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31 Dec

Amid high drama, West Bengal welcomes first Vande Bharat Express

Business Correspondent0 CommentsPolitical, West BengalMamata Banerjee, PM Modi

High drama prevailed at Howrah Station on Friday during the inauguration of the Vande Bharat Express to NJP. West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee denied to get up on the stage as people belonging to BJP political party started chanting 'Jai Shri Ram' as CM arrived. PM Modi, who was scheduled to reach Howrah for the ceremony, virtually inaugurated the express train after the demise of his mother Heeraben. Workers started pulling out the parts of the dais after PM Modi called off his arrival. Banerjee chose to sit on a chair along with the audience during the ceremony. Railway Minister…

30 Nov

The West Bengal government has extended the ‘Duare Sarkar’ program till December 5

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsPolitical, West BengalHealth, Mamata Banerjee, west bengal

The West Bengal government on Wednesday announced the extension of 'Duare Sarkar', its social outreach camp on various schemes till December 5. As per the earlier notification issued in September, the Duare Sarkar Camp was held from November 1 to November 30. Chief Secretary HK Dwivedi said in a release on Wednesday "The state government is pleased to announce that the schedule of the outreach camp has now been extended and will continue till December 5, 2022." The state had notified on September 26 that Duare Sarkar and camps would be held at the "residential level" (in local areas) from…

24 Nov

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee to attend PM Modi’s G20 meet on Dec 5

Business Correspondent0 CommentsPolitical, West BengalMamata Banerjee, PM Modi

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to meet PM Modi’s G20 meeting on December 5 in the Delhi. A meeting has been convened by Narendra Modi with CM's of all states to discuss the preparatory process for the country hosting the G20 Summit in 2023. Four events of the G20 are scheduled to held in the state of West Bengal. After the meeting, the Mamata Banerjee is likely to visit Ajmer Sharif in Rajasthan. On December 5, PM Modi has called for a meeting with presidents of all political parties in the national capital in order to discuss and…

13 May

West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee bats for creation of more districts in state

editor0 CommentsPolitical, West BengalMamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday stated there is a want to create more districts in the state for expediting development work, but it has been constrained by using lack of manpower and infrastructure. Speaking at a assembly with West Bengal Civil Service officers at the renovated Town Hall here, she said the area of the present 23 districts in the state is vast, so there is a need to divide them and amplify the number. The nation wants more manpower and infrastructure for this purpose. "We need to divide the districts as these are very large. The…

04 May

Flipkart launches its largest fulfillment center in Haringhata

Business Correspondent0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaFlipkart, Haringhata, Mamata Banerjee

Flipkart, India’s homegrown e-commerce marketplace, announced the inauguration of India’s largest fulfillment center (FC) in Haringhata, West Bengal. The tech-enabled facility that will create more than 11,000 job opportunities and will support around 20,000 sellers from the state and North-East region, was inaugurated (virtually) during the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) 2022 by the Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee in presence of Principal Chief Advisor to Chief Minister Amit Mitra, Industries Minister Partha Chatterjee, Minister of Transport and Housing Firhad Hakim, and Chief Secretary H.K. Dwivedi. Located 50 km from Kolkata, the facility has an integrated supply chain management spread across…

19 Mar

Mamata Banerjee likely to visit North Bengal on March 28

editor0 CommentsWest BengalMamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is in all likelihood to visit North Bengal from March 28 to March 31. According to state secretariat Nabanna sources, Mamata is probable to go to the hills at some stage in her stay in North Bengal. At a time when the principal opposition celebration BJP is disturbing separate statehood of North Bengal, the Trinamool Congress is now not leaving any stone unturned to woo back North Bengal which used to be won via BJP in 2019 Lok Sabha polls. It can be referred to that ultimate month Mamata also visited North Bengal after…

17 Mar

TMC govt turned down NSO’s offer to sell Pegasus spyware, says WB CM Mamata Banerjee

editor0 CommentsWest BengalMamata Banerjee, TMC

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that her government had received an offer to purchase the NSO Group's Pegasus software a few years ago, but she had became down the offer. The West Bengal chief minister said, “They came to our police department to sell their software (Pegasus spyware). They demanded 25 crores for it, 5 years back. It came to me, and I stated no, we don't desire to buy such softwares.” Mamata Banerjee’s disclosure comes even as the Supreme Court is looking at a batch of pleas alleging that Israeli adware Pegasus used to be used for…

13 Mar

Shatrughan Sinha and Babul Supriyo to contest West Bengal bypoll: CM Mamata Banerjee

editor0 CommentsPoliticalMamata Banerjee, west bengal

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee named Shatrughan Sinha as the Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate for the bypolls in Asansol parliamentary seat and Babul Supriyo for the Ballygunge Assembly seat. "Happy to announce on behalf of the All India Trinamool Congress that Sri Shatrughan Sinha, former Union Minister and famed actor, will be our candidate in Loksabha by-election from Asansol," Banerjee tweeted, asserting Sinha's candidature. "Sri Babul Supriyo, former union minister and mentioned singer, will be our candidate in Vidhansabha by- election from Ballygunge. Jai Hind, Jai Bangla, Jai Ma- Mati- Manush!" the chief minister added in a follow-up tweet.…

04 Mar

“Attack On Me In Varanasi Means…”: WB CM Mamata Banerjee At Samajwadi Rally

editor0 CommentsPoliticalMamata Banerjee

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav at her side, declared that the protests against her through right wing employees on her arrival at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency in Varanasi, "indicates they (the BJP) are going out of power". "I have been attacked numerous times, shot at and beaten by using sticks in past, however in no way bowed down… I am not coward, I am fighter," Ms Banerjee stated at the rally in Varanasi, which is drawing eyeballs as the election in Uttar Pradesh attracts to a close. Polling in Varanasi and its eight adjoining…

14 Feb

Mamata Banerjee Announces Goutam Deb as Siliguri Mayor

editor0 CommentsPoliticalGoutam Deb, Mamata Banerjee

Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal Chief Minister, announced former State Minister Gautam Deb as the next mayor of Siliguri after Trinamul wrested the Siliguri Municipal Corporation board from the Left Front after seven years, making it a defeat 4-0 lead in this round of the civic polls before leaving for North Bengal on Monday. Goutam Deb won from ward 33 of the Siliguri Municipal Corporation by over 3,000 votes. The timing of Mamatas’s visit to North Bengal, the visit when the Trinamul has wrested the only municipal corporation run by the Left in the state, could not have been better. Seven…