Tag: Mamata Banerjee

Banerjee, a resident of Bhowanipore, had won the seat twice in 2011 and 2016 but shifted to Nandigram, where the anti-farmland acquisition movement against the Left Front government had transformed her into a major political force in the volatile state, to dare her former protege and now a BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on his home turf.

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday felicitated 248 toppers of class 10 and 12 examinations of various boards and said they would be provided with a scholarship of Rs 10,000 each. She also ordered officials to process applications for scholarships for higher studies by students at the earliest. “Ours is a poor government. […]

Bhubaneswar: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and alleged that it wanted to divide the nation in the name of religion, region and caste. Addressing media after meeting her Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik at Naveen Nivas, she too stated the saffron party is playing a big role […]

Bhubaneswar: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to meet Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here today on the last day of her three-day Odisha tour. Though the West Bengal chief minister’s office has not said anything about the exact timings when Mamata will be having talks with the Odisha chief Minister, unconfirmed sources […]

Puri: Coming down heavily on the BJP, West Bengal Chief Minister and the All India Trinamool Congress party’s chief Mamata Banerjee today alleged the saffron party is indulging in ‘divisive’ politics. Talking to newsmen at the Circuit House in Puri where she is stationed since last evening while on a three-day Odisha visit, Mamata said, […]

Puri: The Puri police, today, detained Shri Jagannath Sevayat Sammilani (SJSS) secretary Somanath Khuntia for vehemently opposing West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s visit to Shree Jagannath Temple. SJSS has warned that Banerjee’s visit to the Puri temple would hurt the sentiments of lakhs of devotees of Lord Jagannath because she has made statements favouring […]

Bhubaneswar: After the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s recently concluded two-day National Executive meet in which party leaders across the country delved into its pan-India poll roadmap, Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to hold a public rally here during her three-day Odisha visit beginning tomorrow. If sources are […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti today blamed Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee for creating hurdles in resolving the issues related to river-linking project. Clarifying the Tista-Sankosh-Ganga-Mahanadi-Godavari river-linking project, Bharti said Mahanadi would be recharged with the water of Teesta and Sankosh. Only the surplus water in Mahanadi […]

Bhubaneswar: Arrested All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay was taken on a 4-day remand by the CBI for the second time in connection with the Rose Valley Chit Fund scam while the party continued its attack on the Centre accusing it of political vendetta. The Central investigating agency produced Sudip in the CBI […]

Madan Mitra announced that Mamata Banerjee's speech will be broadcasted virtually across the whole country. Generally, TMC observes July 21 to commemorate the police firing in 1993 in Kolkata during a rally organised by the State Youth Congress under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee, in which 13 people lost their lives. 

In a memorandum submitted to the poll panel, the party stated that with the decreasing number of Coronavirus cases in the state, the conditions are conducive for conducting the bypolls with appropriate Covid protocols in place.

Kolkata, March 16 (IANS) Angry over police’s failure to arrest any of the culprits who gang-raped a nun in West Bengal’s Nadia district, scores of people on Monday held up visiting Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s convoy at Ranaghat and staged a demonstration seeking a CBI probe. After being stranded for over an hour, a visibly […]

Kolkata: Alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was “compelling” his officers to send notices for “humiliating opposition political leaders”, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said she had no problem if the authorities choose to arrest her. “I have opposed the (interim) Budget. I have said a few words before you. For this […]

New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday hit out at opposition parties, saying the fear of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity and his return to power has brought them together but said this won’t work in the Lok Sabha polls as Modi remains the most popular leader. In a Facebook post, he said the […]

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday observed the 21st foundation day of Trinamool Congress party. “Today @AITCofficial turns 21. The journey which began on January 1, 1998 has been full of struggles, but we have been steadfast in our resolve to fight for the people #Trinamool21,” Banerjee tweeted. Expressing her gratitude to […]