Cyclonic storm hits West Bengal, leaving 4 dead and over 100 injured. Relief efforts underway as CM Banerjee rushes to affected area.

Kolkata, May 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) West Bengal BJP President, Samik Bhattacharya, on Friday lashed out at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, following the latter's visit to a strongroom over EVM tampering fears. Bhattacharya said that the Trinamool Congress supremo understands the state well and therefore, knows that her government is heading towards defeat. Speaking to IANS, the Bengal BJP chief said: "People of West Bengal are tired of such drama. Try something new. Mamata Banerjee is unable to digest that she is being removed from power." "By doing such drama there (near the strongroom), they (Trinamool Congress) are actually practising because the Trinamool has to mend its ways.

Kolkata, April 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Trinamool Congress supremo, Mamata Banerjee, on Saturday criticised the BJP for proposing to implement a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in West Bengal and claimed that through this the saffron camp wants to snatch away the rights of the people. Addressing an election rally in Keshiary of West Midnapore district, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed, "Do you know the meaning of UCC?

Kolkata, March 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) In an unprecedented development ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections, West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose on Thursday resigned from his post. Ananda Bose is currently in New Delhi, and he tendered his resignation to the office of President Droupadi Murmu there. Although no official confirmation in the matter had come from the office of the Governor in the matter at the time the report was filed, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee issued a statement confirming the Governor's resignation.

Kolkata, Feb 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) The schedule of the Budget Session in the Assembly might be changed to accommodate West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s scheduled visit to New Delhi on February 9 to participate in the crucial hearing on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state at a three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court on that day. Initially, February 9 was supposed to be the last date of the Budget Session of the House.

New Delhi, Jan 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) After West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee raised suspicion of a conspiracy behind the demise of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in a plane crash on Wednesday morning, leaders from the BJP and JD(U) on Thursday criticised her remarks, accusing her of crossing all limits and indulging in insensitive politics. Several leaders described her comments as 'doing politics over a dead body'.

Kolkata, Jan 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday intensified her attack against the BJP and the Election Commission over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise and alleged that a conspiracy to implement National Register of Citizens (NRC) was being hatched under the guise of SIR. Demanding accountability from the Centre on this matter, Chief Minister Banerjee warned that she would move court as an individual if necessary.

Kolkata, Jan 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday once again wrote a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, flagging procedural lapses in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in the state. This is her fifth letter to the CEC since the poll panel began the SIR exercise in Bengal. Sharing a copy of the letter in her official Facebook account, CM Banerjee said such procedural lapses are leading to undue harassment of citizens and their wrongful disenfranchisement.

Kolkata, Jan 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Following the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) raids at the I-PAC office and the home of its director Pratik Jain in Kolkata, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched a blistering attack against the BJP-led Union government on Thursday, saying her party’s upcoming Assembly election strategy, candidate list, internal data and financial papers have been "looted" by the central investigation agency in the name of conducting a raid.

Kolkata, Sep 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a proud moment for West Bengal, Jadavpur University in Kolkata has emerged as the top-ranked state public university in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2025, climbing from the second spot in 2024 and overtaking Anna University, which slipped to second place. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday congratulated the teachers and students of Jadavpur University after it topped the list of state universities.

Kolkata, May 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, on Monday refuted allegations by the Odisha government of leftover timber meant for Puri’s Jagannath Dham Temple being used for carving deities in Jagannath Temple in Digha of East Midnapore district of West Bengal. “They claimed that I had stolen Neem trees from there. There are four Neem trees at my house.

Kolkata, April 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be visiting strife-hit Murshidabad district in the first week of May. Murshidabad was on the boil earlier this month after protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act turned violent, resulting in the deaths of three people. Meanwhile, initiatives have already been started by the Murshidabad district administration to arrange for the rehabilitation of the affected and displaced people in the troubled pockets in the district.

Kolkata, April 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) West Bengal Governor, C.V. Ananda Bose, was hospitalised on Monday afternoon after the medical team while doing his routine medical check-up decided to get him admitted after identifying some cardiac blockage. He is currently admitted at Command Hospital in South Kolkata and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee went there to meet Bose. According to Raj Bhavan sources, on Monday, the Governor came to the hospital for his routine medical check-up.