Jul 30, 2022, at 12:06 am
Kolkata: Jailed former Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee's aide Arpita Mukherjee staged a dramatic protest, giving a tough time to security forces as they tried to take her for a court-mandated medical check-up to ESI Hospital in Kolkata's Joka.
Money laundering: BJP holds rally in Kolkata demanding Mamata Banerjee's resignation
Jul 29, 2022, at 04:06 am
Kolkata/UNI/IBNS: Calling for a "corruption-free" and "Trinamool Congress-free" West Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday held a huge protest rally in Kolkata, demanding chief minister Mamata Banerjee's resignation and punishment of all those involved in the alleged School Service Commission (SSC) scam.
SSC Scam: After Kolkata's Tollygunge and Belgharia, ED raids Arpita Mukherjee's flat in Chinar Park
Jul 29, 2022, at 03:16 am
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is reportedly raiding another apartment of sacked-Trinamool leader Partha Chatterjee's aide, Arpita Mukherjee, after the central probe agency recovered a fresh lot of cash and valuables from her Belgharia flat in a raid that lasted 18 hours, said media reports.
SSC Scam: Mamata Banerjee suspends Partha Chaterjee from TMC, removes from all party posts
Jul 29, 2022, at 12:31 am
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Thursday removed arrested leader Partha Chatterjee from all party posts while suspending him from the party.
Bengal teacher recruitment scam: Mamata sacks Partha Chatterjee from all ministries
Jul 28, 2022, at 10:24 pm
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee has been sacked from all ministries following his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the teacher recruitment scam.
'38 MLAs of TMC in good ties with us': BJP's Mithun Chakraborty
Jul 28, 2022, at 03:22 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mithun Chakraborty Wednesday claimed that 38 MLAs of Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress are in touch with his party and 21 of them are in "direct contact" with him.
Jul 27, 2022, at 12:26 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Living up to its theme "Arambha" or "The Beginning" in the 2022 Durga Puja, Kolkata's Naktala Udayan Sangha is set to organise the four-day festival this year with a fresh start after its "honourary" member and West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee landed up in jail in the teacher recruitment scam that has triggered a political firestorm in the Trinamool Congress-ruled state.
Jul 26, 2022, at 12:43 am
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday reacted angrily to the Opposition trying to link her over the teachers' recruitment scam and arrest of her industry minister Partha Chatterjee and said if someone is found 'guilty' then that person should be punished but anyone challenging her personal integrity would not be spared by her.
Failed to contact Mamata Banerjee: Partha Chatterjee after ED arrest
Jul 23, 2022, at 08:27 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) top leader Partha Chatterjee Saturday said he had failed to get in touch with his party supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after getting arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the teacher recruitment scam.
Mamata's cabinet minister Partha Chatterjee arrested in teacher recruitment scam case, aide detained
Jul 23, 2022, at 05:24 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's senior cabinet minister Partha Chatterjee was Saturday arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the teacher recruitment scam, a day after Rs. 20 crore cash was recovered from his aide's residence.
'Not the time for ego or anger': Margaret Alva urges Mamata Banerjee for support in VP election
Jul 23, 2022, at 01:42 am
New Delhi: A day after the Trinamool Congress announced its decision to abstain from voting, Margaret Alva, who is the Opposition's consensus candidate for the Vice-President election, urged party chief Mamata Banerjee to drop differences and support her nomination.
Mamata tears into Modi govt over GST on staple food, LPG price hike at her bellwether annual rally
Jul 21, 2022, at 10:58 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Addressing party workers and people from her annual Martyrs' Day rally in Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday rapped the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre on key issues like imposition of Goods and Services Tax (GST) on some basic food items, hike of LPG cylinder prices.
Eyes on 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Mamata's big Martyrs' Day rally today
Jul 21, 2022, at 04:43 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to set the tone of her party Trinamool Congress (TMC) for the upcoming Panchayat polls in her state and the next Lok Sabha elections in 2024.
15th Presidential election: 99.18 per cent of votes cast at Parliament House
Jul 19, 2022, at 01:41 am
New Delhi/UNI: The election for the 15th President of India was held across the country on Monday, with 721 MPs and nine MLAs voting at the Parliament House in Delhi, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former prime minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and other prominent leaders.
TMC MLA says Modi will face the same fate as Sri Lanka prez Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Jul 10, 2022, at 11:24 pm
Kolkata: A Trinamool Congress MLA has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have to face the same fate as Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was forced to flee on Saturday as protesters stormed his official residence demanding his resignation amid a deepening economic crisis, media reports said.
Mahua Moitra unfollows TMC on Twitter over differences on Maa Kali remark
Jul 06, 2022, at 07:38 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s firebrand Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra has appeared to have unfollowed her party on micro-blogging site Twitter, a day after her remark on goddess Kali was not approved by the ruling dispensation of West Bengal.
Mamata Banerjee says people will bulldoze BJP in democratic manner
Jul 05, 2022, at 03:57 am
Kolkata/IBNS: In an all out attack on her arch-rival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is eyeing a national role after returning to power for the third term in 2021, Monday said people will "bulldoze" the saffron party "democratically".
Bengal: Mithun Chakraborty back in Kolkata, to visit BJP state office today
Jul 04, 2022, at 05:31 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Actor-turned politician Mithun Chakraborty will visit the West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s headquarters in Kolkata Monday, triggering speculation over his reactivation of involvement in the saffron brigade of West Bengal.
Jun 30, 2022, at 10:10 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Hindu religious and spiritual organisation Ramkrishna Mission Thursday said Maa Sarada was "disrespected" by Trinamool Congress leader Nirmal Majhi, who claimed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is the reincarnation of Sarada Devi.
Bengal Governor asks Mamata Banerjee to withdraw her 'jihad against BJP' remark
Jun 30, 2022, at 05:08 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday wrote to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asking the CM to withdraw her "jihad against the BJP" remark.
Mamata Banerjee, Pinarayi Vijayan condemn murder of young tailor in Udaipur
Jun 29, 2022, at 04:59 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Chief Ministers of West Bengal and Kerala, Mamata Banerjee and Pinarayi Vijayan have condemned the killing of a young tailor in Rajasthan's Udaipur that has triggered shock across the country.
'Democracy bulldozed': Mamata Banerjee blames BJP for Maharashtra political crisis
Jun 24, 2022, at 02:06 am
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: Blaming the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government at the Centre for the current political crisis in the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharastra government, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday claimed that the saffron party was responsible for the toppling game after sensing defeat in the presidential poll next month.
Farooq Abdullah turns down opposition's presidential candidate proposal
Jun 19, 2022, at 04:09 am
New Delhi: National Conference Party chairperson and former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah has turned down the proposal to be the joint candidate of the opposition in the upcoming presidential election.
Rajnath Singh speaks to Mamata Banerjee, other opposition leaders on Presidential poll
Jun 16, 2022, at 02:42 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday spoke to Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and other opposition leaders in regards to the Presidential elections that are due next month.
Sharad Pawar opts out of presidential race at opposition meeting called by Mamata Banerjee
Jun 16, 2022, at 01:10 am
New Delhi: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar has refused to be the opposition's candidate for the presidential election, saying that he still has active political innings to play, media reported.
Mamata's Prez poll meeting: List of parties attending and skipping
Jun 15, 2022, at 07:19 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: With a fresh bid to unite the anti-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) forces ahead of 2024 General Elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has taken a forward step calling a meeting to discuss the Opposition's strategy for the upcoming Presidential poll due to be held Jul 18.
Jun 15, 2022, at 12:46 am
New Delhi/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday met Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar in the national capital ahead of the Opposition's key meeting over the upcoming Presidential election.
Bengal Assembly passes Bill seeking Mamata Banerjee to be chancellor of state-run varsities
Jun 14, 2022, at 02:56 am
Kolkata/UNI: The West Bengal Assembly on Monday passed a bill by a majority vote that seeks to replace Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as the chancellor of all state-run universities.
Mamata Banerjee prays for 'early recovery' of hospitalised Covid-19 infected Sonia Gandhi
Jun 13, 2022, at 01:11 am
Kolkata/New Delhi/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has prayed for an "early recovery" of Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, who was Sunday hospitalised with Covid-19 complications.
Mamata Banerjee calls opposition meeting to form strategy ahead of presidential polls
Jun 12, 2022, at 02:52 am
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written a letter to opposition parties, requesting them to attend a meeting, called by her on June 15 in New Delhi, to design a joint strategy for the presidential polls.