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Mamata Banerjee not to attend INDIA bloc’s June 1 meeting
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced that she will not be able to attend the crucial meeting of the opposition INDIA bloc, convened by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, in New Delhi on June 1.…
318 arrested in West Bengal for violence amid 6th phase of polling
Kolkata, A total of 318 persons were arrested throughout West Bengal on Saturday for involvement in poll-related violence and tension during the sixth phase of voting for eight Lok Sabha seats, Chief Electoral Officer Ariz Aftab said.…
West Bengal CM Mamata hits out at PM Modi for his ‘sent by God’ comment
She further ridiculed Modi for BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra's controversial remark about Lord Jagannath being a "devotee of the prime minister", which Patra had later retracted.
Unrest in Bengal’s Nandigram after BJP woman worker’s killing
BJP workers burnt tyres, blocked roads and pulled down shutters of shops, alleging that the TMC-backed criminals were involved in the killing of party worker Rathirani Ari in Sonachura village.
HC scraps OBC status of several classes in Bengal
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asserted that she will not accept the Calcutta High Court order
INDIA bloc doesn’t have any leader who can become PM: Amit Shah
The BJP leader said the ongoing parliamentary elections are about choosing between "leaders of dynastic politics or honest leader Narendra Modi" who considers the country as his family.
In farewell speech, Calcutta HC judge Chitta Ranjan Dash says ‘ready to go back to RSS’
Justice Dash said that he was "ready to go back to the organisation" if they called him for any assistance or for any work they needed which he was capable of doing.
Mamata says heartbroken over plight of Sandeshkhali
"The BJP should not play with the dignity of women,” Banerjee said in her first visit to Basirhat, under which Sandeshkhali falls, since the flare-up in January this year.
Won’t tolerate indiscipline, Congress warns Bengal unit
It added that the hoarding outside of the WBPCC office has been vandalised by certain miscreants, and this has hurt the sentiments of millions of party workers and supporters.
Mamata says she criticised monks who indulged in politics
Banerjee said that she saved Swami Vivekananda's house in Kolkata from getting sold off by getting the Kolkata Municipal Corporation to acquire it.
PM Modi slams Mamata for her remarks against Ramakrishna Mission, Bharat Sevashram Sangha
Addressing a poll rally in Goghat on Saturday, Banerjee had claimed, "Some monks of the Ramakrishna Mission and Bharat Sevashram Sangha are working under the influence of BJP leaders in Delhi."
INDIA bloc will win LS polls, BJP will not even cross 200 seats: Mamata Banerjee
The West Bengal CM alleged Modi was trying to change the pluralistic values and secular ideals enshrined in the constitution and change the name of India to Bharat.
BJP-led NDA govt at Centre will expire soon: Abhishek
The Trinamool Congress MP also alleged that under the present dispensation at the Centre, the "poor are becoming poorer and the rich getting richer".
TMC moves EC against ex-judge, BJP candidate Gangopadhyay over alleged sexist remarks against Didi
TMC leader and West Bengal minister Shashi Panja told reporters here that Gangopadhyay has crossed all limits of decency by making 'sexist' remarks against Mamata Banerjee.
Election Commission operating under Modi’s directions: Mamata
"Poll is being held for two-and-half months, have you (poll officials) ever realised the struggle of the common people," said the CM.
Calcutta HC adjourns till Friday hearing of Sandeshkhali BJP leader’s petition over…
The Sandeshkhali BJP leader had claimed in his petition that technology-aided videos mimicking his voice were being circulated in a bid to defame him.
Matuas will get citizenship, none can stop it, says Shah
Campaigning for the BJP’s Bongaon candidate Shantanu Thakur, Shah said Mamata would not be able to stop the implementation of the CAA as the matter lies with the Centre.
BJP won’t cross 200-seat mark: Mamata
There will be no Modi in Delhi. Based on the numbers I received till yesterday; they will get around 190-195 seats. INDIA bloc will get 315 seats, she said.
Days after removal as TMC general secretary
The TMC on Monday submitted its list of star campaigners to the Election Commission and Ghosh's name was figured on the list.
Don’t play with self-respect and dignity of Bengal’s women, Mamata tells Modi
The prime minister in his public meetings on Sunday alleged that the TMC was trying to hide its past misdeeds in Sandeshkhali where TMC leaders were accused of sexual assault and land grab.