Mamata Banerjee Dharna In Kolkata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee began a dharna in Kolkata on Friday, demanding the state's "dues" from the Centre for various social welfare schemes.

Recently, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also sat on a two-day dharna in Kolkata over pending dues to Bengal.

Trinamool Congress MPs led by senior party leader Abhishek Banerjee tried to meet Union Minister Giriraj Singh today to press for the release of funds to Bengal, for which Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sat on a two-day dharna in Kolkata last week

Mamata Banerjee sat overnight in front of Dalit icon Dr BR Ambedkar's statue on Red Road in the heart of the metropolis, surrounded by a cohort of TMC leaders and workers under television camera arclights.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will start a two-day dharna in Kolkata today as the Trinamool Congress sharpens its attack on the BJP ahead of the panchayat polls in the state.

Three weeks after her mega rally in Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is in New Delhi to join dharna (sit-in) by opposition leaders to save the Constitution and democracy. The sit-in dharna at Jantar Mantar is being loosely labelled "Mahagathbandhan 2.0".

The BJP's West Bengal unit has sought permission from the Kolkata Police to conduct a dharna later this month at the same spot in the city where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had organised a sit-in demonstration last week.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has reportedly asked the West Bengal government to initiate disciplinary action against five police officers who took part in protests against the CBI in Kolkata earlier this week, sources said. It also reportedly plans to strip them of their medals in keeping with the All India Service Rules.

During her days in the opposition, Mamata Banerjee had accused an IPS officer of tapping the phones of political rivals of the ruling Left Front. A decade down the line, she is staging a dharna to protest the CBI's bid to question him.

Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday called off her sit-in protest, which turned Kolkata into the country's political capital for three days. "We are not stopping the fight, we are taking it to Delhi," announced the Bengal chief minister, standing beside her Andhra Pradesh counterpart Chandrababu Naidu at Kolkata's Esplanade, where she has been camping out. ...

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu will meet Mamata Banerjee today in Kolkata. The West Bengal Chief Minister is on a 'save the constitution' dharna since Sunday night, after CBI officers turned up at the Kolkata Police chief's residence to question him in connection with the Saradha scam probe. Mr Naidu will be the third big oppositio...

As Mamata Banerjee protests in the heart of Kolkata near the Metro Channel station, sitting, pacing, consulting and resting on a stage with a chair, it is a throwback to the agitation that catapulted her to the post of Bengal Chief Minister. The 64-year-old has returned to the same spot where she held the protest that enabled her campaign to end th...

Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda has said the massive standoff between the Centre and the West Bengal government over the CBI's attempt to question the Kolkata Police chief in connection with chit fund scams, reminded him of the Emergency days.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been a dharna in the heart of Kolkata since Sunday evening protesting against the CBI questioning of the city police chief in the Rose Valley and Saradha ponzi scams. The CBI team had come to question Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar after he allegedly ignored summons from the agency on the tw...

Mamata Banerjee, sitting on an indefinite protest in Kolkata over a CBI investigation into Ponzi scams allegedly involving several members of her party, was accused by the central government of blocking a Supreme Court-ordered inquiry because she was "trying to hide something". CBI officers were detained last evening as they went to Kolkata police ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee began a dharna in Kolkata on Friday, demanding the state's "dues" from the Centre for various social welfare schemes.

Recently, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also sat on a two-day dharna in Kolkata over pending dues to Bengal.

Trinamool Congress MPs led by senior party leader Abhishek Banerjee tried to meet Union Minister Giriraj Singh today to press for the release of funds to Bengal, for which Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sat on a two-day dharna in Kolkata last week

Mamata Banerjee sat overnight in front of Dalit icon Dr BR Ambedkar's statue on Red Road in the heart of the metropolis, surrounded by a cohort of TMC leaders and workers under television camera arclights.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will start a two-day dharna in Kolkata today as the Trinamool Congress sharpens its attack on the BJP ahead of the panchayat polls in the state.

Three weeks after her mega rally in Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is in New Delhi to join dharna (sit-in) by opposition leaders to save the Constitution and democracy. The sit-in dharna at Jantar Mantar is being loosely labelled "Mahagathbandhan 2.0".

The BJP's West Bengal unit has sought permission from the Kolkata Police to conduct a dharna later this month at the same spot in the city where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had organised a sit-in demonstration last week.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has reportedly asked the West Bengal government to initiate disciplinary action against five police officers who took part in protests against the CBI in Kolkata earlier this week, sources said. It also reportedly plans to strip them of their medals in keeping with the All India Service Rules.

During her days in the opposition, Mamata Banerjee had accused an IPS officer of tapping the phones of political rivals of the ruling Left Front. A decade down the line, she is staging a dharna to protest the CBI's bid to question him.

Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday called off her sit-in protest, which turned Kolkata into the country's political capital for three days. "We are not stopping the fight, we are taking it to Delhi," announced the Bengal chief minister, standing beside her Andhra Pradesh counterpart Chandrababu Naidu at Kolkata's Esplanade, where she has been camping out. ...

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu will meet Mamata Banerjee today in Kolkata. The West Bengal Chief Minister is on a 'save the constitution' dharna since Sunday night, after CBI officers turned up at the Kolkata Police chief's residence to question him in connection with the Saradha scam probe. Mr Naidu will be the third big oppositio...

As Mamata Banerjee protests in the heart of Kolkata near the Metro Channel station, sitting, pacing, consulting and resting on a stage with a chair, it is a throwback to the agitation that catapulted her to the post of Bengal Chief Minister. The 64-year-old has returned to the same spot where she held the protest that enabled her campaign to end th...

Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda has said the massive standoff between the Centre and the West Bengal government over the CBI's attempt to question the Kolkata Police chief in connection with chit fund scams, reminded him of the Emergency days.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been a dharna in the heart of Kolkata since Sunday evening protesting against the CBI questioning of the city police chief in the Rose Valley and Saradha ponzi scams. The CBI team had come to question Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar after he allegedly ignored summons from the agency on the tw...

Mamata Banerjee, sitting on an indefinite protest in Kolkata over a CBI investigation into Ponzi scams allegedly involving several members of her party, was accused by the central government of blocking a Supreme Court-ordered inquiry because she was "trying to hide something". CBI officers were detained last evening as they went to Kolkata police ...