Mamata Banerjee: News
31 Aug 2024
Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI)'Need faster verdicts': PM Modi on crimes against women
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called for expedited verdicts in cases involving crimes against women.
31 Aug 2024
Amit Malviya'Factually incorrect': Centre responds to Mamata's letter on rape cases
The Union Women and Child Development Minister Annapurna Devi has responded to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's second letter, which called for stricter laws and exemplary punishment for heinous crimes such as rape and murder.
29 Aug 2024
Delhi PoliceComplaint against Mamata over 'if you burn' warning to Modi
A complaint has been lodged with the Delhi Police against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, following her comments at a Trinamool Chhatra Parishad event on Wednesday.
29 Aug 2024
AssamBJP slams Mamata over 'not only Bengal will burn' remark
Several Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders have slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for allegedly threatening protesting doctors and other states during a rally on Wednesday.
28 Aug 2024
Assembly'Next week, we'll introduce Bill to execute rapists': Mamata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced plans to introduce a bill in the state assembly next week, seeking capital punishment for those convicted of rape.
28 Aug 2024
Amit MalviyaVideo: Elderly man stands firm against Kolkata Police water cannons
A video of an elderly man standing firm against police water cannons during the "Nabanna Abhijan" rally in Kolkata on Tuesday has gone viral.
28 Aug 2024
Cooch BeharBengal bandh: Airlines issue advisories; bus drivers wear helmets
Major airlines, including IndiGo, Vistara, and SpiceJet, have issued travel alerts due to the 12-hour Bengal Bandh, advising passengers to allow extra time for reaching Kolkata airport.
28 Aug 2024
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)West Bengal bandh call today over 'Nabanna Abhijan' clashes
The Bharatiya Janata Party has declared a 12-hour statewide strike in West Bengal on Wednesday, following the police's use of force against protesters a day before.
27 Aug 2024
Trinamool CongressKolkata on high alert for 'Nabanna Abhijan' protest march
Kolkata is on high alert on Tuesday as the city braces for the "Nabanno Abhijan" protest march.
24 Aug 2024
Calcutta High CourtCBI files case against Kolkata hospital ex-principal over financial irregularities
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has initiated a case against Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor was raped and murdered.
20 Aug 2024
Supreme Court Of IndiaKey SC hearing on Kolkata doctor rape-murder today
The Supreme Court will on Tuesday hear a suo moto petition on the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's government-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
19 Aug 2024
KolkataKolkata rape-murder: What questions are parents of victim asking Mamata
The parents of a postgraduate trainee doctor who was allegedly raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College have raised several questions in the case that they claim still remain unanswered.
19 Aug 2024
Bangladesh'Will break fingers': Bengal minister's threat to those abusing Mamata
West Bengal Minister Udayan Guha has ignited a controversy by threatening those criticizing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on social media.
17 Aug 2024
Amit MalviyaKolkata rape-murder: Huge row after 42 doctors transferred amid protests
The West Bengal government has transferred 42 professors and doctors working in various medical institutions and hospitals amid ongoing protests over the rape and murder of a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor.
16 Aug 2024
Calcutta High CourtCBI questions ex-principal who dismissed Kolkata doctor's rape-murder as 'suicide'
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday interrogated Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, in connection with the rape and murder of the 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor.
16 Aug 2024
KolkataKolkata rape-murder: Mamata to lead march seeking death penalty
Following the brutal rape and murder of a young doctor in Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced plans to lead a rally on Friday evening.
16 Aug 2024
CM'Never spoke against TMC': Shantanu Sen on removal as spokesperson
Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Shantanu Sen has claimed that he never spoke against the party or any of its leaders after he was removed as the party's spokesperson on Friday.
15 Aug 2024
Abhishek BanerjeeKolkata doctor rape-murder: 9 arrested for vandalism at hospital
Nine individuals have been arrested in connection with the vandalism at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on Wednesday night.
14 Aug 2024
Amit MalviyaKolkata doctor's rape-murder: 'Renovation work' near crime scene sparks row
A political row has erupted in the Kolkata doctor's rape and murder case over renovation work at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital near the seminar room where the victim's body was recovered.
13 Aug 2024
KolkataPolice probing why family was told Kolkata doctor committed suicide
The father of the 31-year-old doctor, who was raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, received a phone call Friday morning informing him that his daughter had died by suicide.
13 Aug 2024
Indian Medical AssociationKolkata rape-murder: 4 doctors who had dinner with victim summoned
Four junior doctors who had dinner with the woman trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital have been summoned again by police for questioning, news agency ANI said.
12 Aug 2024
Kolkata'I'll do what happened in Kolkata...': Doctor threatened with rape-murder
A woman doctor at the Bhatar State General Hospital in West Bengal was reportedly threatened with rape and murder by a civic volunteer, identified as Susanta Roy.
12 Aug 2024
Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI)'Will hand over doctor rape-murder case to CBI if...': Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she would transfer the investigation into the rape-murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) if the police fail to solve the case by Sunday.
12 Aug 2024
KolkataDoctors across India go on indefinite strike over Kolkata murder
Doctors across India launched an indefinite strike following the brutal rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital on Monday.
12 Aug 2024
KolkataAccused washed his clothes after raping, killing Kolkata doctor: Cops
The man accused of raping and murdering a doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital allegedly returned home after the crime and slept for a few hours, according to fresh reports.
11 Aug 2024
Abhishek BanerjeeKolkata: Doctor-murder accused married 4 times, 3 wives left him
Sanjay Roy, the accused in the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata, had a history of marital misconduct, according to his neighbors.
11 Aug 2024
Indian Medical AssociationKolkata medical college superintendent removed after trainee doctor's murder
The West Bengal Health Department has removed Dr. Sanjay Vasishta, the superintendent of Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College, following the alleged rape and murder of a 31-year-old woman trainee doctor on the hospital premises.
10 Aug 2024
KolkataIf necessary, Kolkata doctor murderer will be hanged: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has promised stringent action in the case of a post-graduate trainee doctor who was found dead at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.
04 Aug 2024
Abhishek BanerjeeTrinamool asks minister to resign for misbehaving with woman officer
The Trinamool Congress in West Bengal has demanded the resignation of state jail minister Akhil Giri after a video of him threatening a female department official surfaced.
30 Jul 2024
Aaditya Thackeray'Fail minister...': Opposition attacks Centre after Howrah-Mumbai Mail derails
Opposition parties, including the Congress, Samajwadi Party, and Trinamool Congress have criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre after a train derailed in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharsawan district on Tuesday morning.
27 Jul 2024
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury'Mamata lying': Adhir Chowdhury questions her NITI Aayog meeting allegations
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of dishonesty after the latter claimed that her mic was muted at the 9th Governing Council Meeting of the NITI Aayog.
27 Jul 2024
Bhagwant Mann'Mic was muted': Mamata walks out of NITI Aayog meeting
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee made a surprise appearance at a Niti Aayog meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday.
26 Jul 2024
NITI AayogBreaking opposition rank, Mamata to attend NITI Aayog meeting
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced that she will attend the NITI Aayog meeting in Delhi on Saturday.
22 Jul 2024
National Democratic Alliance (NDA)TMC slams BJP over videos of 'women being buried alive'
The Trinamool Congress (TMC), led by Mamata Banerjee, has criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government after videos purportedly showing two women being partially buried alive in Hinauta village, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh went viral.
13 Jul 2024
Lok Sabha ElectionsBypoll results: Vote counting underway for 13 assembly seats
The counting of votes for the by-elections in 13 assembly constituencies across seven states is underway.
12 Jul 2024
Mukesh AmbaniPM Modi confirmed for Anant-Radhika wedding; Gandhi Family declines invitation
The upcoming nuptials of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant in Mumbai will be graced by the attendance of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to a report in Free Press Journal.
03 Jul 2024
Calcutta High CourtCalcutta HC adjourns Bengal governor's defamation suit against Mamata Banerjee
The Calcutta High Court has adjourned the defamation suit filed by West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee till Thursday.
03 Jul 2024
West BengalBengal: Another woman 'mob-flogged' over extramarital affair; dies by suicide
A woman from Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal took her own life on Monday after being publicly flogged over an alleged extramarital affair, PTI reported.
02 Jul 2024
Trinamool CongressExplained: The outrage in West Bengal over couple's public flogging
A public flogging incident involving a couple accused of an extramarital affair has sparked widespread outrage and political controversy in West Bengal.
30 Jun 2024
Amit MalviyaTMC worker thrashes man, woman on street; BJP flags video
A disturbing video of a man, believed to be a Trinamool Congress (TMC) worker, beating a man and a woman with a bundle of sticks in Chopra, West Bengal's Uttar Dinajpur district, has sparked outrage online.
