Will not allow CAA implementation in Bengal as long as I am alive: Mamata

Will not allow CAA implementation in Bengal as long as I am alive: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Siliguri, on Jan. 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday lambasted the BJP for raising the CAA issue ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, asserting that she will never allow its implementation in the state during her lifetime. Speaking at a … Read more

Bengal BJP president urges Mamata to declare holiday on Jan 22

Bengal BJP president urges Mamata to declare holiday on Jan 22

Bharatiya Janata Party’s West Bengal president Sukanta Majumdar addresses a press conference, in Kolkata. File photo | Photo Credit: ANI West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar wrote to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday, urging her to declare a holiday on January 22 so people in the State could participate in celebrations relating to the … Read more

Mamata writes to Modi urging release of funds

Mamata writes to Modi urging release of funds

File photo of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. | Photo Credit: PTI West Bengal Chief Mamata Banerjee has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging his intervention to release funds under the National Health Mission (NHM) to the State. In her letter dated November 29, Ms. Banerjee said that … Read more

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

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

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

‘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