A colorful and vibrant opening ceremony preceded the game with the presence of Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee as Chief Guest. It was the perfect build-up to the entertainment that was going to unfold thereafter on the football pitch.
Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar highlighted four key pillars of cooperation between India and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region viz supply chain diversification, resource partnerships, sharing of developmental experiences, and addressing global challenges.
"Out of Political vendetta they have stopped our fund. They say state debt has increased but they never say how much debt has increased for the Central Government. We never get these answers," West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said.
"BJP hired goons from outside. It's provocation. They sent team here to malign Bengal. This double engine government is a fake government. They spread fake videos," Mamata said in an attack on the BJP.
"He waved at me, I think he is in stable condition...I think his parameters are more or less okay," Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said after coming out of Woodlands Hospital.
"Former Chief Minister of West Bengal Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, 79, was successfully weaned off Invasive ventilation and is presently on non-invasive ventilator support," the statement read.
After the West Bengal Assembly passed a motion condemning the violence in Manipur, state Leader of Opposition (LoP) and BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari on Monday termed the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government move as "illegal" , adding that the matter is sub-judice.
Launching a scathing attack on the Mamata Banerjee government over "large-scale violence" in West Bengal panchayat polls, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that the civic polls were held peacefully in Uttar Pradesh and asked if Trinamool Congress “wants to make the country Wes
A team of the National Commission for Women with chairperson Rekha Sharma is heading to Howrah to investigate a horrific case of brutality against a woman, said the NCW on Monday.
"The administration of CM Banerjee did not take any action to stop the violence during the Panchayat poll elections in the state," Suvendu Adhikari said.
Leader of Opposition (LoP) Suvendu Adhikari on Friday wrote to Governor CV Ananda Bose seeking an investigation by a central agency into an alleged scam in the disbursement of a tender for the operation of a public grievance redressal campaign by the West Bengal government.
The Supreme Court on Friday said that TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee and his wife Rujira Banerjee have to inform Enforcement Directorate (ED) before travelling abroad and seek necessary order.