Mamata Banerjee Piyush Goyal

A full-scale political battle is in progress over the special trains for migrants, with two opposition-ruled states -- Bengal and Kerala -- accusing the Centre of spreading coronavirus by sending trains without any notification. A third, Maharashtra, from where a chunk of outgoing traffic originates, has been engaged in a face-off with the Centre o...

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today picked up Kerala's refrain, accusing the Railway Ministry of sending the special trains for migrants without any prior notice and disrupting the state's methods to contain the coronavirus. Accusing the railways of "evacuating Maharashtra and spreading corona to Bengal" and playing politics with both state...

There is a need for 105 ''Shramik Special'' trains a day to take stranded migrants who are from West Bengal back home but it is "sad" that the state is accepting 105 trains over 30 days, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday.

West Bengal Chief Minister on Friday afternoon hit out at the BJP in the state assembly, a day after she was not invited for the East-West Metro corridor launch in Kolkata.

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday accused the West Bengal government, led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, of depriving the people of the state of the benefits of central schemes such as the Ayushman Bharat and Prime Minister Kisan Yojana.

The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal on Thursday decided to boycott the inauguration of the East-West Metro corridor, after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's name was found missing from the invitation card for the programme, party sources said.

Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday appealed to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to take action against those who damaged railway property during the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA.

Ahead of his two rallies in West Bengal, BJP president Amit Shah on Monday attacked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, saying she "ruined" the state with "politics of appeasement" and asserted his party is committed to restoring its pride.

Alleging that the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal was indulging in "communalism", Union Minister Piyush Goyal today said that the state was stopping one community from celebrating its religious festival.

The bonhomie between Mamata Banerjee and Narendra Modi was on display last weekend when the prime minister visited West Bengal. Now, she has extended her warmth to Minister of State for Coal and Energy Piyush Goyal as well. And it was fully reciprocated, by Minister of State for Urban Development Babul Supriyo, once known as a Mamata baiter.

A full-scale political battle is in progress over the special trains for migrants, with two opposition-ruled states -- Bengal and Kerala -- accusing the Centre of spreading coronavirus by sending trains without any notification. A third, Maharashtra, from where a chunk of outgoing traffic originates, has been engaged in a face-off with the Centre o...

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today picked up Kerala's refrain, accusing the Railway Ministry of sending the special trains for migrants without any prior notice and disrupting the state's methods to contain the coronavirus. Accusing the railways of "evacuating Maharashtra and spreading corona to Bengal" and playing politics with both state...

There is a need for 105 ''Shramik Special'' trains a day to take stranded migrants who are from West Bengal back home but it is "sad" that the state is accepting 105 trains over 30 days, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday.

West Bengal Chief Minister on Friday afternoon hit out at the BJP in the state assembly, a day after she was not invited for the East-West Metro corridor launch in Kolkata.

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday accused the West Bengal government, led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, of depriving the people of the state of the benefits of central schemes such as the Ayushman Bharat and Prime Minister Kisan Yojana.

The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal on Thursday decided to boycott the inauguration of the East-West Metro corridor, after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's name was found missing from the invitation card for the programme, party sources said.

Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday appealed to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to take action against those who damaged railway property during the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA.

Ahead of his two rallies in West Bengal, BJP president Amit Shah on Monday attacked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, saying she "ruined" the state with "politics of appeasement" and asserted his party is committed to restoring its pride.

Alleging that the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal was indulging in "communalism", Union Minister Piyush Goyal today said that the state was stopping one community from celebrating its religious festival.

The bonhomie between Mamata Banerjee and Narendra Modi was on display last weekend when the prime minister visited West Bengal. Now, she has extended her warmth to Minister of State for Coal and Energy Piyush Goyal as well. And it was fully reciprocated, by Minister of State for Urban Development Babul Supriyo, once known as a Mamata baiter.