Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her strong disapproval of the cancellation of over 25,000 school jobs, labeling it as ‘gross injustice.’ She alleged that it was a deliberate tactic by the BJP to prevent these job losers from being deployed in poll duty. During an election rally in the Medinipur Lok Sabha…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal government on Wednesday moved the Supreme court against Calcutta high court decision cancelling all appointments of teaching and non-teaching staff made through the 2016 state-level exams in the state govt-sponsored and aided schools.The high court made the decision on Monday regarding the State Level Selection Test-2016 (SLST) in government-funded and supported…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday called the Calcutta high court order cancelling appointments of teachers made through 2016 recruitment test “illegal” and alleged that BJP leaders have been influencing judiciary and judgments. “We will stand by those who lost jobs,” Mamata said and added that the Trinamool government will challenge…
MALDA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday alleged that the Election Commission of India chalked out seven-phase polls to enable Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his cabinet colleagues to carry out extensive campaigning using the nation’s resources.Addressing a public meeting at Gajol in Malda district in support of Maldaha Uttar TMC candidate Prasun…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday drew flak from BJP for her call to maintain peace during the Ram Navami celebrations, with BJP accusing her of singling out Hindu festivals, reports .“Why are similar calls not issued for festivals of other communities?” asked BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi. He said the suggestion…
NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday released its manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, in which it has promised to repeal the recently notified Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, and stop the National Register of Citizens (NRC). It has also vowed that the Uniform Civil Code “will not be implemented across India”.Titled ‘Didir Shopoth…
NEW DELHI: The BJP could dislodge Mamata Banerjee‘s Trinamool Congress to become the No. 1 party in West Bengal in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, according to political strategist Prashant Kishore. In an interaction with PTI editors, Kishor said: “You would be surprised as, in all likelihood, to my mind, the BJP is going to…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday questioned the timing of the probe into the Medinipur blast case by a National Investigation Agency (NIA) team, which was attacked at Bhupatinagar on its way to Kolkata.The chief minister said NIA should not have raided at “midnight” as locals “reacted in the way they…
KOLKATA/MATHABHANGA/MALBAZAR: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee stirred the CAA pot in twin pockets of north Bengal bordering Bangladesh on Thursday, warning those thinking of registering under the new law that this could result in them losing the rights they already enjoy such as access to the Trinamool govt’s flagship welfare schemes.“The moment you register under CAA,…
NEW DELHI: Cooch Behar district in West Bengal on Thursday saw a fiery Lok Sabha campaign with back-to-back rallies by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Mamata Banerjee as they went all out to woo voters. Addressing his first election rally in the state after announcement of poll dates, PM Modi raised issues like…
