MAMATA BANERJEE

NEW DELHI: A day after the Calcutta High Court ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to register a case in West Bengal’s Birbhum massacre, the Central probe agency has named 21 suspects in its FIR. In Birbhum’s Bogtui village, eight people, including women and children, were killed after miscreants set ten houses ablaze, which led […]

KOLKATA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed his condolences to the families of eight people who were massacred in West Bengal’s Birbhum, and said that the culprits should not be forgiven. “I hope the state government will take strict action against the culprits. Those who encourage such criminals should not be forgiven,” PM Modi […]

NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) General Secretary and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee on Monday joined the Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe at its headquarters here in New Delhi, in connection with an illegal coal scam case. Abhishek Banerjee, who is also Lok Sabha MP from Diamond Harbor, arrived at the agency […]

  NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will question West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee and his wife Rujira in the coal scam case next week, sources in the agency said. “We shall be questioning Abhishek Banerjee on March 21 and his wife Rujira Banerjee on March 22,” ED sources told The […]

That Prime Minister Modi concentrated on attacking the Congress in his public rally in Goa on Thursday clearly indicates that the ruling party sees its major challenge in that state from its traditional rival more than from the newer options. At least until the last week or two, the campaigns of major newer entrants, TMC […]

LUCKNOW: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee once again came forward in support of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Akhilesh Yadav and targeted the BJP by describing it as a “danger” to the country. Addressing a joint press conference here with Akhilesh, Banerjee did not mince […]

NEW DELHI: Facing stiff challenge from the Trinamool Congress (TMC), which is visibly assuming the role of the main opposition, the Congress on Thursday hit back at West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chief, Mamata Banerjee, for switching alliance between the NDA and the UPA as per her convenience. Calling her a political opportunist in […]

NEW DELHI: A day after West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee took a swipe at the Congress ridiculing UPA, political strategist Prashant Kishor joined the band wagon to target the grand old party saying the idea and space that it represents is vital for strong opposition but its leadership is […]

MUMBAI: In her inimitable style, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asserted that there exists no such collective as a United Progressive Alliance (UPA). She made this statement soon after she stepped out of her meeting with Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo, Sharad Pawar. “What is UPA? There […]

AGARTALA/UNAKOTI:  The ruling BJP on Sunday registered a mega win in November 25 local body elections, sweeping all the 20 municipal bodies in Tripura and winning 329 seats overall out of the 334 seats. Elections were held across 222 out of 334 seats in Tripura. BJP had already won 112 seats without contesting, as neither Trinamool […]