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12 opposition parties write to PM Modi, seek free mass COVID-19 vaccinatio
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): Twelve opposition leaders including Sonia Gandhi, Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray, Mamata Banerjee, MK Stalin, Hemant Soren and Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday wrote a joint letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi slamming the government over its handling of COV
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West Bengal Governor to visit Ranpagli, Srirampur camps in Assam on May 14
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 12 (ANI): West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar will visit Ranpagli and Srirampur camps in Assam on May 14. The post-poll violence victims from West Bengal have taken refuge at these camps.
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West Bengal: Mamata keeps Home and Health portfolios, Amit Mitra retains F
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 10 (ANI): Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will keep the portfolios of Home and Hill Affairs, Personnel and Administration, Health and Family Welfare, Land and Land Reforms and Refugee and Rehabilitation, Information and Cultural Affairs and North Bengal D
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Retributive violence, acts of arson have graduated to intimidation signall
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 10 (ANI): Hours after administering oath to the ministers of the Mamata Banerjee government, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday said that West Bengal has gone into a deep crisis as retributive violence, acts of arson have graduated to intimidation and e
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Mamata caps religious, cultural gatherings with 50 attendees ahead of Eid
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 10 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday allowed religious and cultural programmes ahead of the upcoming festival of Eid. However, a cap has been placed on 50 people.
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43 TMC leaders sworn-in as ministers in Mamata Banerjee's Cabinet
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 10 (ANI): As many as 43 Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders were sworn in as ministers in Mamata Banerjee's Cabinet on Monday here at Raj Bhavan.
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Mahua Moitra responds to Sitharaman, asks Centre to waive CGST, SGST on CO
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): Addressing the points raised by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in response to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra on Saturday said it is "unsurprising" that Si
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Sitharaman says items already exempted from tax listed in Mamata's letter
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): Responding to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking exemption from duties and taxes on some COVID-related items, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said the items on the Chief Minister's
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COVID-19: Mamata urges PM Modi for tax exemption on medicines, medical equ
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 9 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to exempt COVID-related life-saving drugs and equipment from GST and customs duty to eliminate any supply constraints amid the second wave of coronavirus.
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My fight continues as soldier of BJP to restore democracy in WB: Mukul Roy
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national vice president Mukul Roy on Saturday said that he would continue his fight as a soldier of the BJP to restore democracy in West Bengal.
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Mamata Banerjee accuses BJP of not accepting public mandate, says 'I never
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 8 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is not ready to accept the public mandate following the debacle in the Assembly election and asked why there is so much discrimination with the st
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Mamata demands universal COVID-19 vaccine programme, says Rs 30,000 cr not
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 8 (ANI): Launching a fresh attack on the BJP-led Central government, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee demanded a universal vaccine programme for all and asserted that Rs 30,000 crore for vaccination is nothing for the Central government.
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