Tag: Mamata Banerjee

Baharampur: Continuing her attack on the Centre over the multi-crore PNB fraud, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday alleged that there are “other banks” involved in such money laundering cases with their chiefs being protected by the BJP government. “We know everything. Not only the Punjab National Bank, there are other banks also and […]

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday hit out at the Centre for not declaring Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s birthday a national holiday and lamented that the iconic freedom fighter is yet to get his due. “The birthday of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose has not yet been declared a national holiday. Cannot we show […]

Kolkata: The West Bengal government will set up an Other Backward Class (OBC) Advisory Council to monitor their social, cultural, educational and economic development, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced here on Thursday. Speaking to reporters after the first meeting of the state Scheduled Caste Advisory Council, she said: “We are the first state in the […]

Chandigarh/Kolkata: Haryana BJP leader Suraj Pal Amu on Saturday threatened West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that she would meet the same fate as “Surpanakha”, a demoness from the epic Ramayana whose nose was cut off by Lakshman, a day after she asserted her state was ready to welcome Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s controversial film “Padmavati” […]

Kolkata: Amidst the raging controversy over Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s period drama “Padmavati”, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today asserted that her state was ready to welcome the film and its crew. “Yes we would welcome them. They are welcome here if they can’t do it in other states. We can make special arrangements,” Banerjee […]

Kolkata: Senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mukul Roy, once the right hand man of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Monday announced his decision to quit the party. Addressing a press conference here, Roy said he would resign as the TMC’s primary member and also his Rajya Sabha seat after the conclusion of Durga […]

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday asserted that all Rohingyas are not terrorists even as the central government stuck to its stand of deporting the embattled community and said that some of them were linked to Pakistani terrorist groups. “All commoners are not terrorists. Some may be terrorists and they will be […]

Kolkata: Urging people to ensure communal amity during the coming festival of Durga Puja and the observance of Muharram, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday warned that some vested interests could try to foment trouble to promote their political interests. Banerjee said with Muharram slated to be observed a day after Dussehra or […]

Kolkata: Country’s oldest cinematographer Ramanda Sengupta, who worked with legends like Jean Renoir, Ritwik Ghatak and Mrinal Sen, died in Kolkata on Wednesday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said in a statement. Sengupta, 101, left behind his son. Born on May 8, 1916 in Dhaka, Sengupta studied in Santiniketan in his formative years and […]

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday wished her Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik speedy recovery after the latter suddenly felt unwell while addressing an Independence Day function. “My good wishes to Naveen Patnaik Ji @Naveen_Odisha Wishing him a speedy recovery,” Banerjee tweeted, moments after attending West Bengal’s I-Day function at the Indira Gandhi […]

Kolkata: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has revealed that he waits every year during Rakhi for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s wishes. “Every year I wait for an important wish. Didi’s Rakhi wishes on Raksha Bandhan day. I am looking forward to that call this year too,” Shah Rukh said during a promotional of […]

The newly inducted leader said that while he was in touch with Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee before the assembly elections, had he joined the TMC before the polls, it would have been construed that he switched allegiance for some post.

Kolkata: Accusing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of being oblivious of the principals of governance, Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Friday exuded confidence that the BJP will form the next government in the state. “The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will form government in Bengal. I am 200 per cent sure about it,” Das […]

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday slammed the Centre for its “casual” handling of the response to an RTI query that said Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose died in an air crash in 1945. Banerjee said the response was “shocking” as it was “without evidence”. “The Centre recently gave information about Netaji through a […]

Kolkata: West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress would hold political workers’ meet in every block and organise blood donation camps to mark the completion of the first year of its second term of office, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced here on Friday. Banerjee, also the Trinamool chief, said the blood donation camps would be organised from May […]