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Ready for talks with PM, first withdraw CAA, says Mamata Banerjee
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 28 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that she is ready for talks with Prime Minister Modi but first the PM will have to withdraw the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
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WB Guv hails Abhijit Banerjee, says 'touched by his modest approach'
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 28 (ANI): Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday hailed Nobel laureate Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee saying Banerjee is a "man of sterling qualities and disarming grace" and he is "greatly touched by his modest approach."
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Calcutta University students block Guv's car, protest against CAA
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 28 (ANI): Scores of students at Calcutta University blocked the car of West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday morning.
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Jadavpur University students block Guv's car, protest against CAA
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 28 (ANI): Scores of students of Jadavpur University blocked the car of West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday morning.
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Majority of people sitting at Shaheen Bagh are Bangladeshi, Pakistani: Rah
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 28 (ANI): Majority of the people sitting in protest against the amended Citizenship Act (CAA) in Shaheen Bagh, Delhi and Park Circus, Kolkata are from Bangladesh and Pakistan, BJP National Secretary Rahul Sinha said on Monday.
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'Did you eat air while growing up?' Mamata Banerjee hits out at BJP over '
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 27 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday hit out at senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya's "poha" remark and demanded to know if the BJP leaders "ate air while growing up".
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West Bengal Assembly passes resolution against CAA
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 27 (ANI): The West Bengal Assembly on Monday passed a resolution against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) which was moved by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government.
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Mamata govt to table resolution against CAA in WB Assembly today
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 27 (ANI): The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) government will table a copy of the resolution against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 in the State Assembly today.
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Protest against CAA, NRC, NPR in West Bengal's Howrah
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Howrah (West Bengal) [India], Jan 27 (ANI): A sit-in protest was held in the South Howrah area against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the National Population Register (NPR).
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BSF exchanges sweets with Border Guards of Bangladesh on 71st Republic Day
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Jalpaiguri (West Bengal) [India], Jan 26 (ANI): Border Security Force (BSF) personnel on Sunday exchanged sweets with Border Guards of Bangladesh (BGB) at Fulbari crossing at Indo-Bangladesh border to celebrate the occasion of 71st Republic Day.
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People in Kolkata form human chain to salute Constitution of India
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 26 (ANI): A large number of people in Kolkata on Sunday formed a human chain that extended from Ramkrishna Mission Golpark to Netaji Statue Shyambazar in order to "salute, safeguard and uphold the Constitution of India" on the occasion of the 71st Republic
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WB Guv Dhankhar greets Mamata Banerjee after Republic Day celebrations in
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 26 (ANI): Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar greeted Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after the Republic Day celebrations here on Sunday.
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