Mamata Bannerjee
- India
Experts warn of legal hurdles to Mamata’s threat to state varsities
Kolkata: The administrative tussle between the Raj Bhavan and the Secretariat in West Bengal over the appointment of interim vice- chancellors for state-run universities has now turned into severe verbal brick-batting between…
- India
Mamata meets Uddhav at his Mumbai residence, ties rakhi on him
Mumbai: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday visited Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray at his residence here and tied a rakhi on him. Banerjee went to Thackeray’s residence ‘Matoshree’…
- India
Mamata meets Amitabh Bachchan in Mumbai, says he is ‘Bharat Ratna’ for her
Mumbai: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday met Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan at the latter’s residence in Mumbai. Soon after her arrival at the Mumbai airport for attending the two-day…
- India
Mamata lashes out at ED for its renewed search operations
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday launched a scathing attack against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for the latter’s renewed raid and search operations in the state since Monday, just…
- Kolkata
Bengal Guv opens anti-corruption cell; Mamata cries interference in state’s affairs
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Wednesday inaugurated an anti-corruption cell’ at the Raj Bhavan here, triggering Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to term this as an attempt to interfere…
- India
Mamata asks ministers to keep an eye on attempts to disrupt peace during Muharram
Kolkata: Expressing apprehension that there could be attempts to disrupt peace in West Bengal during the upcoming Muharram celebrations, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday advised her Cabinet colleagues to keep an…
- Bangalore
Cong hopeful that Kejriwal, Mamata will attend 2nd oppn meet in Bengaluru
New Delhi: With just four days left for the second crucial meeting of the like minded parties in Bengaluru, the Congress is hopeful that West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo…
- India
Mamata announces compensation for victims of panchayat poll violence
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced compensation of Rs 2 lakh each to the next of kin of those killed in the violence during the panchayat elections in…
- World
Bangladesh PM sends 600 kg mangoes as gift to Mamata
Kolkata: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sent 600 kg of mangoes as a gift to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, officials said Monday. “Mangoes comprising the Himsagar’ and Langra’ variants…
- India
‘Tughlaqi demonetisation drama’, says Mamata after RBI withdraws Rs 2,000 note
New Delhi: Opposition leaders on Saturday attacked the government over the withdrawal of Rs 2000 currency notes from circulation with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee describing it as “Tughlaqi demonetisation drama”…
- India
Kurmi movement in Bengal becomes a headache for Trinamool Congress
Kolkata: The simmering cold war between the West Bengal government and the people from the Kurmi community in the state over the latter’s demand for a Scheduled Tribe status seems to be…
- India
‘Film running in peace…’, SC questions Mamata govt’s ban on ‘The Kerala Story’
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday posed a series of queries to the West Bengal government in connection with the ban on the film ‘The Kerala Story’, saying that the film…
- India
Mamata asks ministers to start sit-in outside Amartya Sen’s house over eviction notice
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has asked state ministers to begin a sit-in outside Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s residence in Santiniketan in Birbhum district to protest against the Visva-Bharati’s eviction…
- India
‘No vacancy for PM post’: Shahnawaz takes swipe at Nitish over meeting with Mamata
New Delhi: Taking a swipe at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over his recent meeting with his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee, BJP leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain on Monday said there was…
- Kolkata
Won’t allow NRC in Bengal: Mamata at Eid congregation in Kolkata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday claimed some people are trying to divide the nation by pursuing politics of hate and said that she is ready to give her…
