People will ban Modi Sarkar:Mamata Banerjee
Jan 12, 2017, at 01:52 am
Kolkata, Jan 11 (IBNS): Attacking the Centre over the note ban issue, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said the people of India will 'ban' the Narendra Modi-led government soon.
Trinamool Congress to organise nationwide protest against currency ban, announces Mamata Banerjee
Jan 09, 2017, at 11:21 pm
Kolkata, Jan 9 (IBNS): Continuing her fight against currency ban, West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced to hold three-day-long dharnas at several states from Monday to Wednesday.
Rahul, Mamata condole Om Puri's death
Jan 06, 2017, at 06:05 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata, Jan 6 (IBNS): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday condoled the death of veteran actor Om Puri.
TMC lawmakers attempt to enter PMO, detained by police
Jan 05, 2017, at 11:06 pm
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IBNS): Police detained several Trinamool Congress MPs protesting arrests of their lawmakers in the Rose Valley money laundering scam when they forcibly tried to enter the Prime Ministers' Office (PMO) on Thursday, reports said.
Jan 04, 2017, at 10:22 pm
Kolkata, Jan 4 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s National General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Wednesday condemned the alleged TMC attack at party's West Bengal headquarter in Kolkata following Trinamool's Parliamentary leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay's arrest.
CBI arrests TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay, angry Mamata Banerjee blasts PM Modi
Jan 03, 2017, at 11:23 pm
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IBNS): Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay was arrested by federal investigating agency CBI on Tuesday in the Rose Valley chit fund scam, triggering an angry outburst from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who slammed the Centre for following a politics of vendetta even as the BJP said that probe agencies would take its own actions against offenders.
BJP says its Kolkata headquarters attacked by TMC
Jan 03, 2017, at 11:10 pm
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IBNS): Soon after West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee called party MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay's arrest a vendetta politics of BJP-ruled Central government, several activists of her party and its student wing- Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP)- allegedly attacked BJP headquarter at Central Avenue area in north Kolkata on Tuesday evening, reports said.
BJP govt never interferes in any investigation: Piyush Goyal
Jan 03, 2017, at 10:31 pm
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IBNS): With Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders calling the arrests of party MPs- Sudip Bandyopadhyay and Tapas Pal- a vendetta politics of the BJP government, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said that BJP-ruled Central government never interfered into any probe of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
PM Modi tries to silence opponents with fear tactics: Mamata Banerjee
Jan 03, 2017, at 10:14 pm
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday attacked the Centre over the arrest of party MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay in connection with its ongoing investigation into Rose Valley chit fund scam by the CBI and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is trying to silence his opponents with fear tactics.
2017 will mark the year of Demoditization: Mamata
Jan 01, 2017, at 02:32 am
Kolkata, Dec 31 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his cash ban move and said 2017 will mark 'DeModitization' and the 'financial emergency' will continue in the nation in the name of black money cleanup.
Note Ban: Mamata Banerjee slams Modi govt
Dec 31, 2016, at 10:02 pm
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IBNS): With the 50-day deadline set by the Centre ended on Friday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday attacked Prime MInister Narendra Modi-led government and said it cannot snatch away people’s economic rights.
West Bengal Police calls Dhulagarh violence a local incident
Dec 31, 2016, at 01:28 am
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IBNS): Weeks after a massive violence hit West Bengal's Dhulagarh, the state police on Thursday claimed that the incident was an outcome of a dispute between two local groups over a local issue.
Centre laundering country's internal security details to China firm: Mamata Banerjee
Dec 31, 2016, at 12:28 am
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday alleged that the BJP-ruled NDA government in Centre is forwarding information, relating to country's internal security, to a Chinese company.
Mamata Banerjee wishes Congress on 132nd Foundation Day
Dec 28, 2016, at 11:48 pm
Kolkata, Dec 28 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday wished the Congress party on its 132nd Foundation Day.
Congress, Mamata hit out at Modi on currency ban
Dec 27, 2016, at 09:31 pm
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IBNS): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday jointly attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his currency ban move.
Modi, his govt and BJP should be probed: Mamata on demonetisation
Dec 21, 2016, at 09:23 pm
Kolaghat, West Bengal, Dec 21 (IBNS) Flaying Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his demonetisation move, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said the currency ban is a big scam and the prime minister himself should be probed for the same.
TN raids vindictive, unethical and technically improper, says Mamata Banerjee
Dec 21, 2016, at 06:36 pm
Kolkata, Dec 21 (IBNS): Firing a fresh salvo at the central government, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that the raid in Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary's house was "vindictive, unethical and technically improper."
Mamata hands over letter to RBI guv in Kolkata, informs about tea workers's plight
Dec 16, 2016, at 12:39 am
Kolkata, Dec 15 (IBNS): Reserve Bank of India governor Urjit Patel, who came to Kolkata on Thursday to attend a board meeting of the central bank, also met the state's chief minister, Mamata Banjerjee at Nabanna, the headquarters of the state administration, according to media reports.
RBI chief meets West Bengal CM on Thursday
Dec 15, 2016, at 10:38 pm
Kolkata, Dec 15 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Reserve Bank of India governor Urjit Patel met on Thursday in Kolkata, according to media reports.
RBI chief Urjit Patel not likely to meet the media after board meeting in Kolkata
Dec 15, 2016, at 08:10 pm
Kolkata, Dec 15 (IBNS): Rserve Bank of India governor, Urjit Patel, who arrived in Kolkata on Thursday, is likely to meet West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra, media reported.
Demonetisation: Modi babu has no solution except giving bhashan, says Mamata Banerjee
Dec 10, 2016, at 07:27 pm
Kolkata, Dec 10 (IBNS): Slamming Prime Minister Narendra Modi over demonetisation, Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee said that the former has no other solution except lecturing people.
Demonetisation: West Bengal CM asks PM Modi to clarify situation and take responsibility
Dec 08, 2016, at 08:22 pm
Kolkata, Dec 8 (IBNS): Following criticism from Rahul Gandhi and Lalu Prasad Yadav over demonetisation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has now been asked by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to clarify the present situation to the people of India and take full responsibility for the loss.
Jayalalithaa's demise: Bengal assembly adjourned
Dec 06, 2016, at 06:40 pm
Kolkata, Dec 6 (IBNS): Condoling Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's death, the West Bengal Assembly has been adjourned for the day.
Bengal child trafficking: Mamata forms probe committee
Dec 06, 2016, at 12:05 am
Kolkata, Dec 5 (IBNS): With an aim of inquiring beside the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) into recently busted child trafficking racket in West Bengal, state's Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday set up a committee, under the chairmanship of Education Minister Partha Chatterjee.
Mamata looks better as Didi, she shouldn't behave like 'Dada', warns Nitish's party
Dec 05, 2016, at 12:39 am
Patna, Dec 4 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): The ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) headed by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday launched the sharpest attack on West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee after she criticised the former for backing Centre’s demonetisation drive.
Mamata leaves Nabanna, hits out at Centre over Army presence
Dec 03, 2016, at 12:36 am
Kolkata, Dec 2 (IBNS): Ending her 36-hour long stay at the state secretariat, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday left Nabanna and even hit out at the centre over an alleged army deployment in state's toll plazas without her government's knowledge by calling the move a 'political vendetta'.
Kejriwal urges Mamata Banerjee to keep up the fight against demonetisation
Dec 02, 2016, at 05:14 pm
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IBNS): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday urged his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee to keep fighting against demonetisation.
Centre deploys army in Bengal toll plazas without information: Mamata Banerjee
Dec 02, 2016, at 01:21 am
Kolkata, Dec 1 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that Indian Army personnel had been deployed at two toll plazas on a national highway in the state limits, without informing the state government.
Sukna helicopter crash: Mamata Banerjee mourns loss of lives
Dec 01, 2016, at 01:21 am
Kolkata/Siliguri, Nov 30 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday mourned the loss of lives in the crash of a Cheetah helicopter of Indian Army in a forest at Sukna near Siliguri city in Darjeeling district of the state which killed at least three army officials.
Lalu Prasad is ‘Voice of India’, Nitish has different ideology, says Mamata Banerjee
Nov 30, 2016, at 04:29 pm
Patna, Nov 30 (TheBiharPost/ IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has heaped a new title on RJD president Lalu Prasad.