Mamata Banerjee

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Bengal govt opens control room for registering of complaints during Gangasagar Mela

8:40 pm January 12, 2021

Kolkata : The West Bengal government has opened a control room for registering of any complaint and grievance in connection with the Gangasagar Mela which began on Tuesday at Sagar Island in South 24 Parganas district, an official said. Apart from the State Emergency Control Room, public grievances and complaints can also be lodged with […]

Former home minister Buta Singh passes away

3:38 pm January 2, 2021

New Delhi: Former Union home minister Buta Singh, who remained in public service for a long time and served under four prime ministers, died at the AIIMS here on Saturday morning. He was 86. The senior Congress leader was in a coma since October last year, when he was admitted to the All India Institute of […]

BJP gains new grounds in 2020 but farmers protest poses challenge

5:30 pm December 31, 2020

New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s call to convert ‘aapda’ (crisis) into ‘avsar’ (opportunity) paid the BJP rich dividends in a year when the COVID-19 convulsed the society and the economy as a mix of the ruling dispensation’s welfare measures, organisational might and ideological drive saw the saffron party gain new territories in 2020. Governments in […]

Vikram Solar commissions 10 MW solar plant in West Bengal

11:27 pm December 28, 2020

New Delhi: Vikram Solar on Monday said its 10 MW solar plant for the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (WBSEDCL) was commissioned on Monday. The project was inaugurated by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the company said in a statement. The solar plant is located in Birbhum district of West Bengal and consists of 30,150 solar modules of Vikram Solar, […]

Not terming Indian people outsiders; attempts on to destroy Bengal’s self-pride: Mamata

9:04 pm December 28, 2020

Kolkata: Facing attacks from the BJP on how she can call people visiting West Bengal from other states ”outsiders”, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that she does not attach that tag to ”our countrymen” but is against alleged attempts to impose an alien thought process on the people of India. Banerjee, also the Trinamool Congress supremo, claimed that […]