Mamata Banerjee back in her street fighter role; takes on Modi government

West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee is back doing what she does best when the chips are down – don the role of a stre...
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Calcutta HC refuses to interfere in Bengal panchayat election process

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday refused to interfere in the West Bengal panchayat election process at this stage, which is to be held by May, while holding that there is substance in petitioner Suvendu Adhikaris contention over seat reservation criteria used for the upcoming rural polls. Passing judgement on a PIL by the Leader of Opposition ...

BJP slams Mamata for announcing protests against Centre’s policies on Ram Navam...

The BJP on Monday alleged that TMC has become a “private limited company” and the situation in West Bengal under its government is worse than a “jungle raaj”. The BJP hit out at Mamata Banerjee-led government over the issues of unemployment and lack of development. Suvendhu Adhikari, the BJP’s leader in the state assembly, also slammed the TMC f...

Centre approves proposal to transform plastic waste into flower pots in Bengal’...

The Union government has approved a project proposal to recycle waste accumulated in dumping yards of two hill towns of Darjeeling and Kalimpong in West Bengal into utility products such as bricks and flower pots. Landfills will be mechanized with advanced technologies Darjeeling MP Raju Bista, in a statement on Tuesday (March 21), said the p...

Mamata’s U-turn: Why Bengal government has softened position on NEP 2020

TMC regime has directed state universities to introduce a 4-year undergrad programme in compliance with New Education Policy

Mamata Banerjee moves Bombay HC in national anthem `disrespect’ case

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee moved the Bombay high court on Tuesday (March 21) against a special court's order, which directed a magistrate to decide afresh a plea that sought a First Information Report (FIR) to be filed against her for allegedly disrespecting the national anthem. A Mumbai metropolitan magistrate's court had in Mar...

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New front for 2024 elections, says Akhilesh Yadav after meeting Mamata in Kolkata

A new front or alliance minus the Congress will emerge before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, said Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday (March 17), after meeting West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee at her residence in Kolkata. During his visit to Kolkata to chair the two-day Samajwadi Party (SP) nati...

Murmu’s civic reception reflects change in Mamata’s stance on Centre

There is more to the grand civic reception the Bengal government will host in the honour of President Droupadi Murmu during her upcoming visit to Kolkata than just the political propriety. Murmu will reach Kolkata on March 27 for a two-day visit to West Bengal, her first after becoming the President. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took person...

Cattle smuggling: TMC’s Anubrata Mondal sent to ED custody till March 10

A Delhi court on Wednesday (March 8) sent TMC leader Anubrata Mondal to ED custody till March 10 in an alleged money laundering case related to West Bengal cattle smuggling case. The midnight court passed the order on a plea moved by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which sought his 14-day custody and said the accused was required to be quizzed...

TMC launches minority outreach drives, opens old Congress wounds to counter electoral...

A campaign blitzkrieg targeting Muslims and driving a wedge between the Left Front and the Congress, are the twin strategies adopted by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to prevent a Sagardighi-like electoral reversal in the ensuing rural polls. Emerging from a meeting with her council of ministers, the West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congre...

Bengal Congress spokesperson granted bail hours after his arrest

West Bengal Congress spokesperson Koustav Bagchi was granted bail by a Kolkata court on Saturday evening, barely hours after police arrested him for his alleged comments against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. He has been granted bail by a city court on a personal bond of Rs 1,000. The arrest assumed significance as it came just a co...

Smarting from Sagardighi bypolls defeat, Mamata says TMC will fight 2024 polls alone

Following her party’s humiliating defeat in Sagardighi bypolls in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress’ chief Mamata Banerjee has said that the party will go solo in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, and rather bank on people’s support than alliances. Banerjee who called the Congress-CPI(M) alliance for the Sagardighi bypolls as “unholy” said the parties...

Blow hot, blow cold: Bengal Governor keeps TMC, BJP guessing

Will he, won’t he? This is one guesswork intriguing both the ruling Trinamool Congress and the opposition BJP in Bengal. The subject of speculation is Governor C V Ananda Bose — to be more precise his gubernatorial actions. Also Read: Adenovirus: Bengal approaching crisis as 5 more children die of infections The BJP leadership in the state...

West Bengal: Sagardighi bypoll result sets alarm bells ringing for TMC

The joint candidate of the Congress and the Left Front, Bayron Biswas, defeated TMC’s Debashish Banerjee in West Bengal’s Sagardighi assembly bypoll in what is seen as an early warning for Mamata Banerjee’s party ahead of panchayat elections. The by-election was necessitated following the demise of TMC MLA Subrata Saha, who had been winning the ...

Adenovirus: Bengal approaching crisis as 5 more children die of infections

With these deaths, adenovirus and other respiratory infections have now claimed 20 young lives in state over two months

Trinamool Congress’ Twitter handle hacked; profile picture, name changed

The official Twitter handle of the Trinamool Congress party has been hacked. The hackers have also changed the name and the display picture of the account. The Mamata Banerjee-led party said they have informed Twitter about the hacking, and have asked them to sort out the issue. The hackers have re-named the profile as 'Yuga Labs', which soun...

Fresh Gorkhaland movement threats in politically realigned Darjeeling

Trouble seems to be brewing in the hills of Bengal again. Pro-Gorkhaland units in Darjeeling have indicated that a fresh movement will be launched to press for separate statehood ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) and the Hamro Party had called for a shutdown in the Hills on Thursday (February 23) to protest aga...

Woman BSF constable accuses commander of rape in Bengal’s Krishnagunj

A woman BSF constable has been allegedly raped by a BSF commander at Nadia Camp in West Bengal’s Krishnagunj. According to sources, the BSF brought the survivor to the SSKM Hospital in Kolkata for medical examination following which an FIR was lodged. The accused commanded has been suspended from duty, the BSF said. According to the BSF, t...

Kolkata on Eater Top-10: Don’t miss these 10 foods if you’re in the city

Popular food website Eater in January came up with a list of the top 10 food destinations in the world. And sitting pretty among the best of the best foodie havens was one city from India — Kolkata. The website chose Kolkata along with the likes of Tamaki Makaurau or Auckland (New Zealand), Asheville (US), Albuquerque (US), Guatemala City (Guate...

West Bengal budget gives priority to political exigency over economic reality

The West Bengal minister of state for finance (independent charge), Chandrima Bhattacharya, on Wednesday (February 15), gave priority to political exigency over economic reality, while presenting a sop-filled ₹3.39 lakh crore budget for 2023-24. From extending credit facilities to young entrepreneurs, hiking dearness allowances for state governm...

West Bengal FM unveils budget of Rs 3.39-lakh crore for 2023-24

On Wednesday, the Finance Minister of West Bengal, Chandrima Bhattacharya, introduced a budget of Rs 3.39-lakh crore for the fiscal year 2023-24. The budget included a recommendation to eliminate the agricultural income tax for tea gardens for a two-year period, as well as extending credit access to young entrepreneurs. She said the state GDP...

Books worth Rs 25.5 crore sold at Kolkata book fair, 26 lakh people visited

Books worth Rs 25.50 crore were sold at the 46th International Kolkata Book Fair, the organisers said. Around 26 lakh people visited this year’s book fair that started on January 31 and concluded on February 12, Publishers and Booksellers Guild general secretary Tridib Chatterjee said. The turnout and sales were records in the history of the boo...

TMC stands for Terror, Mafia, Corruption: JP Nadda in Bengal

West Bengal, despite having a woman chief minister, tops the chart in terms of crime against women, says BJP chief

GST compensation: West Bengal says Centre owes it Rs 2,409 crore

The West Bengal government on Friday night (February 10) said the Centre owed it Rs 2,409.96 crore, responding to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's statement that the state had not sent GST compensation cess claim with accountant general (AG) certificate from 2017-18 to 2021-22. Replying to assertions that West Bengal's dues had been n...

Violence rears its head again in Bengal ahead of panchayat polls

At least three people have been killed in the past few days in West Bengal. It raises questions about that the TMC government’s drive to recover illegal arms and ammunition to curb political clashes

Amid Governor’s bonhomie with CM, BJP will have to directly take on TMC  

Governor CV Ananda Bose has not only avoided any tiff with Mamata Banerjee and her government but has maintained a cordial relation with Nabanna, the state’s seat of power
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