Mamata Banerjee
“Why do you have such bulging belly?” Mamata fat-shames TMC leader
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday questioned how a local TMC leader and chairman of Jhalda municipality in Purulia district develop a “huge, bulging belly” and advised him to “shed the fat”.
31 May 2022, 09:20 AM
Mamata urges Bollywood to invest in West Bengal film industry
Can money from Bollywood producers be married with the “talent” of Bangla film industry in India’s West Bengal?
26 April 2022, 06:12 AM
'Rape or love affair': Mamata facing major backlash over remarks on gang-rape case
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is facing a major backlash over her remarks casting doubts on the alleged gang-rape, murder of a 14-year-old girl in Nadia district, seeking to know whether the teenager was "raped or she was in a relationship and already pregnant".
13 April 2022, 05:32 AM
Outbreak in Bangladesh behind rise in dengue cases in West Bengal: Mamata
The rise in the cases of dengue fever in West Bengal in the border regions is a result of the widespread outbreak of the disease in Bangladesh, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee says.
2 August 2019, 09:26 AM
Mamata refuses to attend Modi swearing-in
Making a U-turn in less than 24 hours, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee says she would not attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's oath-taking ceremony in New Delhi tomorrow.
29 May 2019, 11:27 AM
Wanted to quit as CM but party rejected offer: Mamata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee says she offered to quit but her party Trinamool Congress refused to accept the resignation.
25 May 2019, 13:46 PM
'Your slap will be a blessing,' Modi retorts after Mamata's attack
Two days after Mamata Banerjee said she wanted to give him a "tight slap of democracy", Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered his response while campaigning in Bengal.
9 May 2019, 08:45 AM
Wooing women voters in poll-time India
Three separate announc-ements in quick succession by bachelor Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee on March 10 and 11
14 March 2019, 18:00 PM
9,000MW power to be imported by 2041
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government has planned to import 9000 MW electricity from neighbouring countries by 2041 to maintain the country's high economic growth.
10 September 2018, 18:00 PM
It'll lead to civil war
Heated debates over stripping around 40 lakh people in Assam of citizenship continued for the second day yesterday with the opposition parties accusing the government of politicising the issue and making people refugees in their own country.
31 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Hasina to meet Modi, Mamata today
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will meet today at Visva-Bharati in Santiniketan for the inauguration of the Bangladesh Bhaban.
24 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Mamata condemns Sylhet blasts
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has strongly condemned the blasts in Sylhet that killed six people including cops and injured several.
26 March 2017, 08:17 AM
Mamata's second term and our expectations
We congratulate Mamata Banerjee on her decisive victory ensuring her party Trinamool Congress a second term.
29 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Mamata wants to give grand reception to Hasina
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has been newly elected for a successive period, wants to accord a grand reception for Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
27 May 2016, 14:07 PM
Mamata takes oath as West Bengal’s chief minister
Mamata Banerjee takes oath today as West Bengal's chief minister for a second term. It's the biggest oath ceremony Bengal has ever seen, reports NDTV.
27 May 2016, 07:44 AM
Hasina presents Mamata 20kgs hilsa
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sends 20 kilograms of hilsa from the Padma river for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is going to take oath for the second term tomorrow.
26 May 2016, 11:59 AM
20,000 invited to Red Road ceremony
The number of invited guests in the swearing-in ceremony of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would cross the previous record.
25 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Amu to represent PM at Mamata’s swearing-in
Industries minister Amir Hossain Amu will represent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the oath taking ceremony of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
25 May 2016, 09:37 AM
Hasina won't join Mamata's oath-taking
Dhaka has not yet made any decision about who will represent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's swearing-in ceremony on May 27.
23 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Mamata, Jayalalithaa retain power, BJP wins Assam, Left bags Kerala
West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress crushes the opposition and Tamil Nadu's AIADMK proved exit polls wrong by retaining power in assembly elections, the biggest popularity test after the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
19 May 2016, 11:15 AM