pm
Kolkata, May 16 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday thanked the people of the state for her party's strong performance in the Lok Sabha polls.
People kept their faith on Mamata: Partha
May 16, 2014, at 05:43 pm
Kolkata, May 16 (IBNS) As the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s strong performance in West Bengal continued with Mamata Banerjee's party leading in 33 seats, party leader Partha Chatterjee said people of the state had their faith in the Chief Minister.