Monideepa Banerjie

"No Chopper For 600-Km Trip": Governor Points Finger At Mamata Banerjee

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Friday November 15, 2019

The friction between Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee entered a new phase on Thursday, with the Governor claiming that he would have to take a 600-km journey by car today as his request for a helicopter has not found "favourable consideration".

Cyclone Bulbul Passes Bengal. PM, Governor Tweet To Mamata Banerjee

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Debanish Achom | Sunday November 10, 2019

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's efforts to mitigate the impact of Cyclone Bulbul were commended by the state Governor this morning. The cyclonic storm now lays centered 75 km east-northeast of Sundarban National Park, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

Cyclone Bulbul Makes Landfall In Bengal, Kolkata Airport Closed

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Saturday November 9, 2019

Severe Cyclone Bulbul gusting at wind speeds of 135 km per hour made landfall near Sagar Islands in West Bengal at 9 pm today. Sagar Island is about 120 km south of Kolkata.

Bengali Poet Nabaneeta Dev Sen Dies At 81

People | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Friday November 8, 2019

Prominent Bengali author, poet, academic Nabaneeta Dev Sen died at her Kolkata home Thursday evening. She was 81 and is survived by two daughters. She had been unwell for some time before her death. Nabaneeta Dev Sen was the former wife of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen who has expressed deep shock at her passing.

After Kali Puja, Bengal Governor, Mamata Banerjee Clash Over WhatsApp Row

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Monday November 4, 2019

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar have returned to sniping at each other, with the WhatsApp snooping row and Israeli cybersecurity firm NSO at the centre of their latest fight

"Blessed" To Attend Mamata Banerjee's Kali Puja, Says Governor After Sulk

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday October 28, 2019

After a series of acrimonious exchanges over the past few months, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee invited Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar to a Kali Puja celebration at her home in Kolkata on Sunday night and the two called a truce, even if temporary, over homemade sweets and music.

Watch: Mamata Banerjee Jogs 10 km With Entourage In Hills Of Darjeeling

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Friday October 25, 2019

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is known to walk on the treadmill everyday. But for the first time, she was seen out on a jog in the hills of Darjeeling on Thursday. She went on a 10-kilometre jog along with her entourage and journalists to create awareness on conservation.

Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar Tells Mamata Banerjee To Mind Her Ministers' Manners

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Friday October 18, 2019

There seems to be no let-up in the face-off between the West Bengal governor and the West Bengal government.

"Its Inquilab vs Hindutva": CPM At Launch Of 100 Year Celebration Event

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Friday October 18, 2019

The Communist movement in India will turn 100 years next year and to mark the occasion the Communist Party of India (Marxist) commenced year-long celebrations with a meeting in Kolkata on Thursday where the party called for a no-holds barred battle against Hindutva and the BJP-RSS attempts to polarise the country on communal lines.

BSF Soldier Killed In Firing By Bangladesh Guards At Bengal Border

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Thursday October 17, 2019

A Border Security Force soldier was killed while another got seriously inured when a patrol party came under fire from Bangladeshi Border Guards along the India-Bangladesh border at West Bengal.

#MeToo: Theatre Professor At Top Kolkata College Accused Of Sexual Abuse

Kolkata News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Thursday October 17, 2019

A third year student at a prominent private college in Kolkata accused a 55-year-old theatre professor of sexual abuse. The professor is a well-known theatre actor and scholar. A day after she filed a complaint against him at the college, the professor submitted his resignation.

Nobel Winner Abhijit Banerjee's Economist Mother, Mamata Banerjee Talk Poverty Alleviation Over Tea

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Wednesday October 16, 2019

Nobel winner Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee's economist mother Professor Nirmala Banerjee, in an hour long 'adda' with Mamata Banerjee this afternoon told the chief minister she must create greater awareness about her government's interventions to alleviate poverty in West Bengal among potential beneficiaries and the general public so they could make inf...

5 Minutes, 3 Murders: Money Fight Behind Murshidabad Family Killings

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday October 15, 2019

Murshidabad Murders, West Bengal: Around noon on October 8, the last day of Durga Puja, Bandhu Prakash Pal and his family opened the door to the last man they would ever see. Pal, his pregnant wife Beauty and six-year-old son were hacked to death within five minutes in their home in Bengal's Murshidabad, say the police.

"Will Tell Him Off..." Nobel Economics Prize Winner's Mother To NDTV

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Monday October 14, 2019

Abhijit Banerjee, the India-born economist who was today declared joint winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics for his work in "fighting poverty", might be on top of the academic world but the 58-year-old could be in trouble back home for not having told his mother the wonderful news

Bengal Police Takes To Twitter Over Murshidabad Murders As BJP Ups Attack

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited By Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Saturday October 12, 2019

The police in West Bengal posted a rare status update on Twitter on Friday as a political row triggered by the horrific murder of a family of three in Murshidabad scaled up following the death of a priest in in the Nadia district.