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We don't want riots: Mamata Banerjee asks politicians not to make provocative remarks on Bangladesh situation

Dec 09, 2024, at 07:14 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Amid escalating tension between India and Bangladesh over the atrocities on minorities in the neighbouring country, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday asked political leaders to refrain from making any provocative statements.

'Happy if she takes more responsibility': Supriya Sule on Mamata Banerjee expressing willingness to lead INDIA bloc

Dec 08, 2024, at 07:40 am

Pune/IBNS: Responding to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's remark that she is "willing to lead the INDIA alliance," NCP (Sharad Pawar) MP Supriya Sule said that they would be happy if the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief took on more responsibility within the opposition alliance.

Mamata Banerjee questions Congress’s leadership as INDIA bloc allies outperform in key states

Dec 07, 2024, at 04:36 pm

Kolkata: After the Congress’s lacklustre performance in the recent Assembly polls across states, despite a modest improvement in the Lok Sabha polls, its allies in the INDIA bloc have begun to dismiss the party’s potential as a formidable opponent to BJP. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s recent comment about leading the opposition alliance further highlighted this sentiment.

Not sure if she fully understands it: Shashi Tharoor on Mamata Banerjee's proposal for UN peacekeepers in Bangladesh

Dec 04, 2024, at 08:36 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has outrightly rejected West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's proposal to deploy United Nations peacekeepers in violence-hit Bangladesh, questioning the veteran politician's understanding of how such a force is sent on an assignment in a country.

'I am the final word': Mamata Banerjee reminds TMC leaders of her absolute authority in party amid 'power-struggle'

Dec 03, 2024, at 05:02 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday reminded her party colleagues about her absolute authority in the Trinamool Congress' decision-making amid the rumour over a possible power-struggle involving her nephew Abhishek Banerjee.

UN force should be deployed, PM Modi must intervene: Mamata Banerjee on Bangladesh unrest

Dec 02, 2024, at 07:41 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should intervene in the ongoing Bangladesh unrest and batted for the deployment of peacekeeping forces of the United Nations in the neighbouring country.

'Anti-national activities exposed?': BJP slams TMC after husband of Mamata's leader arrested with dangerous nuclear materials

Nov 30, 2024, at 07:36 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has slammed the Trinamool Congress (TMC) after one of its leader's husband was arrested in West Bengal's Darjeeling with confidential DRDO documents and dangerous nuclear materials worth crores, media reports said.

Mamata Banerjee backs Modi govt's stand on arrest of Hindu monk in Bangladesh

Nov 28, 2024, at 07:30 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she will support whichever stand the central government takes in connection with the arrest of Hindu monk and International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) saint Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari in Bangladesh, media reports said.

Won't be a rubber stamp for Congress: TMC signals rifts in INDIA bloc

Nov 28, 2024, at 03:50 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress Wednesday refused to be a "rubber stamp" for its ally's decisions, signalling a rift in the INDIA bloc, media reports said.

Mamata Banerjee's TMC set to clean sweep West Bengal bypolls

Nov 23, 2024, at 04:51 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) is set to sweep the six assembly byelections 6-0, warding off the criticisms it had faced over the RG Kar rape-murder case.

FIRs filed against BJP's Mithun Chakraborty over alleged 'inflammatory' speech in Kolkata

Nov 08, 2024, at 02:40 am

Kolkata: Two cases have been registered against actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty for making an inflammatory speech at the party's membership drive in Kolkata's Salt Lake, media reports said.

Violent protests erupt in Bengal's South 24 Parganas over TMC govt's housing scheme beneficiary list

Oct 31, 2024, at 07:34 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Tension erupted in a part of West Bengal's South 24 Parganas after the Mamata Banerjee government released lists of beneficiaries in the state's housing scheme, media reports said. 

‘Will chop them up…’: Mithun slams TMC leader Humayun Kabir’s violent threat to Hindus at Kolkata BJP rally

Oct 29, 2024, at 01:47 am

Kolkata: West Bengal, which is already charged up with intense Trinamool-BJP rivalry, witnessed further escalation on Sunday as actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty delivered a fiery message, vowing a tit-for-tat response to any violent overtures by Mamata Bannerjee’s ruling party.

Mamata Banerjee's 'a person is not accused until proven' remark draws fact check from Bengal junior doctor

Oct 22, 2024, at 07:32 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was on Monday countered with facts by a junior doctor after the state head made a bizarre remark that a person can't be called an accused until charges are proven.

Bengal junior doctors call off hunger strike on request of RG Kar victim's parents after meeting with Mamata Banerjee

Oct 22, 2024, at 06:48 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front on Monday called off their indefinite hunger strike after 17 days on request from the parents of the 31-year-old trainee doctor, who was raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in August.

RG Kar: Mamata Banerjee promises to look into agitating doctors' demands after 2-hour meeting

Oct 22, 2024, at 03:00 am

Kolkata/IBNS: The highly-anticipated meeting between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and protesting junior doctors aimed at resolving the ongoing crisis following the brutal rape and murder of a medic at RG Kar Medical College took place for nearly two hours on Monday evening.

RG Kar: Junior doctors to meet Mamata Banerjee today with hunger strike on

Oct 21, 2024, at 04:58 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal junior doctors will on Monday meet Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for a dialogue over their demands for a reformed health system in the state in the aftermath of the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee medic at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Will you decide which govt officer to be posted or not?: Mamata rejects junior docs' demand to sack health secy

Oct 19, 2024, at 10:25 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday outrightly rejected the junior doctors' demand to sack state health secretary NS Nigam over the RG Kar rape-murder case as well as corruption in the sector.

RG Kar: Mamata Banerjee dials Bengal junior doctors, appeals to call off hunger strike as health sector stares at collapse

Oct 19, 2024, at 08:58 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday dialled junior doctors appealing them to call off hunger strike over the incident where a 31-year-old trainee doctor was raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in August.

Setback for Mamata govt as Calcutta HC allows Bengal junior doctors' carnival in Kolkata

Oct 15, 2024, at 08:51 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: In another courtroom setback for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday allowed junior doctors' carnival rejecting Kolkata Police's imposition of Section 163 of BNSS in the central part of the city.

TMC MLA chased away, 'Go Back' slogans against MP as Mamata faces fresh public ire over Bengal minor girl's murder

Oct 05, 2024, at 08:55 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress leaders faced massive backlash from locals at Mahishamari in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas after a minor girl was allegedly kidnapped and murdered triggering fresh public fury against the Mamata Banerjee government.

Minor girl kidnapped and murdered in Bengal; locals set police camp on fire, BJP slams Mamata govt

Oct 05, 2024, at 07:02 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: A minor girl has been allegedly kidnapped and murdered in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas, sparking anger among locals amid the public fury over the RG Kar case, media reports said.

Union Cabinet grants 'classical language' status to Marathi, Bengali, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese

Oct 04, 2024, at 07:16 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Union Cabinet on Thursday conferred the status of 'classical language" 'to five more languages including  Marathi, Bengali, Pali, Prakrit, and Assamese. 

Giriraj Singh, Chirag Paswan slam Mamata after Bihar students appearing for Bengal exams assaulted

Sep 27, 2024, at 05:51 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Two students from Bihar, who reached West Bengal to participate in an examination meant for recruitment, were assaulted by two men for taking part in a test outside their state, media reports said.

Rs. 85,000 is meagre, Bengal govt should consider Rs. 10 lakh: Calcutta HC's sarcasm over Durga Puja dole

Sep 24, 2024, at 05:42 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court on Monday passed a sarcastic comment on the West Bengal government's annual dole for the Durga Puja organisers stating the amount of Rs. 85,000 offered is meagre and the state should consider hiking it up to Rs. 10 lakh, media reports said.

Mamata's trusted aide Anubrata Mondal, out on bail in cattle smuggling case, receives grand welcome at his backyard

Sep 24, 2024, at 05:02 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress strongman Anubrata Mondal, who is a trusted aide of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Tuesday received a grand welcome by his party colleagues at his home district Birbhum after walking out of jail last night.

Bengal flood: Mamata Banerjee seals her state's land border with Jharkhand, Hemant Soren govt warns

Sep 20, 2024, at 08:37 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has ordered the sealing of her state's land border with Jharkhand blaming the neighbouring province for causing floods in her own backyard, media reports said.

RG Kar: Junior doctors announce to call off strike tomorrow, will join work 'partially' from Saturday

Sep 20, 2024, at 04:49 am

Kolkata/IBNS: The agitating junior doctors Thursday announced to call off their strike Friday after 41 days of protest over the gruesome rape and murder of a PGT in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and announced that the medics would "partially" return to work from Saturday, especially at the essential services department given the flood situation in Bengal.

RG Kar impasse: Junior doctors to continue ceasework after govt officials refuse to sign minutes of second meeting

Sep 19, 2024, at 07:02 am

Kolkata/IBNS: The marathon second round of talks between agitating junior doctors and the Bengal government officials failed to see any resolution to the ongoing impasse with the medics stating they would continue their ceasework as no written assurance was provided to them on their demands regarding safety at the hospital.

'Bengal floods man-made disaster': Mamata Banerjee takes stock of situation

Sep 19, 2024, at 06:11 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday visited flood-hit areas in Hooghly and other parts of South Bengal which is facing a severe flood situation following the release of water from dams upstream in Jharkhand.