Mamata Banerjee

Kolkata Doctor’s Rape-Murder: Bengal To Introduce Tough Anti-Rape Bill

03 Sep 2024

The ruling Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal is set to introduce a groundbreaking anti-rape bill in the state assembly on Tuesday. Named the "Aparajita Woman and Child Bill (West Bengal Criminal Laws and Amendment) Bill 2024," this proposed legislation aims to significantly tighten the legal framework surrounding rape and...

Assam Trinamool Congress President Ripun Bora Resigns Over TMC’s Regional Perception

01 Sep 2024

Assam Trinamool Congress (TMC) President Ripun Bora announced his resignation from the party on Sunday, citing widespread concerns that TMC is perceived as a regional party from West Bengal. Bora expressed his disillusionment with the party’s inability to counter the BJP effectively in Assam due to this perception. Bora explained,...

Mamata Banerjee’s Second Letter: BJP Responds ‘A backlog of 48,600 Rape Cases Still Not Solved in West Bengal’

31 Aug 2024

The Union Women and Child Development Minister, Annapurna Devi, has responded to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s second letter requesting stricter laws and expedited justice for heinous crimes like rape and murder. In her letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Banerjee called for a mandatory time-bound disposal of such...

Survey on Kolkata Doctor Rape Case

31 Aug 2024

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee urged PM Modi for stricter central laws and swift punishment for heinous crimes like rape and murder. In her letter, sent following the nationwide outrage over the rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College, Banerjee emphasized the need for time-bound...

Survey on Capital Punishment for Rapists

30 Aug 2024

West Bengal CM Mamata announced plans to call a State Assembly session next week to pass a bill mandating capital punishment for rapists. This move follows criticism of the CBI’s investigation into the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. Banerjee...

Mamata Banerjee Denies Allegations of Anti-Student Remarks, Claims Disinformation Campaign

29 Aug 2024

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused certain media outlets of spreading a malicious disinformation campaign following her recent speech. Banerjee strongly denied allegations that she had made derogatory comments about medical students or their protests related to the rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata's RG...

‘Capital Punishment for Rapists’: Mamata Banerjee Promises ‘New Bill Within 10 Days’ Amid Bengal Bandh

28 Aug 2024

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced that the State Assembly will convene next week to pass a bill mandating capital punishment for those convicted of rape, following the recent rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata. She vowed to put pressure on Governor CV Ananda Bose...

Bangla Bandh Today: Tensions Rise After ‘Nabanna Abhijan’ Violence | 10 updates

28 Aug 2024

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced a 12-hour Bangla bandh (strike) across West Bengal on Wednesday, August 28, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. The strike is in protest of what the party describes as "brutal" police action against "peaceful" demonstrators during the "Nabanna Abhijan" march to the state...

Centre hits back at Mamata, says Bengal govt a failure on women safety measures

27 Aug 2024

Mamata Banerjee’s gambit of putting the ball in the court of the Narendra Modi Government over the issues of women’s safety failed today as the Union Women and Child Development Ministry issued a sharp reply to the West Bengal Chief Minister highlighting the State’s own failings. On August 22, when...

TMC Defends Mamata Banerjee Amid Outrage Over Doctor’s Murder, Accuses Opposition of Patriarchy

26 Aug 2024

Amid the intense outcry over the rape and murder of a postgraduate doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has defended West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee against demands for her resignation, labeling the opposition's calls as “patriarchal.” The TMC has questioned why male...

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