Tag: Bengal CM
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Chandannagar Jagadhatri puja: CM Mamata Banerjee to offer prayers
The chief minister is expected to offer prayers at Bodo kalitala and thereafter address the public.
November 6, 2019 -
Narada case: officials of panchayat, transport depts under CBI scanner
A CBI source said that the summons to those officials were necessitated since they were the ones who were also the beneficiaries of the Narada money that had changed hands
July 14, 2019 -
World Food Day: Khadya Sathi ensured food security of over 8.5 cr in Bengal, says Mamata Banerjee
On the World Food Day, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday the state government had ensured food security for more than 8.5 crore people through its “Khadya Sathi” scheme. Mamata Banerjee tweeted from her Twitter account, “Today is #WorldFoodDay. We have ensured the food security of more than 8.5 crore people of …
October 16, 2018 -
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee leaves for Delhi to visit ailing Atal Bihari Vajpayee
"She is scheduled to head straight to the AIIMS where Atal-ji is undergoing treatment," a senior official of the chief minister's office said.
August 16, 2018 -
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee accuses BJP of targeting Missionaries of Charity
Kumar had also said that the Missionaries of Charity had stopped putting up children for adoption three years ago.
July 12, 2018 -
Allow CSR in chief minister’s relief funds, Bengal CM writes to PM Modi
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to consider the contribution of business houses to the chief minister’s relief funds (CMRF) as money spent on corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. The letter, a copy of which is with PTI, pointed out “one major infirmity in …
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May 16, 2018 -
BJP to knock HC door for CAPF forces
BJP state president Dilip Ghosh said that the party may knock the door of the Calcutta High Court tomorrow appealing for deployment of the Central Armed Paramilitary Forces (CAPF) for conducting free and fair panchayat poll. Mr Ghosh said that chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s government is seeking other police forces from Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana …
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April 30, 2018 -
Mamata Banerjee renames Darjeeling road after Subhas Ghising
Returning to the north Bengal hills after a break of seven months, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday named a road after Subhas Ghising – whose Gorkha National Liberation Front had led a violent movement for Gorkhaland for two decades since the late 1980s. Banerjee rechristened the Rohini Road as Subhas Ghisingh Marg, …
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February 7, 2018 -
Assam NRC excludes genuine residents: Bengal CM
Flaying the BJP government in Assam for “excluding a large section of Bengali- and Hindi-speaking people from the NRC’s list” in that state, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday urged her state’s people to offer shelter to those from Assam seeking refuge here. “There is a trend in Assam to drive away and …
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January 9, 2018 -
Speculation rife about Mukul Roy’s political move
Speculation is rife in political circles here on whether suspended Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy, who is scheduled to resign from the Rajya Sabha, will join the BJP or form a new political outfit. “I am not saying I will join the BJP or I will not join (it). Only time will tell. Please wait …
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October 11, 2017 -
HC judgment on idol immersions an appeal to peace: Bengal Governor
A day after the Calcutta High Court lifted the state government’s restrictions on Durga idol immersions on October 1 during Muharram, West Bengal Governor K.N. Tripathi on Friday said the judgment was “an appeal to maintain peace and work in coordination”. “It’s not a question of the judgment in favour of or against anybody. It’s …
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September 22, 2017 -
Human rights champions should report on Bengal violence: Amit Shah
Taking a dig at human rights “champions”, BJP president Amit Shah on Tuesday asked them to come out of Delhi and report the “violence” perpetrated by his party activists in West Bengal by the ruling Trinamool Congress. “I would like to appeal to human rights champions across the world, that whenever and wherever something happens, …
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September 12, 2017 -
BJP using CBI for political vendetta, says CM Mamata Banerjee
With the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) summoning a number of Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders in connection with the Narada sting video case, party supremo Mamata Banerjee today accused the BJP of “using” the agency “as a tool to pursue political vendetta”. Banerjee, who was speaking at the TMC core committee meeting at her Kalighat …
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September 8, 2017 -
Mamata hopes for consensus Presidential candidate
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Thursday hoped for a consensus candidate for the Presidential election. "The President is the custodian of the Constitution and it will be very good for the entire country if we have a consensus candidate much like (late former President) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam," Banerjee told …
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May 25, 2017 -
Bengal CM announces 3 more hill developmental boards
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday announced the formation of three more developmental boards for hill people and rolled out a Rs.100-crore project for tea garden workers. She claimed that the state government could have done much more developmental work for the hill people if it had complete control over local municipalities and …
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January 22, 2017