Mamata Banerjee

Trinamool Leader Accused Of Raping Woman Who Wanted "Cut Money" Returned

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Thursday August 22, 2019

A Trinamool leader and three of his accomplices have been accused of gang-raping a woman in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district for demanding that he return "cut money" she had paid in order to be made a beneficiary in a housing scheme.

"Process Incorrect": Mamata Banerjee "Saddened" By P Chidambaram Arrest

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday August 22, 2019

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today criticised the way in which the investigative agencies handled the arrest former finance minister P Chidambaram last evening. The senior Congress leader was arrested from his Delhi home last evening by the Central Bureau of Investigation after high drama, with some officers scaling the walls to gain entry...

Mamata Banerjee's Tea Break During Bengal Village Visit Is A Toast Online

India News | Edited by Aditi Ghosh (with inputs from ANI) | Thursday August 22, 2019

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday brewed tea at a village stall during her visit to the state's coastal town Digha.

Periodic Unrest Hit Darjeeling's Development Plans: Mamata Banerjee

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 21, 2019

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said periodic unrest in Darjeeling has disturbed her plans to build the picturesque hill station as one of the best tourist destinations in the country.

"Will Liberate West Bengal Again": Former Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Tuesday August 20, 2019

Six days after he quit West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress and joined the BJP, Sovan Chatterjee called for a second liberation of the state.

Trinamool's 'Didi Ke Bolo' Campaign Gives Party Leaders A "Tough Time"

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday August 20, 2019

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's 'Didi Ke Bolo' (Tell Didi) campaign is helping the Trinamool Congress reach out to people in distress, but at the same time forcing party leaders to handle uncomfortable questions about cut money, arrogance of local leaders and syndicates.

"2 Toilets For 400?": Mamata Banerjee Blasts Minister During Slum Visit

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Monday August 19, 2019

It could be the Prashant Kishor effect, an extension of his makeover plan as part of her "Didi Ke Bolo", or a deliberate change in style. But on Monday, Mamata Banerjee did something she had not in the last few years. She dropped by a slum in Howrah, walked into dingy homes and chatted with residents about the problems they faced.

Prashant Kishor Accused Of Interfering In Bengal Government's Functioning

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday August 19, 2019

The BJP's West Bengal unit on Monday charged poll strategist Prashant Kishor and his team members with interfering in the functioning of the state government officers and looking into the confidential files of the various departments.

After Letter To PM Modi, 9 Activists Now Write To Mamata Banerjee On Violence

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Tuesday August 20, 2019

Prominent members of Kolkata's civil society, many of whom were among the 49 people who recently wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi against cow-related mob killings, have now written to Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to condemn police action on teachers and the assault on a theatre actor in recent weeks.

"People Have Right To Know About Netaji's Disappearance": Mamata Banerjee

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday August 18, 2019

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday asserted that people have the right to know what happened to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, while remembering the "son of the soil" on the day he reportedly went missing 74 years ago.

"Thank You So Much Didi": Arvind Kejriwal, 51, Replies To Birthday Wish

India News | Edited By Debanish Achom | Friday August 16, 2019

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who turned 51 today, received two birthday wishes this morning - one from his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee and the other from BJP MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar.

West Bengal Government's 'Kanyashree' Scheme Empowers 60 Lakh Girls

Education | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday August 15, 2019

"If we do not discriminate between girls and boys, they will keep gaining success," West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said.

Ex-Kolkata Mayor And Top Mamata Banerjee Aide Sovan Chatterjee Joins BJP

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday August 14, 2019

Former Kolkata mayor Sovan Chatterjee, who was among Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's closest aides, joined the BJP today, in a significant blow to the ruling Trinamool Congress in the state.

Rather Die Than Prove My Religion Before Entering Temple: Mamata Banerjee

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 14, 2019

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said that she would rather die than prove her religion and challenged BJP to compare the religious activities undertaken by the Trinamool Congress government to that by the previous regimes in the state.

"Durga Puja Tax" Opens New Mamata Banerjee vs Centre Front

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Tuesday August 13, 2019

Politics has muscled its way into Durga Puja pandals in West Bengal ahead of festivities barely 50 days away. On orders from Mamata Banerjee, top women leaders of the Trinamool Congress sat on a day-long sit-in protest in Kolkata today to protest income tax notices to Durga Puja organisers.