West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

Withdraw RBI's Supervisory Role Of Bengal Cooperative Banks: Mamata Banerjee To PM

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday June 30, 2020

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday expressed dissatisfaction over the Centre's move to transfer the supervisory role of state cooperative banks to the Reserve Bank of India, contending that it was against the spirit of cooperative federalism.

My Government Has Nothing To Hide On Donations: Mamata Banerjee

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday June 30, 2020

In a veiled attack against the Centre for refusing to disclose details on the PM CARES Fund, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said her government has nothing to hide on the donations it has received.

World Going Green, Low Returns In Coal: Mamata Banerjee Asks PM To Rethink FDI

India News | Edited by Nandini Gupta | Friday June 26, 2020

Allowing 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in the coal sector would neither bring competent returns nor new technology, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Mamata Banerjee Welcomes Centre's Decision Of All-Party Meet Over Ladakh Clash

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 17, 2020

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday welcomed the Centre's decision to call an all-party meeting on June 19 to discuss the situation on the India-China border in Ladakh and said her party stands by the country at this hour of crisis.

Mamata Banerjee Urges Officials To Ensure Cyclone Relief Reaches Everyone

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 17, 2020

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has asked officials to "immediately take steps" to ensure that nobody is deprived after complaints that government benefits were not reaching those hit by Cyclone Amphan and were diverted to unaffected people, secretariat sources said on Tuesday.

Mamata Banerjee, Not Listed Among Speakers, May Skip PM's Video Call

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Wednesday June 17, 2020

Six chief ministers will speak in a video call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi today to discuss the coronavirus outbreak in the country and the way forward after the current phase of the lockdown ends on June 30. But West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will not be among those six, despite the state having figured on the schedule released b...

Surgical Strike On Corruption Must: Bengal Governor Tells Mamata Banerjee

India News | ANI | Friday June 12, 2020

Tagging the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Twitter, state Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday said that "surgical strike" on corruption in the public interest is must and added that he is in "unsparing high alert mode".

BJP Leader Says Mamata Banerjee Should "Think" Before Making A Statement

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday June 11, 2020

Accusing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of trying to confuse people by contradicting her own statement on calling Shramik Special trains "Corona Express", BJP state president Dilip Ghosh on ednesday claimed that either she does not think before saying anything or ponders over it after uttering the words.

Mamata Banerjee, Others Send Get-Well-Soon Notes To Arvind Kejriwal

India News | Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Monday June 8, 2020

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday joined leaders of several other parties in wishing a speedy recovery for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has gone into self-quarantine and will take a coronavirus test after complaints of mild fever and a sore throat.

"Never Said PM Should Be Removed": Mamata Banerjee Counters BJP Criticism

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited By Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Friday June 5, 2020

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday hit out at the opposition BJP for "engaging in politics" at a time when the state was dealing with the coronavirus crisis and the devastation caused by Cyclone Amphan.

Legendary Director Basu Chatterjee, Best Known For Baton Baton Mein, Khatta Meetha, Rajinigandha, Dies At 90

Entertainment | Nilanjana Basu | Thursday June 4, 2020

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee mourned the legendary filmmaker in a tweet of condolence: "Saddened at the demise of legendary film director and screenwriter Basu Chatterjee."

No Problem With Renaming Kolkata Port After Shyama Prasad Mukherjee: Mamata Banerjee

India News | ANI | Thursday June 4, 2020

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that she does not have any problem with the renaming of Kolkata Port Trust as "Syama Prasad Mukherjee Port Trust".

₹10,000 for Each Migrant Labourer: Mamata Banerjee's Appeal To PM

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday June 3, 2020

Just ahead of the cabinet meeting in New Delhi today, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee brought up the controversial PMCare Relief Fund and tweeted that every migrant labourer displaced by the lockdown should be given ₹10,000 from that fund as a "one-time assistance".

Mamata Banerjee Urges Centre To Give ₹10,000 Each To Migrant Workers

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 3, 2020

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today appealed to the Centre to give one-time assistance of ₹10,000 each to migrant workers amid the COVID-19 crisis.

"I Told Amit Shah....": Mamata Banerjee Reveals Argument On COVID-19

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Thursday May 28, 2020

Raising the political pitch in her battle with the centre over the handling of the coronavirus crisis, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday revealed she had told Union Home Minister Amit Shah that if he thought the state government was failing to handle the crisis properly, why didn't he try and deal with it himself.