Mamata Banerjee slams BJP leaders for lacking 'courtesy'
Jul 07, 2021, at 03:43 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Targeting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the saffron party members do not have courtesy as well as decency.
Jun 29, 2021, at 04:26 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: After her party boss Mamata Banerjee called Jagdeep Dhankhar a "corrupt man", Trinamool Congress (TMC) parliamentarian Mahua Moitra has accused the controversial West Bengal Governor of being the "beneficiary of illegal residential land allotment".
In a fresh attack Mamata Banerjee calls Jagdeep Dhankhar 'corrupt man'
Jun 29, 2021, at 04:48 am
Kolkata/IBNS: In a fresh war of words, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday raised corruption charges against Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar for the first time.
Mahua Moitra trades nepotism charge on Jagdeep Dhankhar, Bengal Guv denies
Jun 07, 2021, at 05:03 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) parliamentarian Mahua Moitra has locked horns with West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar accusing him of encouraging nepotism to only get her claims rejected by the latter.
Covid, law and order: Mamata Banerjee sets priority taking oath as Bengal CM for third term
May 05, 2021, at 06:05 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Sixty-six year old popular Indian politician Mamata Banerjee has cleared her initial aim would be to tackle the Covid-19 crisis and stop the post-poll violence, taking oath as the West Bengal Chief Minister for the third term in a row on Wednesday.
Mamata Banerjee swears in as West Bengal Chief Minister for third term
May 05, 2021, at 04:19 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee took oath as the West Bengal Chief Minister for the third consecutive term here on Wednesday.
PM Modi dials Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar over post-poll violence
May 04, 2021, at 08:43 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday dialled West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar expressing "anguish" and "concern" over the prevailing post-poll violence in the state.
Sourav Ganguly, Amit Shah may share stage in Feroz Shah Kotla today
Dec 28, 2020, at 04:57 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A day after meeting West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, Indian cricket board chief Sourav Ganguly is likely to share the stage with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, at a programme in Delhi's Feroz Shah Kotla stadium on Monday, fuelling speculations over his joining in politics.
Dec 11, 2020, at 06:58 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday said any political activity of the Opposition is ruthlessly repressed in the state, in reaction to the attack on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Jagat Prakash Nadda's convoy a day ago allegedly by the ruling Trinamool Congress supporters.
Nov 27, 2020, at 04:13 am
Kolkata/IBNS: In a new low in the strained relationship between the Governor House and the ruling party, Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee on Thursday said Jagdeep Dhankhar should be prosecuted for "obstructing" a corruption probe only to be hit back by the latter.
West Bengal Guv Jagdeep Dhakhar condoles demise of veteran actor Soumitra Chattopadhyay
Nov 15, 2020, at 08:43 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday expressed his profound grief at the passing away of veteran actor Soumitra Chattopadhyay.
Oct 29, 2020, at 11:07 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday lashed out at the Mamata Banerjee administration over the law and order situation in the eastern state as he went to Delhi to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
West Bengal Guv Jagdeep Dhankhar to meet Amit Shah today
Oct 29, 2020, at 05:33 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Jagdeep Dhankhar, the Governor of poll-bound West Bengal, will meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the national capital Delhi on Thursday.
'Deeply hurt': CPI-M on WB Guv Jagdeep Dhankhar sharing former CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharya's pics
Oct 26, 2020, at 06:06 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has landed himself in the middle of a fresh row after he shared a few pictures of ailing former state Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya on social media.
Oct 07, 2020, at 01:14 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday shared an "official" data on social media describing the high rate of crime against women in the state and slammed the Mamata Banerjee government over an alleged deterioration of the law and order situation in Bengal.
West Bengal BJP calls for 12-hour Barrackpore bandh after party worker killed
Oct 05, 2020, at 04:13 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) called for a 12-hour bandh at Barrackpore in North 24 Parganas district on Monday after one of its workers was killed last evening.
Jagdeep Dhankhar urges Mamata Banerjee to ensure 'political neutrality' of police
Sep 29, 2020, at 01:48 am
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday dashed off a letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, urging her to ensure "political neutrality of the police, enforce their accountability and desist transgressions of law and political errands."
Guv Dhankhar flays Mamata Banerjee govt for being anti-constitution, lacking transparency
Aug 26, 2020, at 06:01 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday lambasted the Mamata Banerjee government for "lacking accountability and being anti-constitution and rule of law".
Visva-Bharati University files police complaint against TMC MLA for leading vandalism at campus
Aug 18, 2020, at 09:37 pm
Shantiniketan/UNI/IBNS: The Visva-Bharati today lodged a police complaint against local Trinamool MLA Naresh Bouri and some others, a day after thousands of people allegedly using a bulldozer demolished an under construction boundary wall around the Pous Mela ground and vandalised its old entry gate, amid the admission process for new academic year.
Aug 17, 2020, at 11:42 pm
Bolpur/IBNS: Objecting to the Visva Bharati University's decision to scrap 125-year-old iconic annual Poush Mela and erect boundary wall around the Mela ground, locals at a large number went into rampage at the university campus at Shantiniketan in Birbhum district of West Bengal on Monday.
Aug 05, 2020, at 05:05 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday posted a cryptic tweet highlighting the country's "unity in diversity", on a day Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be attending the "Bhoomi Pujan" ceremony of Ram Mandir in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya.
Bengal: Guv Jagdeep Dhankhar dashes off letter to Mamata over meeting with VCs
Jul 16, 2020, at 07:18 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday dashed off a letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, taking strong exception to the communication from the State Higher Education Department, which, he said, unfortunately overruled the invite sent by him.
Calcutta High Court judge Protik Prakash Banerjee passes away
Jul 03, 2020, at 01:01 pm
Kolkata/UNI/IBNS: Calcutta High Court judge Justice Protik Prakash Banerjee passed away on Friday following cardiac arrest.
NHRC seeks report from Bengal on 'disposal of bodies in crematorium'
Jun 30, 2020, at 02:51 pm
Kolkata/UNI: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an Action Taken Report from the West Bengal government within six weeks on the matter of "disposal of bodies of suspected Corona patients in a city crematorium on Jun 10".
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar expresses sadness over Sushant Singh Rajput's demise
Jun 14, 2020, at 09:16 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Saddened and shocked by the untimely death of bright, young actor Sushant Singh Rajput, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar today said.
Bengal: Modi, Mamata Banerjee reach Basirhat after survey of Amphan-hit areas
May 22, 2020, at 12:43 pm
Kolkata/Basirhat/IBNS: After conducting an aerial survey of Cyclone Amphan-hit areas in West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reached Basirhat for an administrative meeting on Friday.
May 04, 2020, at 04:59 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In a counter-letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday said people of the state were well aware of the usurper and the extra-constitutional fountain of power.
Your words about me and government abusive: Mamata's fresh salvo at Guv Dhankhar
May 02, 2020, at 08:03 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Disappointing all who had thought the letter-war between the state headquarters Nabanna and Raj Bhavan has died down, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday sent a fresh letter training her guns at Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, accusing the latter of using words which are insulting.
Apr 25, 2020, at 02:10 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In another round of clash between the West Bengal government and Raj Bhavan over Covid-19, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday slammed the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s response to the Bengali diaspora's concern over the handling of the contagion in the state.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee meets Guv Jagdeep Dhankhar
Feb 17, 2020, at 02:04 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee here on Monday met Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, a week after the latter slammed the state government over multiple issues, including his budget speech's coverage and law and order situation in the state.