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