Monday, Oct 03, 2022
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Atri Mitra
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Mamata govt’s ration scheme fails HC test, but Trinamool not worried
The ‘Duare Ration’ scheme was conceived as an extension of the ‘Duare Sarkar’ initiative that had helped TMC win last year’s Assembly polls.
Mon, Oct 03, 2022
At Hindu Mahasabha’s Kolkata pandal, Gandhi lookalike is the ‘asura’
Facing flak, organiser says coincidence
Mon, Oct 03, 2022
In song and in dance, Mamata omnipresent at this year’s Durga Puja
After months of corruption cloud, TMC feels respite at the sight of its supremo Mamata Banerjee 'enjoying'.
Sat, Oct 01, 2022
Chargesheet filed in Bengal school job scam | Ex-minister Partha Chatterjee set up dummy firms, errand boy was director of one: ED
In a chargesheet filed on September 20, the ED said Arpita allegedly implicated Chatterjee and made an application for leniency in view of her disclosure against the former Industries and Education Minister in the Mamata Banerjee government.
Tue, Sep 27, 2022
App fraud case: Kolkata cops arrest Amir Khan from Ghaziabad
Amir Khan, the younger son of Naser Ahmed Khan, who runs a transport business, had launched a mobile gaming application called E-Nuggets.
Sun, Sep 25, 2022
Could Mamata be ready to bury hatchet with Cong? Pawar remarks hint at a shift
The uneasy relationship between the TMC and the Congress had hit a new low during the Bengal Assembly polls last year, which was swept by the former. Mamata had then charged the Congress and Left alliance of allegedly helping the BJP against her party.
Sat, Sep 24, 2022
Organisers in dock over corruption cases, many high-profile Durga Pujas in Kolkata turn low key
The lack of enthusiasm isn’t without reason: the puja is associated with former state Cabinet minister Partha Chatterjee, who is now under arrest in the teacher recruitment scam. The ‘brand ambassador’ of the Naktala puja committee last year, Arpita Mukherjee, is now a co-accused with Chatterjee in the case.
Fri, Sep 23, 2022
Kid gloves for PM Modi, brickbats for Amit Shah: Decoding Mamata’s strategy
CM does not want to antagonise Modi amid Bengal financial crisis, says TMC leader. But Shah is fair game as the party believes he is behind the alleged misuse of central agencies.
Thu, Sep 22, 2022
HC judge’s censure of Abhishek Banerjee remarks evokes silence from TMC, Oppn
During a TV interview, Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay rapped the senior TMC leader for his remarks against a 'group of judges'
Wed, Sep 21, 2022
Misuse of CBI, ED: Don’t think PM Modi behind it, BJP leaders are, says Mamata Banerjee
Banerjee’s remarks were made in the State Assembly where the ruling TMC passed a resolution against what it said was the “partial role of CBI, ED, IT and other Central agencies”.
Tue, Sep 20, 2022
Now a TMC MP attacks Mamata Cabinet picks, says ‘Madan Mitra must get respect’
Former Indian football captain Prasun Banerjee says Mitra was “the best sports minister” that TMC has had. The portfolio is currently held by TMC heavyweight Aroop Biswas.
Mon, Sep 19, 2022
Kolkata violence: TMC believes has scored several political points
Uses images and videos to paint BJP supporters as 'hooligans'; a successful protest would have helped BJP's pushback
Thu, Sep 15, 2022
BJP’s Swapan Dasgupta interview: ‘Mamata govt’s intention was to not allow a protest of the main opposition party… They deliberately made it a violent thing’
Swapan Dasgupta, Member, BJP National Executive said, “Mamata Banerjee can fight us politically. She has every right to do so, that is how our democracy functions. But, instead of fighting us democratically and through the use of politics, she is using police”
Thu, Sep 15, 2022
Day after Bengal violence, Mamata targets BJP: ‘Police could have fired in the air’
Abhishek Banerjee’s comment that he may have shot protesters in the head had he been in the police's place, state minister Udayan Guha’s talk of retaliatory violence, and Mahua Moitra’s ‘bulldozer’ comment draw Oppn party’s ire.
Thu, Sep 15, 2022
HC steps in after clashes erupt between BJP & police in Kolkata
BJP leaders say treated like criminals; TMC says hooliganism.
Wed, Sep 14, 2022
Suvendu alleges manhandling by woman cop, sniffs conspiracy
Suvendu along with MP Locket Chatterjee and ex- BJP state president Rahul Sinha was picked up by police near the Second Hooghly bridge before the march started.
Wed, Sep 14, 2022
BJP alleges police crackdown ahead of Nabanna Abhiyan
BJP MLAs Tapashi Mondol and Dibakar Gharami were among many detained on their way to the West Bengal capital, where the Opposition party has planned one of its biggest campaigns since its 2021 poll defeat.
Tue, Sep 13, 2022
West Bengal Nabanna Abhiyan Highlights: Police could have opened fire on violent BJP protesters, but govt exercised restraint, says Mamata
BJP on Wednesday alleged that the state has become “lawless” and “bankrupt” under the Mamata Banerjee-led government.
Wed, Sep 14, 2022
Behind Mamata bid to stand by Anubrata, Moloy: dented TMC machinery, flagging cadre morale
Last Thursday, addressing an event of the TMC workers at Kolkata’s Netaji Indoor Stadium, Mamata called upon them to give a “heroic welcome” to Mondal when he is released from jail.
Sun, Sep 11, 2022
Disquiet among Mamata’s intelligentsia allies as list of TMC leaders under cloud grows
Intellectual and cultural figures played a remarkable role in helping Mamata oust the 34-year Left regime from power in the 2011 Bengal Assembly polls.
Fri, Sep 09, 2022
Latest to be raided by CBI, TMC industrial belt strongman and MLA Subodh Adhikari
Central agency is probing the links of Mukul Roy's former aide to party colleague and Halisahar civic body chief Raju Sahani who was arrested on Friday in a chit-fund case.
Mon, Sep 05, 2022
Behind Mamata’s RSS ‘praise’, balancing act to temper ‘appeasement’ image, graft heat on TMC
Addressing a press conference at Nabanna, CM Banerjee said, “RSS is not that bad. I don’t believe it is so bad. Even now there are good people in RSS, who don’t support BJP. One day they will break their silence.”
Sun, Sep 04, 2022
Told chief secretary to investigate if I grabbed land, says Mamata Banerjee
"If there is a single allegation against any member of my family of illegally occupying land or property, then that member of my family will be answerable,” the chief minister said.
Thu, Sep 01, 2022
Anti-corruption cloud inching towards family, Mamata Banerjee hardens stance
Though West Bengal CM was quick to sack Partha Chatterjee from the Cabinet, in recent weeks she has been vociferous in her criticism of central agencies.
Wed, Aug 31, 2022
Mamata Banerjee defends arrested party colleagues, slams BJP and central agencies
Mamata Banerjee attacked the BJP over the remission of sentence of the convicts in the Bilkis Bano case in Gujarat and asked women members of the TMC to start a movement against it.
Mon, Aug 29, 2022