Angry Mamata Banerjee

Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel on Sunday claimed the people of West Bengal are angry with the Mamata Banerjee government and the BJP will win over 200 of 294 seats in the state assembly elections slated for April-May this year.

The Oxford Union Debating Society, citing unforeseen "circumstances", sought to postpone a scheduled virtual address by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the last moment today, drawing criticism from the ruling Trinamool Congress, which claimed "political pressure from the highest level" in the matter.

Mamata Banerjee was slammed for her "minority extremism" comment by AIMIM state president Zameerul Hasan who claimed that his party is gaining ground in the state this has angered the Trinamool Congress chief.

A three-stop mantra for Mamata Banerjee - stop getting angry, stop taking communal divides, stop fighting the BJP. This is the strategy emerging for the Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister days after poll strategist group IPAC, steered by Prashant Kishor, made a low profile on the Bengal scene. And Ms Banerjee is believed to be ...

Union Minister Babul Supriyo on Tuesday said that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's angry reactions to BJP's 'Jai Shri Ram' chant was a part of her appeasement politics.

A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee shot off an angry letter to the Election Commission after it transferred four senior police officers, including the Kolkata Police Commissioner, the poll panel on Sunday issued a point-by-point rejoinder dismissing her charges and iterating it was well within its rights to effect the changes.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had an angry exchange with Union home minister Rajnath Singh today, sources said, when he called her about this afternoon's violence at a town near Kolkata after a rally by BJP chief Amit Shah. Ms Banerjee, sources said, had asked the minister to "control his party" which was trying to "provoke trouble in peace...

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: "My actions against corruption have infuriated some people. It's but natural for them to get angry as I've prevented them from looting public money. Consequently, they have now formed an alliance called Mahagathbandhan," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday as opposition leaders meet at a mega rally in Kolkata.

The Bengal government on Saturday cited law-and-order concerns to deny the BJP permission to conduct three rath yatras - or chariot processions - in the state ahead of the Lok Sabha election next year. The government faxed its refusal to the BJP office in Kolkata, spurring angry reactions from the opposition party.

The opposition has just shown a semblance of unity at the swearing in ceremony of H D Kumaraswamy. It has miles to go before it crystallises into some kind of a formal structure. But Hindutva supporters are already jittery. Their reaction on social media is unprintable. They are bitter, angry and resorting to all kinds of abuses.

Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Wednesday termed West Bengal as the only place in the country where illegal killing of wild animals is "allowed and encouraged", prompting an angry reaction from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who demanded an apology from the minister for "insulting adivasis" (tribals).

Angry Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) activists today torched at least four police vehicles and threw stones at policemen who lobbed tear-gas shells to disperse them in Darjeeling. There will be a 12-hour bandh tomorrow.

Black flag protests greeted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as she drove into Darjeeling town on Monday night. And today there was no let-up in protests either from 11 this morning. Angry processions were held at Darjeeling, Kurseong and Kalimpong towns with protesters shouting, "Go back Mamata" and "We want Gorkhaland."

The Imam Barkati saga took an ugly turn today when he tried to lead Friday namaz at 1 pm at the Tipu Sultan Masjid in Kolkata but was heckled and pushed out by angry people who said there will be no politics in the masjid, only prayers. The deputy imam, Hafez Harun Rashim, finally led the prayers.

President Pranab Mukherjee today termed as "unacceptable" attacks on doctors and vandalisation of hospitals by angry relatives of patients, saying they too have some responsibilities to ensure a better healthcare system.

Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel on Sunday claimed the people of West Bengal are angry with the Mamata Banerjee government and the BJP will win over 200 of 294 seats in the state assembly elections slated for April-May this year.

The Oxford Union Debating Society, citing unforeseen "circumstances", sought to postpone a scheduled virtual address by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the last moment today, drawing criticism from the ruling Trinamool Congress, which claimed "political pressure from the highest level" in the matter.

Mamata Banerjee was slammed for her "minority extremism" comment by AIMIM state president Zameerul Hasan who claimed that his party is gaining ground in the state this has angered the Trinamool Congress chief.

A three-stop mantra for Mamata Banerjee - stop getting angry, stop taking communal divides, stop fighting the BJP. This is the strategy emerging for the Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister days after poll strategist group IPAC, steered by Prashant Kishor, made a low profile on the Bengal scene. And Ms Banerjee is believed to be ...

Union Minister Babul Supriyo on Tuesday said that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's angry reactions to BJP's 'Jai Shri Ram' chant was a part of her appeasement politics.

A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee shot off an angry letter to the Election Commission after it transferred four senior police officers, including the Kolkata Police Commissioner, the poll panel on Sunday issued a point-by-point rejoinder dismissing her charges and iterating it was well within its rights to effect the changes.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had an angry exchange with Union home minister Rajnath Singh today, sources said, when he called her about this afternoon's violence at a town near Kolkata after a rally by BJP chief Amit Shah. Ms Banerjee, sources said, had asked the minister to "control his party" which was trying to "provoke trouble in peace...

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: "My actions against corruption have infuriated some people. It's but natural for them to get angry as I've prevented them from looting public money. Consequently, they have now formed an alliance called Mahagathbandhan," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday as opposition leaders meet at a mega rally in Kolkata.

The Bengal government on Saturday cited law-and-order concerns to deny the BJP permission to conduct three rath yatras - or chariot processions - in the state ahead of the Lok Sabha election next year. The government faxed its refusal to the BJP office in Kolkata, spurring angry reactions from the opposition party.

The opposition has just shown a semblance of unity at the swearing in ceremony of H D Kumaraswamy. It has miles to go before it crystallises into some kind of a formal structure. But Hindutva supporters are already jittery. Their reaction on social media is unprintable. They are bitter, angry and resorting to all kinds of abuses.

Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Wednesday termed West Bengal as the only place in the country where illegal killing of wild animals is "allowed and encouraged", prompting an angry reaction from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who demanded an apology from the minister for "insulting adivasis" (tribals).

Angry Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) activists today torched at least four police vehicles and threw stones at policemen who lobbed tear-gas shells to disperse them in Darjeeling. There will be a 12-hour bandh tomorrow.

Black flag protests greeted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as she drove into Darjeeling town on Monday night. And today there was no let-up in protests either from 11 this morning. Angry processions were held at Darjeeling, Kurseong and Kalimpong towns with protesters shouting, "Go back Mamata" and "We want Gorkhaland."

The Imam Barkati saga took an ugly turn today when he tried to lead Friday namaz at 1 pm at the Tipu Sultan Masjid in Kolkata but was heckled and pushed out by angry people who said there will be no politics in the masjid, only prayers. The deputy imam, Hafez Harun Rashim, finally led the prayers.

President Pranab Mukherjee today termed as "unacceptable" attacks on doctors and vandalisation of hospitals by angry relatives of patients, saying they too have some responsibilities to ensure a better healthcare system.