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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that the BJP might conduct the Lok Sabha polls in December itself, claiming that all choppers have been booked by the saffron party for campaigning.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today spoke on the violence in Bengal's Birbhum, expressing his condolences and assuring all help to the state government "to book the culprits".

Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has not said much on the non-Congress, non-BJP Federal Front being floated by K Chandrasekhar Rao. But taking a leaf out of her Telengana counterpart's book, the Bengal chief minister today said her state will pull out of the Central health scheme Ayushman Bharat.

The 42nd edition of the International Kolkata Book Fair 2018 will be inaugurated today by Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and France's Minister of Culture and Communication Francoise Nyssen. The fair, touted to be world's largest attended book fair, will be open for public from January 31 and will continue till February 11. The venue for the ...

A day after MPs were warned that on airlines, they are passengers like everybody else and cannot jeopardize safety, a parliamentarian from Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress delayed a flight by nearly 40 minutes because she was not given the exit row seat she had booked and paid for, after which she "shouted and screamed" at the cabin crew.

The West Bengal police booked state Congress chief and lawmaker Adhir Chowdhury for attempt to murder and for assaulting government officials and preventing them from entering office during a 12-hour bandh called by his party.

After Narendra Modi asked Mamata Banerjee to disclose the identity of the person who allegedly bought a painting of hers for Rs 1.8 crore, the Trinamool Congress chief today said she made a living selling her books.

Often accused of being intolerant, the Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal is in the thick of a controversy yet again, this time for targeting a book written by an IPS officer that carries a veiled criticism of the present dispensation.

The Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal has been accused of targeting a book written by former IPS officer Nazrul Islam, which reportedly is critical of the state government. Mr Islam's book - What Muslims Should Do - has criticised the West Bengal government for failing to improve the condition of Muslims in the state.

Amidst criticism of reported exclusion of Karl Marx and Frederich Engels from the history syllabus of higher secondary text books in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said her government did not consider Marx or Lenin as "untouchables".

Although she felt "betrayed" by the Congress leadership several times, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee describes the late Rajiv Gandhi as "the leader of our hearts" and Pranab Mukherjee as her brother.

Mamata Bannerjee, Kolkata Book Fair

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that the BJP might conduct the Lok Sabha polls in December itself, claiming that all choppers have been booked by the saffron party for campaigning.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today spoke on the violence in Bengal's Birbhum, expressing his condolences and assuring all help to the state government "to book the culprits".

Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has not said much on the non-Congress, non-BJP Federal Front being floated by K Chandrasekhar Rao. But taking a leaf out of her Telengana counterpart's book, the Bengal chief minister today said her state will pull out of the Central health scheme Ayushman Bharat.

The 42nd edition of the International Kolkata Book Fair 2018 will be inaugurated today by Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and France's Minister of Culture and Communication Francoise Nyssen. The fair, touted to be world's largest attended book fair, will be open for public from January 31 and will continue till February 11. The venue for the ...

A day after MPs were warned that on airlines, they are passengers like everybody else and cannot jeopardize safety, a parliamentarian from Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress delayed a flight by nearly 40 minutes because she was not given the exit row seat she had booked and paid for, after which she "shouted and screamed" at the cabin crew.

The West Bengal police booked state Congress chief and lawmaker Adhir Chowdhury for attempt to murder and for assaulting government officials and preventing them from entering office during a 12-hour bandh called by his party.

After Narendra Modi asked Mamata Banerjee to disclose the identity of the person who allegedly bought a painting of hers for Rs 1.8 crore, the Trinamool Congress chief today said she made a living selling her books.

Often accused of being intolerant, the Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal is in the thick of a controversy yet again, this time for targeting a book written by an IPS officer that carries a veiled criticism of the present dispensation.

The Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal has been accused of targeting a book written by former IPS officer Nazrul Islam, which reportedly is critical of the state government. Mr Islam's book - What Muslims Should Do - has criticised the West Bengal government for failing to improve the condition of Muslims in the state.

Amidst criticism of reported exclusion of Karl Marx and Frederich Engels from the history syllabus of higher secondary text books in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said her government did not consider Marx or Lenin as "untouchables".

Although she felt "betrayed" by the Congress leadership several times, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee describes the late Rajiv Gandhi as "the leader of our hearts" and Pranab Mukherjee as her brother.

Mamata Bannerjee, Kolkata Book Fair