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Ex-West Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharya remains 'critical but stable', says medical bulletin

Jul 30, 2023, at 11:54 pm

Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya remains 'critical but stable', as per his health bulletin released by the hospital in which he is undergoing treatment on Sunday.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee meets Guv Jagdeep Dhankhar

Feb 17, 2020, at 02:04 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee here on Monday met Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, a week after the latter slammed the state government over multiple issues, including his budget speech's coverage and law and order situation in the state.

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.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wishes Sachin Tendulkar on birthday

Apr 24, 2019, at 03:51 pm

Kolkata, Apr 24 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday wished India's batting icon and former Rajya Sabha member Sachin Tendulkar on his birthday.

PM Narendra Modi is looting country : Mamata Banerjee

Mar 08, 2019, at 05:01 pm

Kolkata, Mar 8 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee today charged Prime Minister Narendra Modi with ‘’ looting’’ the country.

Mamata speaks for investment across India at BGBS fuelling speculations about her Delhi bid

Feb 07, 2019, at 08:38 pm

Kolkata, Feb 7 (IBNS): Urging all industrialists at the fifth Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) to invest not just in her state but all over India, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday raised speculation whether she is trying to emerge as a key national leader in the run up to the General Elections due to be held by May.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee makes Instagram debut

Nov 28, 2018, at 05:16 pm

Kolkata, Nov 28 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday made her debut on popular social media site Instagram.

Majherhat bridge collapse: Death toll rises to two; Mamata Banerjee blames metro construction for accident

Sep 05, 2018, at 11:49 pm

Kolkata, Sept 5 (IBNS): The death toll in Majherhat bridge collapse incident rose to two on Wednesday while leaving 25 others injured.

My heart goes out to people who have become refugees in their own country because of NRC: Mamata

Aug 19, 2018, at 07:32 pm

Kolkata, Aug 19 (IBNS): Attacking the Centre, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said her heart goes out to those left out of the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the Indian state of Assam.  

Mamata Banerjee attacks central government for leasing out Red Fort to Dalmia Group

Apr 29, 2018, at 02:49 am

Kolkata, Apr 28 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has attacked the central government for leasing out the Red Fort monument to Dalmia Group.

Congress will also have to sacrifice in national politics: Mamata Banerjee

Apr 25, 2018, at 08:00 pm

Kolkata, Apr 25 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has once again raised her voice against the country's second largest party, Congress, while pitching in with the idea of federal front to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

Mamata Banerjee condoles former West Bengal minister Pratim Chatterjee's death

Mar 18, 2018, at 09:55 pm

Kolkata, Mar 18 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said she was saddened by the death of former state minister Pratim Chatterjee's death.

Independent Rajya Sabha MP Ritabrata Banerjee praises Mamata Banerjee

Feb 23, 2018, at 11:46 pm

New Delhi, Feb 23 (IBNS): In a surprise move, expelled CPI-M MP Ritabrata Banerjee praised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her government's performance in the state.

PM Modi, WB CM Mamata Banerjee pay respect to Swami Vivekananda on his Jayanti

Jan 12, 2018, at 04:33 pm

New Delhi/Kolkata, Jan 12 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee paid tributes to Indian Hindu monk late Swami Vivekananda on his birthday on Thursday.

Mamata Banerjee remembers Har Gobind Khorana on birth anniversary

Jan 09, 2018, at 02:57 pm

Kolkata, Jan 9 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday remembered Nobel prize winner  Har Gobind Khorana on his birth anniversary.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee condemns New York attack

Nov 01, 2017, at 09:53 pm

Kolkata, Nov 1 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday condemned the attack in New York city which killed at least eight people.

Mamata Banerjee, Congress condemn Afghanistan attack

Jun 01, 2017, at 01:43 am

Kabul, May 31 (IBNS): The Congress and West Bengal Chief Minister Mmaata Banerjee condemned the militant attack in Afghanistan which has claimed 80 lives on Wednesday.

Prez Mukherjee, PM Modi and Bengal CM pay homage to Rabindranath Tagore on his birth anniversary

May 09, 2017, at 03:04 pm

New Delhi/Kolkata, May 9 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday paid homage to polymath Rabindranath Tagore on his birth anniversary.

Chhattisgarh attack: Mamata Banerjee visits house of slain CRPF jawan

Apr 25, 2017, at 11:28 pm

Cooch Behar, Apr 25 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday visited the residence of slain CRPF jawan K K Das.

Mamata Banerjee condemns killing of Indians in US

Mar 06, 2017, at 12:01 am

Kolkata, Mar 5 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday condemned the killing of two Indians in the US.

Chinese Ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui meets Mamata Banerjee

Mar 04, 2017, at 12:24 am

Kolkata, Mar 3 (IBNS): Chinese Ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the state Secretariat Nabanna on Friday.

Mamata Banerjee mourns death of Indian national in US

Feb 25, 2017, at 09:39 pm

Kolkata, Feb 25 (IBNS): West Bengal; Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday mourned the death of an Indian national in the US.

West Bengal a good business destination, says President

Jan 20, 2017, at 11:38 pm

New Delhi, Jan 20 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the Bengal Global Business Summit 2017 organized by the Government of West Bengal in Kolkata on Friday.

Mamata Banerjee hands over keys of Bonhooghly Tenement Redevelopment Project

Jan 14, 2017, at 01:12 am

Kolkata, jan 13 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Oon Friday handed over keys to the owner’s of the apartments of “Bonorini”, the much awaited Bonhooghly Tenement Project - a unique Public Private Partnership initiative inspired by the Chief Minister herself & taken up by Refugee Relief & Rehabilitation Department, Government Of West Bengal, Siddha Group & Eden Realty Group.

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.

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'.