Centre to frame rules of Citizenship Act by July 9
Feb 03, 2021, at 04:09 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre has given itself a time till July 9 to frame and implement the rules of the controversial Citizenship Act, the amendments to which were passed in December 2019 resulting in violent protests across the country.
Former Trinamool Congress MLA Dipak Haldar joins BJP
Feb 02, 2021, at 09:24 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Former Trinamool Congress MLA from Diamond Harbour Dipak Haldar on Tuesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a day after deserting the ruling outfit.
Jan 31, 2021, at 09:00 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday told a rally in Howrah that the central health scheme Ayushman Bharat will be implemented immediately after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) comes to power in the state, as speakers, mostly those who joined the saffron outfit from Trinamool Congress, vowed to take on Mamata Banerjee and make her completely supporter-less by the time polls were held.
Bengal BJP apologises to Saayoni Ghosh over parliamentarian Saumitra Khan's comment
Jan 30, 2021, at 06:46 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday apologised to Bengali actor Saayoni Ghosh on behalf of party parliamentarian Saumitra Khan, who had passed an outrageous comment on the film artist.
Bengal: Former Domjur MLA Rajib Banerjee quits Trinamool Congress
Jan 29, 2021, at 10:32 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Ending all speculations, former MLA from West Bengal’s Domjur, Rajib Banerjee, resigned as the Trinamool Congress member.
Amit Shah is my 'Bhaiyya': Mamata Banerjee says in TV interview
Jan 29, 2021, at 05:57 am
New Delhi/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in an exclusive interview with India Today called Amit Shah her 'Bhaiyya' (brother) while taking a dig at the Union Home Minister for 'spreading lies' through social media.
Mamata govt in West Bengal to table anti-farm laws resolution in assembly today
Jan 28, 2021, at 05:11 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal will on Thursday table a resolution against the Centre's new contentious farm laws in the state assembly.
Centre's insensitive attitude towards farmers caused violence in Delhi: Mamata Banerjee
Jan 27, 2021, at 02:33 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday blamed the central government for the violence that erupted in the national capital during the tractor rally by the protesting farmers against the three contentious farm laws.
Jan 27, 2021, at 01:27 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Journalist-turned-Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA from Hooghly's Uttarpara, Prabir Ghoshal, on Tuesday resigned from the party posts he held after the disciplinary committee of the state's ruling party issued a show-cause notice to him for allegedly making 'anti-party' statements to the media, reports said.
Jan 24, 2021, at 12:26 am
Kolkata/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid homage to the statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and inaugurated a permanent museum dedicated to the freedom fighter at the Victoria Memorial to mark his 125th birth anniversary.
Jan 23, 2021, at 11:13 pm
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was heard bursting in fury in front of Prime Minister Modi during the grand event at Victoria Memorial to mark the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose here, when she allegedly faced 'Jai Shri Ram' chants on Saturday.
India should have four capitals including Kolkata: Mamata on Netaji's 125th birth anniversary
Jan 23, 2021, at 08:37 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said Kolkata should be revived as the capital of the country, peddling the sentiment of provincialism on the occasion of freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's 125th birth anniversary.
Modi, Mamata make Netaji's birth anniversary centre-stage in poll-bound Bengal today
Jan 23, 2021, at 04:51 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: With 10 or little more weeks left to plunge into an electoral battle in West Bengal, the ruling parties of the country and the state are set to make the 125th birth anniversary of freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose the centre-stage in the poll-bound state on Saturday.
Inspired by Mamata's 'spirit', former CAB joint secretary Biswarup Dey joins Trinamool Congress
Jan 20, 2021, at 06:33 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Former cricket administrator Biswarup Dey on Wednesday joined the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, days after ex-cricketer Laxmi Ratan Shukla resigned as the state minister.
Masterstroke or nervousness? Mamata Banerjee's surprising Nandigram candidature stuns all
Jan 19, 2021, at 05:45 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Almost catching the Opposition off-guard on Monday afternoon, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took the reign of her party Trinamool Congress' fight against one of her former trusted soldiers Suvendu Adhikari, who is now a saffron leader, in Nandigram, setting the tone of the 2021 summer West Bengal polls.
Jan 19, 2021, at 03:13 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari on Monday said he would defeat Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram by 50,000 votes or quit politics, hours after the West Bengal Chief Minister surprised all by announcing her candidature for the 2021 assembly polls.
Kolkata: Suvendu Adhikari's mega roadshow 'attacked' allegedly by TMC workers
Jan 19, 2021, at 12:26 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Hours after Trinamool Congress (AITC) supremo Mamata Banerjee announced to contest from rebel Suvendu Adhikari's "home-turf" Nandigram constituency in the upcoming Bengal assembly election, an Adhikari-led BJP roadshow in southern Kolkata was attacked allegedly by TMC activists on Monday evening, reports said.
Mamata Banerjee to contest 2021 Bengal polls from Nandigram
Jan 18, 2021, at 07:24 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In what could lead to a face-to-face fight with the Adhikari family, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced she would contest from the Nandigram constituency, which is still relevant in the state politics.
West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee to hold rally in Nandigram today
Jan 18, 2021, at 05:05 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will on Monday hold a rally in Nandigram, for the first time since the exit of her former lieutenant Suvendu Adhikari from the ruling Trinamool Congress.
'I am still in Trinamool Congress': Rebel Lok Sabha MP Satabdi Roy after meeting top brass
Jan 16, 2021, at 03:18 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A day after venting anger against her own outfit, rebel Trinamool Congress MP Satabdi Roy on Friday said she was still in the party fold following a meeting with the top brass.
Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee visits Bagbazar where fire broke out, assures affected people all help
Jan 14, 2021, at 06:44 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday visited the area in north Kolkata's Bagbazar where a massive fire broke out last evening, assuring all help to the affected people.
BJP is like Donald Trump: Mamata Banerjee
Jan 11, 2021, at 10:27 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Lashing out at her prime challenger Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday equated the saffron brigade with outgoing US President President Donald Trump who had refused to concede defeat for a long time.
'Corruption has been institutionalised in West Bengal': JP Nadda targets Trinamool Congress govt
Jan 10, 2021, at 03:11 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Jagat Prakash Nadda on Saturday cornered the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal stating corruption has been institutionalised in the state.
Bengal: AIMIM state president Sk. Abdul Kalam joins Trinamool Congress
Jan 09, 2021, at 08:42 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In a setback for the AIMIM which is set to contest the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections, the party's acting president in the state, Sheikh Abdul Kalam, on Saturday joined the ruling Trinamool Congress.
Bengal cinema halls can operate with 100 pct occupancy: Mamata Banerjee
Jan 09, 2021, at 02:52 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced that cinema halls in her state would be allowed to operate with 100 per cent occupancy if Covid-19 safety protocols are adhered to.
Amid political acrimony, Mamata Banerjee meets Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar
Jan 07, 2021, at 05:56 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid the increasing acrimony in the relationship between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday evening visited Raj Bhavan in Kolkata and held talks with the guv for nearly an hour.
West Bengal Minister Laxmi Ratan Shukla resigns
Jan 05, 2021, at 08:53 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In an apparent setback for the Trinamool Congress, West Bengal Minister Laxmi Ratan Shukla on Tuesday stepped down from his post.
Is Mamata’s celebration of Netaji in Bengal aimed at countering BJP brand of nationalism?
Jan 05, 2021, at 03:31 am
Kolkata/IBNS: After invoking the "Bangla-Bangali sentiment" last week, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday unveiled an elaborate plan to celebrate India's freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's 125th birth anniversary, amid reports of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's likely visit to the poll-bound state.
'Sincere gratitude to Maa-Mati-Manush': Mamata Banerjee on Trinamool Congress' foundation day
Jan 01, 2021, at 07:17 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday extended her "gratitude" to the people of her state on the 23rd foundation day of her party.
Mamata invokes Tagore and all things Bengali to stonewall 'usurper' BJP in 2021 poll challenge
Dec 31, 2020, at 05:15 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Portrait of Rabindranath Tagore, the soft power of Bengali songs and reference to Visva Bharati- a montage of the recently concluded roadshow of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Bolpur manifested her bid to emerge as the crusader for Bengali culture, having been pitted against the rising force that is Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in next year's assembly polls.