May 02, 2021, at 10:45 pm
Kolkata: In her first address to party workers after clinching the Assembly polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said her first priority will be to fight the COVID-19 challenge.
Conflicting reports on Mamata win: Report suggests counting yet to conclude
May 02, 2021, at 10:44 pm
Amid the news that Mamata Banerjee has won the Nandigram seat in a cliffhanger against her former lieutenant and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Suvendu Adhikari, reports from the constitutency said the counting is still on and the result has not been declared officially. Mamata meanwhile addressed people emerging out of her room and asked all to return home and wait for her press conference at 6 pm. She urged everyone to take Covid19 precautions. After being in a wheel chair since mid March from an injury in Nandigram, she was seen on her feet.
Prashant Kishor quits election management after ensuring Mamata Banerjee's TMC election victory
May 02, 2021, at 10:37 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Election strategist Prashant Kishor, who spearheaded Mamata Banerjee's 2021 election victory, on Sunday announced that he will quit his election management job and hand over I-PAC to his employees to run the show.
Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman wish Mamata Banerjee over West Bengal Assembly poll results
May 02, 2021, at 10:31 pm
New Delhi: Defence Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Rajnath Singh on Sunday congratulated West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee after her party registered a thumping victory in the Assembly polls to return to power for a third straight term.
May 02, 2021, at 10:13 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In a close contest with her former lieutenant and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Suvendu Adhikari, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee won from Nandigram as the results of the state assembly elections are declared on Sunday, according a news agency report.
Mamata Banerjee wins Nandigram
May 02, 2021, at 10:01 pm
Nandigram: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee successfully won the politically crucial Nandigram seat by beating Bharatiya Janata Party's opponent Suvendu Adhikari.
TMC inches closer to 3rd term victory in Bengal, BJP yet to accept defeat
May 02, 2021, at 08:57 pm
Kolkata/UNI: As the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) is heading for a third term victory in Bengal, leading in 206 of the 294 seats, rival BJP is yet to concede defeat as its spokesman Amit Malvia said the party will "wait till the end of 15 rounds of counting."
Mehbooba Mufti, Sharad Pawar wish Mamata Banerjee over West Bengal Assembly polls results
May 02, 2021, at 08:23 pm
New Delhi: Senior Kashmir politician and former state CM Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday congratulated West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee after her Trinamool Congress registered a massive lead in the ongoing Assembly polls.
Mamata Banerjee leads in Nandigram after round 11
May 02, 2021, at 07:55 pm
Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, who had been trailing in Nandigram since the counting started, is currently leading over BJP's Suvendu Adhikari by 3327 votes after the completion of 11th round of counting.
Didi, jio Didi: Akhilesh Yadav lauds Mamata Banerjee on TMC's huge lead in Bengal polls
May 02, 2021, at 07:29 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav came out with all praises for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee whose Trinamool Congress (TMC) has taken a huge lead over the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as the results of assembly elections are coming out on Sunday.
Congratulations Mamata Banerjee for landslide victory: Arvind Kejriwal
May 02, 2021, at 07:29 pm
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday congratulated West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after her Trinamool Congress registered a victory in the state Assembly polls by overcoming the challenge thrown by Bharatiya Janata Party following the Lok Sabha polls in 2019.
Bengal Poll Results: TMC touches 200-mark, Mamata still trails in Nandigram
May 02, 2021, at 05:49 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Despite Mamata Banerjee's trailing in Nandigram so far, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has touched the 200-mark as the results for the West Bengal assembly elections are coming out on Sunday.
Bengal Poll Results: TMC comfortably ahead of BJP now, Mamata trails in Nandigram
May 02, 2021, at 04:14 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress has taken a comfortable lead over its prime opponent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as the results of the West Bengal assembly elections are coming out on Sunday.
Nandigram: Suvendu leads by over 8000 votes, Mamata trails after third round
May 02, 2021, at 03:59 pm
Even as the ruling Trinamool Congress takes a lead in West Bengal as the counting progressed, BJP's Nandigram candidate Suvendu Adhikari is leading over TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee by over 8200 votes after the completion of third round of counting, reports said.
Apr 30, 2021, at 04:07 am
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: Four of seven exit polls conducted by various agencies in India have predicted Mamata Banerjee-led powerful regional satrap Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s return to power in West Bengal with the country's ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging as a strong opposition to reckon with.
Exit polls predict return of Mamata in Bengal, BJP to emerge as major force
Apr 30, 2021, at 02:03 am
Kolkata/IBNS: As the eight-phased high-octane West Bengal assembly election concluded on Thursday, most of the exit polls predicted a return of the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) to power for the third term.
Bengal polls: ECI traces out TMC leader Anubrata Mondal, puts him under surveillance again
Apr 28, 2021, at 10:53 pm
Birbhum/West Bengal/IBNS: Nearly two hours after Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal went out of the Election Commission of India (ECI)'s 'eyes', local machineries of the poll body on Wednesday afternoon found the TMC strongman at Tarapith and put him under strict surveillance again, officials said.
Apr 27, 2021, at 02:51 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid some stray incidents of violence, the seventh phase of West Bengal Assembly polls concluded on Monday with an overall voters' turnout of 75.06 per cent till 5 PM.
Apr 26, 2021, at 01:54 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Days after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had accused some observers of the Election Commission of India (ECI) of performing biased role at the behest of the BJP during the ongoing assembly election in the state, the poll body on Sunday evening dismissed the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief's claim and stated that her remarks against the ECI officers were 'absolutely baseless, false and misleading', officials said.
West Bengal: TMC's Khardaha candidate Kajal Sinha succumbs to COVID-19
Apr 25, 2021, at 06:29 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Days after testing positive for Covid-19, Trinamool Congress (AITC/TMC) candidate in North 24 Parganas' Khardaha assembly seat, Kajal Sinha, died in a Kolkata hospital on Sunday morning, reports said.
TMC will sue ECI after Bengal assembly polls to ensure fair polls in future : Mamata
Apr 25, 2021, at 03:51 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) will move the Supreme Court against the Election Commission of India after the West Bengal assembly polls to ensure free and fair elections in the future, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said, according to media reports.
Covid-19: Told PM that we can't supply oxygen to other states, says Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
Apr 23, 2021, at 09:02 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said she had expressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi her inability to supply Oxygen cylinders to other states at this hour of Covid-19 crisis.
Apr 23, 2021, at 02:43 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Voting for the sixth phase of the high-voltage West Bengal Assembly Election concluded on Thursday with an overall 79 per cent turnout till 5 PM in four districts of the state.
Apr 22, 2021, at 06:42 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Mounting pressure further on the Centre, several opposition leaders have criticised the Narendra Modi government over the difference in prices at which the Serum Institute of India (SII) has decided to sell its Covid-19 vaccine to the Centre, states and private hospitals.
No question of lockdown now in Bengal: Mamata Banerjee amid Covid-19 spike
Apr 22, 2021, at 12:21 am
Malda/Kolkata/IBNS: In tune with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said there would be no lockdown in West Bengal immediately to contain the spread of Covid-19.
Centre's universal vaccine policy appears to be hollow: Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi
Apr 20, 2021, at 11:44 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the availability of Covid-19 vaccine in the state where she said that the 'universal vaccine policy' announced by the Centre had appeared to be hollow.
Bengal: TMC leader Firhad Hakim caught abusing BJP, CISF in viral video
Apr 20, 2021, at 10:00 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In another new low in the West Bengal politics, Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate from Kolkata Port, Firhad Hakim, was heard abusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) in a video, which went viral on social media.
Ex-PM Manmohan Singh tests positive for Covid-19, admitted to Delhi's AIIMS
Apr 20, 2021, at 12:59 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has tested positive for Covid-19 and has been admitted to the trauma centre of Delhi's AIIMS, the Congress party informed on Monday.
Narendra Modi responsible for second wave of Covid: Mamata Banerjee
Apr 19, 2021, at 11:29 pm
Kaliganj/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was responsible for the second wave of Covid.
Covid-19 spike: Mamata shuts Bengal schools, halves workforce in govt offices, says no lockdown now
Apr 19, 2021, at 09:14 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced the closure of all government schools and reduced the workforce in offices to 50 per cent daily, in the wake of the massive spike in Covid-19 cases in the poll-bound Indian state.