Mamata Banerjee

Mamata to meet guv at 7 pm to stake claim to form govt

6:09 pm May 3, 2021

Kolkata: TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee will meet West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar at 7 pm on Monday and stake claim to form the government, after her party’s stupendous win in the assembly elections, Raj Bhavan sources said. The ruling TMC has won 212 of the 292 seats where polling was held in eight phases in […]

BJP congratulates Mamata, TMC for winning WB polls

10:16 pm May 2, 2021

Kolkata: BJP Sunday congratulated Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Congress for winning the West Bengal assembly election for the third successive term and assured that the saffron party will work as a constructive opposition. BJP will cooperate with the government in all its pro-people activities, the party’s state vice-president Jay Prakash Majumdar said. “We will play […]

COVID-positive TMC candidate dies at Kolkata hospital

1:56 pm April 25, 2021

Kolkata: TMC candidate from Khardah assembly constituency Kajal Sinha, who had tested positive for COVID-19, died at a hospital here on Sunday morning, an official of the state health department said. Sinha (59) was found to have contracted the viral disease two days ago, following which he was admitted to Beliaghata ID hospital, the official […]

Mamata stages dharna to protest EC’s move to ban her campaign for 24 hrs

10:24 pm April 13, 2021

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday sat on a dharna in the heart of the city to protest against the Election Commission’s “unconstitutional” decision to ban her from campaigning for 24 hours. Banerjee, still confined to a wheelchair owing to the injuries she sustained last month, arrived at Mayo […]

CRPF harassing voters in Bengal at Shah’s behest: Mamata

4:05 pm April 7, 2021

Baneswar: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that the CRPF personnel are harassing voters in the state at the behest of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Addressing a rally here in Cooch Behar district, she accused personnel of the central force of molesting women and beating people during […]