Can't impose COVID restrictions everywhere as it may impact economy: Mamata"Most omicron cases are being detected among people coming on flights from the UK. It's a fact that the omicron carriers are coming via int...
30 Dec, 2021, 08.02 PM IST
Centre should focus on free-spending policies, says Nobel winning economist Abhijit BanerjeeBanerjee also expressed his apprehension that the economy of the country will be hit badly if the third wave affects the country severely. ...
05 Aug, 2021, 08.51 PM IST
West Bengal weighing options to reopen schools after Durga Puja vacation“It all depends on the ground situation at that time. We will try to reopen the schools at that time and introduce alternate day classes fo...
05 Aug, 2021, 08.42 PM IST
TMC raps EC over "delay" in holding Bengal bypolls, delegation to meet poll panel on ThursdayBypolls are to be held for five vacant seats, and fresh elections to two others where polling was countermanded following the death of cand...
14 Jul, 2021, 04.18 PM IST
Vaccination won't resume in Gujarat for next two daysThe state government had halted the anti-coronavirus vaccination on Wednesday due to `Mamata Diwas', a day observed as part of the ongoing ...
07 Jul, 2021, 10.31 PM IST
TMC wants bypoll for CM Mamata, BJP says don’t rushBJP West Bengal general secretary Sayantan Basu said, “The situation in Bengal is not conducive for organising by-polls. If by-polls and ci...
28 Jun, 2021, 08.01 AM IST
Eateries, malls to open as Covid-19 numbers fall“With the reduced number of Covid cases and the infection rate coming down, restaurants can be opened in Bengal between 5pm and 8pm after t...
04 Jun, 2021, 09.03 AM IST
Cyclone Yaas: Bengal government to begin relief at district levelsThe victims, whose houses have been washed away by the Cyclone, or are victims of other losses also, will have to submit their handwritten ...
31 May, 2021, 09.11 PM IST
Centre, West Bengal lock horns over Covid meeting with PMBanerjee herself admitted during media interaction that her administration has decided that “the district magistrate from North 24 Parganas...
21 May, 2021, 08.54 AM IST
43 TMC legislators sworn-in as ministers at low-key ceremonyElected legislators like Partha Chatterjee, Subrata Mukherjee, Firhad Hakim and Sadhan Pande took oath at the ceremony among others, where ...
10 May, 2021, 12.29 PM IST
COVID crisis result of Centre doing no work in last six months: MamataWarning of stern action against communal incitements, the chief minister claimed the BJP was provoking violence after failing to win the el...
08 May, 2021, 01.52 PM IST
PM Modi congratulates Mamata Banerjee on taking oath as chief ministerModi tweeted a congratulatory message to Banerjee soon after the Trinamool Congress head was sworn in as chief minister for a third straigh...
05 May, 2021, 12.16 PM IST
JP Nadda hits out at Mamata for 'skipping' PM's virtual meet with CMs on COVID-19 situationBJP president JP Nadda on Sunday slammed Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee for her persistent attacks on the Centre over the prevailing COVID-19 si...
25 Apr, 2021, 09.20 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi's decision to keep off WB campaign over COVID an alibi: Ravi Shankar PrasadThe Union law and IT minister also attacked the Mamata Banerjee government, calling it an emodiment of "misrule, corruption and (Muslim) ap...
19 Apr, 2021, 03.53 PM IST
Amit Shah blasts Mamata govt over attack on Nadda's convoyShah, while addressing a press conference here, said Banerjee and the ruling TMC were raking up the "outsider- insider" issue to divert pub...
20 Dec, 2020, 10.22 PM IST
Bengal announces 2-day lockdown every week; after reports of community transmission"This week, the total lockdown will be in force on Thursday and Saturday. Next week, the shutdown will be clamped on Wednesday (July 29)," ...
20 Jul, 2020, 06.05 PM IST
Never said PM Modi should be removed from Delhi: Mamata Banerjee"I really feel bad that when we are fighting against Covid-19 and Amphan and working to save lives, some political parties are asking to re...
05 Jun, 2020, 08.24 PM IST