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.
Howrah (West Bengal) [India], October 22 (ANI): Union Minister Smriti Irani on Friday slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after TET job seekers' were forcibly removed from the protest site by the police and termed it a "crackdown" on common people.
Guwahati (Assam) [India], October 21 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday wrote to his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee requesting her intervention for a thorough investigation into the into the death of a student from Assam at the Indian Institute of Technology
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 20 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday backed former Indian cricket skipper Sourav Ganguly for the chairmanship of the ICC and targetted the Centre for allegedly removing the ex-BCCI chief from the post.
Jalpaiguri (West Bengal) [India], October 17 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday met the family members of victims who lost their lives in a flash flood in Jalpaiguri during Durga idol immersion on October 6.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 17 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday alleged that former India skipper Sourav Ganguly had been "excluded in an unfair way" from another term as BCCI chief and said he should be allowed to contest ICC election.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 14 (ANI): Hitting out at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led government over the Mominpur violence, Leader of the Opposition (LOP) in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Friday alleged that the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) wants to remove Hin
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 13 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday broke her silence on the Gandhi look-alike asura idol created during Durga Puja in Kolkata terming it a "shameful act".
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 10 (ANI): BJP West Bengal chief Sukanta Majumdar, who was detained by the police on his way to Mominpur, said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is not doing anything about violence in the state.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 29 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee played dhak, a traditional drum-like instrument at the inauguration of the community Durga Puja in Kolkata on Wednesday.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 28 (ANI): Calcutta High Court on Wednesday declared West Bengal government's "Duare Ration" scheme as illegal and against the National Food Security Act.