After bicycles, Mamata gives shoes to primary studentsd
Jan 21, 2016, at 04:51 pm
Kolkata, Jan 21 (IBNS) West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has announced on Facebook that she has sanctioned Rs. 154 crore to provide shoes to all primary school students in the state.
Malda: BJP poses five questions to Mamata Banerjee
Jan 12, 2016, at 12:39 am
Kolkata, Jan 11 (IBNS) The BJP has posted five questions to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after the BJP's fact finding team consisting of MPs SS Ahluwalia, Bhupendra Yadav and BD Ram were forced to turn back from Kaliachak to Kolkata on Monday when they went to visit the violence-hit areas of Malda district.
Malda violence was a clash between BSF and villagers: Mamata Banerjee
Jan 10, 2016, at 05:23 am
Kolkata, Jan 9 (IBNS): After six days of the rampage in West Bengal's Malda district, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday declared that there is no communal tension in her state and the unrest situation in Malda was an outcome of a clash between local villagers and the Border Security Force (BSF).
Jan 08, 2016, at 04:13 am
Kolkata/West Midnapore , Jan 7 (IBNS): Two officers of West Bengal Police were spotted serving tea and snacks to WB Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and other guests, during an administrating event, on Tuesday in West Bengal's West Midnapore district.
WB: 7 ministers to oversee Gangasagar Mela 2016
Jan 06, 2016, at 05:06 am
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IBNS): After a preparatory meeting at state's main administrative building-Nabanna-on Monday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has decided to depute seven cabinet ministers to Sagar Island in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas districts during the Gangasagar Mela, which will start from next Sunday (Jan 12).
Jan 05, 2016, at 03:34 pm
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IBNS) West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee turned 61 on Tuesday.
West Bengal: TMC Panchayat Samiti president fires shots in Malda, youth killed
Dec 28, 2015, at 03:54 am
Kolkata, Dec 27 (IBNS): A Trinamool Congress (TMC) Panchayat Samiti president allegedly fired on a mob at English Bazar area in West Bengal's Malda district on Sunday afternoon which killed one youth and left another injured, reports said.
WB govt. hosts Biswa Bangla Lok Sanskriti Utsav to promote folk artists
Dec 24, 2015, at 04:34 am
Kolkata, Dec 23 (IBNS): Taking an aim to promote the folk artists of the state and their music, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday inaugurated the Biswa Bangla Lok Sanskriti Utsav (Folk Culture Festival) on a floating stage at Lal Dighi near Writers Building in Kolkata.
Kamduni gang-rape case: Kolkata court to announce verdict on Jan 28
Dec 23, 2015, at 04:22 am
Kolkata, Dec 22 (IBNS): After two and half years a 21-year-old girl was gang-raped and murdered while returning home from college at Kamduni village in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, the hearing in the trial of the case was ended at a sessions court in Kolkata on Tuesday.
TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay says he got death threat in SMS
Dec 22, 2015, at 08:19 pm
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IBNS) Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that he received several SMSs with death threats and they were in such filthy language that part of it he cannot utter in the House.
Park Street rape case: 3 accused sentenced for 10 years
Dec 11, 2015, at 10:43 pm
Kolkata, Dec 11 (IBNS) : A criminal court in Kolkata on Friday sentenced for 10 years three men after convicting them for raping a 37-year-old woman inside a car here in February 2012, even though the victim, who later became a symbol of anti-rape protest, did not live to see the justice having succumbed to an ailment earlier this year.
Chief Ministers of several states wish Pranab Mukherjee on his birthday
Dec 11, 2015, at 10:02 pm
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IBNS): Chief Ministers of several states, including Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, wished President Pranab Mukherjee on his 80th birthday on Friday.
Park Street rape case: CM Mamata Banerjee welcomes verdict
Dec 11, 2015, at 04:35 am
Kolkata, Dec 10 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who earlier called Kolkata's Suzette Jordan's rape case a fabricated incident, on Thursday, welcomed the verdict given by a sessions court in the city.
WB: Student shot during TMC's group clash in Malda, BJP delegation attacked in Cooch Behar
Dec 07, 2015, at 02:38 am
Kolkata, Dec 6 (IBNS): A 14-year-old school student was shot during a clash between two groups of ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) at Kaliachak in Malda district of West Bengal on Sunday, ahead of WB Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's trip to the district, reports said.
WB: Cops beaten by sand mafias in Burdwan
Nov 27, 2015, at 09:50 pm
Kolkata/Burdwan, Nov 27 (IBNS): As many as four policemen and five staffers of West Bengal government's irrigation department were reportedly beaten by sand mafias at Katwa in West Bengal's Burdwan district while they carrying out operation against illegal sand mining in the wee hours of Friday.
Former Bengal Minister Madan Mitra's bail cancelled
Nov 19, 2015, at 08:49 pm
Kolkata, Nov 19 (IBNS) A division bench of the Calcutta high court on Thursday cancelled the bail of Saradha scam accused Madan Mitra, a day after he resigned as the transport minister of West Bengal.
WB minister Madan Mitra resigns, CM accepts
Nov 19, 2015, at 03:23 am
Kolkata, Nov 18 (IBNS): West Bengal sports and transport minister Madan Mitra on Wednesday evening resigned from his post and sent his resignation letter to the chief minister, reports said.
Nitish Kumar thanks Mamata Banerjee : What shape their relationship will take ?
Nov 10, 2015, at 04:31 pm
Kolkata, Nov 10 (IBNS) Reciprocating Mamata Banerjee's open support to the grand alliance that trounced the BJP-led NDA in Bihar Assembly elections, Nitish Kumar on Monday thanked her- a bonhomie being closely watched.
Mamata Banerjee wishes Nitish Kumar after Bihar Assembly poll victory
Nov 08, 2015, at 11:35 pm
Kolkata, Nov 8 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday congratulated Bihar CM Nitish Kumar after the Grand Alliance won the Bihar Assembly polls by beating the BJP-led alliance.
Nov 06, 2015, at 09:39 pm
Kolkata, Nov 6 (IBNS) China’s Vice President Li Yuanchao has asserted that India and China, being neighbours, are traditional friends and every step will be taken to strengthen and consolidate the bond of friendship further.
Bihar polls: Kejriwal urges people to vote for Nitish Kumar
Oct 27, 2015, at 05:12 pm
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IBNS): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday urged the people of Bihar to vote in favour of Nitish Kumar to re-elect him the Chief Minister of the state as the remaining three phases of the assembly elections are left here.
Bihar polls: Mamata Banerjee bats for Nitish Kumar
Oct 25, 2015, at 08:11 pm
Kolkata, Oct 25 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday urged all voters in Bihar to caste their votes in favour of state Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in the remaining three phases of the assembly elections here.
Mamata Banerjee invites BCCI to host its meetings in Kolkata
Oct 19, 2015, at 10:11 pm
Kolkata, Oct 19 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday invited BCCI officials to hold their meetings in Kolkata.
WB municipal elections: Results declared, TMC registers emphatic win
Oct 11, 2015, at 03:12 am
Kolkata, Oct 10 (IBNS): The results of the recently concluded municipal election in West Bengal was declared on Saturday where the Trinamool Congress (TMC) registered a massive win in Bidhannagar, Howrah and Asansol municipal corporations.
Mamata Banerjee inaugurates Kolkata's Parama flyover
Oct 10, 2015, at 01:52 am
Kolkata, Oct 9 (IBNS): West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated Kolkata's most awaited and longest Parama Flyover on Friday.
West Bengal government declassifies 401 Cabinet files from 1938-47 of the pre-independence era
Sep 28, 2015, at 09:43 pm
Kolkata, Sept 28 (IBNS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said her government has declassified 401 Cabinet files from 1938-47 of the pre-independence era.
Three minor explosions rock West Bengal, 1 killed, 5 injured
Sep 26, 2015, at 01:34 am
Kolkata, Sept 25 (IBNS): Three crude bombs went off at several locations in West Bengal on Friday which killed one and left five injured, reports said.
Saurav is the right man to lead CAB after Dalmiya's death: Mamata Banerjee
Sep 25, 2015, at 03:50 am
Kolkata, Sept 24 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said ex-Indian skipper Saurav Ganguly has the ability to succeed late Jagmohan Dalmiya as the president of Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB).
Sourav Ganguly meets Mamata Banerjee
Sep 24, 2015, at 02:26 am
Kolkata, Sept 23 (IBNS): Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly met West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee at the state secretariat 'Nabanna' on Wednesday.
WB college clash: TMC suspends MLA Dipak Halder
Sep 17, 2015, at 03:14 am
Kolkata, Sept 16 (IBNS): The Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s disciplinary committee on Wednesday suspended the MLA of Diamond Harbour assembly constituency Dipak Kumar Halder who was arrested on Monday for allegedly taking part in a clash between two groups of students in Diamond Harbour area in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district.