The Trinamool chief had held the railway portfolio in the NDA government under Atal Bihari Vajpayee between 1999 and 2001, and during the Congress-led UPA-2 from 2009 to 2011.
Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Kunal Ghosh on Thursday dismissed criticism that West Bengal lacks adequate employment opportunities, pointing instead to large numbers of workers from other states who are employed in the state.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee announced the 'Shramshree' scheme for Bengali migrant workers, alleging discrimination in other states. Returnees registering on the Shramshree portal will receive Rs 5,000 monthly aid for up to a year to help resettle in Bengal.
Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar called the alleged disruption during 'The Bengal Files' trailer launch undemocratic and a suppression of the filmmaker's freedom to produce films.
After disruption at The Bengal Files trailer launch in Kolkata, BJP's Suvendu Adhikari accused West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee of celebrating a tragedy as "Khela Hobe Diwas". He also called the state police "gunda force" and likened them to extremists.
West Bengal Assembly Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiative, particularly the survey on demographic changes and the warning to expel infiltrators from India. Adhikari believes these actions are significant gains for the nation.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited the Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research and Seth Sukhlal Karnani Memorial Hospital (SSKM) Hospital in Kolkata to meet students who fell sick during the Independence Day celebration on Friday.
Indian hockey legend and Olympic bronze medalist Vece Paes, also the father of tennis legend Leander Paes, passed away on Thursday morning. The official X of Hockey India (HI) announced his unfortunate demise at the age of 80.
Dinda said, "I am an Indian cricketer, I play for the nation. For me, the nation is first and everything comes after it...If someone steps on the national flag, I will not tolerate it. It is important to give a befitting reply to Mamata Banerjee's police."
West Bengal Assembly LoP Suvendu Adhikari, who participated in the 'Nabanna Abhiyan' rally on Saturday, targeted Mamata Banerjee by saying that the police under Mamata Banerjee are anti-national and remarked that they attacked the brothers and the sadhu community on the occasion of Raksha
The Chief Minister alleged that the 'double engine government' is trying to push citizens into detention by falsely branding them as Rohingyas and attempting to push them back into Bangladesh.
In a post on social media X, Nadda wrote that it was alarming how the "brazen assault" took place in the presence of the state police and reflected the broken law and order under the West Bengal government.