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File photo of former Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee KOLKATA: Former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday accused the BJP of practising “state terrorism” and said she would challenge its actions through legal means, invoking the Constitution and the judiciary.“I want to remind the judiciary that they are the true protectors of the…
KOLKATA: Opening its purse strings for Bengal following chief minister Suvendu Adhikari’s maiden visit to New Delhi after assuming office on May 9, the Centre on Friday agreed to release Rs 39,000 crore for schemes under the Union water resources ministry. PM Narendra Modi, during his meeting with Adhikari, also assured of support in implementing…
Bengal municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul said cattle slaughter remains legal in the state if carried out under provisions already in force. “We have never asked anyone to clo- se their shops. There are specific provisions in the existing Act we have to adhere to. There is a 2018 HC judgment and there is a…
NEW DELHI: Mamata Banerjee said the BJP-led Central government would be “removed from power” in the future, days after her party, TMC, suffered a major defeat in the West Bengal Assembly elections.During a meeting with party MLAs in Kalighat, the former West Bengal CM said, “BJP will be removed from power in Delhi in the…
NEW DELHI: After All India Trinamool Congress suffered its worst electoral setback in years, party chief Mamata Banerjee on Saturday told leaders unhappy with the situation that they were free to leave, amid internal dissent.At a meeting with the party’s candidates who contested the recent 2026 West Bengal assembly election, held at her Kalighat residence…
‘Mamata head of criminals’: RG Kar victim’s mother after 3 cops suspended over case botch-up (Image credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Ratna Debnath, mother of the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder victim on Friday called former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee a ‘criminal’ and alleged that the truth behind the case would emerge…
Kalyan Banerjee (Image/PTI) NEW DELHI: Former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday appointed Kalyan Banerjee as the new Chief whip of the Trinamool Congress in Lok Sabha replacing Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar. The announcement was made during an internal meeting of party MPs held at Mamata Banerjee’s residence in Kalighat as the party leadership…
NEW DELHI: The Calcutta high court on Thursday instructed the newly-elected BJP governmemt in West Bengal to “strictly maintain law and order at the ground level”. The order came after Mamata Banerjee told the court that the police had remained inactive during the post-poll violence, while also asserting that “Bengal is not a bulldozer state”…
NEW DELHI: The Bar Council of India (BCI) has demanded details on Mamata’s status as a lawyer from the West Bengal Bar Council after the former chief minister appeared at Calcutta high court in lawyer robes on Thursday.“Ms. Mamata Banerjee served as Chief Minister of West Bengal from 2011 to 2026. Having regard to the…
NEW DELHI: Former Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee faced heavy sloganeering at the Calcutta high court on Thursday when she appeared as counsel in a public interest litigation (PIL) concerning alleged post-poll violence following the recently concluded Assembly elections in the state.Dressed in a traditional black advocate’s jacket and white collar-band over her signature white…
