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  From fighting the Left to becoming West Bengal CM: A look at Suvendu Adhikari's political journey

  West Bengal | May 09, 2026 14:27 IST

  In December 2020, Suvendu Adhikari quit the TMC and joined the BJP, just months before the 2021 Assembly elections. His move created a major political shock in Bengal.

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  Suvendu Adhikari takes oath as BJP's first-ever West Bengal Chief Minister

  West Bengal | May 09, 2026 23:53 IST

  Suvendu Adhikari took oath as the Chief Minister of West Bengal at a grand ceremony held at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Ground at 11 am on Saturday. The BJP, which won 207 seats in the assembly elections, formed its first government in the state after a major political shift.

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  CM Mamata Banerjee urges early summer holidays for West Bengal private schools amid Indo-Pak tension

  Education | May 07, 2025 21:36 IST

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has urged private English-medium schools in the state to declare summer vacations from May 9, citing escalating Indo-Pak tensions following 'Operation Sindoor,' in which the Indian armed forces struck nine terror targets in Pakistan and PoJK.

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  Mamata faces backlash as Supreme Court sacks 26,000 teachers in Bengal, BJP demands CM's resignation

  West Bengal | April 03, 2025 17:02 IST

  The Supreme Court has annulled the appointments of nearly 26,000 teachers and staff in West Bengal’s state-run schools, citing corruption in the recruitment process. The BJP has blamed CM Mamata Banerjee for the crisis, demanding her resignation, while the TMC has vowed to explore legal options.

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  Mamata in damage control mode: 'I have spoken against BJP, not uttered a word against students'

  Kolkata | August 29, 2024 13:23 IST

  Chief Minister Mamata drew flak from several BJP CMs after she suggested that 'if Bengal burns, Assam, the North-East, Odisha, and Delhi will also burn on Wednesday. The CM also said she does not want to spoil the careers of junior doctors by allowing FIRs against them.

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  Kolkata rape-murder case: Will handover the probe to CBI, if police unable to solve it, says Mamata

  Kolkata | August 12, 2024 15:22 IST

  After the gruesome rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, CM Mamata Banerjee met the family of the victim today. She said that if there are more accused and are still not arrested by Sunday, she will hand over the case to CBI.

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  West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee likely to attend NITI Aayog meeting in Delhi on July 27

  West Bengal | July 19, 2024 9:57 IST

  All State Chief Ministers, Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories, and several Union Ministers will attend the NITI Aayog Governing Council meeting on Saturday in the national capital.

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  Mamata Banerjee disowns brother Babun Banerjee over political dispute

  Kolkata | March 13, 2024 15:46 IST

  In a bold move, Mamata Banerjee disowned her familial connections with Babun Banerjee amidst a political rift over the TMC's candidate selection process.

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  Lok Sabha Polls 2024: Why is Mamata not ready to give even a single seat to Congress in Bengal?

  West Bengal | January 31, 2024 17:14 IST

  Mamata Banerjee on seat sharing: The West Bengal CM and Trinamool Congress chief without naming any party or leader said that some appeared only during elections like 'Cuckoos' in spring.

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  Mamata Banerjee asserts TMC to stay with I.N.D.I.A bloc amid seat-sharing dispute

  West Bengal | January 11, 2024 7:38 IST

  I.N.D.I.A bloc seat-sharing: CM Banerjee’s statement follows TMC’s Lok Sabha Party leader Sudip Bandopadhyay's recent remark that the party has an open heart for the Congress regarding seat-sharing in West Bengal for the Lok Sabha election, but is also prepared to go solo if negotiations fail.

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  WATCH VIDEO: Mamata Banerjee dances, plucks tea leaves with garden workers in Darjeeling

  West Bengal | December 07, 2023 18:08 IST

  West Bengal news: A few days ago Mamata Banerjee joined Film Director Mahesh Bhatt, former Indian cricketer Sourav Ganguly, actors Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha on stage and danced with them at the Kolkata International Film Festival.

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  ED summons Bengal Minister hours after row over Abhishek Banerjee's wife being stopped at airport

  Kolkata | June 05, 2023 23:55 IST

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee dared the central agency to arrest him or his wife.

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  Odisha train tragedy: 'It's not the time to suppress the truth'- Mamata sharpens attack on Centre

  India | June 06, 2023 6:17 IST

  Odisha train tragedy: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has been critical against the Centre since the first day of the accident. In the presence of Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, she had questioned the death toll in the Balasore accident.

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  'They're abusing me, Nitishji, Laluji. How did fire break out in running train in Godhra?: Mamata

  India | June 04, 2023 19:20 IST

  Addressing a press conference in Kolkata on Sunday, Mamata asserted that the BJP-led government has changed the numbers-- a rhetoric she cited while visiting the accident site on Saturday.

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  "We must all stand with wrestlers protesting at Jantar Mantar, justice...," says Mamata Banerjee

  India | April 28, 2023 14:18 IST

  Wrestlers protest: Indian wrestlers have been protesting at Jantar Mantar in the national capital against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over allegations of sexual harassment.

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  Mamata Banerjee urges people to ensure name in voters' list to avoid detention under NRC

  India | November 23, 2022 17:25 IST

  Speaking at an event, CM Banerjee specially referred to those people who had come as refugees from neighbouring Bangladesh losing everything in different phases starting from the time of participation till the time of Bangladesh liberation war.

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  Mamata Banerjee breaking all records of 'corruption': Anurag Thakur

  India | July 24, 2022 8:40 IST

  Thakur was referring to the arrest of West Bengal Commerce and Industries Minister Partha Chatterjee by ED in connection with the recruitment irregularities in West Bengal School Service Commission when he was the state Education Minister.

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  Amid governance tussle in Bengal, Guv Dhankhar says, he has 'brother-sister relation' with Mamata

  India | March 25, 2022 18:11 IST

  Speaking at the Rajasthan Assembly in Jaipur, the Bengal Governor added that he has cordial relations with CM Banerjee.

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  Bengal spent Rs 1,000 crore for cyclone Yaas hit people from own fund: Mamata

  India | July 16, 2021 7:07 IST

  Mamata Banerjee regretted that the Centre did not provide even a small part of the Rs 20,000 crore relief package sought by the state.

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  Former West Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee critical, admitted to hospital in Kolkata

  India | May 25, 2021 12:58 IST

  Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and his wife Mira Bhattacharjee was earlier tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday