Monideepa Banerjie

"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.

Rice-And-Salt Meal For Bengal Schoolgirls Triggers Trinamool-BJP Row

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

Rice and salt. That's all that was served as mid-day meal to hundreds of girls at a state run school in West Bengal on Monday.

"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.

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.

Speeding Jaguar Hits Mercedes In Kolkata, Kills 2 Bangladeshi Bystanders

Kolkata News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Saturday August 17, 2019

Two Bangladeshi nationals who had taken shelter at a Kolkata police outpost to escape rain were crushed to death on Saturday, when a Jaguar car ram them after hitting a Mercedes sedan.

1 Dead, 15 Injured As Heavy Rain Batters Kolkata, Disrupts Flights

Kolkata News | Written By Monideepa Banerjie, Edited By Swati Bhasin | Saturday August 17, 2019

A man in his thirties was killed and 15 others were injured today in lightning strike at Kolkata's iconic Victoria Memorial Complex as heavy rain battered the city and disrupted flight operations.

Trinamool Minister Partha Chatterjee Summoned By CBI In Saradha Scam

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Debanish Achom | Friday August 16, 2019

Trinamool Congress minister Partha Chatterjee has been summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with its probe into the Rs 10,000 crore Saradha chit fund, sources said.

BJP MP Roopa Ganguly's Son, 20, Sent To Police Custody Over Car Crash

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday August 16, 2019

BJP MP and Bengali actor Roopa Ganguly's son has been arrested for reckless driving after he rammed a wall of an upscale Kolkata club with his car on Thursday. Reports suggest Akash Mukhopadhyay, 20, was drunk.

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.

"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.

Zomato Riders' Strike "Nothing To Do With Food Or Religion": Founder

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

The Zomato delivery workers' protest in West Bengal's Howrah has "nothing to do with food or religion or beliefs", the company's founder has said in an email to staff, warning against "conflating meaningful work and livelihood opportunities with false outrage about religion and personal food choices."

Emergency Was Also Constitutional But Was It Right? Sugata Bose On Article 370

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Wednesday August 7, 2019

Professor Sugata Bose, historian and former Trinamool MP, has criticised the Narendra Modi government for removing the special status to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370, calling it a reckless assault on federalism and democracy.

Kashmir Decision Would Have Made Syama Prasad Mookerjee Glad, Says Nephew

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Tuesday August 6, 2019

Retired Justice Chittatosh Mookerjee, the nephew of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee, is certain that his uncle would have felt a great sense of satisfaction over the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 being repealed

How BJP Paid Its Debt To Founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee With Kashmir Move

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Monday August 5, 2019

By scrapping the special status given to Jammu and Kashmir, the ruling BJP has fulfilled the dream of its founder, Syama Prasad Mookerjee, whose slogan was: "Ek desh mein do vidhaan, do nishaan, do pradhaan nahin chalega". These words, which translate to "In one country, there can't two law codes, two prime ministers and two national symbols", were...

After Hotline, A "Pride" Campaign: Team PK Rebranding Mamata Banerjee

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Friday August 2, 2019

Days after unveiling a helpline and a website to help citizens reach out to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with their complaints, an online campaign to let people express "why they are proud of her" was launched by the Trinamool Congress on Friday.