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After Mamata Banerjee, Shankaracharya slams Yogi govt over Maha Kumbh crowd management

Feb 19, 2025, at 11:50 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is facing backlash from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders over her "Mrityu Kumbh" comment, got support from Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, the 46th Shankaracharya of the Jyotish Peeth in Uttarakhand.

Mamata Banerjee dares Suvendu Adhikari to tackle revolt, LoP says 'you can't scare me'

Feb 19, 2025, at 11:17 am

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari has hit out at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who dared the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA to get hold of himself upon facing a revolt from people of a particular religion.

This is Mrityu Kumbh, says Mamata Banerjee targeting BJP over Maha Kumbh stampede

Feb 18, 2025, at 06:42 pm

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government in Uttar Pradesh over the recent stampede in the ongoing Maha Kumbh and said it has turned into a 'Mrityu Kumbh'.

No tie-up with Congress in Bengal, says Mamata Banerjee claiming TMC enough to defeat BJP

Feb 11, 2025, at 11:26 am

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday cleared her party Trinamool Congress (TMC) will fight the 2026 assembly elections alone ruling out any possible tie-up with her INDIA bloc ally Congress.

Suvendu Adhikari warns Mamata Banerjee after BJP’s Delhi win: ‘You’re next’

Feb 09, 2025, at 12:22 am

Kolkata: Buoyed by the BJP’s resounding victory in the 2025 Delhi Assembly election, Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari issued a stark warning to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday evening.

Mamata Banerjee seeks death penalty for RG Kar convict, to challenge verdict in High Court

Jan 20, 2025, at 10:10 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday expressed disappointment that Sanjay Roy, the civic volunteer convicted of raping and murdering a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, did not get the death penalty and said her government will approach the High Court. 

Won't challenge court verdict: RG Kar case convict Sanjoy Roy's sister tells media

Jan 19, 2025, at 12:25 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Hours after a sessions court in Kolkata's Sealdah area on Saturday held civic volunteer Sanjoy Roy guilty of raping and murdering a 31-year-old trainee doctor at the city's state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, the convict's elder sister said they will not challenge the verdict in any higher court.

Mamata Banerjee suspends 12 doctors at Midnapore hospital over woman's death due to 'expired' saline

Jan 17, 2025, at 12:20 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday suspended 12 doctors at the Midnapore Government Hospital over the death of a woman allegedly due to the administration of expired saline.

'Distorting history': Mamata slams Mohan Bhagwat over his Ram Temple consecration 'marking true independence' remark

Jan 16, 2025, at 09:33 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday slammed Mohan Bhagwat over his remark that India's true independence came after the Ram Temple consecration in Uttar Pradesh and called the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief an "anti-national" while accusing him of "distorting history".

Thank You Didi, writes Arvind Kejriwal on X after TMC backs AAP for Delhi Assembly polls

Jan 08, 2025, at 06:33 pm

Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday announced West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee has announced support for his political outfit for the upcoming Assembly polls in Delhi.

Mamata accuses BSF of enabling infiltration; BJP calls Bengal a 'nursery for Bangladeshi influx'

Jan 02, 2025, at 05:29 pm

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused central forces of enabling infiltration from Bangladesh, alleging it was part of the Centre's "nefarious blueprint" to destabilise the state, media reports said.

'We will take revenge, with interest:' Suvendu Adhikari warns Mamata Banerjee over her Sandeshkhali claims

Dec 31, 2024, at 11:44 pm

Sandeshkhali/IBNS: A day after Mamata Banerjee visited Sandeshkhali, West Bengal's Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari was in the obscure riverine island on Tuesday, where he warned the Chief Minister of imprisonment over false cases if the Bharatiya Janata Party forms government in the state..

Truth ultimately gets revealed: Mamata Banerjee in her first visit to Sandeshkhali after Lok Sabha polls

Dec 31, 2024, at 11:38 am

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday asserted a lot of money was in the play to level the allegations of gangrape in Sandeshkhali, where massive protests broke out against erstwhile Trinamool Congress local strongman Sheikh Shahjahan months ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

People who raise questions on EVMs should show how they can be hacked: TMC trashes Congress claims

Dec 16, 2024, at 09:29 pm

Kolkata/New Delhi/IBNS: After National Conference leader Omar Abdullah refuted the Congress-led charge against Electronic Voting Machines (EVM), another key Opposition party, the Trinamool Congress, has now dismissed the questions over the same.

'By Allah's grace, we will be in majority one day': Bengal TMC leader Firhad Hakim sparks row

Dec 14, 2024, at 10:06 pm

Kolkata: Firhad Hakim, a senior leader and legislator of Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, has once again sparked controversy with his communal comments.

Mamata Banerjee should lead INDIA bloc: Lalu Prasad Yadav

Dec 10, 2024, at 03:02 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: In more support for the West Bengal chief minister, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav has backed Mamata Banerjee to lead the opposition alliance INDIA.

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

Dec 10, 2024, at 12:14 am

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 12:40 pm

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 09:36 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.