As chief minister Mamata Banerjee urged British Airways(BA) to resume direct London-Kolkata flights, BA is all set to resume its direct flights between Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport and London’s Heathrow Airport.
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee made a surprising diplomatic move on Thursday during her four-day UK visit, directly approaching Oxford University with an unprecedented request to establish a campus in Kolkata.
During a conversation at Kellogg College, affiliated to Oxford University, when Mamata Banerjee was asked about India's potential to become the world's largest economy by 2060, she dismissed the prediction.
BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Friday took a swipe at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, stating that she should have been prepared for the protest she faced during her address at Kellogg College, Oxford University, as the world is aware of the situation of the state.
The annual Baruni Mela of the Matua community commenced today in Thakurnagar, drawing thousands of devotees from across India, as well as from Bangladesh and Myanmar.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, while addressing the Kellogg College, Oxford University in London, on Thursday, was interrupted suddenly by a group of protesting students, who tried to disrupt her speech and embarrass the Chief Minister by raising the issue of post-poll violence and the RG Kar College and hospital rape case.
A day after chief minister Mamata Banerjee urged British Airways to resume direct flights between London and Kolkata, senior officials of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and the West Bengal government convened a high-level meeting to explore new international connectivity options from Kolkata.
With this hike in DA, state employees would now be getting an increment of 18 per cent of the DA, which however, was still to bridge the gap of 35 per cent of DA that the central government employees are getting.
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s visit to the United Kingdom has sparked excitement and pride among students and beneficiaries of her government’s welfare schemes.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, while leaving for London today, said that she would be in contact all the time despite being abroad for a few days.
