Tag: Mamata

Vidyasagar College to get new bust of social reformer: Mamata

Kolkata :  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said a new bust of social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar will be installed at the Vidyasagar College in place of the old one, which was desecrated by miscreants last month. “The state government will place a bust of Vidyasagar […]

Mamata alleges use of hawala route, BJP denies

Ashoknagar(WB) : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday alleged that BJP is using the hawala route to transfer money for distribution among the voters and law enforcing agencies are not taking any action in this regard. The money is being transported under Z plus security and is changing […]

NDA govt indifferent to needs of West Bengal people: Mamata

Hooghly :  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday accused the NDA government of being “indifferent to the needs of the people” of her state, claiming that repeated requests to the Centre for approval of several projects have fallen on deaf ears. In a scathing attack on the prime […]

Modi baptized in politics through riots, killings: Mamata

Raiganj (WB) :  Prime Minister Narendra Modi was “baptized in politics through violence and riots”, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Tuesday, claiming that Adolf Hitler would have committed suicide if he witnessed Modi’s activities. Addressing a rally here, Banerjee also said that the grand old party has […]

Sanctity of RBI must be maintained: Mamata

Kolkata : Calling for maintaining “the sanctity” of the central bank along with other institutions, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said the “dignity” of the RBI has “diminished” in recent times. On the occasion of the foundation day of the apex bank on Monday, the chief […]

West Bengal firmly under belt, Mamata eyes Delhi centre stage

Kolkata ;  As she led thousands of hungry, half-clad and angry farmers on the dusty streets of Singur and Nandigram over a decade ago, defying the mighty Communist regime of West Bengal, little did she know she was on the threshold of scripting history. Mamata Banerjee, the tempestuous Trinamool […]

Protracted poll to facilitate another “strike”: Mamata

Kolkata :  In controversial remarks, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday appeared to suggest that the long-drawn Lok Sabha election process was intended to facilitate yet another “strike” as part of the BJP’s “gameplan to disturb” her state. Banerjee, also the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress chief, said the […]

Mamata takes pride in women representaion of TMC in LS

Kolkata :  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday took pride in her Trinamool Congress for having 35 per cent women MPs in the 16th Lok Sabha even as the Women’s Reservation Bill was yet to be passed in Parliament. “While the Womens Reservation Bill has not yet […]

SC order is our moral victory: Mamata

Kolkata :  The Supreme Court’s direction that no coercive steps, including arrest of Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar, will take place during the course of investigation is “our moral victory”, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Tuesday The Supreme Court Tuesday directed Kumar to make himself available before […]

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