Kolkata: Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee will be sworn in as the chief minister of West Bengal for the third time on May 5 at Raj Bhavan, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar said on Monday. Only a few invitees will be present at the programme because of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, he said. Earlier, Banerjee tendered her […]
Mumbai: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday hailed Mamata Banerjee as the “Tigress of Bengal”, as her party TMC looks set to retain power in West Bengal after the bitterly fought Assembly election against the main rival BJP. It is “not easy to defeat Banerjee”, even though the BJP worked hard and put in a lot of investment […]
Kolkata: Unsatisfied with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s responses to the two notices of the Election Commission, the poll panel on Monday barred the Trinamool Congress supremo from any kind of campaigning for 24 hours, from 8 pm on Monday to 8 pm on Tuesday. The Commission had sent notices to Banerjee for her […]
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday released the election manifesto of Trinamool Congress ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls in the state to be held in eight phases from March 27 to April 29. “I humbly present my 10 ‘Ongikars’ (promises) to build a stronger and more prosperous Bengal, so that the wheels […]
Kolkata, 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 let BJP implement the National Register of Citizens in […]
Kolkata, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) supremo Raj Thackeray will arrive in the city on Tuesday evening. He will meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at state Secretariat Nabanna on Wednesday. “They are likely to discuss electoral reforms, demand for return to ballot papers and the political situation in the country,” a source close […]
Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday accused the Narendra Modi government of having snatched farmers’ sleep and while referring to the sops announced in the interim Budget on Friday claimed that the peasants were being cheated before the general elections. Banerjee, also the Trinamool Congress chief, said if the government at the Centre […]
Kolkata, The West Bengal government will pay Rs 2 lakh in case of death of a farmer, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced Monday. The money will be paid to the family in death case of any peasants aged between 18-60 years under ‘Krishi Krishak Bandhu’ scheme, which will come into effect on January 1. “We […]