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Who is Mamata Banerjee

Mamata Banerjee

About Mamata Banerjee

Who is Mamata Banerjee

The Chief Minister of West Bengal since 2011, Mamata Banerjee is an Indian politician, previously a member of the Congress and later, founded the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC). The TMC supremo has been elected to Parliament seven times before she contested in the West Bengal Assembly elections. In the state Assembly, she represents the Bhabanipur constituency.

A painter and a poet by interest, Banerjee established herself as a major force in West Bengal in 2011 after ending 34 years of CPI(M) rule in the state. She led her party to victory in 34 of the 42 seats in the 2014
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Mamata rules out alliance with Cong for 2026 West Bengal Assembly polls

Addressing her party's lawmakers at a meeting ahead of the Assembly's budget session, the TMC supremo also expressed confidence about winning the elections next year with a two-third majority

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Updated On : 10 Feb 2025 | 11:33 PM IST

British MP slams Bengali signage at London station, Elon Musk backs stance

Rupert Lowe, MP for Great Yarmouth and a member of Reform UK, shared a photograph of the sign featuring both English and Bengali on his official X account

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Updated On : 10 Feb 2025 | 11:17 AM IST

WB govt sets up investment synergy panel to improve ease of doing business

The initiative aims to streamline the process of obtaining necessary clearances and approvals for industrial projects and other investments in the state

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Updated On : 08 Feb 2025 | 8:46 PM IST

WB emerged as 'powerhouse of growth, opportunity': Mamata after biz summit

The two-day Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) 2025 yielded 212 MoUs and Letters of Intent with investment proposals amounting to Rs 4,40,595 crore, she said

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Updated On : 07 Feb 2025 | 12:25 PM IST

Bengal receives investment proposals worth Rs 4.4 trn: CM Mamata Banerjee

Banerjee said investment proposals worth Rs 4,40,595 crore had been received. "I am extremely happy," she said

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Updated On : 06 Feb 2025 | 8:40 PM IST

Bengal got investment proposals worth Rs 4.40 trn in biz summit: Mamata

Addressing the concluding session of the summit, Banerjee revealed that a total of 212 memoranda of understanding (MoUs) and letters of intent were signed across various sectors

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Updated On : 06 Feb 2025 | 5:41 PM IST

Bengal Summit: CM Mamata unveils investment proposals of over Rs 90.51 trn

She also said that the Deucha-Pachami project would commence on Thursday with basalt mining

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Updated On : 06 Feb 2025 | 7:26 AM IST

CM Mamata meets representatives of FICCI, CII, biz tycoons ahead of BGBS

The two-day Bengal Global Business Summit, set to take place from February 5 in Kolkata, is a key event for promoting investment in the state

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Updated On : 05 Feb 2025 | 2:52 PM IST

WB school jobs row: SC to hear pleas against invalidation of jobs on Monday

According to the cause list for the day uploaded on the apex court's website, a bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar is scheduled to hear the matter

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Updated On : 26 Jan 2025 | 2:24 PM IST

R G Kar victim's parents being used by those who conspire against govt: TMC

They attempted to shield the main conspirators behind the crime, while the CBI failed to bring to book all the perpetrators and overlooked the larger conspiracy aspect, the parents claimed on Friday

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Updated On : 26 Jan 2025 | 7:28 AM IST

Evidence destroyed, CM can't disown responsibility: RG Kar victim's parents

Police, hospital attempted to shield the main conspirators behind the crime, while the CBI failed to bring to book all the perpetrators and overlooked the larger conspiracy aspect, the parents claimed

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Updated On : 25 Jan 2025 | 11:17 AM IST

West Bengal govt approaches HC for death sentence to RG Kar rape accused

The victim's father accused the Chief Minister and others of tampering with the investigation and said there is no need for the Chief Minister to act in haste

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Updated On : 21 Jan 2025 | 1:59 PM IST

TMC suspends ex-MP Santanu Sen, ex-MLA Arabul Islam over internal discord

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee formed several disciplinary committees in November and warned party leaders of going against the party line on different issues

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Updated On : 10 Jan 2025 | 9:11 PM IST

Mamata successful in forming party which even Netaji couldn't: TMC leader

Ghosh's comments came after former state Congress president Pradip Bhattacharya claimed on Saturday that Banerjee's expulsion had weakened the party's position in Bengal

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Updated On : 06 Jan 2025 | 1:41 PM IST

Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari slams CM Mamata on blaming BSF for infiltration

Adhikari accused Banerjee of indulging in 'low-level politics' by blaming the BSF for infiltration, stating that the security forces serve the nation, not the government

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Updated On : 05 Jan 2025 | 7:28 AM IST

Police arrests five in connection with Malda TMC councillor murder

Two men were arrested on Friday after apprehending three others on the day of the murder, taking the total number of arrests in the case to five, a senior police officer said

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Updated On : 04 Jan 2025 | 2:12 PM IST

Odisha CM blames TMC govt for potato crisis, says Mamata has no 'mamata'

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday targeted Mamata Benerjee, his counterpart in neighbouring West Bengal, and the previous BJD government for the potato crisis in the state.

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Updated On : 03 Jan 2025 | 9:43 PM IST

TMC councillor gunned down in Bengal's Malda, CM Mamata expresses shock

Trinamool Congress councillor Dulal Sarkar was shot dead by unidentified miscreants in West Bengal's Malda district on Thursday morning, police said.

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Updated On : 02 Jan 2025 | 10:34 PM IST

Mamata demands crackdown on illegal encroachment by builders on govt land

Banerjee, who chaired an administrative review meeting at the state secretariat, directed police to arrest all such builders in accordance with the law

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Updated On : 02 Jan 2025 | 10:24 PM IST

Mamata accuses BSF of infiltration plot; border guards reject claim

Speaking at an administrative review meeting at the state secretariat, Banerjee alleged that the BSF was allowing infiltrators to enter through areas like Islampur, Sitai, and Chopra

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Updated On : 02 Jan 2025 | 7:12 PM IST