West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
- Kolkata
‘Jai Shree Ram’ discount poster: Offer meant for QR code users, clarifies Kolkata doctor
Kolkata: After his poster stating a Rs 500 off on consultation for patients who chant ‘Jai Shree Ram,’ Kolkata-based cardiologist, Dr PK Hazra clarified that the alleged discount is for those who…
- India
For Murshidabad’s migrant workers, it’s not roti, kapda, makaan – it’s about existence
Murshidabad: For years, elections for Minarul Sheikh were about the familiar litany of roads, jobs, ration and the hope that something might change. This time, standing outside his mud-walled house at Beldanga…
- Kolkata
Kolkata cardiologist offers discount for patients who chant ‘Jai Shree Ram’
Kolkata: A city-based cardiologist, who believes that a change in the political regime in West Bengal would help the state recover from its “current dip”, is offering a Rs 500 discount on…
- Kolkata
BJP ‘struck Rs 1,000-crore deal’ to unseat TMC: Bengal CM
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday alleged the BJP has “struck a Rs 1,000-crore deal” to unseat the Trinamool Congress from power in the state. She made the claims…
- India
Bengal polls: Easy to fool Muslims, says Humayun Kabir in video shared by TMC
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Thursday shared a purported video of Humayun Kabir in which the former party leader alleged claims of proximity with the BJP’s leader of opposition, Suvendu Adhikari, and…
- India
AIMIM leader held for ‘threatening’ Bengal election officers on SIR duty
West Bengal: Mofakkerul Islam, an All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader and Calcutta High Court advocate, was arrested by the West Bengal Police on Friday, April 3, on charges of mobilising a…
- India
Amit Shah releases ‘charge sheet’ against Mamata government
Kolkata: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Amit Shah released a ‘charge sheet’ against the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday, March 28, alleging that officials in West Bengal functioned as “cadres”…
- India
AIMIM to contest Bengal elections with Humayun Kabir’s party
Hyderabad: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi, on Sunday, March 22, announced that the party will contest the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections in alliance with Humayun Kabir’s Aam…
- India
Those targeting Bengal go to hell: CM Mamata lashes out at Eid gathering
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the BJP-led Centre, accusing it of trying to snatch away voting rights through the SIR, describing Prime Minister…
- Kolkata
Political interference of the highest order: Mamata on transfer of 50 officials
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday, March 19, expressed alarm over the “arbitrary removal of more than 50 senior officials” in the poll-bound state, terming it a “political interference…
- India
Bengali-speaking people harassed in some states: Bengal CM Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday alleged that Bengali-speaking people were being harassed and branded as “infiltrators” in some states, and asserted that her government would not allow anyone’s…
- India
I-PAC raids: SC adjourns next hearing to March 18
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned to March 18 the hearing on a plea moved by the ED alleging obstruction by the West Bengal government, including by Chief Minister Mamata…
- Hate Crime
Bengali migrant worker killed in Pune, Mamata claims xenophobic attack
Kolkata: A Bengali migrant worker was killed in Pune, Maharashtra, in what West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee described as a “barbaric murder” for speaking in Bengali. Twenty-four-year-old Sukhen Dhiren Mahato was…
- India
Delhi: Mamata confronts police, asks for sensitivity towards SIR-affected families
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday, February 2, confronted the security personnel deployed outside Delhi’s Banga Bhawan and said she was in the national capital for justice to…
- India
TMC govt in West Bengal is the most corrupt in India: Amit Shah
Siliguri: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday, January 31, slammed the All India Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal, alleging that no other administration in the country was as corrupt as…
