Mamata Banerjee (File photo) NEW DELHI: A day after West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee expressed her willingness to lead the INDIA bloc if asked to do so, Congress’ silence was conspicuous as its top brass chose to steer clear of making any official statement on her remarks. However, party sources said Congress veterans see no…
NEW DELHI: A day after West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her willingness to take up responsibility as the leader of the INDIA bloc, a flurry of responses from alliance partners poured in. While the Congress played down her capability to assume a national role, Shiv Sena (UBT) adopted a different stance by accommodating…
Mamata Banerjee (File photo) KOLKATA: Bangladesh has been left “leaderless” by a “mafia” that thrives under a “weak” administration, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said in a TV interview aired Friday. She said Bengal, which shares the longest land border with Bangladesh, wasn’t the only state at risk from the continued political and social instability…
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…
