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Senior party leader and MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay said on Friday that the decision was taken during the party's meeting at Banerjee's Kalighat residence.
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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav reportedly assured West Bengal CM and AITC national president Mamata Banerjee on this count during an an hour-long meeting between the two
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Mamata Banerjee's comments came at a time when the joint forum of the state government employees have already announced observing a strike on March 10 in demand of DA arrears
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BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari wrote to PM Modi, questioning if the CBI had been hesitant to take action against CM Mamata Banerjee in the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam
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The letter also listed out a number of instances that proved the Modi government’s now well known strategy of targeting Opposition parties while BJP leaders and those siding with the saffron party were allowed to roam scot-free.
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Congress leader Koustav Bagchi, arrested for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Mamata Banerjee, was granted bail
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New Delhi: Describing demonetisation as an “economic genocide” and a “criminal act”, opposition parties slammed the BJP-led Centre for its decision taken on this day in 2016 to scrap high-value currency notes. On November 8, 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the demonetisation of the old Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 banknotes. The key objectives […]
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The Opposition has asked him to hold his own party’s government in Gujarat accountable for the tragedy that has shocked the nation.
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Kolkata: The police on Tuesday arrested a YouTuber for creating memes targeting Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The arrested person has been identified as Tuhin Mondal (30), whose mobile phone has also been confiscated by the police. The arrest was made based on a complaint filed by a person named Sagar Das. It is learnt that […]
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On Wednesday, personnel from the Bidhannagar City Police arrested four persons namely Avijit Basu, Shamim Ali, Sahil Molla and Dipendra Bose.
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Kolkata: TMC leader Anubrata Mondal was sent to CBI custody till August 24 by a special court at Asansol on Saturday. Mondal was taken for a medical check-up after which he was produced earlier before the special CBI court. Mondal, a close associate of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, was arrested last week in connection with […]
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Kolkata: After Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s expression of solidarity, Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal has gone on a total non-cooperation mode in the multi- crore cattle smuggling scam, which is being probed by the CBI. Mondal was arrested by the CBI on August 12. The chief minister at a programme on Sunday gave a clear […]
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New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday claimed that the mountains of cash seized from Mamata Banerjee’s close aide have enraged West Bengal, and the Trinamool Congress leaders are being accosted and beaten up. The BJP said the chief minister is also not spared being.Sharing a video, BJP West Bengal co-incharge Amit Malviya tweeted, “TMC leaders, […]
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Hyderabad: BJP MLA Eatala Rajender here on Saturday said he was ready to contest from Gajwel Assembly constituency during the next elections in the State. “I already started my work seriously in the constituency since I informed about this to the party high command,” he said while interacting with media persons here. He said the […]
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Mumbai: Days after the formation of the Eknath Shinde-led government in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday said that the party is “still hopeful” of the rebel MLAs’ returning to former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray’s side. The leader said that they were “always in talks” with the rebels and exuded confidence that they […]
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Kolkata: Ahead of the presidential election, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Droupadi Murmu’s chances of winning the election are better because of developments in Maharashtra. “Now we know Droupadi Murmu’s chances are better because of developments in Maharashtra. We’ll go by what opposition parties say,” […]
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By Amitava Mukherjee Kolkata: Sharad Pawar’s refusal to become the unanimous opposition candidate for the post of the next President of India should be seen as a setback for Mamata Banerjee who had tried to hog the limelight by organising a joint meeting of opposition parties at New Delhi. Although some vernacular dailies of Kolkata […]
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New Delhi: After attending the meeting called by Trinamool Congress leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Jharkhand Lok Sabha MP Vijay Hansdak on Wednesday confirmed that Banerjee mentioned two more names besides Sharad Pawar for the presidential elections. “Mamta Banerjee mentioned two more names besides Sharad Pawar, which include the names of Farooq […]
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New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday began the consultation exercise on evolving a consensus name for the presidential election with senior party leader Rajnath Singh speaking to a number of key opposition leaders including Mallikarjun Kharge, Mamata Banerjee and Akhilesh Yadav, sources said on Wednesday. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has authorised Singh and party’s […]
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New Delhi: A crucial meeting of opposition parties convened by Mamata Banerjee to build consensus on fielding a joint candidate against the NDA in the presidential election began here on Wednesday with leaders of at least 17 parties in attendance. Leaders of the Congress, Samajwadi Party, NCP, DMK, RJD and the Left parties attended the […]
