West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Thursday demanded that veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan should be honoured with the Bharat Ratna award for his contribution to Indian cinema.
After Calcutta High Court on Thursday stayed proceedings in criminal cases filed against him, Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday said that all the FIRs were filed after he defeated West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Assembly elections.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused the Election Commission of offering "special VIP" treatment to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others for allowing political rallies on election day.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said people should ensure that their name is enlisted in the voter list else they will be sent to detention camps in the name of National Register of Citizens (NRC).
The leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari has termed West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee as company's owner after skipping Dr CV Ananda Bose's oath-taking ceremony as new governor over seat arrangements on Wednesday.
Reacting to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's claim that the Centre is not giving funds to her state, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday that Bharatiya Janata Party does not do any sort of politics in the name of development in Bengal.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that she was "depressed" after knowing about the deaths of workers under the debris of the stone quarry which collapsed at Maudarh village in Mizoram's Hnahthial district on Monday.
Terming Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) supremo MK Stalin as her "brother", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the two leaders did not discuss politics during their meeting in Chennai.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar -- both having charge of the Home Ministries of their states -- skipped the event.