Mamata Banerjee, who met protesting doctors almost a month after the gruesome rape-murder of the junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, requested the medics to return to work. In an emotional pitch, the CM said that she has come as their 'Didi' not CM.
Yechury, 72, passed away on Thursday at AIIMS, New Delhi, after battling a respiratory tract infection. Known for his affable personality and accommodative political stance, Yechury was one of the most recognisable faces of the Left in recent years.
RG Kar Medical rape and murder case: The agitating junior doctors earlier demanded that a 30-member delegation should be allowed to attend a meeting to resolve the RG Kar hospital impasse in presence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Suvendu Adhikari alleged that Mamata Banerjee's people were saying that the renovation order (of the room near the seminar hall of RG Kar Hospital) was given to PWD before August 9 but it has come to light that the order was received on August 10.
bengal Bandh: Mamata Banerjee dedicated the party's foundation day of its student wing to the Kolkata rape and murder victim. Mamasta also stated that the state government will pass anti-rape laws, enabling capital punishment for the accused.
Bengal bandh: Due to the 12-hour West Bengal Bandh on Wednesday, Kolkata Metro services are expected to be impacted. Regular metro commuters are advised to check the official Kolkata Metro website for the latest updates on service disruptions and schedule changes.
West Bengal Bandh: The BJP has called for a 12-hour general strike in West Bengal on Wednesday to protest police action on protesters during Nabanna Abhiyan march to the state secretariat.
Suvendu Adhikari said Mamata Banerjee is responsible for the violence caused during the protests called by the students earlier in the day and stated that the President’s rule must be imposed to restore the law and order situation in the state.
News agency ANI reported citing CBI sources that 4 doctors of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital have been summoned by CBI Special Crime Branch in CGO complex, Salt Lake, Kolkata and the probe agency will interrogate these PGT (PG trainees) regarding what happened in the night of the incident.
Amid the campaigning for the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reached Bishnupur in West Bengal. Earlier he addressed a public rally in Purulia. Both the constituencies will go to polls on May 25.
Hours after Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh shared a stage with a BJP Lok Sabha candidate and praised him, the TMC removed him from the post of state general secretary for making statements not aligning with the party.
The general election for the 18 Lok Sabha in West Bengal will be held in all 7 phases. The polling for the second phase will take place on 26 April. The result will be declared on 4 June.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been alleging that the BJP-led central government was deactivating the Aadhaar cards of SC, ST and minority community people of the state ahead of the Lok Sabha elections as a precursor to bring in NRC.
The TMC supremo advised locals in Cooch Behar, particularly Rajbanshis, to ensure that their names are on the voters' list to "protect themselves" from the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA.
The I.N.D.I.A bloc faced a major dent as Mamata Banerjee, the chief of the Trinamool Congress, announced that her party would contest independently in Bengal in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
The announcement by the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee came ahead of the consecration of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya which is also scheduled on January 22. The several opposition parties termed the consecration ceremony as the event of the BJP and the RSS.
Abhishek Banerjee, Derek O'Brien, Mahua Moitra along with other TMC leaders were protesting inside Krishi Bhavan demanding funds for West Bengal when Delhi Police personnel removed them from the building. A dramatic video of Moitra surfaced in which she is seen being removed by the police.
New Parliament Row: Not only Mamata Banerjee but several other Opposition leaders slammed the Modi government over allegedly giving religious color to the inauguration event of the new Parliament building.
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Trinamool Congress supremo also called upon all the opposition parties to unitedly fight in the next year’s general elections.
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