Tag: Mamata Banerjee
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3 women who may call shots
Will the voters favour the three charismatic women leaders? It all depends on a lot of factors including issues, arithmetic and chemistry.
February 10, 2019 -
PM Modi faces flak for inaugurating Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench of Calcutta HC
CM Mamata Banerjee says both the high court and the state government were kept in the dark about the inauguration; will write to Supreme Court
February 9, 2019 -
Kolkata Police raids firms ‘linked’ to wife of ex-CBI interim chief Nageswara Rao
The development comes a day after the CBI summoned Kolkata police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar to appear before it in Shillong in connection with its probe into the Saradha chit fund scam.
February 9, 2019 -
PM Modi becomes ‘Chaiwalla’ before elections, ‘Rafale-walla’ after it: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi soon after the latter’s rally in New Jalpaiguri in which he called the grand alliance a ‘mahamilavat’ (grand adulteration).
February 8, 2019 -
PM Modi launches frontal attack on Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a no-holds-barred attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accusing the Trinamool Congress supremo of trying to protect those who robbed the poor.
February 8, 2019 -
Mamata vs Centre | Will confer top state honour on officers if stripped of medals: WB CM
The Centre is contemplating issuing an advisory to all states to ensure that officers of uniformed forces adhere to service conduct rules and maintain decorum, official sources said.
February 8, 2019 -
Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar summoned by CBI for questioning on February 9
The move comes a day after the CBI chief Rishi Kumar Shukla posted 10 of its officials temporarily in Kolkata.
February 7, 2019 -
‘Will fight together’: Mamata extends support to Congress as Robert Vadra faces ED heat
The ED questioned Vadra for around six hours in a money laundering case and asked him to join the probe again on Thursday.
February 7, 2019 -
Explanation sought on absence of Kolkata CP Rajeev Kumar at EC meeting
Rajeev Kumar had sent Special Commissioner Joyanto Bose on his behalf when EC was in Kolkata to to discuss preparedness for the Lok Sabha elections
February 6, 2019 -
Was Mamata tipped off on raid?
The tip-off that Mamata got indicates that sections of the bureaucracy seem to be wavering in their loyalty to the current regime.
February 6, 2019 -
Mr Mitra’s matrix
Prudence would have suggested a dramatic improvement in the Anganwadi and Asha sectors and the decrepit primary healthcare in the wider canvas.
February 6, 2019 -
Mamata Banerjee calls off dharna, says will take up issue next week in Delhi
Around 48 hours after she launched a sit-in against the CBI’s attempt at questioning Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar in connection with ponzi scam cases, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ended the ‘Save Democracy’ dharna citing victory.
February 5, 2019 -
UP CM Yogi Adityanath assails Mamata Banerjee from West Bengal’s Purulia
Yogi Adityanath, the firebrand leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), took the road to West Bengal from BJP-ruled Jharkhand to address a massive gathering of supporters after the Banerjee government denied him permission to address rallies.
February 5, 2019 -
Naveen Patnaik scrambles to distance himself from Bengal developments, CBI
Says nobody from TMC has been in touch with him for almost one year, and whatever the BJD said with regards to the CBI-police face-off was entirely in the context of Odisha
February 5, 2019 -
Denied permission to land chopper, Yogi Adityanath reaches Bengal rally site by road
Earlier in the day, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee lashed out at Yogi Adityanath asking him to take care of Uttar Pradesh first.
February 5, 2019 -
Sena attacks Centre over CBI-WB face-off, says Mamata ‘hitting back with same force’
The Sena said the Centre could have acted against the Kolkata Police chief two months back and the CBI should have carried proper summons before visiting his house to question him.
February 5, 2019 -
‘Moral victory’: Mamata welcomes SC’s no arrest order for Kolkata police chief
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed Rajeev Kumar to cooperate with the CBI in its probe into the Saradha chit fund scam even as the court ordered that Kumar must not be arrested by the agency.
February 5, 2019