WB polls: Amid allegations of violence more than 39 pct turnout recorded in first four hours
Apr 17, 2016, at 07:29 pm
Kolkata, Apr 17 (IBNS): As the second phase polling is underway in 56 constituencies of West Bengal, more than 39 percent voters' turnout has been recorded in the first four fours on Sunday.
Bengal polls: ECI to put TMC leader Anubrata Mondal under 24x7 surveillance
Apr 16, 2016, at 05:08 am
Kolkata/New Delhi, Apr 15 (IBNS): After receiving a huge number of allegations against Trinamool Congress (TMC) Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal, from all opposition parties, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday evening decided to put Anubrata Mondal under 24x7 magistrate surveillance, reports said.
Narada sting: TMC holds counter march, Lefts stage demonstration
Mar 19, 2016, at 01:51 am
Kolkata, Mar 18 (IBNS): A day after the Left Front (LF) organized a protest rally on Narada News sting operation issue, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday held a counter march from Sealdah to Kolkata's downtown Esplanade area, claiming the sting operation footage is fake and a slander by oppositions.
Narada sting operation: Left Front holds protest march in Kolkata
Mar 18, 2016, at 04:15 am
Kolkata, Mar 17 (IBNS): Demanding proper investigation into the Narada News sting operation issue and punishment for those Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders, who were seen taking bribes in sting footage, the Kolkata unit of Left Front (LF) on Thursday held a protest march in Kolkata.
Kolkata: Man found dead with bullet wound inside goods carrier
Mar 17, 2016, at 12:49 am
Kolkata, Mar 16 (IBNS): A middle-aged man was found dead on Wednesday inside the cabin of a goods carrier vehicle at Maniktala area in north Kolkata, reports said.
Parliament ruckus over TMC sting continues
Mar 16, 2016, at 05:43 pm
New Delhi, Mar 16 (IBNS) The Parliament on Wednesday was rocked yet again as the ruckus over the alleged TMC bribery case was debated by Left leader Sitaram Yechury and TMC spokesperson Derek O'Brian.
Mamata Banerjee participates in International Women's Day rally in Kolkata
Mar 09, 2016, at 12:39 am
Kolkata,Mar 8 (IBNS): With a rally to mark International Women's Day, West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee commenced her election campaign for the upcoming Assembly polls in the state.
Assembly polls: TMC activists demonstrate over candidates list across WB
Mar 06, 2016, at 06:09 am
Kolkata, Mar 5 (IBNS): Expressing dissatisfaction over selection of candidates for upcoming West Bengal assembly elections, a section of Trinamool Congress (TMC) activists on Saturday held agitation at several locations in the state.
TMC slams Union Budget, calls it 'hopeless'
Mar 01, 2016, at 12:54 am
Kolkata, Feb 29 (IBNS): The Trinamool Congress on Monday called the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley as ' hopeless'.
Burdwan University: TMC-led outsiders beat students on hunger strike
Feb 27, 2016, at 05:02 am
Kolkata/Burdwan, Feb 26 (IBNS): Few students of West Bengal's Burdwan University, who were on hunger strike since Thursday, were allegedly beaten on Friday evening by Trinamool Congress (TMC)-led outsiders, reports said.
West Bengal: SFI activists-police clash at Burdwan University
Feb 23, 2016, at 11:31 pm
Kolkata/Burdwan, Feb 23 (IBNS): Members of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)'s students' wing Student Federation of India (SFI) clashed with the police at Burdwan University's Rajbati campus in West Bengal's Burdwan district on Tuesday.
Kolkata hit-and-run case: Injured man dies in hospital, accused TMCP leader granted bail
Feb 13, 2016, at 02:04 am
Kolkata, Feb 12 (IBNS): West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s student wing leader Kanishka Mukherjee, who was earlier held for hitting another car and injuring a man on Thursday night near Gariahat area, got bail on Friday from Kolkata court, even as the street dweller injured in the crash died.
Another hit-and-run in Kolkata: TMCP leader arrested
Feb 12, 2016, at 10:21 pm
Kolkata, Feb 12 (IBNS): The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s student wing Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP)'s leader was arrested for allegedly hitting cars and a man by his speeding car near Gariahat area in Kolkata on Thursday night, reports said.
TMC leader nabbed with firearms at Kolkata airport, sent to custody
Feb 03, 2016, at 03:43 am
Kolkata, Feb 2 (IBNS): The Barrackpore Sub Division Court on Tuesday sent Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Narendranath Chakraborty, who was earlier held from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (NSCBI-CCU) in Kolkata for carrying fire arms, to judicial custody for 14 days.
Cong leaders meet Rahul Gandhi to discuss on upcoming West Bengal assembly polls
Feb 02, 2016, at 02:15 am
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IBNS): A team of West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) led by WBPCC president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday met All India Congress Committee (AICC) vice president Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi to discuss on the party's strategy to compete in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections.
Kolkata: BJP holds rally to Lalbazar to protest against IAF corporal's killing
Jan 17, 2016, at 05:27 am
Kolkata, Jan 16 (IBNS) Demanding the immediate arrest of all accused, whose speeding car hit and killed 21-year-old Indian Air Force (IAF) corporal Abhimanyu Gaud on Wednesday early morning while he was rehearsing for R-Day parade in Kolkata's Red Road (Indira Gandhi Sarani), the youth wing of Bharatiya Janata Party- Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM)- on Saturday organized a protest march to Kolkata Police's headquarters Lalbazar.
Jan 12, 2016, at 12:50 am
Kolkata, Jan 11 (IBNS): Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali arrived in Kolkata on Monday.
WB: CPI-M's rally attacked in West Midnapore, TMC accused
Jan 11, 2016, at 03:03 am
Kolkata, Jan 10 (IBNS): Few Trinamool Congress (TMC) supporters on Sunday allegedly attacked a rally of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and beat its supporters at Keshpur area in West Midnapore district of West Bengal, reports said.
WB: Ex footballer assaulted in Howrah, TMC accused
Jan 10, 2016, at 11:51 pm
Kolkata, Jan 10 (IBNS): Former national footballer Satyabrata Bhowmick was allegedly assaulted by local Trinamool Congress (TMC) members on Saturday evening at Bally Nischinda area in West Bengal's Howrah district, reports said.
Idris Ali is a member of ISIS: CPI-M leader Gautam Deb counters TMC MP
Jan 07, 2016, at 04:50 am
Kolkata, Jan 6 (IBNS): Countering Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha MP Idris Ali's statement, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Gautam Deb on Wednesday said that Idris Ali is a member of terrorist group ISIS.
West Bengal: TMC Panchayat Samiti president fires shots in Malda, youth killed
Dec 28, 2015, at 03:54 am
Kolkata, Dec 27 (IBNS): A Trinamool Congress (TMC) Panchayat Samiti president allegedly fired on a mob at English Bazar area in West Bengal's Malda district on Sunday afternoon which killed one youth and left another injured, reports said.
TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay says he got death threat in SMS
Dec 22, 2015, at 08:19 pm
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IBNS) Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that he received several SMSs with death threats and they were in such filthy language that part of it he cannot utter in the House.
Shankudeb Panda removed from TMC's State GS post
Dec 15, 2015, at 04:56 am
Kolkata, Dec 14 (IBNS): The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday removed Shankudeb Panda from its State General Secretary's post.
Slum demolition: AAP, TMC join hands to protest against central government
Dec 14, 2015, at 07:46 pm
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IBNS) In an alleged anti-encroachment drive by the Railway Police which saw the demolition of almost 500 shanties in West Delhi's Shakur Basti on Sunday, the Centre has evoked the wrath of the opposition yet again as the AAP and the TMC joined hands to launch a protest against the move on Monday.
WB: Student shot during TMC's group clash in Malda, BJP delegation attacked in Cooch Behar
Dec 07, 2015, at 02:38 am
Kolkata, Dec 6 (IBNS): A 14-year-old school student was shot during a clash between two groups of ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) at Kaliachak in Malda district of West Bengal on Sunday, ahead of WB Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's trip to the district, reports said.
HC puts West Bengal Minister Madan Mitra under house arrest
Nov 05, 2015, at 09:27 pm
Kolkata, Nov 5 (IBNS): Days after he was released on bail, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday put West Bengal Minister Madan Mitra under house arrest till Nov 17.
TMC MLA Sabyasachi Dutta becomes new Mayor of Bidhannagar
Oct 14, 2015, at 02:45 am
Kolkata, Oct 13 (IBNS): West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday officially announced the names of mayors, deputy mayors and chairpersons of Bidhannagar (Salt Lake) and Asansol municipal corporations.
WB college clash: TMC suspends MLA Dipak Halder
Sep 17, 2015, at 03:14 am
Kolkata, Sept 16 (IBNS): The Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s disciplinary committee on Wednesday suspended the MLA of Diamond Harbour assembly constituency Dipak Kumar Halder who was arrested on Monday for allegedly taking part in a clash between two groups of students in Diamond Harbour area in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district.
WB college clash: TMC MLA gets bail
Sep 16, 2015, at 12:07 am
Kolkata/South 24 Parganas, Sept 15 (IBNS): A local court in Diamond Harbour in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district on Tuesday granted bail to the Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Dipak Halder who was arrested for allegedly taking part in a clash between two groups of students at Fakir Chand College in Diamond Harbour area on Monday.
India to witness day long shut down tomorrow
Sep 02, 2015, at 04:16 am
Kolkata, Sep 1 (IBNS): The Central and state governments have taken initiatives to foil the country wide general strike on Wednesday, called by the Lefts' employees and trade unions.