Trinamool women’s wing stages protest against release of convicts in Bilkis Bano case Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had announced the demonstration on August 29 The Hindu · Sep 7, 2022
Nitish Kumar, Mamata Banerjee, Akhilesh Yadav to star in mega opposition Haryana rally PATNA: Top Opposition leaders are to converge at Fatiabad, Haryana, on September 25 for a rally to mark the birth anniversary of former deputy prime minister Devi Lal in what is planned as a joint stand against the BJP-led NDA government. The Times of India · Sep 6, 2022
Delay in Teesta pact holding up Hilsa fish supply to India: Hasina Bangladesh PM says, “You [India] aren’t giving us enough water, so I can’t give you Hilsa fish right now” The Hindu · Sep 5, 2022
Mamata Banerjee’s problematic Durga Puja push By promoting religion, the Mamata government is venturing into dangerous territory The Hindu · Sep 4, 2022
SC rejects Suvendu Adhikari's plea to transfer poll plea filed by Mamata outside State Bench says it will ‘not allow this choice of High Courts’ The Hindu · Sep 2, 2022
Early Durga Puja celebration in West Bengal with a grand rally: Mamata Banerjee People sang and danced along the five-kilometre stretch from Joransanko Thakurbari to Red Road The Hindu · Sep 2, 2022
Congress, CPI(M) slam Mamata Banerjee over her ‘praise’ for RSS BJP says the organisation does not need her certificate The Hindu · Sep 1, 2022
Politics of defamation, blackmail started: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee KOLKATA: Replying to charges of corruption levelled at her and her family, CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said: “I have never seen such dirty politics. I do not like this politics of defamation, lies, use of unprintable words, not giving minimum respect to people.” She added the “politics of blackmail… The Times of India · Sep 1, 2022
Mamata accuses Centre of blackmailing, says family will tackle notices legally Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s comments comes a day after summons were issued to the Trinamool Congress general secretary and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee in the coal pilferage scam The Hindu · Aug 31, 2022
Chorus to project Nitish Kumar as opposition’s PM candidate for 2024 polls grows louder PATNA: With Telangana CM K Chandrashekhar Rao giving a call for “BJP Mukt Bharat” just a day before his meeting with Mahagathbandhan leaders in Patna on Wednesday, the chorus to project Bihar CM Nitish Kumar as the opposition’s prime ministerial candidate for 2024 general election, has grown louder. The Times of India · Aug 30, 2022
ED summons Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee in coal pilferage scam Diamond Harbour MP to appear at agency’s Kolkata office on September 2 The Hindu · Aug 30, 2022
Coal pilferage scam | Enforcement Directorate summons TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee Abhishek Banerjee was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate day after the TMC leadership’s prophecy The Hindu · Aug 30, 2022
We are thieves, you all are saints, Mamata takes a dig at BJP’s corruption allegations Remarks by the TMC supremo assume significance as it comes in backdrop of seizure of cash valuing ₹50 crore and jewellery of ₹4.5 crore from the residence of Mr. Chatterjee’s aide The Hindu · Aug 29, 2022
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee accuses BJP and CPM of spreading canards KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that BJP and CPM are spreading canards. She accused the BJP of buying media, while speaking at the Trinamool Chattra Parishad programme . The Times of India · Aug 29, 2022
The Hindu · Aug 26, 2022 Attempt to topple AAP government shows how dangerous ‘Operation Lotus’ is for democracy: Shiv Sena The editorial in the Sena mouthpiece Saamana said the BJP was worried about 2024 Lok Sabha elections and scared of rival leaders such as Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray, Arvind Kejriwal, Mamata Banerjee and Nitish Kumar.
The Hindu · Aug 22, 2022 Mamata hikes honorarium to community Durga Puja committees to ₹60,000 The honorarium will cost the State exchequer ₹258 crore; ‘special’ festival this year after recognition by UNESCO list
The Times of India · Aug 20, 2022 India's star Olympic football captain Samar 'Badru' Banerjee dies KOLKATA: Former India football team captain Samar 'Badru' Banerjee, who led the country to a historic fourth-place finish in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, died here in the early hours of Saturday after a prolonged illness.
The Hindu · Aug 17, 2022 Posters of Abhishek Banerjee with promise of a new TMC create a flutter Differences between the party’s old guard and new leadership have come to fore lately
The Hindu · Aug 15, 2022 Mamata’s backing lifts Anubrata’s ‘confidence’ in custody Speculation rife over party’s reaction to recent arrests of two senior TMC leaders
The Hindu · Aug 15, 2022 Uphold dignity of India's democratic values: Mamata on Independence Day “Indians should preserve the sacred legacy of their forefathers who got the Independence”
Newslaundry · Aug 12, 2022 Explained: What is the SSC scam and what does it mean for West Bengal politics? Over the past weeks, the West Bengal public education system has been under legal scrutiny. Both the CBI and the ED are presently investigating a multi-crore corruption scam involving the Staff Selection Commission and thousands of illegal appointments. Partha Chatterjee, one of the most influential ministers in Mamata Banerjee’s cabinet,…
The Hindu · Aug 10, 2022 West Bengal civic body sends rakhis made of water hyacinths to global leaders "We have sent rakhis to President Droupadi Murmu, PM Modi, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, the U. S. President Joe Biden and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan," Bongaon Municipality chairman Gopal Seth said.
The Hindu · Aug 9, 2022 India and Bangladesh in talks for major river agreement ahead of PM Hasina’s visit Joint River Commission meeting to decide on deals over Kushiyara and Ganga rivers
The Hindu · Aug 6, 2022 Suvendu writes to PM, alleges corruption in central schemes in WB The poor job card holders are either not paid properly for their efforts, or their cards are snatched away and kept by representatives in connivance with officials
The Hindu · Aug 5, 2022 Citizenship Amendment Act likely to be implemented by December: West Bengal BJP MLA Asim Sarkar The Trinamool Congress said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will never allow Citizenship Amendment Act to be implemented in West Bengal.