Mamata Banerjee Seeks Rs 25,000 Crore Coronavirus Aid From Centre
India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 1, 2020
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, seeking financial assistance of Rs 25,000 crore to fulfil the state government's commitments of providing free ration to the people and continuing other welfare schemes amid a dip in the revenue at a time when all businesses are shut due to the nationwide...
Mamata Banerjee vs Asaduddin Owaisi After Her "Minority Extremism" Remark
India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjee, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday November 19, 2019
Mamata Banerjee's comments on "minority extremism", targeted at AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi, sparked a row on Tuesday. The Hyderabad MP hit back after being accused by the Bengal Chief Minister of "dividing communities".
After Making Chai, Cuddling Babies, Mamata Banerjee's Poem For Democracy
India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Friday August 23, 2019
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took to poetry to express distress over the state of affairs in a country where, she says, "democracy's address cannot be found and the country's history cannot be understood"
At Bengal Summit, Mamata Banerjee Talks Of A "New Industrial Policy"
India News | Press Trust of India | Friday February 8, 2019
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday a new industrial policy would be formulated if there was a change in the government at the centre after the Lok Sabha polls.
Yogi Adityanath Won't Win Election From Uttar Pradesh: Mamata Banerjee
India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday February 5, 2019
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday came down heavily on her Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath, accusing him of abetting lynchings and claiming that the saffron party leader will fail to win another election in his state.
"Favour Common Minimum Agenda For Anti-BJP Opposition": Mamata Banerjee
India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday February 2, 2019
Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday favoured drawing up a common minimum agenda of the anti-BJP 'gathbandhan' (alliance) before the Lok Sabha polls, but said she was game if other parties agreed otherwise.
"Court Can't Interfere...": Bengal Government On Durga Puja Grant
India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Tuesday October 9, 2018
The Calcutta High Court is set to give its order tomorrow on the maintainability of the public interest litigation (PIL) that has challenged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's grant for Durga puja organisers. If the court decides it is maintainable, the case will be slotted for further hearing. If not, the matter ends there unless a higher court is a...
Mamata Banerjee Announces Rs 28 Crore Grant For Durga Puja Organisers
India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Tuesday September 11, 2018
In a very generous first, 28,000 Durga Puja committees across Bengal will get a grant of Rs 10,000 each this festive season "for community development programmes," Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday.
2 Police Cases Against Mamata Banerjee For Comments On Assam Citizen List
India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday August 5, 2018
Two more FIRs were registered in Assam against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and members of a TMC delegation, which went to Silchar, for allegedly creating disturbances on the basis of religion, a senior police official said on Saturday.
Collective Leadership Would Take On BJP In 2019, Says Mamata Banerjee
India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday July 31, 2018
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said today that there would be a collective leadership of the opposition front to take on the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, indicating that the proposed coalition may not name a prime ministerial candidate ahead of the polls.
"Nothing New": Derek O'Brien On Mamata Banerjee's Name For PM
India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday July 25, 2018
Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien said today 2018-19 is the "think federal" year, suggesting regional parties will play a crucial role at the Centre and projected Mamata Banerjee as one of the "most senior leaders in this matrix".
Have Told All My MPs To Stay In Delhi: Mamata Banerjee On No Trust Vote
India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday July 19, 2018
With Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee instructing all Lok Sabha members of her party to stay put in Delhi and support Friday''s no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government, the party on Wednesday issued a whip to all its MPs to be present in the house.
Mamata Banerjee Slams Centre After Fuel Prices Hit Four-Year High
India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday April 1, 2018
With petrol and diesel prices sharply shooting up, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today hit out at the BJP-led central government for doing little to control the surge.
Seeking Impeachment Of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Opposition Gathers Signatures
India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday March 28, 2018
The Congress, backed by several opposition parties, is reportedly leading efforts to bring an impeachment motion in parliament against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. The parties are circulating an unprecedented petition for sacking the top judge, leaders of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have confirmed.
All Regional Parties Join Hands To Defeat BJP In 2019: Mamata Banerjee
India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday March 9, 2018
Urging all regional parties to join hands to defeat the BJP in the 2019 general elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday warned the saffron brigade that for them alarm bells have already started ringing.
Mamata Banerjee Seeks Rs 25,000 Crore Coronavirus Aid From Centre
India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 1, 2020
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, seeking financial assistance of Rs 25,000 crore to fulfil the state government's commitments of providing free ration to the people and continuing other welfare schemes amid a dip in the revenue at a time when all businesses are shut due to the nationwide...
Mamata Banerjee vs Asaduddin Owaisi After Her "Minority Extremism" Remark
India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjee, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday November 19, 2019
Mamata Banerjee's comments on "minority extremism", targeted at AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi, sparked a row on Tuesday. The Hyderabad MP hit back after being accused by the Bengal Chief Minister of "dividing communities".
After Making Chai, Cuddling Babies, Mamata Banerjee's Poem For Democracy
India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Friday August 23, 2019
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took to poetry to express distress over the state of affairs in a country where, she says, "democracy's address cannot be found and the country's history cannot be understood"
At Bengal Summit, Mamata Banerjee Talks Of A "New Industrial Policy"
India News | Press Trust of India | Friday February 8, 2019
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday a new industrial policy would be formulated if there was a change in the government at the centre after the Lok Sabha polls.
Yogi Adityanath Won't Win Election From Uttar Pradesh: Mamata Banerjee
India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday February 5, 2019
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday came down heavily on her Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath, accusing him of abetting lynchings and claiming that the saffron party leader will fail to win another election in his state.
"Favour Common Minimum Agenda For Anti-BJP Opposition": Mamata Banerjee
India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday February 2, 2019
Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday favoured drawing up a common minimum agenda of the anti-BJP 'gathbandhan' (alliance) before the Lok Sabha polls, but said she was game if other parties agreed otherwise.
"Court Can't Interfere...": Bengal Government On Durga Puja Grant
India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Tuesday October 9, 2018
The Calcutta High Court is set to give its order tomorrow on the maintainability of the public interest litigation (PIL) that has challenged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's grant for Durga puja organisers. If the court decides it is maintainable, the case will be slotted for further hearing. If not, the matter ends there unless a higher court is a...
Mamata Banerjee Announces Rs 28 Crore Grant For Durga Puja Organisers
India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Tuesday September 11, 2018
In a very generous first, 28,000 Durga Puja committees across Bengal will get a grant of Rs 10,000 each this festive season "for community development programmes," Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday.
2 Police Cases Against Mamata Banerjee For Comments On Assam Citizen List
India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday August 5, 2018
Two more FIRs were registered in Assam against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and members of a TMC delegation, which went to Silchar, for allegedly creating disturbances on the basis of religion, a senior police official said on Saturday.
Collective Leadership Would Take On BJP In 2019, Says Mamata Banerjee
India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday July 31, 2018
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said today that there would be a collective leadership of the opposition front to take on the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, indicating that the proposed coalition may not name a prime ministerial candidate ahead of the polls.
"Nothing New": Derek O'Brien On Mamata Banerjee's Name For PM
India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday July 25, 2018
Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien said today 2018-19 is the "think federal" year, suggesting regional parties will play a crucial role at the Centre and projected Mamata Banerjee as one of the "most senior leaders in this matrix".
Have Told All My MPs To Stay In Delhi: Mamata Banerjee On No Trust Vote
India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday July 19, 2018
With Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee instructing all Lok Sabha members of her party to stay put in Delhi and support Friday''s no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government, the party on Wednesday issued a whip to all its MPs to be present in the house.
Mamata Banerjee Slams Centre After Fuel Prices Hit Four-Year High
India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday April 1, 2018
With petrol and diesel prices sharply shooting up, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today hit out at the BJP-led central government for doing little to control the surge.
Seeking Impeachment Of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Opposition Gathers Signatures
India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday March 28, 2018
The Congress, backed by several opposition parties, is reportedly leading efforts to bring an impeachment motion in parliament against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. The parties are circulating an unprecedented petition for sacking the top judge, leaders of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have confirmed.
All Regional Parties Join Hands To Defeat BJP In 2019: Mamata Banerjee
India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday March 9, 2018
Urging all regional parties to join hands to defeat the BJP in the 2019 general elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday warned the saffron brigade that for them alarm bells have already started ringing.
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