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Kolkata: With an eye on the forthcoming Presidential polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has convened a meeting of the leaders of all opposition parties and chief ministers of the opposition ruled states, in New Delhi on June 15. The meeting will be held at the Constitutional Club. She has forwarded a letter to […]
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Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo, Mamata Banerjee, on Monday, demanded total autonomy for all the central probe agencies to free them from political influences. “The manner in which the central probe agencies are utilised by the Union government and the ruling party against opposition leaders for political vendetta is against the […]
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Siliguri (West Bengal): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday slammed the Trinamool Congress for spreading rumours about the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and said that the Central government will implement it once the COVID-19 pandemic ends. The Home Minister, who is on a two-day visit to West Bengal, said that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wants that […]
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Kolkata: Amid reports that Maoists were trying to regroup in Junglemahal area of West Bengal, their former stronghold, with posters having resurfaced in some pockets, political parties in the state have taken to blame game, maintaining that fears were being unnecessary fuelled by rival camps for individual gains. The Centre had warned of Maoist activities […]
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Kolkata: Speaking at the inaugural session of the 27th Kolkata International Film Festival, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday appealed to potential investors to invest in Bengali cinema and television programmes. “Bengali cinema and television segment have tremendous growth potentials. So, I appeal to the potential investors to invest in these two segments,” […]
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Hyderabad: Crop procurement is the responsibility of the Central government and it cannot come up with any excuses, said Bharatiya Kisan union (BKU) national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait. He was addressing TRS party leaders and cadre at Telangana Bhavan in New Delhi on Monday. The Centre cannot adopt one procurement plan for North and other for […]
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Varanasi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was shown black flags amid chants of “Jai Sri Ram” in Varanasi on Wednesday when she was on the way to take part in Ganga Aarti. Banerjee sat on the stairs of the Dashashwamedh Ghat to watch ‘Ganga Aarti’ in an apparent protest against the showing of the […]
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Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee spoke to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar and expressed support after the arrest of Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik in connection with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim money laundering case. Earlier in the day, the Enforcement Directorate arrested NCP leader Malik in connection with a money-laundering probe linked […]
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Mumbai: A day after Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao met his Maharashtra counterpart Uddhav Thackeray, his cabinet ministers and NCP chief Sharad Pawar in Mumbai in a bid to stitch an anti-BJP alliance, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Monday said that a political front will never be formed without the Congress. This meeting […]
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao arrived in Mumbai for a rousing welcome, ahead of the meeting with his Maharashtra counterpart and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray at the latter’s residence ‘Varsha’ in Malabar Hills. Days after giving a call to Opposition parties to unite against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he is slated to […]
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Hyderabad: In yet another step towards unification of like-minded forces in the fight against the BJP at the Centre, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will be meeting his Maharashtra counterpart Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai on Sunday. Thackeray had recently extended his full support to Chandrashekhar Rao’s fight for the federal justice, denouncing the anti-people policies […]
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Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is trying to cobble up a united front against the BJP, said on Monday that she had spoken with her counterparts in Tamil Nadu and Telangana, and together they were trying to “protect the country’s federal structure from getting bulldozed”. The TMC supremo, who had visited Uttar […]
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Hyderabad: Municipal Administration Minister K T Rama Rao on Wednesday said a rift was being created among the students in the name of religion in Karnataka where a three day holiday was declared for education institutions by the government. “On the one side, they say ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padao’ and on the other hand, they […]
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By Arun Sinha Midway through the election battle Mamata Banerjee has realised she cannot defeat the BJP alone. She wants the Congress to come along with her. That was not the case in the beginning. She came on a high horse from Bengal, gung ho, adventuresome and cocksure she could vanquish the BJP in Goa […]
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By Arun Sinha Mamata Banerjee’s Goa campaign is built less on real strength and more on bravado. She has travelled from the east to the west to prove that if she can defeat the BJP in Bengal, she can defeat it anywhere. But every State is not Bengal. And on top of it, she has […]
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Kolkata: A five-member delegation from the Trinamool Congress will visit Nagaland on Monday to meet the families of the civilians who were mistakenly killed by the security forces. The five-member team, including four MPs — Sushmita Deb, Shantanu Sen, Aparupa Poddar and Prasun Bandopadhyay — will reach Otin village in Mon district in the morning. Former […]
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New Delhi: A day after TMC chief Mamata Banerjee’s “there is no UPA now” jibe, senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Thursday said without the Congress, the UPA will be a body without a soul and asserted that it was time to show opposition unity. West Bengal Chief Minister Banerjee on Wednesday met NCP supremo […]
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Kolkata: West Bengal minister and senior All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Subrata Mukherjee passed away at SSKM hospital in Kolkata, confirms Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday. Mukherjee was 75. “His mortal remains will be kept at Rabindra Sadan, Kolkata tomorrow morning for people to pay their last respects,” the CM said. Now you […]
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Hyderabad: Public Undertakings Committee (PUC) Chairman A Jeevan Reddy slammed TPCC president A Revanth Reddy for politicising Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said the Congress leader lacked political maturity. Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao raised 12 important issues such as setting up Kakatiya Mega Textile Park, IPS cadre […]
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Kolkata: Leader of Congress Party in Lok Sabha and West Bengal Congress Committee president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday wrote to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over alleged “atrocities committed by ruling party’s cadres” on Congress supporters in Murshidabad. “Atrocities committed by ruling party’s cadres on Congress supporters in Raninagar-II block, Murshidabad District. It is a […]
