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'Babri Masjid should be rebuilt in Bengal's Murshidabad': TMC MLA Humayun Kabir sparks row

Dec 10, 2024, at 07:09 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Triggering a new controversy, Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir has indicated that he hopes to rebuild Babri Masjid in Beldanga in Bengal's Murshidabad district.

Mamata Banerjee questions Congress’s leadership as INDIA bloc allies outperform in key states

Dec 07, 2024, at 04:36 pm

Kolkata: After the Congress’s lacklustre performance in the recent Assembly polls across states, despite a modest improvement in the Lok Sabha polls, its allies in the INDIA bloc have begun to dismiss the party’s potential as a formidable opponent to BJP. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s recent comment about leading the opposition alliance further highlighted this sentiment.

Adani issue exposes cracks in INDIA bloc as TMC skips key Opposition meet in Delhi

Dec 02, 2024, at 06:27 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The cracks within the INDIA bloc have become visible during the ongoing winter session of Parliament for the second time after the third largest party Trinamool Congress (TMC) skipped a key Opposition meeting on the Adani issue in the national capital Delhi on Monday.

'Anti-national activities exposed?': BJP slams TMC after husband of Mamata's leader arrested with dangerous nuclear materials

Nov 30, 2024, at 07:36 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has slammed the Trinamool Congress (TMC) after one of its leader's husband was arrested in West Bengal's Darjeeling with confidential DRDO documents and dangerous nuclear materials worth crores, media reports said.

Corruption is no longer a poll issue: TMC to Congress on Adani issue

Nov 28, 2024, at 08:28 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress skipped the key INDIA bloc's meeting on the US indictment against billionaire Gautam Adani on Monday.

Won't be a rubber stamp for Congress: TMC signals rifts in INDIA bloc

Nov 28, 2024, at 03:50 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress Wednesday refused to be a "rubber stamp" for its ally's decisions, signalling a rift in the INDIA bloc, media reports said.

FIRs filed against BJP's Mithun Chakraborty over alleged 'inflammatory' speech in Kolkata

Nov 08, 2024, at 02:40 am

Kolkata: Two cases have been registered against actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty for making an inflammatory speech at the party's membership drive in Kolkata's Salt Lake, media reports said.

Violent protests erupt in Bengal's South 24 Parganas over TMC govt's housing scheme beneficiary list

Oct 31, 2024, at 07:34 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Tension erupted in a part of West Bengal's South 24 Parganas after the Mamata Banerjee government released lists of beneficiaries in the state's housing scheme, media reports said. 

‘Will chop them up…’: Mithun slams TMC leader Humayun Kabir’s violent threat to Hindus at Kolkata BJP rally

Oct 29, 2024, at 01:47 am

Kolkata: West Bengal, which is already charged up with intense Trinamool-BJP rivalry, witnessed further escalation on Sunday as actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty delivered a fiery message, vowing a tit-for-tat response to any violent overtures by Mamata Bannerjee’s ruling party.

Instead of Rabindrasangeet, Bengal today hears sounds of bombs: Amit Shah in Kolkata

Oct 28, 2024, at 02:47 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah slammed the Trinamool Congress government on Sunday and declared that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would form a government in Bengal in 2026.

Waqf bill: TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee smashes glass bottle during argument with BJP parliamentarian Abhijit Ganguly, suspended from JPC

Oct 23, 2024, at 12:01 am

Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee was suspended for his alleged unruly behaviour during a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) meeting on the Waqf bill.

TMC suspends students' wing leaders Rajanya Haldar and Prantik Chakraborty over film on RG Kar victim

Sep 28, 2024, at 07:34 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress has suspended its students' wing leaders- Rajanya Haldar and Prantik Chakraborty- coming under fire after the two made a short film in the backdrop of the RG Kar rape-murder case, media reports said.

CBI quizzes TMC MLA Nirmal Ghosh in RG Kar case

Sep 23, 2024, at 08:53 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress MLA Nirmal Ghosh on Monday appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the case pertaining to the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

DYFI leader Kalatan Dasgupta arrested over an audio clip of conversation aiming 'attack on junior doctors'

Sep 14, 2024, at 06:11 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) leader Kalatan Dasgupta has been arrested over an audio clip, which was brought to public by Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh who claimed a conspiracy has been hatched to attack the protesting junior doctors passing the blame on the ruling party.

Bengal govt proposes 5 pm meeting with protesting doctors in CM Mamata Banerjee's presence; rejects live streaming demand

Sep 12, 2024, at 09:31 pm

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant on Thursday made a renewed appeal to junior doctors protesting the brutal rape and murder of a female colleague, asking them to attend a meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at 5 p.m.

RG Kar rape-murder case: CBI quizzes TMC MLA Sudipto Roy who visited hospital after crime was discovered

Sep 12, 2024, at 07:41 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: A team of three Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officers on Thursday reached the residence and noursinghome of Trinamool Congress MLA Sudipto Roy for quizzing in connection with the rape-murder of a 31-year-old junior doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Trinamool Rajya Sabha MP Jawhar Sircar decides to resign over RG Kar protest, writes to Mamata Banerjee

Sep 08, 2024, at 06:13 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Responding to the spiralling RG Kar protest over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor, Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MP Jawhar Sircar has written to West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee expressing his decision to resign from the upper house of Parliament as a lawmaker. He also cited corruption in TMC as one of his reasons to step down. 

RG Kar protest: Suspected TMC supporters attack protesters in Bengal's Cooch Behar

Sep 05, 2024, at 06:07 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Amid a massive peaceful night vigil across West Bengal seeking justice for the junior doctor, who was brutally raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, a suspected group of Trinamool Congress supporters attacked protesters at Mathabhanga in Cooch Behar.

Mamata Banerjee's govt passes Aparajita Bill laying death penalty for rape convicts

Sep 04, 2024, at 03:00 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Facing massive protests and criticisms over the rape and murder of a 31-year-old junior doctor in Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, the West Bengal Assembly Tuesday passed the Aparajita Bill to amend some provisions of the criminal code, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, to be applicable for the state.

'Will hang distorted photos of women': TMC leader's warning after Mamata Banerjee's call for 'hissing protest'

Sep 02, 2024, at 08:18 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: A Trinamool Congress leader from West Bengal's Ashokenagar has threatened to hang distorted pictures of women as a counter to the alleged attempt to malign Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's images in the backdrop of the RG Kar rape-murder case.

Under fire over RG Kar case, TMC boycotts 3 TV channels citing 'anti-Bengal agenda-driven propaganda'

Sep 02, 2024, at 05:27 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress, which is at the receiving end of a massive public ire over the RG Kar rape-murder case, has boycotted three Bengali television channels for allegedly running "anti-Bengal agenda-driven propaganda".

Patient molests nurse at Birbhum health centre in West Bengal during night shift

Sep 01, 2024, at 07:18 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: At a time when Bengal is witnessing massive protest and outrage over the gruesome rape and murder of a junior doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, a disturbing news of a nurse being molested by a patient in a Birbhum health centre has come to the fore, media reports said.

Days after RG Kar protests, Tollywood faces TMC's attack over silence on 'communal film' The Diary of West Bengal

Aug 30, 2024, at 09:34 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Days after the Bengali filmdom took to streets demanding justice for the RG Kar rape-murder victim, the Trinamool Congress has lashed out at the celebrities for not reacting against the release of a film like The Diary of West Bengal, which it feels was made to damage the reputation of the ruling party.

Arijit Singh's consciousness arises only for Bengal: TMC after singer releases song for RG Kar

Aug 30, 2024, at 07:19 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh on Friday slammed leading Bollywood singer Arijit Singh for his alleged selective criticism after he released a song demanding justice for the 31-year-old trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

'How dare you threaten Assam?' Himanta Biswa Sarma slams Mamata Banerjee on her 'burn' remark

Aug 29, 2024, at 03:11 am

Guwahati/Kolkata/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Wednesday lambasted his Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee after she mentioned the neighbouring state as she compared the protests in Kolkata to the Bangladesh crisis.

Counter people who defame Bengal in a manner it is required: Mamata's message for TMC leaders draws BJP ire

Aug 28, 2024, at 10:41 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday instructed her party cadres and leaders to respond befittingly though she urged them to be non-violent, slamming the Nabanna march which was carried out by students under the banner of 'Chhatra Samaj' demanding justice for the RG Kar victim and her resignation.

You are bound to do it: Mamata Banerjee's social media diktat for TMC leaders 'to counter fake videos'

Aug 28, 2024, at 09:47 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday directed Trinamool Congress functionaries to join or be active on social media "to counter fake videos" amid the massive public ire her administration is facing over the handling of the RG Kar rape-murder case.

Amid public fury, Mamata Banerjee dedicates mega TMC event to RG Kar rape-murder victim

Aug 28, 2024, at 05:35 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has dedicated a mega event of her party Trinamool Congress to the 31-year-old trainee doctor who was raped and murdered at Kolkata's state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital amid the public outrage over the incident and massive anger against the state administration over its handling of the case.

Bengal bandh: Suvendu Adhikari claims gunshot fired at BJP leader in Bhatpara

Aug 28, 2024, at 05:02 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari has claimed one of his colleagues from the Bharatiya Janata Party was targeted by a Trinamool Congress worker in trouble-ridden Bhatpara in the early hours of a 12-hour state-wide bandh called by his outfit on Wednesday.

'Mamata Banerjee trying to divert attention, should resign': Nirbhaya's mother on RG Kar rape-murder

Aug 18, 2024, at 07:43 pm

New Delhi: Asha Devi, the mother of 2012 Delhi gang rape victim Nirbhaya, has called for the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, alleging that she “failed” to handle the situation following mass protests triggered by the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata