Mamata Banerjee slams PM Modi over comments on atrocities on Sandeshkhali women

Mamata Banerjee slams PM Modi over comments on atrocities on Sandeshkhali women

Mamata Banerjee. File | Photo Credit: AP Jalpaiguri (West Bengal) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on April 5 hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks about atrocities against women and corruption, asserting that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and her government had taken stern action against the culprits involved in alleged sexual … Read more

TMC making alternative travel arrangements for participants of Delhi protest: Abhishek Banerjee

TMC making alternative travel arrangements for participants of Delhi protest: Abhishek Banerjee

TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said his party will make alternative arrangements for taking its supporters to Delhi for the October 3 protest programme. File | Photo Credit: ANI Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on September 29 said his party will make alternative arrangements for taking its supporters to Delhi for the October 3 protest programme, … Read more

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee reaches Dubai, from Spain, to hold meetings with investors

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee reaches Dubai, from Spain, to hold meetings with investors

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. | Photo Credit: PTI “After a “successful” tour of Spain, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on September 21 reached the UAE where she will attend a series of meetings, including a business summit,” a State government official said. “Ms. Banerjee, who is scheduled to stay in Dubai till … Read more

Odisha train accident | Ashwini Vaishnaw, Naveen Patnaik and Mamata Banerjee visit site

Odisha train accident | Ashwini Vaishnaw, Naveen Patnaik and Mamata Banerjee visit site

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw with Odisha Patnaik takes stock of the situation at the site of the accident involving Coromandel Express, Bengaluru-Howrah Express and a goods train , in Balasore district, Saturday, June 3, 2023. At least 261 people were killed and over 900 others suffered injuries, according to officials. | Photo Credit: PTI The … Read more

India likely to achieve SDG goals for reduction in newborn deaths: WHO expert Anshu Banerjee

India likely to achieve SDG goals for reduction in newborn deaths: WHO expert Anshu Banerjee

India, which has taken proactive steps to reduce neonatal mortality, is likely to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets in this key area by 2030, a top WHO official has said, citing data on the annual rate of reduction for newborn deaths in the country between 2016 and 2021. “India has taken important steps … Read more

‘Deeply pained’, says Mamata Banerjee on Poonch terror attack

‘Deeply pained’, says Mamata Banerjee on Poonch terror attack

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a press conference at Nabanna, in Howrah on April 17, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said she was deeply pained by the deaths of five Indian Army soldiers in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch. She extended her … Read more

Mamata Banerjee sits overnight in ‘dharna’ against Centre, raises political temperature

Mamata Banerjee sits overnight in ‘dharna’ against Centre, raises political temperature

West Bengal CM and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee with his nephew and TMC General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee during a sit-in demonstration against Union government’s alleged discriminatory attitude against the state, in Kolkata | Photo Credit: PTI West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sat overnight in front of Dalit icon Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s statue on Red Road in the heart … Read more

Meghalaya CM didn’t act on Mukroh firing fearing ED, CBI action: Trinamool Congress’ Abhishek Banerjee

Meghalaya CM didn’t act on Mukroh firing fearing ED, CBI action: Trinamool Congress’ Abhishek Banerjee

TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee. File | Photo Credit: PTI Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma will lose his seat as the ruling National People’s Party (NPP) will draw a blank in the Garo Hills, claimed senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee. Addressing an election rally in South Tura on February 15, he dredged up the … Read more

Budget is opportunistic, not futuristic: Mamata Banerjee

Budget is opportunistic, not futuristic: Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. File photo | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday, February 1, 2023 described the Union Budget for the financial year 2023-2024 as an opportunist and anti-poor Budget. Addressing a public gathering in the State’s Birbhum district, Ms. Banerjee also added that the new … Read more

Trinamool not a party of ‘outsiders’ in Meghalaya, says Abhishek Banerjee

Trinamool not a party of ‘outsiders’ in Meghalaya, says Abhishek Banerjee

File photo of TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee. | Photo Credit: PTI The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on November 18, 2022 asserted that it was not a party of “outsiders” in poll-bound Meghalaya pointing out that former Chief Minister Purno A. Sangma had contested an election in the State on its ticket. Rivals, specifically the National People’s … Read more