Bengal: Mamata Banerjee, Amit Shah in Nandigram for last day of campaign
Mar 30, 2021, at 08:46 pm
Nandigram/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be in West Bengal poll epicentre Nandigram on Tuesday for the last day of campaign ahead of the elections in the constituency on Apr 1.
COVID-19 positive patients should be 'mandatorily' brought to hospitals: WB Govt clarifies
Apr 27, 2020, at 11:20 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Hours after Mamata Banerjee on Monday purportedly said 'home quarantine' for Coronavirus patients is the ideal situation presently, the West Bengal Health Department has clarified in an order that COVID-19 positive cases have to be 'mandatorily' brought to designated hospitals while the primary and secondary contacts can be in home isolation.
Mamata Banerjee to skip PM Modi's meet with party chiefs tomorrow
Jun 18, 2019, at 04:25 pm
New Delhi, June 18 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will not attend the meeting of political party chiefs with PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday, media reports said
Mamata Banerjee did right thing by gifting PM Modi with kurtas: Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh
Apr 25, 2019, at 06:14 pm
Kolkata, Apr 25 (IBNS): Ignoring the jibes by the Left-Congress, West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Dilip Ghosh on Thursday supported West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for gifting Prime Minister Narendra Modi with kurtas and sweets.
Kejriwal equates PM to tumour that needs removing, Mamata challenges Modi to debate
Mar 31, 2019, at 09:47 pm
Vizag, Mar 31 (IBNS): Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday equated the situation in the country to a person with a tumour said if someone had a tumour, it had to be removed.
Modi babu knows only how to manipulate data: WB CM Mamata Banerjee
Mar 06, 2019, at 08:06 pm
Kolkata, Mar 6 (UNI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and accused him of manipulating data.
Rahul Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee, Arvind Kejriwal meet at Sharad Pawar's home
Feb 13, 2019, at 11:53 pm
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IBNS): Opposition leaders from different political parties met at Sharad Pawar's house on Wednesday night to discuss pre-poll alliances and a Common Minimum Programme to fight against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Feb 06, 2019, at 06:02 pm
Lucknow, Feb 6 (IBNS): Describing West Bengal government as 'anarchist', Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who addressed a rally in Purulia town on Tuesday, said he will be beside the people of the state in ' overthrowing' the Mamata Banerjee-led government.
Mamata Banerjee's dharna enters third day, Supreme Court to hear CBI plea today
Feb 05, 2019, at 09:15 am
New Delhi/Kolkata, Feb 5 (BNS): As West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's dharna (sit-in protest) against Central Bureau of Investigation's move against Rajeev Kumar enters its third day, the Supreme Court will take up the central probe agency's plea against the Kolkata Police chief on Tuesday.
Mamata vs CBI row: BJP office vandalized in Kolkata, TMC accused
Feb 04, 2019, at 07:33 pm
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IBNS): While West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is holding an 'indefinite' sit-in-demonstration (dharna) in Kolkata's downtown Esplanade area over the ongoing CBI issue, a local party office of BJP at Bhawanipore area in south part of the city was ransacked allegedly by TMC men on Monday afternoon, reports said.
Jan 11, 2019, at 06:00 pm
Kolkata, Jan 11 (IBNS): Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi without naming him over the movie The Accidental Prime Minister, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who was once a part of the Congress party, said a movie named 'Disastrous PM’ should also be released. She made the comments on a day when a cinema hall screen in a multiplex was torn up by alleged Congress activists.
Dec 12, 2018, at 05:58 pm
Bhopal, Dec 12 (IBNS): West Bengal Legislative Assembly Deputy Speaker Haider Aziz Safwi passed away on Wednesday.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee remembers Mother Teresa on death anniversary
Sep 05, 2018, at 03:40 pm
Kolkata, Sept 5 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday remembered Mother Teresa on her 21st death anniversary.
Can a rainbow coalition of disparate opposition forces challenge BJP in 2019?
Dec 29, 2017, at 08:16 pm
How fast political fortunes of major political forces change in India? Well, quite fast if 2017 is any indication. The year had started off with a bumper harvest for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, but ended with a pyrrhic victory for the party in its citadel Gujarat.
Will oust BJP in 2019 Lok Sabha election: Mamata Banerjee
Jul 21, 2017, at 08:35 pm
Kolkata, July 21 (IBNS): In an unsparing attack against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday that Trinamool Congress (TMC) will oust the saffron party from political power in the next Lok Sabha election.
Mamata reacts to CBFC's objection to specific words in a documentary featuring Amartya Sen
Jul 12, 2017, at 09:57 pm
Kolkata, July 12 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reacted to CBFC's objection to specific words in a documentary film that features Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, on Wednesday.
Fresh clashes erupt in Darjeeling hills after a GNLF supporter was allegedly shot dead by police
Jul 08, 2017, at 09:18 pm
Darjeeling, Jul 8 (IBNS): Alleging that a supporter of Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) was shot dead by police, supporters of GNLF and Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) went on a rampage and clashed with the police on Saturday morning, reports said.
Communal riots turn Bengal's Baduria into battlefield, Central forces deployed
Jul 05, 2017, at 12:30 am
Kolkata, July 4 (IBNS): A clash erupted between two communities at Baduria in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district over a Facebook post forcing the Centre to deploy four companies of paramilitary forces in the violence-hit areas on Tuesday, even as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee warned of stern action to control the situation, while attacking the state governor for his "partisan" approach towards her.
Too little too late, Rahul Gandhi on PM Modi's condemnation of cow vigilantism
Jun 30, 2017, at 04:14 am
New Delhi, June 29 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi's condemnation of cow vigilantism in the wake of yet another lynching of a Muslim teenager has been termed as "too little, too late" by Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday.
Asaduddin Owaisi, Mamata Banerjee hit out at PM Modi over cow vigilantism
Jun 29, 2017, at 11:15 pm
Hyderabad, June 29 (IBNS): President of All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen Party, Asaduddin Owaisi attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over cow vigilantism on Thursday.
Unrest in Darjeeling hills of West Bengal continues, no relaxation in bandh
Jun 29, 2017, at 06:45 pm
Darjeeling/Kolkata, Jun 29 (IBNS): The agitation by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) in the Darjeeling hills of West Bengal continues, with supporters allegedly holding violent protests and setting fire to government properties, according to media reports.
Jun 28, 2017, at 09:27 pm
Kolkata, June 28 (IBNS): Protesting the GST roll out, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday that Trinamool Congress will not join the GST celebration to be held at the parliamentary house at midnight on June 30.
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha parts ways with GTA, says strike will continue
Jun 23, 2017, at 09:57 pm
Darjeeling/Kolkata, Jun 23 (IBNS): Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) on Friday officially announced that it is parting ways with Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA).
Sushma Swaraj congratulates Ram Nath Kovind following Presidential candidate nomination
Jun 19, 2017, at 11:56 pm
New Delhi, Jun 19 (IBNS): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday congratulated Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind following the latter's nomination as a Presidential candidate.
Darjeeling hills limp back to normalcy on Saturday after two days of tense situation
Jun 10, 2017, at 10:31 pm
Kolkata/Darjeeling, Jun 10 (IBNS): Queen of the hill stations, Darjeeling in West Bengal, limped back to normal life on Saturday after the upheaval witnessed on previous two days, according to media reports.
West Bengal govt seeks Army help to control Darjeeling situation
Jun 08, 2017, at 11:37 pm
Darjeeling/Kolkata, June 08 (IBNS) Amid violent protest and arson in the hills of Darjeeling by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was chairing a state cabinet meeting, the state government has sought Army help to control the situation.
Police and GJM protesters clash in Darjeeling, CM chairs cabinet meeting
Jun 08, 2017, at 09:51 pm
Darjeeling, Jun 8 (IBNS): Police had to resort to lathi-charge to disperse Gorkha Janmukti Morcha protesters in Darjeeling on Thursday when protesters allegedly set fire to three police vehicles, according to media reports.
Rabindranath Tagore is not restricted to only Bengal: Mamata Banerjee
May 10, 2017, at 12:26 am
Kolkata, May 9 (IBNS): Remembering the contributions of Nobel-winner late poet Rabindranath Tagore in daily lives of people, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that he was not restricted to only Bengal.
Jaya Bachchan slams BJP for youth leader's remarks on Mamata head
Apr 12, 2017, at 07:15 pm
New Delhi, Apr 12 (IBNS) : While Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Wednesday condemned a BJP youth wing member's announcement of a Rs. 11 lakh bounty on the head of West Bengal chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan in Rajya Sabha went ballistic and said while "you one talks about protecting cows there is no protection for women feeling insecure owing to such remarks."
BJP youth leader announces Rs 11 lakh for Bengal CM's head, courts controversy
Apr 12, 2017, at 05:47 pm
Kolkata, Apr 12 (IBNS): A BJP youth leader in Bengal has courted controversy following an announcement where he placed a bounty of Rs 11 lakh on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's head, reports said.