CM Mamata Banerjee

03 May

Mamata Banerjee joins Eid prayers at Red Road

editor0 CommentsWest BengalCM Mamata Banerjee, Eid

After a gap of two years, people offered namaz of Eid-ul-Fitr on Red Road in Calcutta and Eid prayers were conducted on Tuesday morning. As Covid cases have dipped across Bengal, the state government has allowed the offering of namaz on Red Road for Eid in 2022. Participating in the prayer for Eid-ul-Fitr held on a rain-drenched Red Road here, Banerjee urged the people gathered there not to be scared but to be united for a better future. Addressing a gathering of around 14,000 people for the Eid prayer on Red Road, Banerjee assured them that "neither I nor my party nor my…

26 Jul

Mamata forms first Pegasus probe panel ahead of Delhi visit

editor0 CommentsWest BengalCM Mamata Banerjee, Pegasus probe

Ahead of her scheduled Delhi visit where she claimed of having an appointment with the Prime Minister, chief minister Mamata Banerjee has constituted a committee to investigate snooping charges through Pegasus spyware in Bengal. The probe committee will comprise two retired judges – Justices MB Lokur and Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya. Trinamul Congress has decried such acts during the Monsoon session of the Parliament assuming that the central government will take action on the allegations, she said, adding that since the Centre is unperturbed, she had formed the commission before her Delhi visit. The Trinamul supremo had attacked the Narendra Modi-led Centre…