Eyes on 2021 Bengal polls, Mamata Banerjee brings major reshuffle in TMC
Jul 23, 2020, at 11:57 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee on Thursday brought a major reshuffle in her party, in a bid to regain the lost political ground in West Bengal and return to power for the third term in 2021.
Mamata Banerjee inaugurates Nabanna's annex building Upanna in West Bengal
Jul 23, 2020, at 02:56 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated state headquarters Nabanna's annex building Upanna in the Howrah district on Wednesday.
'Not afraid of anyone, will defeat BJP in 2021': Mamata Banerjee at virtual Martyrs' Day rally
Jul 21, 2020, at 10:08 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Almost sounding the poll bugle, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said her party Trinamool Congress (TMC) will defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has gained huge political ground post-2019 General Elections, in the 2021 assembly polls.
Mamata Banerjee to hold virtual Martyrs' Day Rally today
Jul 21, 2020, at 04:24 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will hold her party Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s Martyrs' Day Rally digitally on Tuesday amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
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.
Mamata Banerjee offers Rs. 10 lakh and govt job to kins of deceased Covid warriors
Jul 15, 2020, at 10:04 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced a scheme which will provide Rs. 10 lakh and a government job to the family members of Covid-19 warriors, who lost their lives while serving people in the times of the pandemic.
Bengal: Deputy Magistrate Debdutta Ray becomes first government official to die of Covid-19
Jul 14, 2020, at 01:34 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A Deputy Magistrate in West Bengal on Monday died of the Covid-19 pandemic becoming the first government official to succumb to the respiratory disease, media reports said.
Mamata requests PM Modi to re-examine UGC's move to conduct examinations amid Covid-19
Jul 12, 2020, at 02:08 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the revised guidelines of the University Grants Commission (UGC) where it has directed all universities and colleges to conduct terminal examinations by Sept, 2020 amid Covid-19 pandemic.
Covid: 'Stricter lockdown' in West Bengal containment zones begins
Jul 09, 2020, at 11:34 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: "Stricter anti-Covid-19 lockdown" in all containment zones across the state of West Bengal began at 5 pm on Thursday.
Covid: Bengal releases fresh list of containment zones for 'stricter lockdown' from tomorrow
Jul 08, 2020, at 06:13 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal government on Wednesday released a fresh list of containment zones where "stricter lockdown" will be followed from Thursday to flatten the curve of Covid-19 in the state.
Jul 08, 2020, at 06:00 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Amid the Coronavirus pandemic, CBSE has reduced the syllabus by 30 per cent and dropped topics such as federalism, nationalism and secularism from Class 11 political science books and India’s relations with its neighbours from Class 12 political science books.
West Bengal launches Self Scan app as 'indigenous alternative' to China's Cam Scanner
Jul 06, 2020, at 07:25 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid the prevailing anti-China sentiment across the country, the West Bengal government on Monday launched Self Scan App which will work as an "indigenous alternative" to the banned Chinese app Cam Scanner.
Mamata Banerjee's last Martyr's Day Rally before 2021 polls to go digital amid Covid-19
Jul 04, 2020, at 10:20 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The last Martyr's Day rally of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal before the 2021 state polls will go digital owing to the Covid-19 situation.
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.
'People will suffer like demonetisation': TMC MP Nusrat Jahan differs with Mamata over TikTok ban
Jul 02, 2020, at 01:35 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) parliamentarian Nusrat Jahan has said the Narendra Modi government's banning of 59 Chinese apps including TikTok will lead people to suffer, giving a reaction which is completely opposite to that of her party chief Mamata Banerjee.
Trinamool leaders hail Mamata Banerjee-led govt's free ration move for poor till June 2021
Jul 01, 2020, at 04:08 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Hailing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's yesterday's announcement of extending free ration for poor till June 2021, Trinamool leaders today described it as a landmark humanitarian decision.
Jul 01, 2020, at 11:02 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal on Wednesday is observing a state holiday on the state's former Chief Minister late Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy's 138th birth and 58th death anniversaries.
After Centre, West Bengal extends free ration scheme till June, 2021
Jun 30, 2020, at 08:22 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Minutes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the extension of free ration scheme till the end of November, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday evening declared to extend the free ration scheme in the state till June 2021.
Suspend trains, flights from five worst Covid-hit states to Bengal: Mamata requests Centre
Jun 29, 2020, at 09:03 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday requested the central government to suspend the train and flight services from five worst Covid-affected parts of the country to her state, in a bid to stem the further spread of the pandemic Novel Coronavirus.
83 killed in thunderstorm and lightning in Bihar, PM Modi expresses condolence
Jun 25, 2020, at 10:05 pm
Patna/New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed condolences after at least 83 people were killed in heavy thunderstorms and lightning in Bihar.
Mamata Banerjee extends anti-Covid-19 lockdown in Bengal till Jul 31
Jun 24, 2020, at 07:43 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the end of an all-party meeting on Wednesday said her government will continue with the anti-Covid-19 lockdown in July.
Jun 24, 2020, at 11:55 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The pandemic Novel Coronavirus on Wednesday claimed the life of ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Tamonash Ghosh in West Bengal on a day Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called an all-party meeting on the contagion. He was 60.
Mamata to hold all-party meeting over Covid-19 situation in Bengal today
Jun 24, 2020, at 11:05 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will on Wednesday hold an all-party meeting over the Novel Coronavirus situation in her state.
Mamata not on speakers' list in Covid VC with Modi, likely to skip meeting
Jun 16, 2020, at 07:46 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to skip the video conference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Covid-19 on Wednesday as she has not been named on the list of speakers, reports said.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee condoles Sushant's death
Jun 14, 2020, at 05:11 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today expressed shock at the passing away of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
Never referred trains with migrants as Corona Express: Mamata Banerjee counters Amit Shah's attack
Jun 10, 2020, at 08:47 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: After being targeted by Union Home Minister Amit Shah over her remark on Shramik Special Trains meant to bring back stranded migrant workers home, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday broke her silence and clarified that she never called the same 'corona express' but reiterated what public said.
People of Bengal will make Mamata political refugee in 2021: Amit Shah
Jun 09, 2020, at 01:49 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday sounded a poll bugle for West Bengal rebooting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s political activity by relaunching the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act issue to target Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who, according to the saffron leader, will turn into a "political refugee" after the voting in the eastern state next year.
West Bengal: Amit Shah to resume BJP's political activity with virtual rally today
Jun 09, 2020, at 10:48 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid the scare of Novel Coronavirus, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will resume Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s political activity in West Bengal by holding a virtual rally on Tuesday, eyeing on the assembly polls due to be held next year.
Mamata Banerjee, others wish Kejriwal 'get-well-soon'
Jun 08, 2020, at 11:37 pm
Kolkata/New Delhi/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday wished her Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal a speedy recovery after the latter has gone into self-quarantine and will take COVID-19 test following mild fever and a sore throat.
Mamata Banerjee extends COVID-19 lockdown in West Bengal till June 30
Jun 08, 2020, at 07:25 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced the decision of extending lockdown in the state due to the COVID-19 outbreak till June 30.