NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday offered to provide shelter to those in distress amid the ongoing violence in Bangladesh. She cited the United Nations Resolution on refugees as justification for her stance, considering the severe law and order breakdown that has gripped Bangladesh in recent days.“I should not be speaking…
KOLKATA: West Bengal governor C V Ananda Bose alleged on Friday that the sexual assault charges against him by a Raj Bhavan staffer were “engineered by chief minister Mamata Banerjee“.Bose posted on X: “This is a proxy war in which the CM is splurging public money by engaging high paid lawyers. The governor refuses to…
KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee moved a Calcutta high court division bench Friday against a single-bench order restraining her from making “defamatory and incorrect statements” against governor C V Ananda Bose “in publications or social media platforms” till Aug 14, arguing that “justifiable criticism” was not libel and that the order completely curbed her fundamental…
KOLKATA: The Calcutta HC has restrained Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, newly elected Trinamool MLAs Sayantika Banerjee and Reyat Hossain Sarkar, and ex-MP Kunal Ghosh from “making any defamatory or incorrect statement by way of publication and on social platforms” against governor CV Ananda Bose till August 14, when it hears the latter’s defamation suit next.Justice…
NEW DELHI: The Calcutta high court restrained West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee from making any defamatory or incorrect statement against Governor CV Ananda Bose in connection with the sexual harassment allegations. Justice Krishna Rao passed the order in a defamation suit against the CM by the Governor.The Governor moved a plea before the high…
KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday slammed the Centre and the railway ministry during her visit to the train accident site, criticizing Centre for only doing beautification work and not focusing on passenger amenities. “Railways have become totally parentless. You can see the railway minister only at inaugurations. So many talking points and beautifications…
KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday slammed the Centre and the railway ministry during her visit to the train accident site, criticizing Centre for only doing beautification work and not focusing on passenger amenities. “Railways have become totally parentless. You can see the railway minister only at inaugurations. So many talking points and beautifications…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday constituted a four-member committee to visit West Bengal and “take immediate stock” of the post-poll violence.The committee includes ex-Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Brij Lal and Kavita Patidar, all BJP MPs, with Deb as its convener. The committee has been formed by BJP chief…
BATHINDA: Days after the Parliamentary elections came to an end and the protests at Punjab-Haryana borders complete almost four months, a delegation of Trinamool Congress comprising five MPs visited the protesting farmers at Khanauri-Data Singh Wala Punjab-Haryana border on Monday. TMC showed solidarity with the protesting farmers, who are demanding legal guarantee of minimum support…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose said on Monday that West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee switched off all her lights and sat in darkness during the entire swearing-in ceremony of Modi Cabinet 3.0.The TMC MP demanded that the BJP should elect a new leader and “replace Prime Minister Narendra Modi”…
