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Mamata Banerjee meets Shiv Sena's Aaditya Thackeray, Sanjay Raut in Mumbai

Dec 01, 2021, at 06:40 am

Mumbai/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is on an expansion mode for her party, on Tuesday evening met Maharashtra Minister Aaditya Thackeray and senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut.

No Mamata-Uddhav meeting in Mumbai owing to Maharashtra CM's health condition

Nov 30, 2021, at 09:08 pm

Kolkata/Mumbai/IBNS: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is not meeting his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee on the latter's Mumbai tour owing to the Shiv Sena chief's health condition.

Mamata Banerjee to visit Mumbai for three days starting tomorrow

Nov 30, 2021, at 05:32 am

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be on a three-day visit to Mumbai from Tuesday, during which she is scheduled to meet Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar and her Maharashtra counterpart Uddhav Thackeray.

Tripura civic polls counting: BJP leads comfortably, wins 19 wards

Nov 28, 2021, at 06:19 pm

Tripura/IBNS: As votes are being counted for elections to several civic bodies including Agartala Municipal Corporation, in Tripura on Sunday, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has a comfortable lead winning majority seats in the north eastern state.

Tripura civic polls counting on, BJP takes early leads, high stakes for TMC

Nov 28, 2021, at 03:32 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Counting of votes for elections to several civic bodies including Agartala Municipal Corporation in Tripura are being held on Sunday.

Ex-Meghalaya CM, 11 other Congress MLAs officially join Trinamool Congress

Nov 26, 2021, at 04:30 am

Kolkata/IBNS:  Former Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma and 11 other Congress MLAs of the state, formally joined the Trinamool Congress,  on Thursday.

Congress pitches for united opposition after Meghalaya coup

Nov 26, 2021, at 02:43 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Congress on Thursday held a strategy meeting for the party where it pledged for a united opposition even as it lost 12 of 17 MLAs in Meghalaya to Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress.

Day after meeting Mamata, Subramanian Swamy finds Modi govt failure

Nov 25, 2021, at 11:39 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Subramanian Swamy on Thursday slammed the Modi government for its supposed failure in all aspects, a day after he called on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee here.

Ex-Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma, 11 Congress MLAs join Trinamool Congress

Nov 25, 2021, at 06:10 am

New Delhi/IBNS:  Former Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma, along with 12 of the 17 Congress MLAs in the state, has joined the Trinamool Congress, media reports said.

'Why should we meet Sonia Gandhi every time? Not constitutionally mandated': Mamata Banerjee

Nov 25, 2021, at 05:01 am

New Delhi/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Wednesday said there is no meeting scheduled with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi during her visit in Delhi.

Mamata Banerjee invites PM Modi to inaugurate business summit in Bengal in April

Nov 25, 2021, at 02:54 am

Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced that she has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) in April, 2022, to help betterment of the state-centre relations for overall development of industries, which suffered heavily for past two years owing to Covid-19.

Mamata Banerjee to meet PM Modi, Subramanian Swamy in Delhi today

Nov 24, 2021, at 04:38 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: A day after inducting a few leaders to her party Trinamool Congress (TMC), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and very interestingly Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Subramanian Swamy on the second day of her Delhi visit on Wednesday.

With new entrants, Mamata Banerjee's TMC now eyes Bihar, Haryana

Nov 24, 2021, at 03:52 am

Kolkata/IBNS: With new entrants to her Tinamool Congress, it seems like West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is on an expansion mode, will find a foothold in states like Bihar and Haryana as Kirti Azad, Ashok Tanwar and Pawan Verma joined her party on Tuesday.

Kirti Azad dumps Congress to join Mamata's TMC

Nov 23, 2021, at 11:44 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: In another setback for the Congress, cricketer-turned politician Kirti Azad on Tuesday dumped the grand old party to join its strongest offshoot Trinamool Congress (TMC) here.

Nitish Kumar's former close aide Pavan Varma joins Mamata's TMC

Nov 23, 2021, at 11:03 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Former Janata Dal (United) leader Pavan Varma, who was also a close aide of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) here on Tuesday.

Congress' Kirti Azad to join Mamata Banerjee's TMC today

Nov 23, 2021, at 05:57 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Kirti Azad is set to join the Trinamool Congress (TMC), which is in an expansion mode after the 2021 West Bengal Assembly Election victory, media reports said.

Mamata Banerjee likely to visit New Delhi today

Nov 22, 2021, at 06:43 pm

Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo, Mamata Banerjee, is likely to fly to New Delhi on Monday on a three-day visit to the national capital.

Mamata Banerjee to visit Delhi, meet opposition leaders ahead of Parliament session

Nov 21, 2021, at 04:18 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will visit Delhi between Nov 22 and 25 ahead of the winter session of the Parliament, which is scheduled to begin on Nov 29.

Congratulations farmers, Mamata Banerjee says after Modi announces to repeal three farm laws

Nov 19, 2021, at 07:53 pm

Kolkata:West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday 'congratulated' farmers after PM Narendra Modi announced his government will repeal the three farm laws that had triggered protests since last year.

TMC nominates former Goa CM Luizinho Faleiro to Rajya Sabha

Nov 13, 2021, at 07:14 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress (TMC), which is aiming to make inroads in Goa, has nominated former state Chief Minister Luizinho Faleiro to Parliament's upperhouse, Rajya Sabha.

WB cabinet reshuffle: Mamata Banerjee takes charge of finance ministry, Amit Mitra made advisor to CM

Nov 10, 2021, at 02:35 am

Kolkata/IBNS: As a part of her cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee kept to herself the finance ministry and appointed Amit Mitra as Principal Chief Advisor to the CM.

West Bengal: Reshuffle announced in Mamata Banerjee Ministry

Nov 09, 2021, at 10:53 pm

Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday effected reshuffle in her Ministry.

West Bengal Minister Subrata Mukherjee cremated in Kolkata with full state honours

Nov 06, 2021, at 01:01 am

Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: The mortal remains of veteran politician and West Bengal Panchayat Minister Subrata Mukherjee were consigned to flames with full state honours on Friday.

'May Maa Kali bless you and your loved ones': Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee greets people on Diwali, participates in puja rituals

Nov 05, 2021, at 07:25 am

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister on Thursday wished Happy Diwali and Kali Puja to the people and also took part in the puja rituals.

Leaving void in Bengal politics, minister and senior Trinamool Congress leader Subrata Mukherjee dies at 75

Nov 05, 2021, at 05:41 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Veteran politician and West Bengal Panchayat Minister Subrata Mukherjee , who held a sway in Bengal politics for decades as a Congress and later Trinamool Congress leader, passed away on Thursday after a massive cardiac arrest at Kolkata's state-run SSKM Hospital, leaving a deep void in state politics. He was 75.

West Bengal Minister Subrata Mukherjee passes away

Nov 05, 2021, at 03:36 am

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Panchayat Minister and senior Trinamool Congress leader Subrata Mukherjee died from a severe cardiac arrest on Thursday. He was 75.

TMC sweeps all four Bengal bypolls by record margins, BJP cries foul

Nov 02, 2021, at 09:17 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: In another setback for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Trinamool Congress (TMC) won all four byelections, which were held in West Bengal last Saturday, including two seats which were earlier won by the saffron brigade.

TMC set for huge Bengal byelections win, Mamata says 'people's victory'

Nov 02, 2021, at 07:00 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Consolidating its position, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) is set for a huge victory in all four seats which went to bypolls last Saturday.

West Bengal by-polls: Around 61 pc polling recorded till 4 PM

Oct 30, 2021, at 11:03 pm

Kolkata/UNI: An estimated 61 per cent turnout was recorded till 4 PM for by-elections to four Assembly seats of Khardah in North 24 Parganas district, Santipur in Nadia, Gosaba in South 24 Parganas and Dinhata in Cooch Behar in West Bengal.

Modi becoming stronger courtesy Congress: Mamata Banerjee in Goa

Oct 30, 2021, at 07:15 pm

Panaji/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was going stronger due to Congress.