TMC's plan of going national will be different from past: Abhishek Banerjee
Jun 08, 2021, at 01:14 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Within 48 hours after getting appointed as the party's National General Secretary, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee on Monday affirmed his plan to go national with more concentration than what was witnessed in the past.
TMC intends to expand outside Bengal, appoints Abhishek Banerjee as All India General Secretary
Jun 05, 2021, at 10:52 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Bringing a major rejig in the party with a clear intent to spread its wings outside West Bengal politics, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday appointed its Lok Sabha MP and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee as the outfit's All India General Secretary.
After landslide victory, Mamata's first TMC meeting today; major rejig in party likely
Jun 05, 2021, at 04:24 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: After her party stormed back to power in 2021 Assembly Elections, Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee will on Saturday hold two key meetings with her leaders, as a major rejig in the outfit is expected.
PM Modi dials BJP MLA Mukul Roy amid rumours of his return to TMC
Jun 04, 2021, at 12:29 am
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from West Bengal, Mukul Roy, and inquired about his wife Krishna Roy's health, amid buzz over the saffron leader's return to his former outfit, Trinamool Congress (TMC).
TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee meets Mukul Roy's ailing wife, triggers political speculation
Jun 03, 2021, at 05:58 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and the party's de facto number two, Abhishek Banerjee, on Wednesday evening met Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Mukul Roy's ailing wife at a city hospital, triggering speculation of a new political chemistry in West Bengal.
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.
Didi defaming Nandigram people with false allegation of attack: Modi targets Mamata in Kanthi
Mar 24, 2021, at 06:05 pm
Kanthi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for "falsely accusing" people of Nandigram of conspiring an attack on her in the Midnapore district.
CBI summons TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's wife's relatives in illegal coal mining case
Mar 13, 2021, at 01:08 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has served a notice to two relatives of Trinamool Congress (AITC) Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee's wife, Rujira Naroola Banerjee, in connection with its ongoing probe into an illegal coal mining case, officials said on Friday.
BJP, brace yourself for the power of Bengal on May 2: Abhishek Banerjee
Mar 11, 2021, at 03:09 pm
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday warned the Bharatiya Janata Party to get ready to see the power of people of Bengal on Sunday (May 2), the day of counting of votes of the Assembly elections.
Mamata Banerjee to hold rally in Hooghly on same ground today where Modi visited Monday
Feb 24, 2021, at 04:45 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In a counter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will hold a public meeting on the same ground, where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stalwart addressed a crowd a couple of days ago, on Wednesday.
Coal scam case: CBI quizzes Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee's wife Rujira Naroola
Feb 23, 2021, at 08:07 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday quizzed Trinamool Congress MP and West Bengal Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee's wife Rujira Naroola in connection with the coal scam case.
Coal scam case: CBI at Abhishek Banerjee's residence to quiz his wife Rujira Naroola
Feb 23, 2021, at 06:10 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday reached Trinamool Congress MP and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee's residence in south Kolkata to quiz his wife Rujira Naroola in connection with the coal scam case.
CBI quizzes Abhishek Banerjee's sister-in-law in coal scam case
Feb 22, 2021, at 08:59 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A day after serving notice to the wife of TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday interrogated his sister-in-law in connection with its ongoing probe into an illegal coal mining case, sources said.
PM Modi in poll-bound West Bengal today, to inaugurate developmental projects
Feb 22, 2021, at 05:18 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Monday inaugurate various developmental projects in poll-bound West Bengal, where he is making his third visit in 30 days.
Coal scam: CBI serves notice to Abhishek Banerjee's wife
Feb 21, 2021, at 08:40 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday afternoon visited the Kolkata residence of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's nephew, Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee, and served a notice to his wife, Rujira Naroola Banerjee, in connection with its ongoing probe into an illegal coal mining case, sources said.
BreakingNews: CBI at TMC MP and Mamata nephew Abhishek Banerjee's home in coal case
Feb 21, 2021, at 08:00 pm
Kolkata: A CBI team has reportedly reached the residence of Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee in an alleged coal smuggling case. The nephew of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been asked to join a probe in the case, said media reports.
First fight polls with Abhishek Banerjee: Mamata's challenge to Amit Shah in Bengal polls
Feb 18, 2021, at 11:23 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In a counter-attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over nepotism charge, West Bengal Chief MInister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday challenged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to fight elections with her parliamentarian nephew Abhishek Banerjee.
'I am still in Trinamool Congress': Rebel Lok Sabha MP Satabdi Roy after meeting top brass
Jan 16, 2021, at 03:18 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A day after venting anger against her own outfit, rebel Trinamool Congress MP Satabdi Roy on Friday said she was still in the party fold following a meeting with the top brass.
Nov 30, 2020, at 04:02 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Countering rebel Trinamool Congress leader Suvendu Adhikari, party MP Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday said he would have contested from his own locality had he been launched by a parachute or been lifted.
Nov 20, 2020, at 12:19 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Maintaining suspense over his political position, West Bengal Minister and heavyweight Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader, Suvendu Adhikari, on Thursday said he was still a member of West Bengal's ruling party.
TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee shoots legal notice to BJP MP Babul Supriyo
Sep 21, 2020, at 12:29 am
Kolkata/UNI: All India Trinamool Youth Congress president Abhishek Banerjee, MP from Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency, on Saturday dashed off a legal notice to BJP MP from Asansol and Union Minister of State Babul Supriyo for the latter's tweet.
TMC hits out at Narendra Modi government for holding UGC NET during Durga Puja
Sep 20, 2020, at 02:28 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The conduction of the National Eligibility Test (NET), also known as UGC NET, during festival Durga Puja has turned out to be a new flashpoint between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Trinamool Congress (TMC), which has been attempting to lead the students' issues in the last one month.
Amid protests, CESC announces to put amounts of April-May billed in June in abeyance
Jul 20, 2020, at 05:09 am
Kolkata/IBNS: After facing a massive outrage for sending its consumers 'exorbitant' electricity bills amid financial crisis triggered by Covid-19 and resultant lockdown, RP Sanjiv Goenka Group owned power utility, Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (CESC), on Sunday night announced to keep in abeyance the charges for April and May, which were merged with the bills of June.
Dec 09, 2019, at 06:36 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The DMK on Monday said the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) is discriminatory which could only spark off 'animosity' among communities and wondered why the BJP-led NDA regime has been giving so much importance to Pakistan. The opposition Trinamool Congress also attacked the government with TMC lawmaker Abhishek Banerjee flaying the saffron for going against the tenets of people like Swami Vivekananda.
May 18, 2019, at 10:27 pm
Kolkata, May 18 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written a letter to the Election Commission and asked them to conduct "peaceful and impartial" voting in the Lok Sabha Polls in the state during the last phase of the democratic process.
BJP wave sweeping Bengal and something major going to happen : Modi
Apr 20, 2019, at 11:43 am
Buniadpur, Apr 20 (UNI) Launching a blistering attack on the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said a massive BJP wave has been sweeping Bengal and the country is saying something major is going to happen in the state.
Bengal will show the way to ‘poriborton’ in Delhi as well: Abhishek Banerjee in Bongaon
Apr 13, 2019, at 09:43 pm
Bongaon, Apr 13 (UNI) Trinamool youth congress president and MP Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday said Bengal has shown the way to ‘poriborton’ and now ‘poriborton’ will come in Delhi too.
Calcutta HC stays the Customs summon to TMC MP Abhisekh's wife Ruchika
Apr 08, 2019, at 06:43 pm
Kolkata, Apr 8 (UNI) A two-judge bench of Calcutta High Court today stayed the summon the Customs issued to Ruchika Naroola, wife of TMC MP Abhisekh Banerjee and asked her to file her appeal before a trial bench of the high court.
Aug 29, 2018, at 09:59 pm
Kolkata, Aug 29 (IBNS): A metropolitan magistrate court in Kolkata on Wednesday summoned BJP national president Amit Shah in connection with a defamation case filed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) parliamentarian Abhishek Banerjee, reports said.
Kolkata: TMC hits streets to protest fuel price hike
May 30, 2018, at 12:27 am
Kolkata, May 29 (IBNS): The youth wing of West Bengal's ruling party Trinamool Congress on Tuesday hit the streets of Kolkata to protest the fuel price hike for 15 consecutive days across the country.