AIMIM to contest in West Bengal Assembly polls next year: Asaduddin Owaisi
Nov 11, 2020, at 09:45 pm
Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi has announced that his party will contest in the upcoming Assembly polls in West Bengal.
Nov 10, 2020, at 01:27 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said a state government can't be expected to be a "silent spectator" in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressing concern over the rise in prices of essential commodities.
Amit Shah meets classical musician Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty in his 2-day Bengal visit
Nov 07, 2020, at 02:57 am
Kolkata/IBNS: With just a few months left for the high-octane assembly polls in West Bengal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday paid a visit to Indian classical vocalist Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty's residence, triggering a debate whether the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is aiming to reach out to the cultural group of the state ahead of the electoral battle.
Give us one chance, we will build 'Sonar Bangla' in five years: Amit Shah in Bengal
Nov 07, 2020, at 01:55 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is on a two-day visit to Bengal, on Friday appealed to the people of the state to give one chance to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to form the government here and help build 'sonar Bangla' (golden Bengal) in five years.
Amit Shah slams Mamata govt over 'appeasement politics' offering prayers at Dakshineswar Temple
Nov 06, 2020, at 07:20 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Offering prayers to goddess Kali at the iconic Dakshineswar Temple, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday slammed the Mamata Banerjee government for its alleged appeasement politics, without taking the name of any community.
'Will it be nice if I say the same?' Mamata Banerjee counters Amit Shah's 'uproot TMC govt' attack
Nov 06, 2020, at 12:47 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday strongly reacted to Union Home Minister Amit Shah's call to uproot the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in the 2021 West Bengal assembly polls.
'Uproot Mamata Banerjee govt': Amit Shah appeals to people during his 2-day Bengal visit
Nov 06, 2020, at 12:32 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Sharpening his attack on the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday urged people of the state to uproot the ruling dispensation in the next assembly elections due to be held in 2021.
'Uproot Mamata Banerjee govt': Amit Shah appeals to people during his 2-day Bengal visit
Nov 05, 2020, at 10:45 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Sharpening his attack on the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday urged people of the state to uproot the ruling dispensation in the next assembly elections due to be held in 2021.
No truck with Bimal Gurung: GJM leader Binay Tamang ahead of meeting with Mamata
Nov 03, 2020, at 07:31 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Hours ahead of his meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, GJM (Binay faction) leader Binay Tamang on Tuesday said he has no truck with Bimal Gurung, as the latter recently severed his link with the BJP and announced his allegiance towards the TMC supremo.
Eyes on 2021 poll, BJP chief JP Nadda to visit West Bengal again on Nov 6
Oct 31, 2020, at 02:49 am
Kolkata/IBNS: In a bid to mobilise the outfit's organisation, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Jagat Prakash Nadda will make his second visit to poll-bound West Bengal in less than 20 days on Nov 6.
SC slams WB Police for summoning Delhi resident who criticised Mamata govt on Facebook over lockdown
Oct 30, 2020, at 03:13 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court has slammed the West Bengal Police for summoning a Delhi resident, who had criticised the Mamata Banerjee government in a Facebook post over the enforcement of anti-Covid-19 lockdown, media reports said.
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.
GJM supremo Bimal Gurung announces support for Mamata Banerjee in upcoming assembly poll
Oct 22, 2020, at 02:14 am
Kolkata/UNI: Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) supremo Bimal Gurung on Wednesday announced his support to the Mamata Banerjee led Trinamool Congress in 2021 assembly poll in West Bengal and severed ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saying the latter did not help in the creation of Gorkhaland state in Darjeeling district.
Oct 21, 2020, at 06:29 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Countering the dole politics and inauguration of puja pandals by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is not reluctant to hold back to address the Bengali community (mostly) this year as barely few months are left for the eastern state to plunge into a high-octane election mode.
Oct 17, 2020, at 12:18 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday passed an interim order that all the Durga Puja committees in West Bengal, which have been granted a dole of Rs. 50,000 each by the state government, can spend the "public money" only in public interest.
Mamata Banerjee remembers former President APJ Abdul Kalam on his birth anniversary
Oct 16, 2020, at 01:53 am
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday remembered "Missile Man" of India, Bharat Ratna awardee and former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam on his birth anniversary.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee saddened at the passing away of Dr AP Mukherjee IPS (Rtd.)
Oct 13, 2020, at 10:41 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday expressed her profound grief at the passing away of Dr AP Mukherjee IPS (Rtd.), who was recently awarded Bango Vibhushan Samman.
Turban case: West Bengal Guv Dhankhar asks CM to withdraw case against Balvinder Singh
Oct 13, 2020, at 10:09 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Asserting that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should send human rights and Rule of Law friendly signals, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday urged her to withdraw the case against Balvinder Singh whose turban was allegedly removed by the West Bengal Police.
Oct 08, 2020, at 10:58 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) national president Tejasvi Surya on Thursday lashed out at the Mamata Banerjee government after the saffron party's march to West Bengal secretariat Nabanna was met with lathicharge, tear gas and water cannons from police.
West Bengal: BJP marches to Mamata Banerjee's office, meets with lathicharge, teargas
Oct 08, 2020, at 07:35 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal Police resorted to lathicharge and also opened tear gas to disperse the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and workers who were on Thursday marching towards the state secretariat Nabanna, which houses Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's office.
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.
No objection to Ayushman Bharat if Centre pays entire money: Mamata Banerjee
Oct 06, 2020, at 10:21 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday reiterated her government's latest stance over the Narendra Modi government's health scheme Ayushman Bharat which is yet to be initiated in the eastern state.
'Is this democracy in Bengal?': BJP targets Mamata Banerjee over saffron party worker's killing
Oct 05, 2020, at 07:04 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In a latest faceoff with West Bengal's ruling dispensation Trinamool Congress (TMC), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday targeted Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the killing of a saffron party worker in the eastern state, raising questions over the law and order situation in the former Left citadel.
'Today I am a Dalit': Mamata Banerjee protesting against Hathras fatal gangrape
Oct 04, 2020, at 02:53 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Taking the reign of her party Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s protest against the Hathras fatal gangrape case, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday led a protest march close to downtown Kolkata, pledging to stand beside Dalits as an atrocity was committed against a 19-year old woman belonging to the lowest rung of the prevailing caste system in Uttar Pradesh.
Hathras case: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee leading protest march in Kolkata
Oct 03, 2020, at 10:01 pm
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday hit the streets of Kolkata as she is leading a protest march held over the Hathras gangrape and murder incident.
Mamata Banerjee to hit streets today in protest against Hathras incident
Oct 03, 2020, at 05:08 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will join the protests against the 19-year old woman's fatal gangrape which took place in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras by hitting streets here on Saturday.
Oct 02, 2020, at 10:11 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: BJP's newly appointed national secretary from West Bengal, Anupam Hazra, who had threatened to hug Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee if he ever contracted Covid-19, tested positive for the contagious virus on Friday.
Mamata Banerjee lashes out at BJP government in UP over Hathras incident
Oct 02, 2020, at 12:13 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh over the kind of treatment meted out to the 19-year old girl who had suffered a fatal gangrape, as the outrage grew across the country.
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."
Mamata Banerjee brings rejig at top level of bureaucracy in West Bengal
Sep 28, 2020, at 07:00 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday brought a rejig at the top level of bureaucracy in her state.