Basirhat (WB), Nov 13: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, after conducting an aerial survey of cyclone ‘Bulbul’-hit areas in North 24 Parganas, said on Wednesday that the loss incurred by the state due to the natural calamity might go up to Rs 50,000 crore. Banerjee handed over a […]
Kolkata, Sep 6: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said the TMC government will not allow implementation of the NRC in the state. The implementation of the NRC as nothing but a political vendetta of the BJP-led central government. she told the Assembly. “We will never […]
Kolkata, Sep 2: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she was sad to see that the values endorsed by India’s founding fathers were being undermined. “On this day in 1946, the interim government of Undivided India was formed, which functioned till August 1947. I am saddened […]
Kolkata, Jun 7: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing her inability to attend the Niti Aayog meeting on June 15, saying it is “fruitless” as the body has no financial powers to support state plans. “Given the fact that the Niti […]
Kolkata, Jun 6: Political strategist Prashant Kishor met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee here Thursday, raising speculation that he may work with her in the near future, sources said. Accompanied by TMC MP and Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee, Kishor had over two hours discussion with the chief minister, […]
Kolkata, May 29: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday decided not to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Narenda Modi as prime minister citing ‘untrue” claims by BJP that 54 of the party workers were murdered in political violence in Bengal. Banerjee had on Tuesday confirmed her presence at […]
Kolkata : Dubbing exit polls as “gossip”, West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said she doesn’t trust such surveys as the “game plan” is to use them for “manipulation” of EVMs. The Bengal BJP was quick to hit back, asking Banerjee to “stop living […]
Kolkata : An estimated 34.87 per cent of over 80 lakh electorate exercised their franchise till 11 am in five Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal, amid reports of sporadic violence from isolated places of Murshidabad and Balurghat, an election official said. Barring a few incidents of clashes and […]
Kolkata : An estimated 16.94 per cent of over 80 lakh electorate exercised their franchise in the first two hours of polling in five Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal, an election official said. Barring a few isolated incidents of violence, polling has largely been peaceful in Balurghat, Maldaha […]
Kolkata : Buffeted by the steady erosion in its vote bank, and exodus of its leaders and workers to the state’s ruling TMC and a resurgent BJP, the Congress is fighting a grim battle to stay relevant in West Bengal politics in the Lok Sabha elections. The party, which […]
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