'I am still in Trinamool Congress': Rebel Lok Sabha MP Satabdi Roy after meeting top brass
Kolkata/IBNS: A day after venting anger against her own outfit, rebel Trinamool Congress MP Satabdi Roy on Friday said she was still in the party fold following a meeting with the top brass.
Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee visits Bagbazar where fire broke out, assures affected people all help
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday visited the area in north Kolkata's Bagbazar where a massive fire broke out last evening, assuring all help to the affected people.
BJP is like Donald Trump: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata/IBNS: Lashing out at her prime challenger Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday equated the saffron brigade with outgoing US President President Donald Trump who had refused to concede defeat for a long time.
'Corruption has been institutionalised in West Bengal': JP Nadda targets Trinamool Congress govt
Kolkata/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Jagat Prakash Nadda on Saturday cornered the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal stating corruption has been institutionalised in the state.
Bengal: AIMIM state president Sk. Abdul Kalam joins Trinamool Congress
Kolkata/IBNS: In a setback for the AIMIM which is set to contest the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections, the party's acting president in the state, Sheikh Abdul Kalam, on Saturday joined the ruling Trinamool Congress.
Bengal cinema halls can operate with 100 pct occupancy: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced that cinema halls in her state would be allowed to operate with 100 per cent occupancy if Covid-19 safety protocols are adhered to.
Amid political acrimony, Mamata Banerjee meets Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid the increasing acrimony in the relationship between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday evening visited Raj Bhavan in Kolkata and held talks with the guv for nearly an hour.
West Bengal Minister Laxmi Ratan Shukla resigns
Kolkata/IBNS: In an apparent setback for the Trinamool Congress, West Bengal Minister Laxmi Ratan Shukla on Tuesday stepped down from his post.
Is Mamata’s celebration of Netaji in Bengal aimed at countering BJP brand of nationalism?
Kolkata/IBNS: After invoking the "Bangla-Bangali sentiment" last week, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday unveiled an elaborate plan to celebrate India's freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's 125th birth anniversary, amid reports of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's likely visit to the poll-bound state.
'Sincere gratitude to Maa-Mati-Manush': Mamata Banerjee on Trinamool Congress' foundation day
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday extended her "gratitude" to the people of her state on the 23rd foundation day of her party.
Mamata invokes Tagore and all things Bengali to stonewall 'usurper' BJP in 2021 poll challenge
Kolkata/IBNS: Portrait of Rabindranath Tagore, the soft power of Bengali songs and reference to Visva Bharati- a montage of the recently concluded roadshow of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Bolpur manifested her bid to emerge as the crusader for Bengali culture, having been pitted against the rising force that is Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in next year's assembly polls.
Mamata Banerjee unveils Vikram Solar’s 10 MW Solar Plant for WBSEDCL
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday unveiled Vikram Solar's 10 MW Solar Plant for West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL).
Mamata banks on Rabindranath Tagore, Bengali culture in Bolpur roadshow to counter Amit Shah, BJP
Kolkata/IBNS: In contrast to the "Jai Shree Ram" sloganeering by the saffron party workers during Union Home Minister Amit Shah's Dec 20 Bolpur roadshow, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday relied on Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore and the Bengali culture to make her point in the raging insider-outsider debate by walking kms on the same land in Birbhum district.
As counter to Amit Shah, Mamata Banerjee to hold mega roadshow in Bolpur today
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will on Tuesday hold a mega roadshow in Birbhum district's Bolpur where Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a rally 11 days ago.
Mamata Banerjee cancels Nandigram rally as main organiser Akhil Giri tests Covid-19 positive
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's rally, which was scheduled to be held on Jan 7 in Nandigram, has been cancelled as the ruling Trinamool Congress' chief organiser in the constituency, Akhil Giri, has tested Covid-19 positive.