Mamata returns to Kolkata, says foreign visit to attract investments to Bengal ‘very successful’

Mamata returns to Kolkata, says foreign visit to attract investments to Bengal ‘very successful’

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a meeting with Lulu Group International Executive Director Ashraf Ali MA, in Dubai, UAE on September 22, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee returned to Kolkata on September 23 evening after a 12-day tour of Spain and the UAE, and said her trip … 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

Morning Digest | China releases new official map, showing territorial claims; Assam Rifles files defamation suit against Manipur politician, and more

Morning Digest | China releases new official map, showing territorial claims; Assam Rifles files defamation suit against Manipur politician, and more

An Indian Army jawan looking at the India-China border through his telescope in Arunachal Pradesh. File. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR Assam Rifles files defamation suit against Manipur politician, seeks apology Assam Rifles, the oldest paramilitary force in the country, has slapped a legal notice against a Manipur politician for causing “considerable harm to … Read more

Governor overstepping his jurisdiction, should approve bills appointing CM as Chancellor says Mamata

Governor overstepping his jurisdiction, should approve bills appointing  CM as Chancellor says Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during celebrations of International Day of The World Indigenous Peoples, in Jhargram, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023 | Photo Credit: PTI The faceoff between West Bengal government and the Raj Bhawan intensified with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accusing the Governor of overstepping constitutional jurisdiction and urged him to … Read more

Mamata proposes delegation of Chief Ministers to Manipur

Mamata proposes delegation of Chief Ministers to Manipur

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. File | Photo Credit: ANI West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday blamed the policies of the Centre for the situation in Manipur, and added that she was in talks with Chief Ministers of States ruled by parties other than the BJP to send a delegation to the … Read more

West Bengal local polls | Bombs and ballot boxes

West Bengal local polls | Bombs and ballot boxes

Liaqat Sheikh followed a simple morning routine. Every day, he would wake up early and walk to the tea shop located just 20 metres from his house at Gangadhari village in Nowda block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. On the morning of July 8, Liaqat, 62, sat on a bench at the shop in peace, … Read more

Opposition leaders condemn ED raids on TN Minister Balaji

Opposition leaders condemn ED raids on TN Minister Balaji

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal were among those who condemned the raids by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tamil Nadu’s Electricity Minister V. Senthil Balaji. | Photo Credit: PTI Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, her Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal, and CPI(M) … 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

In West Bengal, politics over Ram Navami processions a new phenomenon

In West Bengal, politics over Ram Navami processions a new phenomenon

Devotees participate in a procession on the occasion of Ram Navmi, in Kolkata, Thursday, March 30, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Celebrating festivals comes easily to the people of West Bengal and the State is often referred to as the land of “ Baro mashe tero parbon (13 festivals in 12 months)”. However, over the past few … 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