Budget 2024 is directionless, has only political mission: Mamata Banerjee
Jul 23, 2024, at 09:13 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday slammed the Modi government's first budget in the third term calling it "directionless" and "visionless".
Mamata jets off to Mumbai for Ambani wedding, plans political meetings too
Jul 11, 2024, at 09:48 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday boarded a plane to Mumbai to attend the grand wedding of business tycoon Mukesh Ambani's son Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant.
Mamata Banerjee stops eviction of illegal hawkers in Kolkata for a month
Jun 27, 2024, at 11:04 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: After two days of eviction drive, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday stopped the demolition of the stalls of "illegal hawkers" on the pavements of Kolkata for a month.
Former Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee stable and responding to medication
Aug 01, 2023, at 07:22 pm
Kolkata/UNI: The health condition of former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is considerably better on Tuesday.
Former West Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee in ventilation but stable
Jul 31, 2023, at 04:45 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who is on full ventilator support, is stable, and is responding to the medication, one of the medics treating the Marxist leader said on Monday.
No question of college examinations in September: Mamata Banerjee after SC order
Aug 28, 2020, at 09:20 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said her state will not conduct any college examination amid Covid-19 spread in September, hours after the Supreme Court ruled students can't be promoted to the next year on the basis of internal assessments.
Ailing former West Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharya discharged from hospital
Sep 09, 2019, at 03:36 pm
Kolkata: Ailing former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya has been discharged from the hospital where he was admitted to on Friday night.
BJP leader Giriraj Singh compares Mamata Banerjee to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
Jun 08, 2019, at 05:09 pm
New Delhi, June 8 (IBNS): Union Minister and BJP leader Giriraj Singh has attacked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee by comparing her with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee ends dharna in Kolkata
Feb 05, 2019, at 07:05 pm
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IBNS): After more than 40 hours, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ended her sit-in protest against CBI action against Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar on Tuesday but vowed to continue her fight against Prime Minister Narendra Modi till he is removed from power.
Feb 03, 2019, at 10:44 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata, Feb 3 (IBNS): Several key opposition leaders, including Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, came out in support of their West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee as she began a dharna (sit-in protest) in the city's downtown area to protest the CBI move to enter the house of Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar, whom the federal probe agency wanted to meet in chit fund scam cases.
Mamata accuses BJP of attempting to malign Missionaries of Charity
Jul 12, 2018, at 05:05 pm
Kolkata, July 12 (IBNS): Giving a political angle to an alleged child trafficking case in Ranchi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which runs the central government, of attempting to malign the prestige of Missionaries of Charity.
Was Mamata Banerjee enraged over traffic fiasco on way to HD Kumaraswamy's swearing-in?
May 24, 2018, at 05:35 pm
Bengaluru, May 24 (IBNS): In the middle of a grand celebration of the opposition unity in Bengaluru on Wednesday, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee was reportedly not looking all happy at the swearing-in ceremony of Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy as the Karnataka Chief Minister, according to media reports.
Mamata reacts to CBFC's objection to specific words in a documentary featuring Amartya Sen
Jul 12, 2017, at 09:57 pm
Kolkata, July 12 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reacted to CBFC's objection to specific words in a documentary film that features Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, on Wednesday.