KOLKATA — West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday expressed dissatisfaction with the functioning of the opposition INDIA bloc, signaling her intent to take charge of the alliance if given the opportunity. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo said she could manage the dual responsibility of running the opposition front while continuing her role as […]
KOLKATA — West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, under massive pressure from the Opposition since the rape-murder of a young doctor in Kolkata — has declared that she would change the laws in the state to make death penalty mandatory for rape. The amendment will be passed by the state assembly next week. There should […]
KOLKATA — West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asserted that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is linked with the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and that is the reason why she is opposing the new legislation. The TMC supremo said she doesn’t want detention camps in West Bengal, like those in Assam. “The […]
KOLKATA — West Bengal minister and senior TMC leader Chandrima Bhattacharya on Sunday filed a police complaint against BJP leader Amit Malviya for allegedly making ‘defamatory’ remarks against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Bhattacharya’s police complaint was in response to Malviya’s post on X where he claimed that absconding TMC leader Sahajahan Sheikh, the […]