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.
Kolkata/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned six West Bengal police officers, including three IPS officials and three inspector-rank officers, in connection with its ongoing probes into cattle-smuggling and illegal coal mining cases, sources said.
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.
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.
Bengal: BJP launches Lokkho Sonar Bangla campaign ahead of polls
Kolkata/IBNS: Countering the Trinamool Congress' campaigns, the West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday launched Lokkho Sonar Bangla campaign to reach out to the people of the state ahead of the assembly elections.
TMC demands removal of Bengal Guv; BJP says Raj Bhawan saving Indian Constitution
Kolkata/UNI: Five members of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) Parliamentary Party on Wednesday sent a memorandum to President Ram Nath Kovind, seeking immediate removal of West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar over his 'failure to defend the Constitution'.
New Delhi: Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare today chaired an event to review the status of the disease Kala-Azar in the four states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.
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.
TMC now run like a company, ashamed that I was part of it for 21 yrs : Shuvendu Adhikari
Kolkata/IBNS: Former Trinamool Congress strongman and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari has said he is ashamed of his 21 years in Mamata Banerjee's party as it has now lost discipline and is being run like a "company", adding that his new objective is to help BJP win the 2021 Bengal assembly elections.
'Trinamool Congress now a private company': BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari
Kolkata/IBNS: Barely a few days after quitting the Trinamool Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday called the ruling party of West Bengal a "private company" with no discipline.
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said the Centre is "indulging in malicious propaganda for political gains" with non-cooperation over PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, in a strong rebuttal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's claim that the state government is depriving the farmers of benefits from the farmers' scheme.
West Bengal blocking PM Kisan Samman Nidhi for political reasons: PM Modi
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday targeted the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal accusing it of blocking the central scheme for farmers, at a time his own government is facing massive protests by the peasants.
'Was not invited': Mamata Banerjee amid row over Visva Bharati's centenary celebration invitation
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she was not invited to the centenary celebrations of Visva Bharati University, refuting the claims made by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).