Tag: Mamata Banerjee

Kolkata: Recalling the mysterious disappearance of great Indian freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said that people have the right to know of his whereabouts or ultimate fate. “On this day in 1945, Netaji went on a flight from Taihoku Airport in Taiwan, only to disappear forever. […]

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is in the state’s coastal resort town Digha for an administrative meeting, brewed tea at a village stall on Wednesday while interacting with the locals. Banerjee who has been in East Midnapore district’s coastal region since Monday, stopped her convoy at the Duttapukur village and spent time […]

Kolkata: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi has given her nod to Congress-Left Front alliance in West Bengal for the upcoming assembly by-polls in the state following the party’s dismal performance in the Lok Sabha polls in the state, top party sources said on Saturday. Gandhi held a meeting with West Bengal Congress president Somen Mitra […]

Kolkata: Urging the Centre not to ‘deprive’ her state, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi opposing the decision to merge two Kolkata headquartered public sector banks with those with head offices in Delhi and Chennai, respectively, without consulting her government. Banerjee called for a rethink of the “sudden […]

New Delhi: Chief Ministers from all across the nation on Saturday hailed the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) stride towards the Moon. Their reactions came after communication between India’s moon lander Vikram and the orbiter got snapped in a last minute snag with the former just 2.1 km away from its designated landing spot on […]

Manikchak (WB): BJP president J P Nadda on Sunday slammed Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her persistent attacks on the Centre over the prevailing COVID-19 situation, and sought to…

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said people should respect all languages and cultures equally but not at the cost of their mother tongues. Her statement came after Union Home minister Amit Shah pitched for a common language for the country and said it is Hindi which is spoken the most and […]

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee here on Saturday extended her best wishes on Hindi Diwas, but said one should never forget one’s mother tongue. In a tweet, Banerjee also called for respecting all languages and cultures. “My best wishes to all on #HindiDiwas. We should respect all languages and cultures equally. We may […]

Ballia: An Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA has warned West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to mend her ways or get ready to meet the same fate as former finance minister P Chidambaram who is currently lodged in jail. The MLA from Bairia Assembly constituency Surendra Singh said the Trinamool Congress supremo should “become the Prime […]

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has reiterated that the country is going through a period of “Super Emergency” and called on people to protect the rights and freedom guaranteed by the Constitution. On the occasion of the International Day of Democracy on Sunday, she urged the countrymen to safeguard the constitutional values upon […]

Kolkata: The BJP leadership Monday mocked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for seeking an appointment to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi calling it a “classic example of oppurtunistic politics” and “a desperate attempt to save herself from the clutches of CBI”. The appointment for the meeting was sought by the chief minister’s […]

New Delhi: West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday raised the issue of renaming the state during a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The West Bengal assembly has passed a resolution to rename the state as ‘Bangla’. Describing her meeting with the prime minister as fruitful, Banerjee told reporters […]

Kolkata: West Bengal’s opposition Left parties and the Congress have lashed out against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her comments that the issue of National Register of Citizens was not discussed during her meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday. Referring to BJP state president Dilip Ghosh’s recent remark that two crore foreigners have […]

New Delhi: TMC chief Mamata Banerjee will call on Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday, leading to speculation that the meeting is an effort to rescue former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar who is under the CBI’s scanner and is believed to be close to her, sources said. The West Bengal chief minister, who is […]

New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee met Union Home Minister Amit Shah here on Thursday. Banerjee arrived at Shah’s office at North Block for the meeting. She met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday and raised the issue of renaming the state. Banerjee also invited the prime minister to […]