Mamata Banerjee

Not sure Mamata understands UN peacekeepers' role: Shashi Tharoor

"It is only when a country completely collapses, the peacekeepers are sent and the govt of the country has to request them"

Mamata for ‘sending UN peacekeepers to Bangladesh’

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday urged the Indian government to seek the deployment of UN peacekeeping forces in Bangladesh to help normalise the situation and ensure the safety of minorities in that country.

BNP demands withdrawal of Mamata's remarks on Bangladesh

Says it insults the country's sovereignty and independence

Mamata removes Kolkata top cop; 2 health officials; doctors yet to call off strike

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced the removal of Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal and Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Abhishek Gupta last night

Kolkata unrest: Mamata says West Bengal not same as Bangladesh, slams ‘political opportunism’

'We love and respect Bangladesh and its language, but Bengal will not become Bangladesh'

Mamata Banerjee resolves Tollywood dispute

In West Bengal, India, a dispute had been brewing within the entertainment industry, involving directors, actors, and technicians. The tensions between these groups have sparked ongoing debates and led to a pause in production activities for some.

‘Not feasible to share Teesta water’

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday said no discussion on sharing the Teesta and Ganges waters should be held with Bangladesh without the involvement of the West Bengal government.

Not feasible to share Teesta water: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said no discussion on sharing of the Teesta water and the Ganges should be held with Bangladesh without the involvement of her state

Modi should resign immediately: Mamata

Modi campaigned in the Lok Sabha polls claiming BJP would win over 400 seats but in reality, it failed to get a majority on its own, says the West Bengal chief minister

May 31, 2022
May 31, 2022

“Why do you have such bulging belly?” Mamata fat-shames TMC leader

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday questioned how a local TMC leader and chairman of Jhalda municipality in Purulia district develop a “huge, bulging belly” and advised him to “shed the fat”.

April 26, 2022
April 26, 2022

Mamata urges Bollywood to invest in West Bengal film industry

Can money from Bollywood producers be married with the “talent” of Bangla film industry in India’s West Bengal?

April 13, 2022
April 13, 2022

'Rape or love affair': Mamata facing major backlash over remarks on gang-rape case

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is facing a major backlash over her remarks casting doubts on the alleged gang-rape, murder of a 14-year-old girl in Nadia district, seeking to know whether the teenager was "raped or she was in a relationship and already pregnant".

August 2, 2019
August 2, 2019

Outbreak in Bangladesh behind rise in dengue cases in West Bengal: Mamata

The rise in the cases of dengue fever in West Bengal in the border regions is a result of the widespread outbreak of the disease in Bangladesh, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee says.

May 29, 2019
May 29, 2019

Mamata refuses to attend Modi swearing-in

Making a U-turn in less than 24 hours, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee says she would not attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's oath-taking ceremony in New Delhi tomorrow.

May 25, 2019
May 25, 2019

Wanted to quit as CM but party rejected offer: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee says she offered to quit but her party Trinamool Congress refused to accept the resignation.

May 9, 2019
May 9, 2019

'Your slap will be a blessing,' Modi retorts after Mamata's attack

Two days after Mamata Banerjee said she wanted to give him a "tight slap of democracy", Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered his response while campaigning in Bengal.

March 15, 2019
March 15, 2019

Wooing women voters in poll-time India

Three separate announc-ements in quick succession by bachelor Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee on March 10 and 11

September 11, 2018
September 11, 2018

9,000MW power to be imported by 2041

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government has planned to import 9000 MW electricity from neighbouring countries by 2041 to maintain the country's high economic growth.

August 1, 2018
August 1, 2018

It'll lead to civil war

Heated debates over stripping around 40 lakh people in Assam of citizenship continued for the second day yesterday with the opposition parties accusing the government of politicising the issue and making people refugees in their own country.