West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee to hold meeting with Muslim clerics amid protests over Waqf Amendment Act

Kolkata : Amid rising protests against the Waqf Amendment Act, prominent Muslim clerics and religious leaders from across the state began arriving at Kolkata’s Netaji Indoor Stadium on Wednesday to attend a meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The gathering comes in response to growing discontent within the Muslim community, who have voiced…

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Kolkata: BJP holds protest rally against Mamata Banerjee-led TMC over SSC Scam

Kolkata- BJP workers in Kolkata protested against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led State Government over 26,000 teachers losing their jobs in connection with the SSC recruitment case, following a Supreme Court judgment which held that the whole appointment process was tainted. The BJP is up in arms against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’…

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“Mamata Banerjee’s appeasement politics”: Suvendu Adhikari on reported ban on Holi celebrations in Santiniketan

Howrah : West Bengal Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday criticized the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government for reportedly banning Holi celebrations at Santiniketan’s Sonajhuri Haat, accusing the police of divisive and appeasement politics. West Bengal government has reportedly imposed a ban on Holi celebrations in Santiniketan Sonajhuri Haat to preserve greenery. Visuals from…

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“Hilarious…Mamata Banerjee not going to come to power again”: BJP MP Dinesh Sharma on voters’ list issue

New Delhi : Calling the voters’ list issue “hilarious,” Bharatiya Janata Party MP Dinesh Sharma attacked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday and said that the TMC chief will not come to power ever again in Bengal. “They know that they lost Maharashtra, they lost Haryana, they lost UP by-elections. They also know…

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“Grateful to leaders who honoured me”: Mamata Banerjee on backing for INDIA bloc leadership Purba

Purba Medinipur : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday expressed gratitude to the leaders who have backed her for a leadership role in the INDIA bloc, amid growing discussions about a change in the alliance’s leadership. Addressing a gathering in Purba Medinipur, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief extended her good wishes to the…

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TMC might change heads of municipalities where BJP’s performance was better in LS polls

Kolkata- A number of Trinamool Congress-controlled urban civic bodies in West Bengal might witness changes in their top-most positions in the coming days following an impending organisational reshuffle in the ruling party in the state. Party insiders said that the Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee has already given some suggestions to the party supremo…

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Mamata Banerjee writes second letter to PM Modi on devastating “man-made” flood in South Bengal

Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote another letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, expressing concern over the flooding in South Bengal, which she attributed to “abnormally heavy releases of water from the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) reservoirs in Jharkhand.” In her letter dated September 21, CM Banerjee voiced her disagreement…

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