Chakraborty called for exposing those responsible and urged West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to initiate an investigation akin to the Hema Commission, which recently shed light on similar issues in the Malayalam film industry.

Against the backdrop of the arrest of her former cabinet colleague, Partha Chatterjee, in a school recruitment scam, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today (August 1, 2022) announced that a reshuffle of her ministry would be carried out on Wednesday.

Three days after delighting the people of Darjeeling hill resort by preparing and serving fuchka on a roadside stall, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today did encore by making another popular snack momo at a shop set up by a women’s self-help group there.

Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen has criticised the choice of Paschimbanga Bangla Academy to confer West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee a literature award and alleged that “Kolkata's writers, artists and intellectuals are all sold out.”

Bangladesh is likely to export hilsa to India during this year's Durga Puja festival as well.

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".

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was sworn in as a member of the state legislative assembly today, a week after she won the by-poll in the Bhabanipur constituency in south Kolkata by a record margin.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has alleged "pressure" created by central government’s anti-corruption probe agencies and "vengeful politics" led to the death of Trinamool Congress leader and Kolkata actor Tapas Pal.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee takes a veiled dig at Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who had said at an election rally in Jharkhand recently that those involved in arson and violence during the protest against Citizenship (Amended) Act can be "identified by their clothes".

Chief Ministers of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee and Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan hit the streets leading a massive protest opposing the amended Citizenship Act and the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC) in India.

Protesting junior doctors in India call off strike after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee agrees to nearly all their demands following a one-and-half hour long meeting with the representatives of different medical colleges of the state at Nabanna (secretariat).

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is thrown into a fit of fury by a group of men chanting “Jai Shri Ram” slogan as her motorcade passes through Bhatpara in North 24 Parganas district.

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.

Two separate FIRs are filed against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in north eastern Indian state of Assam for describing the citizenship verification exercise in the state as a “conspiracy” to drive out Bangla-speaking population from Assam.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is to join a bilateral meeting between Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi during Hasina’s state visit to the neighbouring country.

The West Bengal Legislative Assembly passes a resolution to change the name of the State to ‘Bengal’ in English, ‘Bangal’ in Hindi and ‘Bangla’ in Bengali.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accepts an invitation of the West Bengal state government for a reception in her honour.

Belying speculations at the anti Trinamool camp for a 'vote for change' like the West Bengalees accounted for in 2011, Mamata has swept to a second term with a powerful mandate.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee says her government would urge the federal Indian administration to give citizenship to all Bangladeshis living in the state for five years or more.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has done well to declassify the files on Subhas Chandra Bose. Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have followed suit and make available to the public the documents and papers which the Centre possesses on Bose.