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Friday, August 29, 2025
TopicMamata Banerjee

Topic: Mamata Banerjee

What’s in latest ADR report beyond Naidu being CM with highest assets & Mamata lowest

According to report, 11 CMs have declared liabilities of Rs 1 crore or above. Pema Khandu & Siddaramaiah top this list, with liabilities of Rs 180 crore & Rs 23 crore, respectively.

EC-WB govt standoff in ‘fake’ voter row—can EC suspend erring polling officials in state? What law says

5 officials accused of adding fake voters to electoral rolls in Bengal are at the centre of the dispute, with poll body seeking suspension & FIRs against them, & state govt refusing to act.

Kartavya Bhavan, a ‘mini surveillance state’ & the one time Mamata got mad at a cricketer

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

‘Bangladeshi language’ row: Amit Malviya defends Delhi Police letter, Oppn slams BJP ‘mouthpiece’

TMC, Congress from West Bengal & the Northeast come all out to slam BJP cell head as he argues that there is 'no language called Bengali' that covers all its 'variants'.

TMC mudslinging hits boiling point: Kalyan Banerjee steps down as party whip in LS, slams Mahua Moitra

His decision came after meeting of party’s Lok Sabha MPs virtually chaired by Mamata, where she announced nephew Abhishek would replace Sudip Bandopadhyay as party’s leader in LS.

BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari accuses Mamata Banerjee of sharing fake video, seeks legal action

Adhikari alleged that Bengal CM posted a fake video of an 'assault' on a Bengali-speaking woman & her child, which he claimed is misleading & inappropriate.

TMC to lead language movement against BJP’s ‘linguistic terrorism’ as Mamata sets tone for 2026

At TMC Martyrs’ Day rally, Mamata also throws open challenge to Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma; nephew Abhishek Banerjee says will force BJP to raise ‘Jai Bangla’ slogan in 2026.

On Mamata’s turf, Modi cautions illegal immigrants—‘those who entered India illegally will face action’

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday said that “anyone who is not a citizen of India and has entered the country illegally will continue...

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‘Don’t demolish, we’ll help’: India asks Bangladesh to ‘reconsider’ razing Satyajit Ray’s ancestral home

MEA’s statement comes in response to local reports that ancestral home of Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury, Ray’s grandfather, is being demolished in Bangladesh after years of neglect.

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Mohan Bhagwat’s U-turn on ‘retire at 75’ is a Hindu succession problem

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has backtracked on his retirement rules. The ‘75-year rule’ was applied selectively to sideline some leaders, but it doesn’t apply to the top brass.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.