Just a few months ahead of the Lok Sabha Election 2024, the West Bengal government presented its annual budget. The financial assistance under Lakshmir Bhandar has been increased to 1,000 Rs for women in the general category and raised to 1,200 Rs for SC/ST women.
"I have cancelled my trip to Delhi because the state's budget is on February 8...and because I have only 2 days left, I have cancelled my trip to Delhi due to an emergency... I am sending Sudip Bandyopadhyay and Kalyan Banerjee on behalf of my party," CM Banerjee said.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday asserted that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is "very close" to him adding that Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's sharp remarks against the Trinamool Congress chief on seat-sharing talks "won't matter."
The ED team was attacked in West Bengal's Sandeskh Khali after it had raided certain locations in North 24 Parganas district in connection with a ration distribution scam case.
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Sushil Kumar Modi took a jibe at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, saying that he left the NDA thinking that the INDIA bloc would make him the prime ministerial candidate but he has been offered a "jhunjhuna" of a convenor which is actually a "Munshi-type role" in
The buzz over the seat-sharing formula of the opposition's INDIA bloc hit a crescendo on Friday after a few partners within the alliance hinted at going all 'alone' in next year's Lok Sabha elections or not willing to 'compromise' in their respective states.
On a day that the Lok Sabha expelled Trinamool Congress MP from Krishnanagar Mahua Moitra from the house, TMC chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tore into the BJP.
Trinamool Congress leader Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari for his remarks against the CM Mamata Banerjee and said that one needs to see if they are honest, before calling somebody else a thief.
The ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal came down heavily on the BJP over a letter from the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, threatening to halt the grant under the Centre's National Health Mission (NHM) to the state government until it fulfils all the conditions for the sam
Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday said he will meet MoS Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti to raise the issue of "fake job card holders" in West Bengal.
In what may appear as further cracks in the Opposition bloc — INDIA — Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury took pot shots at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the summons by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to her nephew in connection with the coal 'scam' case.