Mamata Banerjee

871 held in Kolkata for defying lockdown order

11:16 pm March 25, 2020

Kolkata: As many as 871 people have been arrested in the city in a span of 24 hours since Tuesday 5 pm for defying the lockdown order imposed by the government in its attempt to contain the spread of Covid-19, a senior police officer said. The arrests were made by the Kolkata Police during naka-checking […]

Amit Shah holds colourful roadshow in Bengal's Kharagpur

EZC meet chaired by Amit Shah underway

3:01 pm February 28, 2020

Bhubaneswar: A meeting of the Eastern Zonal Council (EZC), chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, is underway here on Friday, with Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren skipping the meet. The 24th EZC meeting is being attended by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and his West Bengal and Bihar counterparts Mamata Banerjee and Nitish Kumar […]

ASI assaulted in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh

4 of a gang held for cheating online shoppers

8:22 pm January 3, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: Days after the Kerala Assembly passed a resolution on repealing the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday wrote to his counterparts in 11 states on the need to save secularism and democracy. In a letter to the chief ministers, including Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal, Vijayan said, “Apprehensions have arisen […]

Kerala Assembly passes resolution against CAA

5:40 pm December 31, 2019

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution demanding scrapping of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), becoming the first state in the country to do so. While Chief Ministers of non-BJP ruled states like Mamata Banerjee of West Bengal have announced that they would not implement CAA, CPI(M)-ruled Kerala was the first to […]

TMC delegation meets kin of Mangaluru firing victims

7:31 pm December 28, 2019

Mangaluru: A delegation of Trinamool Congress sent by party chief Mamata Banerjee, on Saturday visited the family members of those killed in the December 19 protests against the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act. Banerjee had earlier announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to the families of the victims. The delegation, comprising former railway minister Dinesh […]