Bengal junior doctors celebrate Mamata Banerjee's administrative rejig in face of protests
West Bengal junior doctors celebrated after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee bowed to their demands and removed top cop, other police and health officials amid massive protests against the RG Kar rape and murder case. (Images by IBNS)
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday late night announced the removal of Kolkata Commissioner of Police Vineet Goyal, DC North Abhishek Gupta, two health officials after a meeting with junior doctors, who are on ceasework demanding justice for RG Kar rape-murder case. (Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee at junior doctors' dharna site amid RG Kar stalemate
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee made a surprise visit to the dharna site of junior doctors who are camped outside Swasthya Bhavan in Kolkata's Salt Lake area for five days. (Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
RG Kar protests swell, demand for justice grows louder
The arch-rival football clubs- East Bengal and Mohun Bagan- students, activists, prominent singers and actors, LGBTQI+ community and countless common people walked about three kilometers from College Square to Esplanade area in Kolkata on Thursday evening, demanding justice for the RG Kar rape-murder case, resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and a rape-free society. (Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
March to Nabanna: Protesters, police fight pitched battles in Kolkata over RG Kar rape-murder
Students under the banner 'Chhatra Samaj' as well as groups of other people fought pitched battles in Kolkata across routes to West Bengal state secretariat Nabanna in Howrah 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. Amid a CBI probe, the protesters demanded Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's resignation over the incident.(Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
The West Bengal BJP unit, led by party's prominent leaders like Suvendu Adhikari, Agnimitra Paul, Dilip Ghosh and Roopa Ganguly, conducted a protest march on Thursday to Swasthya Bhawan against the brutal rape and murder of a lady doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital on Aug 9.
TMC celebrates win in Lok Sabha polls in Bengal
Trinamool supporters poured into the streets of Kolkata and celebrated the big win of the party in West Bengal in Lok Sabha polls. Later a recharged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addressed the media along with her nephew and party MP Abhishek Banerjee.(Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
Mamata Banerjee holds roadshow in south Kolkata on last day of LS poll campaigning
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held a roadshow in south Kolkata ahead of the seventh phase of the mammoth Lok Sabha Election. On the last day of the campaign, she walked from Sukanta Setu in Jadavpur to Gopalnagar crossing. The Trinamool Congress supremo was flanked by her heavyweight candidate from the Jadavpur constituency Saayoni Ghosh and other senior party leaders including Mahua Moitra, Firhad Hakim and Arup Biswas among others.(Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
In Images: Mamata Banerjee holds roadshow in Kolkata
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's roadshow for the BJP from Shyambazar 5-point crossing to Simla Street, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday walked the same stretch in campaign for her TMC in Kolkata North seat. (Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
Sadhus hit streets in Kolkata against Mamata remark on Kartik Maharaja
In protest against Mamata Banerjee's remarks slamming Kartik Maharaj, a monk in the charitable organisation Bharat Sevashram Sangha, whom she accused of acting on the behest of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, several sadhus hit the streets of Kolkata on Friday.(Photo Courtesy : Avishek Mitra/ IBNS)
Mamata Banerjee inaugurates 47th Kolkata Book Fair
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday inaugurated the 47th Kolkata Book Fair at Central Park in Salt Lake. British High Commission to India Alex Ellis was the Guest of Honour along with Alison Barrett, Director of British Council India, and renowned author Bani Basu.(Images by Avishek MItra/IBNS)
Glimpses from Kolkata's mega Durga Puja Carnival 2023
Like every year, Kolkata bid adieu to some of the famous and revered Durga Puja idols across the city with much pomp and merry through the mega carnival organised by the Bengal government on Friday. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was present at the event as several popular puja organisers displayed their tableau showcasing the idols and cultural performances at the Red Road in presence of hundreds of spectators. Several celebrities from the Tollywood film industry like Prosenjit Chatterjee, Dev and Rituparna Sengupta were also in attendance at the grand carnival.
In Images: Mamata Banerjee, Sourav Ganguly in Spain
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and India’s cricket icon Sourav Ganguly were spotted together in Madrid, Spain during the former’s foreign tour to attract business for her state. (Photo Courtesy: AITC)
Mamata Banerjee meets Amitabh Bachchan, and his family in Mumbai
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met megastar Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan along with their family at their residence in Mumbai/ courtesy: AITC
Mamata Banerjee addresses Martyr's Day Rally in Kolkata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addressed the Martyrs' Day Rally in Kolkata on Friday (July 21, 2023).(Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS)