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RG Kar: Agitating junior doctors end hunger strike after 2-hour meeting with Mamata Banerjee

Oct 22, 2024, at 03:52 am

Kolkata/IBNS: The agitating junior doctors on Monday announced to withdraw their fast unto death on the 17th day of their hunger strike after a two-hour-long meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at state secretariat Nabanna. 

RG Kar: Mamata Banerjee promises to look into agitating doctors' demands after 2-hour meeting

Oct 22, 2024, at 03:00 am

Kolkata/IBNS: The highly-anticipated meeting between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and protesting junior doctors aimed at resolving the ongoing crisis following the brutal rape and murder of a medic at RG Kar Medical College took place for nearly two hours on Monday evening.

RG Kar impasse: Delegation of junior doctors reach Kalighat for meeting with CM Mamata Banerjee at her residence

Sep 16, 2024, at 11:54 pm

The bus carrying a delegation of junior doctors, who are protesting the rape and murder of a female medic in Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Kolkata, has reached Kalighat area in south Kolkata where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has invited them for a meeting. According to reports at 630 pm, they are inside the premises of the Chief Minister after all the formalities but the meeting had not started till 7 pm. 

Live streaming demand nixes Mamata-junior doctors meeting: They want chair, not justice, says CM afterwards

Sep 13, 2024, at 01:18 am

Kolkata/IBNS: The much-anticipated meeting between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the striking junior doctors scheduled at 5 pm at Nabanna on Thursday failed to take place after the agitating medics insisted on live-streaming of the proceedings which the CM refused citing the sub-judice nature of the case.  

Chhatra Samaj leader Sayan Lahiri, arrested over Nabanna march, granted bail by Calcutta HC

Aug 31, 2024, at 05:16 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Paschim Banga Chhatra Samaj leader Sayan Lahiri, who was arrested in connection with the August 27 march to the state secretariat Nabanna, was granted bail by the Calcutta High Court on Friday leaving the administration egg-faced, media reports said.

RG Kar protest: Mamata Banerjee's office Nabanna turns fortress with heightened security as students plan massive march

Aug 27, 2024, at 05:26 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Security has been tightened across West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's office Nabanna where students under the banner 'Chhatra Samaj' have planned to reach in a rally on Tuesday afternoon protesting against the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

'Do I have to sweep the streets now?' Mamata Banerjee pulls up civic body chiefs

Jun 25, 2024, at 05:53 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday pulled up the state's civic body chiefs stating that the streets are not clean.

12 lakh jobs have been created in West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee at G-20 summit meeting

Jan 09, 2023, at 08:45 pm

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said employment has increased manifold with 12 lakh jobs being created in the state.

BJP's Nabanna Abhiyan against Mamata govt's 'corruption' turns violent, keeps Kolkata-Howrah on boil

Sep 14, 2022, at 05:35 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Clashes, lathicharges, arson were on full display on the streets of Kolkata and Howrah during the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s mega march to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's office Nabanna in protest against the state government's alleged involvement in corruption Tuesday.

March to Nabanna: Suvendu detained as BJP workers, police clash

Sep 13, 2022, at 10:23 pm

Kolkata: Clashes between the police and BJP workers broke out and leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari was detained as the saffron party activists began their March to Nabanna (the state secretariat) on Tuesday in protest against rampant "corruption" of the state's ruling Trinamool Congress. 

Trinamool Congress accuses BJP of "disrupting" peace in Bengal

Sep 13, 2022, at 10:12 pm

Kolkata: West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress on Tuesday came down heavily on the BJP for allegedly indulging in violence during its March to Nabanna (the state secretariat) programme.

RJD will give full support to Mamata Banerjee in Bengal polls: Tejashwi Yadav

Mar 01, 2021, at 11:53 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Amid rumours of a seat-sharing deal, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav Monday said his party will give full support to Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress in the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections.

Mamata Banerjee travels in electric scooty to Nabanna protesting fuel price hike

Feb 25, 2021, at 05:29 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: In a unique, symbolic protest against the fuel price hike, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday travelled in an electric two-wheeler to her office Nabanna.

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.

West Bengal: Tejasvi Surya to lead BJP's march to Nabanna, Mamata government shuts down state secretariat

Oct 08, 2020, at 04:34 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) national president Tejasvi Surya will on Thursday lead a march to state secretariat Nabanna with multiple demands from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government, raising the political pitch in the poll-bound state.

West Bengal: Nabanna closed on Monday and Tuesday for intense sanitisation

Aug 03, 2020, at 10:04 pm

Kolkata/UNI: Nabanna, the State Secretariat and the official seat of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and her Cabinet colleagues and top bureaucrats, remained closed on Monday and Tuesday, August 3 and 4, for "intense cleaning and sanitisation" as the toll in Covid-19 was on high graph in Bengal with toll touching 1678 till Sunday.

West Bengal: Nabanna to remain closed on Aug 3 and 4 for sanitisation, Staff to work from home

Aug 02, 2020, at 12:08 am

Kolkata/UNI: Nabanna, the state secretariat and seat of chief minister Mamata Banerjee, her cabinet colleagues and top bureaucrats, will remain closed on August 3 (Monday) and August 4 (Tuesday) for "intense cleaning and sanitisation" and all the staff have been asked to work from the homes on these days.

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.

Wrong to say Kolkata recorded its first COVID 19 case: Mamata Banerjee 

Mar 18, 2020, at 05:48 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: A day after a youth was tested positive for COVID 19 in Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday raised doubts and said it is wrong to say that the city reported its first coronavirus case.

Kolkata: Covid-19 infected youth's family members kept in isolation, swab samples sent for test

Mar 18, 2020, at 03:03 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Six persons, who came in contact with West Bengal's first and so far only Covid-19 positive patient, have been shifted to the isolation ward of Kolkata's Beliaghata ID hospital from a quarantine facility in Rajarhat on Wednesday morning, officials said.

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.

Meeting between agitating doctors and Mamata ends amicably, protest likely to be called off

Jun 17, 2019, at 05:51 pm

Kolkata: A meeting between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, top government and police officials and the agitating doctors ended amicably at the state secretariat Nabanna on Monday with the representatives of the doctors indicating that they would end the protest reaching back at the NRS Hospital, the hub of the unrest.      

West Bengal: Protesting doctors to meet CM Mamata Banerjee today

Jun 17, 2019, at 09:33 am

New Delhi, June 17 (IBNS): The protesting doctors are all set to meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the state secretariat Nabanna as their strike entered its sixth day on Monday.

Protesting NRS doctors stay firm, urges Mamata to visit hospital

Jun 15, 2019, at 02:25 pm

Kolkata, Jun 15 (IBNS): Staying firm in their own demands, protesting Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital (NRSMCH) junior doctors have turned down West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's offer to sit across table at state secretariat Nabanna and urged her to visit the hospital.

NRS protesting doctors refuse to meet Mamata at Nabanna, ask her to visit hospital

Jun 14, 2019, at 09:46 pm

Kolkata, Jun 14 (IBNS): Not budging down, protesting Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital (NRSMCH) junior doctors refused to meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at state headquarters Nabanna on Friday.

Southern superstar Kamal Hasaan meets Mamata at Nabanna

Mar 25, 2019, at 06:47 pm

Kolkata, Mar 25 (UNI) Makkal Needhi Maiam founder and renowned cinestar Kamal Haasan on Monday met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Kamal Hassan meets Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata

Mar 25, 2019, at 06:25 pm

Kolkata, Mar 25 (IBNS): Actor-turned-politician Kamal Hassan on Monday visited Kolkata and met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the state secretariat Nabanna.

Amid grand alliance hiccups, Chandrababu Naidu meets Mamata to forge anti-BJP front

Nov 19, 2018, at 06:36 pm

Kolkata, Nov 18 (IBNS): Even as the grand alliance of opposition parties failed to take off across India so far, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu met West Bengal Mamata Banerjee on Monday in Kolkata and said all parties, who are against the ruling saffron brigade, will come together to "protect the nation".

Left protest turns violent in Kolkata

May 22, 2017, at 11:55 pm

Kolkata, May 22 (IBNS): Several Left Front workers, who took part in a march to state secretariat Nabanna, were injured when policemen and Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel lathicharged them in Kolkata's downtown Esplanade and Maidan area on Monday afternoon.

Kolkata Police lathicharge journalists

May 22, 2017, at 10:46 pm

Kolkata, May 22 (IBNS): Several media persons, who were covering Left parties' march to state secretariat Nabanna, were injured when policemen and Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel lathicharged them in Kolkata's downtown Esplanade area on Monday afternoon.