Jun 11, 2022, at 06:36 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday said her government will deal with the violence in the Howrah district over the Prophet Muhammad row "strictly" but also trained her guns at her arch-rival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the issue.
Vlogger Roddur Roy arrested from Goa for abusive remark against Mamata Banerjee over KK death
Jun 07, 2022, at 11:27 pm
Kolkata/Panaji: Kolkata Police on Tuesday arrested controversial vlogger Roddur Roy from Goa for allegedly making derogatory remarks against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee.
Kolkata: Gujarati couple found murdered inside their Bhabanipur flat
Jun 07, 2022, at 05:01 pm
Kolkata/UNI: A Gujarati couple, identified as Ashoke Shah (56) and his wife Rashmita Shah (52), were found murdered inside their Bhabanipur flat in the city, police investigating the brutal double homicide said on Tuesday.
Many industries will come up in Singur: Mamata Banerjee
Jun 04, 2022, at 06:00 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday asserted many industries will be set up in Hooghly district's Singur, where she led a massive land movement that had catapulted her to power in 2011, media reports said.
KK's concert was overcrowded with ventilation problems: Fans say
Jun 02, 2022, at 04:36 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The sudden death of famous Indian singer Krishnakumar Kunnath, popularly known by his stage name KK, after a concert in Kolkata, has raised several questions over the arrangements at the venue, the Nazrul Mancha.
KK no more: Singer's family arrives in Kolkata, Mamata announces gun salute
Jun 01, 2022, at 04:53 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The family of popular Indian singer KK, who passed away after a concert in Kolkata, arrived at a city hospital where the mortal remains of the icon has been kept.
West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee announces film city in Purulia
May 31, 2022, at 07:25 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced the setting up of a film city in her state's Purulia district, a destination for the tourists.
Bengal govt to amend law to make CM Mamata Banerjee chancellor of all state-run universities
May 27, 2022, at 04:26 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal government Thursday announced that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will replace the Governor as Chancellor of all state-run universities.
Mamata Banerjee condoles five West Bengal tourists' death in Uttarakhand road accident
May 26, 2022, at 05:52 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday condoled the death of five tourists from her state in a road accident near Tehri on their way to Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand.
Bengal govt will not reduce state VAT on fuel: Mamata Banerjee
May 24, 2022, at 01:26 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday called the Centre's latest move to cut fuel prices and announce subsidy on cooking gas under the Ujjwala scheme as an election stunt.
May 19, 2022, at 06:15 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for allegedly using central agencies for political points, breaking her silence on the summons issued to her senior minister Partha Chatterjee over an alleged recruitment scam.
May 14, 2022, at 02:18 am
Kolkata/IBNS: In a major embarrassment for the Mamata Banerjee government, a judicial probe committee's report on Friday stated that West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) had flouted all norms while recruiting 381 Group-C staff, reports said.
Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi over delay in releasing funds for MGNREGA scheme, PM Awas Yojana
May 13, 2022, at 02:19 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention over the alleged delay in releasing funds to her state for the implementation of MGNREGA scheme and the Prime Minister Awas Yojana.
Babul Supriyo takes oath as TMC MLA in Bengal Assembly
May 12, 2022, at 01:09 am
Kolkata/UNI: Ruling Trinamool Congress winner from Ballygunge Babul Supriyo was sworn in as the MLA in the West Bengal Assembly on Wednesday.
May 11, 2022, at 03:03 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Writer Anadiranjan Biswas Tuesday resigned as a member of Sahitya Akademi a day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was honoured with a special award for her "relentless literary pursuit".
West Bengal observes Rabindra Jayanti today
May 09, 2022, at 07:04 pm
Kolkata: West Bengal observed Rabindra Jayanti, the birth anniversary of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, on Monday amid rainfall since morning.
May 08, 2022, at 03:51 pm
Kolkata: Former cricket captain and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has spoken about his close relations with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee a day after BJP leader and Home Minister Amit Shah paid a visit to his residence and had dinner with his family.
Amit Shah arrives on a two-day visit to West Bengal
May 05, 2022, at 07:03 pm
Hingalganj/UNI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday arrived in West Bengal on a two-day visit, first of its kind after about 13 months since the state assembly elections were held in March-April, 202.
TMC MP wants Mamata as PM, Abhishek Banerjee West Bengal CM in 2024
May 04, 2022, at 03:16 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A day after Trinamool Congress (TMC) spokesperson Kunal Ghosh expressed his wish to see party's national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee as the West Bengal Chief Minister in 2036, MP Aparuba Poddar Tuesday came out with a different wish.
Arvind Kejriwal meets Mamata Banerjee in Delhi, discusses opposition unity for 2024 polls
Apr 30, 2022, at 04:26 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday met his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee in the national capital, the first after their parties contested in the Goa assembly elections recently.
BGBS: Dhankhar, Mamata exchange veiled barbs in front of global audience
Apr 21, 2022, at 07:11 am
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday made veiled attacks on each other at the 6th Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) while speaking in front of the global business community.
Mamata's extravagant business summit earns Opposition's questions and doubts on investment
Apr 21, 2022, at 02:04 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's elaborate and extravagant, like every other year, sixth Bengal Global Business Summit or BGBS witnessed top industrialists' presence but attracted sharp criticisms and doubts from the Opposition parties in the state, which is battling dearth of jobs in the private sector.
PM Modi's presence in Bengal Global Business Summit uncertain: Reports
Apr 19, 2022, at 07:04 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's presence at the inauguration of the two-day Bengal Global Business Summit on Wednesday is uncertain, various media reports said.
Apr 17, 2022, at 01:14 am
Kolkata/IBNS: For the first time in 24 years since its inception, the Trinamool Congress (TMC), spearheaded by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Saturday managed to win the Asansol Lok Sabha seat with veteran Bollywood actor Shatrughan Sinha as its candidate.
Shubho Nababarsho gift to us: Mamata Banerjee after TMC's win in Bengal bypolls
Apr 16, 2022, at 08:26 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has termed her party Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s win in two byelections in the state as a Nababarsho or the Bengali New Year "gift" to the outfit's organisation.
BJP turncoat Babul Supriyo's winning margin as TMC candidate in Ballygunge shrinks, CPI-M closes in
Apr 16, 2022, at 07:17 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Babul Supriyo, a former Union Minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the Centre, won under the banner of Mamata Banerjee but his winning margin as compared to his predecessor late Subrata Mukherjee, shrank significantly in the byelection held in West Bengal's Ballygunge assembly seat.
Bengal: TMC set to break Asansol jinx with Shatrughan Sinha
Apr 16, 2022, at 06:00 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Battling the 'outsider' jibe, veteran Bollywood actor Shatrughan Sinha is all set to earn Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) its maiden win in West Bengal's one of the biggest cities, Asansol, where parliamentary byelection was held on Apr 12.
IVF pioneer Dr Baidyanath Chakrabarty passes away in Kolkata
Apr 16, 2022, at 04:37 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Veteran reproductive medicine specialist Dr Baidyanath Chakrabarty, one of the pioneers in IVF research, passed away in Kolkata after a prolonged illness on Friday. He was 94.
Bengal rape incident: BJP's fact-finding team visits Hanskhali
Apr 15, 2022, at 07:24 pm
Kolkata/UNI: A four-member fact-finding committee of BJP, all women, on Friday left this city on way to Hanskhali in West Bengal's Nadia district to meet the bereaved family members of the 14-year-old girl, who was gang-raped and murdered in which a TMC leader's son was arrested as one of the prime accused.
Apr 14, 2022, at 10:04 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: After Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra, now her colleague Saugata Roy has embarrassed his party supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee through his reaction to the Hanskhali rape incident, which has brought the state administration under the scanner.