By: Express News Service | Kolkata | Updated: December 3, 2020 7:25:32 am Mamata Banerjee. (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s scheduled speech to the Oxford Union on Wednesday was canceled at the last minute after the debating society tried to postpone it citing “unforeseen circumstances”. Banerjee was destined …
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has threatened nationwide upheaval if the Center does not withdraw the three controversial laws enacted in September to allow agricultural companies to freely trade agricultural products without restrictions. “I am very concerned about the farmers, their lives and their livelihoods. GOI [government of India] …
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Written by Atri Mitra, edited by Explained Desk | Kolkata | Updated: December 2, 2020 7:49:31 pm Suvendu Adhikari, Deputy of the Tamluk Trinamool Congress. (Express photo by Partha Paul) Leader of the Rebel Congress Trinamool Suvendu Adhikari met with the party’s Lok Sabha MP, Abhishek Banerjee, and political strategist …
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Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee have clashed in the past (archive) Calcutta: Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar today asked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for a report on an investigation he ordered in August into Rs 2 billion corruption allegations in connection with the purchase of equipment related …
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The Oxford Union debating society postponed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s virtual speech late on Wednesday afternoon, citing unforeseen problems. “The request has been made by phone from the organizers, citing some unforeseen problems, a while ago. The program with Oxford Union today is canceled, ”the state Department of …
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The Trinamool Congress (TMC) averted a major crisis on Tuesday night ahead of crucial assembly elections when its heavyweight leader Suvendu Adhikari told top leaders at a low-key meeting that he will not leave the party. Adhikari had kept a distance from the TMC for more than two months. He …
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It’s all there on the teleprompter, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said, ignoring that Prime Minister Modi quoted a verse in Bengali during his Mann ki Baat radio address on Sunday, adding that she knows a great amount of languages but doesn’t feel the need to advertise or “show off”. …
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accused the Center of using central agencies to demolish the country’s federal structure and sought to know where the money from the Citizen Assistance and Aid in Emergency Situations (PM CARES) fund is. of the Prime Minister. Banerjee said his government would …
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With its sights set on the 2021 assembly elections, the Trinamool Congress-led government in West Bengal is launching one of its biggest outreach campaigns to connect with people over the next two months, starting Tuesday. “The Duare Sarkar scheme will highlight about a dozen government programs and address the grievances …
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Politically speaking, West Bengal contains multiple Bengals in itself. But the only Bengal within West Bengal that I am going to write about here is originally Hindi-speaking. This Hindi-speaking West Bengal arose through immigrants from northern India. Migration from North India to Bengal started a long time ago. During colonial …
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