Mamata Banerjee

"History Will Judge Bengal...": Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar In Assam

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Friday May 14, 2021

It is a matter of "shame" for West Bengal that its citizens are taking shelter in other states, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar said on Friday while visiting the areas of Assam bordering Bengal to meet people who fled fearing violence.

Bengal's Covid Quota Downwardly Revised Every Day: Mamata Banerjee Writes To PM Modi

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 14, 2021

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting him to be fair and quick in allotment of pressure swing adsorption (PSA) plants for the state, amid the relentless surge in COVID-19 cases.

Bengal Governor's Violence Survey Spawns Duel With Mamata Banerjee

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Wednesday May 12, 2021

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and governor Jagdeep Dhankhar once again found themselves in a conflict on Wednesday - this time over his plans to visit Cooch Behar district to meet, as he put it in several tweets, people affected by post-

'Vaccine Supply Insignificant... Speedily Import': Mamata Banerjee To PM

India News | Edited by Ashutosh Tripathi | Wednesday May 12, 2021

The vaccine production, supply, and distribution in the country is "extremely inadequate" and "insignificant", spotlighted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a letter, her third in two weeks, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Mamata Banerjee's Cabinet Takes Charge Amid Smoke-Signals Of Trouble

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Monday May 10, 2021

Including Mamata Banerjee, there are nine women ministers in her third government, and 20 new ministers in all, seven of them from the minority community and four each from the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

Suvendu Adhikari Elected Opposition Leader In West Bengal Assembly

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 10, 2021

The BJP on Monday unanimously elected Suvendu Adhikari as Leader of Opposition in the new West Bengal Assembly to take on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the house.

Situation Worrisome, People Paying With Lives For Exercising Franchise: Bengal Governor

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 10, 2021

Moments after administering oath to the ministers of the Mamata Banerjee government, Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday expressed concern over the situation arising out of post-poll violence in the state

Bengal Governor Okays Narada Bribe Case Prosecution Before Ministers Oath

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Monday May 10, 2021

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar - known for his frequent collision with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee - has given his nod to the CBI to prosecute four erstwhile ministers of her government in the Narada tapes scandal.

Veterans, First-Timers Take Oath, Join Mamata Banerjee's New Cabinet

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Monday May 10, 2021

Forty-three ministers weresworn in todayas part of Mamata Banerjee's team as she begins her third term as Chief Minister of West Bengal.

Why Tax Vaccines, Nirmala Sitharaman Explains After Mamata Banerjee Note

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Sunday May 9, 2021

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said that a 5 per cent tax on vaccines and 12 per cent on medicines and oxygen concentrators was necessary to keep costs low, after a new appeal by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

"Exempt Oxygen Tanks, Covid Medicines From Taxes": Mamata Banerjee To PM

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Sunday May 9, 2021

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, asking for tax waivers on the import of medicines and equipment needed to fight the COVID-19 pandemic

Tried To Capture Bengal, Nearly Destroyed India: Mamata Banerjee On Modi Government

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 8, 2021

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Satuday that the COVID-19 crisis in the country was the result of the Centre "not doing any work" in the last six months as Union ministers and leaders were visiting Bengal daily to "capture" it.

Centre Firm To Help Bengal Fight Covid: Health Minister To Mamata Banerjee

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 8, 2021

With West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seeking a uniform vaccination policy for the country, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday assured her that the Modi government was firm in its resolve to help the state fight COVID-19.

"Vaccines Must Be Given To States For Free": Bengal To Supreme Court

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday May 7, 2021

Mamata Banerjee's government in West Bengal has approached the Supreme Court for a uniform vaccination policy and has asked that the new differential pricing mechanism in the latest phase of inoculations be scrapped.

"Oxygen Demand Will Rise To 550 Tonnes In A Week": Mamata Banerjee To PM

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Friday May 7, 2021

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday - for a second time in two days - to highlight a potential shortfall in oxygen supply to the state, which is among those worst-affected by the second Covid wave