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Congress calls out Mamata for 'purposefully' excluding Nehru's picture

West Bengal Congress has slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for excluding Jawahar Lal Nehru on her Twitter display picture, which features prominent freedom fighters with the exception of India's first Prime Minister.WB Congress retweeted a tweet of a man whose daughter sketched 'Tryst with Destiny' the speech given by India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru."My daughter chose to remind some basic history lesson by drawing the moment of first independence day!", the Twitter user Abhisek Banerjee wrote.Retweeting the above tweet, the WB Congress on August 14 tagged the Twitter handles of Mamata Banerjee and the All India Trinamool Congress and wrote: "History lesson for @MamataOfficial @AITCofficial from a kid. Because they purposefully omitted the first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru from their independence day DP to please their political masters.""@AITCofficial & @MamataOfficial u can purposefully omit #JawaharlalNehru from ur #IndpendenceDay 2 please ur master ...

Uphold dignity of India's democratic values: Mamata Banerjee on I-Day

Paying homage to the people who fought for India's Independence, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Indians must uphold the dignity of the country's democratic values

Former JD(U) leader Pawan K Varma resigns from Trinamool Congress

His resignation came days after Nitish Kumar returned to the Mahagathbandhan and formed a new government in Bihar, snapping the JD(U)'s ties with the BJP-led NDA in Bihar.

Anubrata Mondal: Bengal's Bahubali' politician and trusted aide of Mamata

The CBI on Thursday arrested the senior TMC leader for allegedly not cooperating in its probe into a cattle smuggling case

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee patronises criminals like Anubrata Mandal: BJP

Amit Malviya said that she gives state protection to those who operate crime and extortion syndicates under her watch

As 2024 LS polls approach, Oppn parties are chopping and changing strategy

Experts and politicians are divided over who the challenger to the NDA/BJP is really going to be: the Congress or regional parties

Centre should not force policies on states: Mamata at NITI Aayog meet

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday emphasised that the Centre should look into the demands of the state governments "more seriously" and no policies should be forced on them

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee meets PM Modi, seeks timely release of funds

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee met PM Narendra Modi on Friday and raised a host of issues concerning her state, including GST dues and timely release of funds by the Centre under various schemes.

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee likely to meet President Murmu, PM Modi today

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who arrived here a day ago on a four-day visit, is set to meet newly appointed President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Mamata leaves for Delhi to attend Niti Aayog prog, meeting with PM likely

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday afternoon left Kolkata for a four-day trip to New Delhi, where she was to meet opposition leaders, besides attending a Niti Aayog programme

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West Bengal: Five cabinet ministers sworn in, including Babul Supriyo

Supriyo, along with Snehasis Chakraborty, Partha Bhowmik, Udayan Guha and Pradip Majumdar were sworn in as cabinet ministers at Raj Bhavan by Governor La Ganesan.

Three turncoats get ministerial berths in Mamata Banerjee's government

As 9 TMC legislators were inducted as ministers in the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government, three out of them are turncoat politicians who joined Trinamool Congress at a later stage.

Mamata to carve out seven new districts in Bengal, total number rises to 30

The Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal on Monday decided to carve out seven new districts out of the existing 23 districts by redrawing their boundaries for better administration.

West Bengal to carve out seven new districts, total number rises to 30

CM Mamata Banerjee earlier also announced that a cabinet reshuffle is on cards, and around four to five new faces will be inducted to the council of ministers

Cabinet reshuffle on cards, 4-5 new faces likely to get inducted: Mamata

Rubbishing media reports about the possible dissolution of state cabinet, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that a reshuffle was on the cards, with four to five new faces expected to get inducted in the council of ministers. Banerjee also said that several departments were currently functioning without any dedicated minister, and it wasn't possible for her to shoulder responsibilities of these alone. "We have to reshuffle our Cabinet. But (I) do not have any plan to dissolve the Cabinet and come up with a new one. There are several departments which has no one at the helm. I alone cannot shoulder (the) responsibilities of all these departments," Banerjee told reporters. "We will introduce four to five new faces in the Cabinet. The reshuffle will be carried out on Wednesday," the chief minister added. Departments of Panchayat, Public Health Engineering, Consumer Affairs & Self Help Group are currently looked after by Banerjee. After Partha Chatterjee was ...

'TMC workers involved in scams worried after Mamata dumped Partha': BJP

Earlier West Bengal BJP co-incharge Amit Malviya had asked why West Bengal minister of state for education Paresh Adhikari has not been sacked after an FIR was filed against him.

Remove Partha Chatterjee's name, Singur Andolan chapter from books: BJP

BJP National Secretary Anupam Hazra asked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to remove former Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee's name from the pages of history books of the Madhya Shiksha Parshad.

Arrested West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee sacked from cabinet

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee later said at a government event here that she will look after the portfolios held by Chatterjee for the time being

Why is arrested minister being retained in Mamata's cabinet, asks Suvendu

Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday questioned why Partha Chatterjee is being retained as a minister by CM Mamata Banerjee despite his arrest by the ED