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West Bengal Transport Minister Suvendu Adhikari resigns

Nov 27, 2020, at 07:28 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: In a significant development, Trinamool Congress leader Suvendu Adhikari on Friday resigned as the West Bengal Transport Minister, media reports said.

Jagdeep Dhankhar should be prosecuted for 'obstructing' corruption probe, says Trinamool; Bengal Guv hits back

Nov 27, 2020, at 04:13 am

Kolkata/IBNS: In a new low in the strained relationship between the Governor House and the ruling party, Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee on Thursday said Jagdeep Dhankhar should be prosecuted for "obstructing" a corruption probe only to be hit back by the latter.

'Didi keeping all track': 'Trinamool Congress observer' Mamata Banerjee's message to party

Nov 25, 2020, at 08:27 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: At a time the ruling Trinamool Congress is rattled by the dissents, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday sent a strong message to her own party.

'Suvendu Adhikari is still in party': Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy amid speculations

Nov 25, 2020, at 01:15 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Saugata Roy on Tuesday said his party colleague Suvendu Adhikari was still in his outfit amid speculations over the rebel leader's political position. 

Two heavyweight opposition leaders join Trinamool Congress in Bengal

Aug 31, 2020, at 02:01 am

Kolkata/UNI: The Trinamool Congress today announced the joining of two heavyweight Opposition leaders, Shankar Narayan Singh Deo and Chanchal Maitra, in Purulia District.

Enforcement Directorate sends notice to 5 TMC leaders and suspended IPS officer in Narada Scam

Aug 24, 2020, at 10:45 pm

Kolkata/UNI/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has served notices to five leaders of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and suspended IPS officer SMH Mirza in connection with its ongoing probe into Narada sting operation asking them to furnish details of their accounts as well as of the family members, sources in the Central economic intelligence agency said on Monday.

Chandrasekhar Kundu joins Trinamool

Aug 07, 2020, at 10:53 pm

Kolkata/UNI: Social activist Chandrasekhar Kundu joined the Trinamool Congress in the presence of West Bengal Higher Education Minister and party Secretary-general Partha Chatterjee at Trinamool Bhavan today.

'Not afraid of anyone, will defeat BJP in 2021': Mamata Banerjee at virtual Martyrs' Day rally

Jul 21, 2020, at 10:08 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Almost sounding the poll bugle, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said her party Trinamool Congress (TMC) will defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has gained huge political ground post-2019 General Elections, in the 2021 assembly polls.

Ahead of 2021 assembly elections Mamata Banerjee warns party against corruption and infighting

Jun 06, 2020, at 06:13 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has told her party to refrain from discriminating against coronavirus pandemic and Cyclone Amphan affected people based on political affiliation and corruption in the state's public distribution system.

Bengal's political cauldron boils again as Mamata and BJP fish in Covid waters

Jun 05, 2020, at 10:39 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The pandemic Novel Coronavirus and super cyclone Amphan may have claimed several lives in West Bengal but served some political agendas to two political foes in the state, Mamata Banerjee-led ruling Trinamool Congress and rising opposition the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Never asked to remove PM: Mamata Banerjee hits out at BJP criticism

Jun 05, 2020, at 08:54 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee has slammed the state unit of BJP for engaging in politics at a time when the state is struggling to overcome the coronavirus crisis and the destruction caused by Cyclone Amphan.

KMC Commissioner Khalil Ahmed removed

May 23, 2020, at 02:01 pm

Kolkata/UNI: Trinamool Congress-run Kolkata Municipal Corporation's Commissioner Khalil Ahmed has been removed with an immediate effect from his post amid crisis of drinking water and disruption of power in this metropolis following Wednesday's super cyclone Amphan that uprooted scores of trees and lightposts.

Bangladeshis voting in India don't need to apply for citizenship: Mamata Banerjee

Mar 03, 2020, at 11:25 pm

Kaliganj(West Bengal)/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday people who arrived in India from Bangladesh and have been voting in elections are Indian citizens and do not require to apply for citizenship anymore, media reports said.

Mamata regime does not want effective border fencing: BJP MP Dilip Ghosh

Feb 04, 2020, at 05:20 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Making its intent clear that the saffron party would intensify the battle against CM Mamata Banerjee-led regime in West Bengal, the state BJP chief Dilip Ghosh on Tuesday alleged that All India Trinamool Congress administration does not want to protect the international boundary.

Trinamool Congress continues anti-CAA demonstration with songs, poems

Jan 13, 2020, at 04:24 pm

Kolkata/UNI: The Trinamool Congress students’ wing is continuing to protest the Citizenship Amendment Act or CAA with songs, poems and speeches at a sit-in demonstration on Rani Rashmoni Avenue in Kolkata.

Central Govt’s notification of CAA will stay only on paper: Mamata

Jan 11, 2020, at 08:22 pm

Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Chief minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said the Central Govt’s notification of CAA will stay only on paper.

West Bengal govt gears up to foil Jan 8 shut down

Jan 07, 2020, at 03:54 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal government has decided to remain business-as-usual on Jan 8 24-hour nationwide bandh called by the Congress and the Left front against CAA, NRC and NPR.

Statements of PM Modi and Amit Shah contradictory over NRC: Mamata Banerjee

Dec 24, 2019, at 01:45 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Hitting the streets for the sixth day against the new controversial citizenship law and National Register of Citizens (NRC), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the statements of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah over NRC are self-contradictory.

BJP will have to implement CAA, NRC over my dead body: Mamata Banerjee

Dec 16, 2019, at 05:00 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Taking the country's ruling party head on, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government will have to implement the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, and National Register of Citizens (NRC) over her dead body holding a mega rally in central and north Kolkata on Monday.

Do not fear, I am with you: Mamata Banerjee on NRC

Nov 20, 2019, at 06:19 pm

Sagardighi/UNI: With the fear of NRC looming large over people of the state, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said they should think about her whenever they feel worried.

Asaduddin Owaisi hits back at Mamata after Trinamool chief accuses AIMIM of playing 'divisive extremism'

Nov 19, 2019, at 02:56 pm

Kolkata/New Delhi/IBNS: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has hit back at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who on Monday accused the Hyderabad MP of playing "divisive extremism".

Financial emergency going on in the country: Congress' Sushmita Dev

Nov 04, 2019, at 06:13 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Days after gaining a few seats in the electoral battle in Maharashtra and Haryana, the Congress on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Narendra Modi government over the economic slowdown in a bid to corner the current dispensation.

Left, Congress announce joint candidates for upcoming West Bengal by-polls

Oct 31, 2019, at 09:24 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: After having a poor show in the Lok Sabha polls, the Left and the Congress took no chance but formed an alliance ahead for the upcoming by-elections in West Bengal with a sole agenda of defeating Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the ruling parties in the state and Centre respectively.

Congress leader arrested for speaking against Mamata govt on YouTube gets bail

Oct 20, 2019, at 01:41 pm

Purulia/IBNS: Congress leader and spokesperson Sanmoy Banerjee, who was arrested for posting content on social media against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the rule of her party on his YouTube Channel, has been given bail by a district court in West Bengal on Sunday.

Narada case: BJP leader Mukul Roy seeks time from CBI, probe agency summons again

Sep 27, 2019, at 03:03 pm

Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has once again summoned Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mukul Roy, an accused in the Narada case, who sought some more time from the federal probe agency.

Saradha case: Former Kolkata top cop Rajeev Kumar might get killed, says Congress' Somen Mitra

Sep 21, 2019, at 02:30 pm

Kolkata: Amid the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)'s hunt for former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar in the Saradha chit fund case, West Bengal Congress president Somen Mitra feared Kumar might get killed.

Mamata Banerjee to hold protest rally against NRC today

Sep 12, 2019, at 10:56 am

Kolkata, Sept 12 (UNI): West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will walk in a protest rally on Thursday against National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, which has excluded 19 lakh people.

Mamata couldn't have become CM without BJP's help: Sovan Chatterjee

Aug 20, 2019, at 08:11 pm

Kolkata: Once a right-hand man and a close aide of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, ex-Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee on Tuesday said his former party chief couldn't have assumed power without the saffron party's assistance.

Saradha chit fund case: CBI summons Trinamool leader Partha Chatterjee

Aug 16, 2019, at 03:08 pm

Kolkata, Aug 16 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday summoned West Bengal minister and Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam.

West Bengal Congress launches #DidiKeBolchi campaign

Aug 15, 2019, at 01:21 am

Kolkata, Aug 15 (IBNS): Days after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched #DidiKeBolo campaign, West Bengal Congress on Wednesday launched #DidiKeBolchi campaign to raise a few issues before the head of the state.