Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today launched a scathing attack on the Election Commission, alleging that the Centre had appointed "BJP men" in the commission to manipulate the voters' list in a bid to win elections.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, speaking to the media in Kolkata yesterday, clarified that only 15 per cent of tea plantation land will be used for tea tourism and local employment.
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation officially adopted the name change of Lansdowne Place to Pratul Mukherjee Sarani today.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has extended appreciation for the Chief Conservator of Forests for his role in capturing Zeenat, an escapee tigress of Similipal Tiger Reserve of Odhisa.
Trinamul Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee will meet party leaders at a meeting at Netaji Indoor Stadium on 27 February.
The Bhoomi Puja was undertaken today, a day after the announcement of starting of the Deucha-Pachami coal mines project in Birbhum district by chief minister Mamata Banerjee at Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) yesterday.
Darjeeling MP Raju Bista has strongly opposed chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s decision to allow 30 per cent of tea garden land to be diverted for non-tea purposes, calling it a “dangerous and dictatorial” policy that could displace indigenous communities.
Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, one of the special invitees at the 8th BGBS, showered praises on Bengal and also on chief minister Mamata Banerjee, the host.
Quite like how Swami Vivekananda enthralled the audience so many years ago in Chicago, chief minister Mamata Banerjee moved a packed Biswa Bangla Convention Centre on Wednesday, saying: "My sisters and brothers from the industry and the world of entrepreneurship, come and help us grow and transform the state further."
The Bengal Global Business Summit 2025 not only served as a platform for economic discussions but also highlighted the growing political and economic camaraderie between Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
