Mamata Banerjee: ফের উত্তরবঙ্গ সফরে যাচ্ছেন মুখ্যমন্ত্রী মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়। আজ নবান্নের তরফে এ কথা জানানো হয়েছে। মুখ্যমন্ত্রীর সফরসূচি জানানোর ক্ষেত্রেও এবার থেকে বড় পরিবর্তন আনা হলো। ১১ নভেম্বর থেকে ১৫ নভেম্বর অবধি মুখ্যমন্ত্রীর সফরসূচি ও কর্মসূচির কথা এদিন নবান্ন থেকে জানিয়ে

Mamata Banerjee: বিধায়করা এখন সাংসদ। রাজ্যের ৬ বিধানসভাকেন্দ্রে এবার উপনির্বাচন। সিতাই, মাদারিহাট, নৈহাটি, হাড়োয়া, তালড্যাংরা আর মেদিনীপুর। কবে? ১৩ নভেম্বর।

Mamata Banerjee on saltlake incident: মর্মান্তিক পথ দুর্ঘটনায় মৃত্যু স্কুলপড়ুয়ার। সল্টলেকে ২ নম্বর গেটের সামনে দুর্ঘটনা। ঘটনার পর রীতিমত ধুন্ধুমার পরিস্থিতির সৃষ্টি হয়। এই দুর্ঘটনা নিয়ে ক্ষুব্ধ মুখ্যমন্ত্রী মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়। পরিবহন মন্ত্রীকে ডাকার নির্দেশ মমতার। মুখ্যমন্ত্রী জানিয়েছেন, তিনি সব পক্ষকে নিয়ে বৈঠকে বসবেন। 

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The Chief Minister of West Bengal said the Central Government appears to be "under pressure" to cut taxes to benefit common people

The landfall process of the severe cyclonic storm Dana was complete on Friday morning and the system took at least eight and half hours to enter the landmass, IMD said

"The man died at his residence while conducting some cable-related work. The post-mortem examination will give us a clear picture," CM Mamata Banerjee said

The Trinamool Congress chairperson had in March this year said that she was disowning and snapping ties with her younger brother Swapan Banerjee after he expressed desire to contest from Howrah in the 2024 Lok Sabha election despite the party fielding Prasun Banerjee from the constituency

It is unclear whether Kishor will stay on in the state. Some Trinamool leaders and an advertising agency owner perceive him as a threat.

Restrictions enforced in West Bengal to fight Covid-19 will continue till May 21 with curbs on normal life varying in intensity based on the extent of spread of the viral infection in a particular area, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday.

"We want the restrictions to continue till May 21. We have to be careful till that time," Banerjee told media persons at the state secretariat Nabanna.

The Chief Minister, however, clarified that she was not announcing any extension on lockdown, as that decision will be taken by the central government. "I am talking of restrictions, which is different from the lockdown," she added.

Banerjee said while the restrictions would be strictly implemented in every red zone (areas with a large number of corona positive cases), the impact will be less severe in orange zones (areas with a limited number of cases in the past and with no surge in positive cases recently, where restricted activities would be allowed).

Districts with no coronavirus positive cases are included in green zones.

"If an area which is now an orange zone, shows an increase in the prevalence of the disease and enters the red zone, the restrictions will be made stiffer, and vice versa. There will be more relaxations given in the green zones, but the areas will be placed under stiffer restrictions if more positive cases are detected putting them under orange or red zone categories," she said.

The Chief Minister announced the formation of a cabinet committee on COVID management, chaired by Finance and Industries Minister Amit Mitra. Education Minister Partha Chatterjee, Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim, and Minister of State for Health Chandrima Bhattacharya will be part of the committee. Mitra and Chatterjee will work from home.

The Chief Secretary, the Health Secretary, and the Home Secretary will be among the committee members. Banerjee said her government was discussing on resuming more activities in rural areas that come under the green zone.

She announced that home delivery companies, which were so long allowed to ferry only essential goods, would now be permitted to reach non-essential items also.

"We have to think of giving relaxations that won't harm the people," she said. She said though relaxations have been given on 100 days' job guarantee scheme, the problem was in getting labourers.

The Chief Minister appealed to the centre to ensure international borders were closed, and not allow domestic and international flights, and train services till the situation normalises. Inter-state bus services or travel also should not be allowed, except for emergencies.

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While the Union government plans to help more than two lakh migrants to return home, it is the West Bengal government that is not supporting their cause and is not allowing trains carrying migrants to reach the state, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in a letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Shah claimed that migrants from West Bengal are eager to reach home, but the state government has not been allowing the trains to enter the state. "This is injustice with West Bengal migrant labourers. This will create further hardship for them," Shah said.

He claimed that the central government has been trying to aid more than two lakh migrants to return back to their home states, but it is only West Bengal that has not supported the initiative. "Migrants from West Bengal are also eager to reach home. Central govt is facilitating but we are not getting expected support from West Bengal," Shah wrote.

In the wake of demands by different state governments to run special trains to ferry people stuck in various states, Indian Railways on May 1 had said that it will run special trains from Friday itself to move labourers, pilgrims, tourists and students stranded across the country.

Railways Executive Director (Media) R.D. Bajpai had then said in a statement that as per the guidelines issued by Ministry of Home Affairs, it was decided to run "Shramik Special" trains to return migrant workers, pilgrims, tourists, students, and others to their native states.

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In a letter to Banerjee, Shah accused the Bengal government of not allowing "shramik (worker)" trains to reach Bengal and warned that non-cooperation would create hardship for state's migrants

Supporters gathered outside Mamata's house and chanted slogans like Thanda thanda cool, cool; ghore ghore Trinamool'

Banerjee's current triumph comes even as multi-crore scams like Saradha and Narada have dented the image of her party

Trinamool Congress (TMC) ahead in 200 of the state's 294 seats in West Bengal

Despite the Narada sting and Saradha scam, the TMC government sailed through due to its laser-like focus on primary areas

For the first time in 49 years such a massive mandate has been given to a single party, says Banerjee

BJP has finally achieved its objective of capturing power in Assam, a goal which it had been pursuing since the 1980s

The West Bengal CM said that there was an attempt to create fear among people but they overcame and voted fearlessly

Referring to charges of corruption against her party, she dubbed it as 'a propaganda by a section of media and that Bengal is a corruption free state'

Banerjee will take oath for her second tenure as CM on May 27

Dignitaries including Nitish Kumar, Arvind Kejriwal, Lalu Prasad Yadav and Farooq Abdullah to attend the ceremony

Mamata Banerjee's, who took the oath of office for a second consecutive term, will head a 42-member Cabinet

Allegations of corruption dented image of her party and opposition made it a prime issue during elections

Home Minister asks CM Mamata Banerjee to arrange for return of migrant Bengal workers

Urging the TMC supremo 'to shun politics and confrontational approach', Jagdeep Dhankhar said her conduct is only compounding the miseries of the people of West Bengal.

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Cameron is the second British Prime Minister to visit Kolkata.

Mamata said that her government would never allow any attempt to incite communal violence.

The WBHRC, however, could not confirm if he will be there and he did not attend office on Monday.