Saradha case: Former Kolkata top cop Rajeev Kumar might get killed, says Congress' Somen Mitra
Sep 21, 2019, at 02:30 pm
Kolkata: Amid the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)'s hunt for former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar in the Saradha chit fund case, West Bengal Congress president Somen Mitra feared Kumar might get killed.
My clothes were torn off, alleges Agnimitra Paul in FIR on Jadavpur University assaults
Sep 20, 2019, at 07:48 pm
Kolkata, Sept 20 (IBNS): A day after facing agitation and protest at the Jadavpur University in Kolkata along with Union Minister and BJP MP Babul Supriyo, fashion designer-turned-politician Agnimitra Paul on Friday lodged an FIR where she alleged physical abuse and molestation by the students.
Jadavpur clash: Guv Dhankar contradicts with TMC statement, says had talk with CM Mamata
Sep 20, 2019, at 03:59 pm
Kolkata: Contradicting with Trinamool's statement, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar on Friday said he went to the Jadavpur University and rescued Union Minister Babul Supriyo after only having a conversation with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
BJP lashes out at Mamata regime, 'urban Naxals' for heckling Union Minister Supriyo
Sep 20, 2019, at 12:27 pm
New Delhi, Sept 20 (UNI/IBNS): The BJP on Friday lashed out at the Mamata Banerjee government and West Bengal police for the ugly episode in Jadavpur University wherein Union Minister Babul Supriyo was heckled and allegedly manhandled by SFI activists in Kolkata.
Mamata Banerjee meets Amit Shah, discusses NRC issue
Sep 19, 2019, at 02:35 pm
New Delhi, Sept 19 (UNI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met Union Home Minister Amit Shah here on Thursday, a day after she met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here.
Congress, state BJP slam Mamata for meeting Modi for 'party's interest'
Sep 18, 2019, at 11:56 pm
Kolkata, Sept 18 (IBNS): Hours after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and described her meeting as 'fruitful', Congress state president Soumen Mitra said it is a match-fixing meeting to save ex-police commissioner Rajeev Kumar.
Mamata Banerjee calls meeting with PM Modi in New Delhi as 'fruitful'
Sep 18, 2019, at 05:46 pm
New Delhi, Sept 18 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and described her meeting as 'fruitful'.
Mamata Banerjee likely to meet Modi today
Sep 18, 2019, at 09:19 am
Kolkata/New Delhi, Sept 18 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to meet PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Wednesday.
For first time since Lok Sabha polls, Mamata to meet PM Modi tomorrow
Sep 17, 2019, at 11:09 am
Kolkata/New Delhi: For the first time since the bitter political rivalry in the Lok Sabha polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital on Wednesday.
Mamata Banerjee likely to fly to New Delhi tomorrow
Sep 16, 2019, at 05:19 pm
Kolkata, Sep 16 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to fly to New Delhi tomorrow on a four-day visit and may call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi if an appointment was available during her stay in the national capital.
Sigur To Nabanna Rally: Left activists clash with police in Howrah
Sep 13, 2019, at 03:54 pm
Howrah, Sept 13 (IBNS): Students and youth wing activists of the Left parties clashed with the police in Howrah district of West Bengal on Friday.
Mamata Banerjee to hold protest rally against NRC today
Sep 12, 2019, at 10:56 am
Kolkata, Sept 12 (UNI): West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will walk in a protest rally on Thursday against National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, which has excluded 19 lakh people.
Mamata refuses to implement new law imposing hefty fines for traffic violation
Sep 11, 2019, at 09:06 pm
Kolkata, Sep 11 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday made it clear that she won't implement the new law imposing hefty fines for traffic violation.
Damaged houses to be rebuilt, cracked ones to be repaired: Mamata
Sep 03, 2019, at 11:26 pm
Kolkata, Sept 3 (UNI): A meeting was called at Nabanna by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday in the aftermath of several houses either crashing or developing major cracks and their residents having to evacuate following water and mud leakage in the East-West Metro tunnel.
Mamata to discuss rehabilitation of 375 displaced people with Metro officials
Sep 02, 2019, at 09:56 pm
Kolkata, Sept 2 (UNI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has convened a meeting on Tuesday at Nabanna to discuss rehabilitation of 375 displaced people, who had to be evacuated after their houses caved-in under the impact of East-West Metro tunnel construction in central Kolkata.
NRC fiasco has exposed all those who tried to take political mileage out of it: Mamata Banerjee
Aug 31, 2019, at 08:46 pm
Kolkata, Aug 31 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday attacked the Centre and desribed the final National Register of Citizen (NRC) list as 'political'.
Will go to jail but won't surrender before BJP: Mamata Banerjee
Aug 28, 2019, at 02:54 pm
Kolkata: Relaunching her attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo, Mamata Banerjee, on Wednesday said she is ready to go to jail but won't surrender before the saffron unit.
RBI's money is also exhausted by BJP government: Mamata Banerjee
Aug 28, 2019, at 01:54 pm
Kolkata: In her first response to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)'s step to give Rs. 1,76,051 crore to the Centre, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said the reserve money of the central bank has also been exhausted due to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government.
The way Chidambaram was handled is sad: Mamata Banerjee on ex-FM arrest
Aug 22, 2019, at 11:27 pm
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IBNS): Breaking her silence, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she doesn't want to comment on the legality of the case involving P Chidambaram but the way the former Union Finance Minister was handled is "sad."
Mamata couldn't have become CM without BJP's help: Sovan Chatterjee
Aug 20, 2019, at 08:11 pm
Kolkata: Once a right-hand man and a close aide of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, ex-Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee on Tuesday said his former party chief couldn't have assumed power without the saffron party's assistance.
Bengal govt promotes solar power & other sources of renewable energy: Mamata Banerjee
Aug 20, 2019, at 05:26 pm
Kolkata, Aug 20 (UNI) Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the occasion of National Renewable Energy Day, today said, the Bengal government is drawing up major schemes for the promotion of solar power & other sources of renewable energy like tidal power in the state.
Mamata Banerjee describes the killing of UP journalist as 'unacceptable'
Aug 19, 2019, at 05:24 pm
Kolkata, Aug 19 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday described as 'unacceptable' the killing of a journalist in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur yesterday.
People have right to know about Netaji: Mamata Banerjee
Aug 18, 2019, at 02:46 pm
Kolkata, Aug 18 (IBNS/UNI): Remembering Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said the people have a right to know about the great son of the soil.
West Bengal Congress launches #DidiKeBolchi campaign
Aug 15, 2019, at 01:21 am
Kolkata, Aug 15 (IBNS): Days after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched #DidiKeBolo campaign, West Bengal Congress on Wednesday launched #DidiKeBolchi campaign to raise a few issues before the head of the state.
Mamata's former right hand man and ex Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee joins BJP with friend Baisakhi
Aug 14, 2019, at 06:35 pm
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IBNS): Giving a jolt to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, former Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee, who was once considered one of the closest aides of the Trinamool Congress chief, and his close associate Baisakhi Banerjee joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday.
Mamata has a habit of hitting streets: Bengal BJP mocks TMC's dharna against IT Dept
Aug 12, 2019, at 09:54 pm
Kolkata, Aug 12 (IBNS): Mocking the Trinamool Congress' proposed dharna (sit-in protest) against the Income Tax Department on Tuesday, West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Dilip Ghosh said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has a habit of the hitting streets.
Paying income tax is going to be a burden on Durga Puja organisers: Mamata Banerjee
Aug 11, 2019, at 07:17 pm
Kolkata, Aug 11 (UNI) Taking strong exception to the Income Tax department's move of issuing notices to several Durga Puja committees and asking them to pay taxes, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said it will be a burden on the organisers.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee calls on Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar at Raj Bhawan
Aug 09, 2019, at 05:11 pm
Kolkata, Aug 9 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today called on Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar at Rajbhavan,a communique from Raj Bhawan said.
Mamata's reaction to BJP-led Centre's Kashmir move is most innocuous submission: CPI-M's Md. Salim
Aug 06, 2019, at 09:11 pm
Kolkata, Aug 6 (IBNS): Hitting out at Mamata Banerjee, CPI-M leader Mohammed Salim on Tuesday said the West Bengal Chief Minister's reaction to the entire issue of scrapping of Articles 370, 35A and detaining former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Ministers- Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti- is the most innocuous submission in her four-decade long political career.
Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti are not terrorists: Mamata Banerjee
Aug 06, 2019, at 02:46 pm
Kolkata, Aug 6 (IBNS): Breaking her silence over the preventive detention of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Ministers- Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the two mainstream politicians are not terrorists.