'There is so much division in the country. People are getting more and more into 'Main Hindu hoon woh Mussalmaan hai'.' 'This climate of suspicion and hostility must stop,' The Legend, 92 today, tells Subhash K Jha in an exclusive interview.
Put up by an organisation known as Youth For Democracy, a number of posters have been installed at many places of the city taking a jibe at Banerjee ahead of her participation in the opposition protest at Jantar Mantar.
TMC leaders say party may do a rethink on UPA's choice for President. Kavita Chowdhury reports
Readers send in messages for their siblings ahead of Raksha Bandhan on August 5.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday asserted that she would win the ongoing state polls despite injury and eventually aim for power in Delhi.
Making a strong Hindutva pitch at the hustings in West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday attacked Trinamool Congress leaders for calling those wearing saffron, sporting tilak and choti as "rakshas", and declared that he does not believe in "seasonal faith".
There are so many patriotic songs that make us proud to be Indians.
India is a passion with him. He is immersed in India. But he cannot help worrying about India too.
But there are challenges, observes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Apparently, Mithunda has shared with BJP leaders that becoming West Bengal's chief minister is his only motive for the political jump from the Trinamool Congress, which sent him to the Rajya Sabha, to the BJP.
Banerjee scored a personal point with a massive victory in the bypoll with a record margin of 58,835 votes.
By sacrificing an important component of the right to free speech, we have strengthened the hands of the fundamentalists, the bigots and the publicity-seeking goondas. And of the hate-filled political establishment, points out Vir Sanghvi.
Industrialists say they were bowled over by the West Bengal chief minister's 'charm and simplicity'.
On her 65th birthday, Sukanya Verma looks at the diva's 10 definitive songs.
A New Delhi slum has been given a colourful makeover thanks to a street artist collective, drawing art lovers and selfie-snappers to a rundown area that they would never normally visit.
Mamata Banerjee created history on Friday when she was sworn in as the first woman chief minister of West Bengal, after her party Trinamool Congress ended the Left Front government's 34-year-old rule in the state.
Shah said Banerjee will not be in a position to oppose the implementation of the CAA as she will cease to be the chief minister after the assembly polls likely in April-May this year.
He also accused TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee of nepotism, insisting she wants to politically establish her nephew in West Bengal.
Children Ali Haji and Angelina Idnani talk about their new film.
The two new markets are overwhelmingly dominated by US ride-hailing giant Uber, which has been able to edge out local start-ups
Assocham is planning to write a letter to the West bengal chief minister, asking her to bring back the Tatas to regain business confidence.
Realising, that there was a ground swell of anger against several lower level TMC leaders who were often accused of petty corruption in execution of public welfare schemes, Kishor designed the 'Didi Ke Bolo' (Tell Didi) campaign under which citizens could directly approach Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with their grievances.
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, Janata Dal-United's Sharad Yadav, Samajwadi Party's Ramgopal Yadav and Aam Aadmi Party's Arvind Kejriwal will meet at Sharad Pawar's residence on Wednesday.
'Good friends are those who advise whether something is palatable for you or not.' 'Good friends are those who are not afraid of telling the truth.'
'If the chief minister says there are areas in her home state where she cannot enter, where has she driven the state to!'
'The thing about Balaji was that he brought his own special flavour and energy to every song he sang.' 'In that sense, he was like Kishoreda.'
Amid signs of increasing bonhomie between her and her Telangana and Tamil Nadu counterparts Rao and Stalin, Banerjee had approached the two on Sunday to set up meetings of opposition chief ministers.
Renuka Shahane celebrates the movie's silver anniversary.
'Mamata's numbers will reduce this time compared to 2016.'
The West Bengal chief minister's dream of transforming her state's capital might prove difficult.
The mood in the tribal heartland in the east and in central India spread over Odisha, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh and parts of West Bengal and Assam, is upbeat.
BJP's Badaun MP Sanghamitra Maurya has written to the Lok Sabha speaker, demanding disqualification of TMC MP Nusrat Jahan for allegedly giving a false affidavit over her marital status to the Parliament.
The TMC expects to emerge victorious by way of a majority of minority votes and a minority of majority votes, notes Arun Bhatnagar, a retired IAS officer.
'Two years ago I told Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi that we have traitors in the Congress.'
Subhash K Jha picks 5 Hindi films that celebrate sibling bonding.
"If municipal elections can take place in Hyderabad and Assam, why not here. The situation is worse than Kashmir and is similar to that of Iran and Iraq. Didi (Mamata Banerjee) has proved that West Bengal's law and order is not conducive to go for polls," he said while addressing a party meeting in Kolkata.
Mamata woos industry with boat ride to Gangasagar, Sundarbans
'We will defeat her with the blessings of the people of Amethi, but we will always respect her as an opponent'
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