NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday praised a POCSO court in Baruipur for awarding the death penalty to Mostakin Sardar, convicted of the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in Joynagar, South 24 Parganas. The verdict came just 62 days after the crime, a pace Banerjee described as “unprecedented” in…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Tuesday rejected the idea of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee becoming leader of the INDIA bloc terming the suggestion a “joke”.“That’s a good joke,” Tagore quipped when asked about TMC leaders’ remarks.This comes after TMC MP Kirti Azad asserted that Mamata was a better face to lead…
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (PTI file photo) KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee urged the Union govt Monday “to request the United Nations to deploy a peacekeeping force in Bangladesh” amid reports of attacks on minorities, particularly Hindus. She sought PM Narendra Modi’s “intervention” to ensure safe return of persecuted Indians from the neighbouring country.Banerjee…
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee KOLKATA: No religion should be harmed and any incident ending in violence “because of religion” is condemnable, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said Thursday while reacting to the attack on minorities in Bangladesh, report Dwaipayan Ghosh & Tamaghna Banerjee.Banerjee said she was saddened by the events, but the Bengal administration…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday condemned the recent arrest of Iskcon priest Chinmoy Krishna Das in Bangladesh and urged the centre to take relevant action.While speaking in the legislative assembly, Mamata said that no religion should be harmed and her government is with the Central government on this issue.“We do…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday termed the Waqf (amendment) Bill “anti-secular” and said that it would “snatch the right of the Muslims.”Banerjee said that the proposed bill had been introduced without prior discussions with state governments regarding the legislation. “There were no discussion with us (state governments) regarding waqf bill….
NEW DELHI: With the first two days of the Winter Session washed out in both Houses of Parliament since it opened on Monday, essentially over the Adani issue, Trinamool Congress took a different line, from the Congress-led charge against the government, at its meeting of party MPs meeting on Wednesday. “TMC wants the House to…
Supreme Court of India and Partha Chatterjee (Picture credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the Enforcement Directorate (ED) about its low conviction rate in money laundering cases during a bail hearing for former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee. Chatterjee has been jailed for over two years awaiting trial in a teacher…
Union home minister Amit Shah (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday accused the chief minister Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government of “aiding infiltration” and said the Bharatiya Janata Party‘s (BJP) “next big target” is to form government in the 2026 Bengal assembly elections.“I have come to tell the youth of…
NEW DELHI: The agitating doctors decided to call off their ‘fast-unto-death’ strike after 16 days after meeting with the Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday. The meeting which was live streamed, lasted for more than two hours and witnessed discussions on several demands of the protesting doctors in RG Kar rape and murder case,…
