Sep 26, 2021, at 02:23 am
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday criticised the Centre for denying her permission to attend the World Peace Forum meeting in Rome next month, saying the denial was an act of "jealousy" towards the Trinamool Congress.
Sep 25, 2021, at 05:33 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court on Friday reserved its order on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed questioning the Election Commission of India (ECI)'s decision to conduct a bypoll in Bhabanipur assembly seat amid pandemic where Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee is a contestant.
BJP accuses Kolkata IPS officer of molesting its Bhabanipur candidate, writes to ECI
Sep 25, 2021, at 03:14 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday wrote to the Election Commission of India (ECI) alleging that its Bhabanipur bypoll candidate Priyanka Tibrewal was molested and assaulted by Kolkata Police's Deputy Commissioner (South Division), IPS Akash Magharia, during an agitation near West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Kalighat residence on Thursday.
Contesting from Bhabanipur was destined: Mamata Banerjee ahead of bypoll
Sep 23, 2021, at 11:33 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said her contest from the south Kolkata constituency of Bhabanipur, where she resides, was in her destiny.
Won't let BJP turn India into Taliban state: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in Bhabanipur
Sep 22, 2021, at 11:35 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said she won't let the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to turn India into a Taliban state, in an unsparing attack on the saffron camp while campaigning for her byelection in Bhabanipur constituency.
Happy at the way Mamata Banerjee gave love, affection, warmth: Babul Supriyo after meeting TMC chief
Sep 20, 2021, at 08:49 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Former Union Minister Babul Supriyo, who joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) last week, Monday said he was "happy" at the way love and affection were showered on him by party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
PM Modi, Mamata Banerjee, Adar Poonawalla feature in TIME's 100 most influential people's list
Sep 16, 2021, at 05:44 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee have featured in TIME Magazine's list of 100 most influential people for the year 2021.
CBI summons Mamata Banerjee's Nandigram election agent Sk Supian in post-poll violence case
Sep 16, 2021, at 05:05 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday summoned Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Seikh Supian, who was the election agent of Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram, in connection with its ongoing probe into the post-poll violence cases in the state, officials said.
TMC nominates Sushmita Dev to Rajya Sabha
Sep 14, 2021, at 09:41 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) has nominated its leader Sushmita Dev to Parliament’s upper house- Rajya Sabha.
Bengal: BJP's Bhabanipur bypoll candidate Priyanka Tibrewal files nomination
Sep 13, 2021, at 07:33 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from West Bengal's Bhabanipur constituency, where bypoll is due on Sept 30, Priyanka Tibrewal, Monday filed her nomination at Alipore Survey Building here.
Sep 11, 2021, at 12:18 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s candidate for Bhabanipur bypoll, advocate Priyanka Tibrewal, Friday accused the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) of not allowing Hindi-speaking people to cast their votes in the constituency, countering her rival West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who said votes are polled less in the seat.
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee files nomination as TMC candidate from Bhabanipur
Sep 10, 2021, at 08:04 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday filed her nomination as a Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate from Bhabanipur assembly constituency for the upcoming bypoll in the seat.
Bengal: BJP fields Priyanka Tibrewal against Mamata Banerjee for Bhabanipur byelection
Sep 10, 2021, at 05:36 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded advocate and its leader Priyanka Tibrewal, who had filed the petition in the case pertaining to post-poll violence in West Bengal, against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the upcoming byelection in the Bhabanipur assembly seat.
Bengal: Left fields young lawyer Srijib Biswas against Mamata Banerjee for Bhabanipur byelection
Sep 09, 2021, at 03:09 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Left Front has fielded CPI-M leader and young lawyer Srijib Biswas as its candidate to take on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the Bhabanipur bypoll in West Bengal.
TMC, BJP fight over Hindu festival Durga Puja after Mamata announces cash for clubs
Sep 08, 2021, at 07:08 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) and its prime Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have freshly locked horns over Hindu festival Durga Puja after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced cash worth Rs. 50,000 each to around 36,000 puja organisers.
Congress says it won't contest bypoll against Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata's Bhawanipore
Sep 08, 2021, at 06:06 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Putting an end to all speculations, the Congress party on Tuesday announced that it would not field a candidate against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the upcoming Bhawanipore bypoll from where she is contesting later this month.
Mamata's road to Bengal assembly: Byelection in Bhabanipur seat on Sept 30
Sep 04, 2021, at 07:27 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee, who is still a non-MLA, will have a second chance to head to the state assembly by winning from the iconic Bhabanipur seat, where election will be held on Sept 30.
Former Rajya Sabha MP and journalist Chandan Mitra passes away
Sep 02, 2021, at 04:45 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Former Rajya Sabha MP and veteran journalist Chandan Mitra passed away late Wednesday night in Delhi, his son Kushan Mitra said.
Sep 02, 2021, at 04:10 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The West Bengal government on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court challenging an order of the Calcutta High Court directing CBI investigation into the allegations of post-poll violence in the state.
Coal scam case: TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's wife Rujira likely to skip ED summons today
Sep 01, 2021, at 05:55 pm
Kolkata/New Delhi/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee's wife Rujira Naroola Banerjee is likely to skip the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is probing the coal scam case.
Bengal: BJP's Bishnupur MLA Tanmoy Ghosh joins TMC
Aug 30, 2021, at 07:29 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Assembly MLA Tanmoy Ghosh from Bishnupur constituency became the second Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker to join the Trinamool Congress (TMC) since the conclusion of the state polls in May this year.
Aug 28, 2021, at 10:31 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Accusing the saffron party of vindictive politics, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was unable to fight her Trinamool Congress (TMC) politically so using agencies, hours after Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoned her nephew Abhishek Banerjee and his wife in a coal scam case.
'Time has come to rise above our compulsions': Sonia Gandhi tells oppositions to unite
Aug 21, 2021, at 03:04 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Time has come when the interests of the nation demand that all parties rise above "our compulsions", Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi said as she called out to opposition leaders to unite before the 2024 elections at a virtual meeting on Friday.
19 Opposition parties attend Sonia Gandhi's virtual meet
Aug 21, 2021, at 12:58 am
New Delhi/UNI: A virtual meeting called by Congress' interim president Sonia Gandhi was attended by 19 Opposition parties including the Trinamool Congress Party, sources said.
Sonia Gandhi to meet opposition leaders including Mamata Banerjee virtually tomorrow
Aug 20, 2021, at 02:19 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress President Sonia Gandhi is all set to meet opposition leaders including Mamata Banerjee and Uddhav Thackeray virtually on Friday.
Joined TMC without conditions, no grievance against Sonia-Rahul: Sushmita Dev
Aug 18, 2021, at 01:48 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress-turned Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sushmita Dev Tuesday said she joined the grand old party's offshoot without any condition.
Former Congress MP Sushmita Dev joins TMC
Aug 16, 2021, at 08:59 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Congress MP from Assam's Silchar Sushmita Dev, who quit the grand old party a day ago, joined West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) Monday.
Former Congress MP Sushmita Dev quits party, likely to join TMC
Aug 16, 2021, at 04:46 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Congress MP from Assam's Silchar Sushmita Dev resigned as her party member, triggering speculations over her next political destination.
Mamata Banerjee's TMC to observe Khela Hobe Diwas in Tripura on Aug 16
Aug 14, 2021, at 10:54 pm
Agartala/UNI: The Trinamool Congress is scheduled to observe Khela Hobe Diwas (celebrate the day to play) across Tripura at block level on August 16 next, protesting against the alleged atrocities of ruling BJP on opposition parties and media, which is considered to be the formal beginning in the state.
Aug 12, 2021, at 10:57 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced the extension of the ongoing Covid19-induced restrictions in the state till Aug 31 with some additional relaxations.