West Bengal Chief Minister

"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.

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.

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.

"Trinamool Afraid That...": BJP Slams Mamata Banerjee Over Durga Puja Tax

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday August 12, 2019

Questioning West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's criticism of IT notices served to Durga Puja committees, the BJP on Monday accused a section of Trinamool Congress leaders of laundering the money, allegedly looted in chit fund scams, through the puja committees.

No Question Of Going Back To Ballot Papers: Top Election Officer

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday August 9, 2019

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora today dismissed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's demand to bring back ballot papers in place of electronic voting machines, saying there is no question of going back to the old system.

Don't Know His Whereabouts, Concerned: Mamata Banerjee On Farooq Abdullah

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 7, 2019

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today claimed that the whereabouts of National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah was not known and expressed concern over it.

Outstanding Politician: Mamata Banerjee Remembers Sushma Swaraj

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 7, 2019

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her grief and shock over the sudden demise of former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday night

Mehbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah Not "Terrorists", Says Mamata Banerjee

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday August 6, 2019

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said her party, the Trinamool Congress, will strongly oppose the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill that proposes to bifurcate the state into two union territories.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Declares Rural Bengal Open Defecation Free

Kolkata News | Press Trust of India | Saturday August 3, 2019

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has declared rural West Bengal as open defecation free (ODF) and said that her government will now focus on solid waste management.

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.

Mamata Banerjee Backs Raj Thackeray Initiative For End To Voting Machines EVMs

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Wednesday July 31, 2019

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Wednesday invited West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to a rally his party will hold on August 21 in Mumbai to launch a movement demanding the end of the Electronic Voting Machines or EVMs and the return of the ballot paper.

Mamata Banerjee Minus Mercurial Is Prashant Kishor's Strategy For 2021

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Thursday August 1, 2019

A three-stop mantra for Mamata Banerjee - stop getting angry, stop taking communal divides, stop fighting the BJP. This is the strategy emerging for the Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister days after poll strategist group IPAC, steered by Prashant Kishor, made a low profile on the Bengal scene. And Ms Banerjee is believed to be ...

"Waiting For What?": Priyanka Gandhi Wants BJP To Expel Unnao Accused

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Monday July 29, 2019

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today pulled up the ruling BJP for its alleged reluctance in taking action against Kuldeep Sengar, an Uttar Pradesh lawmaker accused in the Unnao sexual assault case, despite the police naming him as an accused in a road accident that ended up hospitalising the rape survivor and killing two others on Sunday.

"What About UP?": Mamata Banerjee Wants Unnao Survivor's Accident Probed

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Monday July 29, 2019

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has demanded a high-level inquiry into a road accident in Uttar Pradesh that left the survivor in the Unnao rape case critically injured and killed two of her relatives yesterday. She also expressed concern over the murder of a retired army captain by unidentified men in the northern state's Amethi distric...

Prashant Kishor To Skip Mamata Banerjee's Press Conference Today

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Monday July 29, 2019

Mamata Banerjee, the West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chairperson, will hold a press conference in Kolkata on Monday, which is her first press meet since election strategist Prashant Kishor came to the aid of her party.