Feb 05, 2022, at 01:58 am
New Delhi/UNI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday requested MPs not to make comments on the Chair inside or outside the House, including the social media.
Mamata Banerjee slams Mahua Moitra in public over factionalism within party
Dec 10, 2021, at 05:10 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday expressed her displeasure over the party's leadership in Nadia and growing factionalism within the party ranks in the district.
Trinamool Congress forms alliance in Goa with local party MGP that helped BJP come to power in 2017
Dec 07, 2021, at 06:43 am
Panaji/IBNS: West Bengal's ruling party Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday stitched an alliance in Goa with Sudhin Dhavlikar-led Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, which helped the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to come into power in 2017.
Congress joins hands with Vijai Sardesai's party in Goa, upsets TMC
Dec 01, 2021, at 06:23 pm
Panaji/IBNS: In a new political equation, the Congress has stitched an alliance with the Goa Forward Party (GFP) in the run up to the 2022 state elections, stunning the emergent Trinamool Congress (TMC).
Mahua Moitra called me Bihari gunda, alleges BJP's Nishikant Dubey; TMC MP denies
Jul 29, 2021, at 08:12 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In an ugly political fight, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey has accused Trinamool Congress (TMC) parliamentarian Mahua Moitra of calling him "Bihari gunda".
Jul 05, 2021, at 07:52 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Two Trinamool Congress parliamentarians on Monday met with President Ram Nath Kovind and demanded an "immediate resignation" of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta "on grounds of gross misconduct and impropriety".
Jun 29, 2021, at 04:26 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: After her party boss Mamata Banerjee called Jagdeep Dhankhar a "corrupt man", Trinamool Congress (TMC) parliamentarian Mahua Moitra has accused the controversial West Bengal Governor of being the "beneficiary of illegal residential land allotment".
Mahua Moitra trades nepotism charge on Jagdeep Dhankhar, Bengal Guv denies
Jun 07, 2021, at 05:03 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) parliamentarian Mahua Moitra has locked horns with West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar accusing him of encouraging nepotism to only get her claims rejected by the latter.
Hold remaining phases of election in one go: Mamata Banerjee to Election Commission
Apr 16, 2021, at 02:00 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to club the remaining phases of polling dates and consider conducting them in one go.
Dilip Ghosh faces backlash over his remark asking Mamata Banerjee to 'wear bermudas'
Mar 25, 2021, at 04:46 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Dilip Ghosh on Wednesday received backlash for his remark on Mamata Banerjee for highlighting her injury after he suggested that the Chief Minister should wear 'bermudas' (shorts) if she wanted to display her legs.
Mar 16, 2021, at 09:32 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: A day after Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra questioned the candidature of nominated Rajya Sabha member Swapan Dasgupta for the forthcoming Bengal assembly election on BJP ticket, Dasgupta on Tuesday reportedly tendered his resignation as a Rajya Sabha MP.
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra claims BSF men posted for her protection, asks for removal
Feb 13, 2021, at 06:02 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Trinamool Congress parliamentarian Mahua Moitra on Saturday claimed three Border Security Force (BSF) men were posted outside her residence for her protection, something which she didn't ask for.
BJP MP seeks privilege motion against Mahua Moitra for Parliament speech on ex-CJI
Feb 11, 2021, at 05:19 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra may face privilege motion over her remark against the ex-Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi, after a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader has requested the same despite government's decision to not pursue any action.
Govt will not pursue any action against Mahua Moitra over her Parliament remark on ex-CJI
Feb 10, 2021, at 04:53 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The central government has decided not to pursue any action against Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra over her remarks in the Parliament on a former Chief Justice of India.
Mahua Moitra's '2 paisa press' comment not endorsed by party: Trinamool Congress' Subrata Mukherjee
Dec 08, 2020, at 08:56 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Alienating from Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra's controversial comment on media, West Bengal Minister and senior party leader Subrata Mukherjee on Tuesday said the ruling dispensation does not believe in such statements.
Dec 08, 2020, at 02:01 am
Kolkata/IBNS: After facing backlash for calling the media "worthless", Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Monday apologised for the comment despite remaining firm in her claim.
Kolkata Press Club condemns TMC MP Mahua Moitra's 'Two Paisa Media' remark, calls it insulting
Dec 07, 2020, at 09:53 pm
Kolkata: The Kolkata Press Club on Monday condemned ruling Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra for terming the media as worth nothing, inviting strong reactions from the fraternity.
BJP tops Facebook's political ad spending list, Congress follows ruling dispensation
Aug 27, 2020, at 07:25 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid the controversy over Facebook's alleged biases towards hate speeches given by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, a new data has claimed India's ruling outfit led the list of spending on political advertisements on the social networking site over the last 18 months, media reports said.
Aug 18, 2020, at 06:54 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Two opposition party MPs on Tuesday engaged themselves into a heated war of words with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey over the talks to summon social networking site Facebook for allegedly ignoring hate speeches posted by the ruling saffron outfit.
Eyes on 2021 Bengal polls, Mamata Banerjee brings major reshuffle in TMC
Jul 23, 2020, at 11:57 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee on Thursday brought a major reshuffle in her party, in a bid to regain the lost political ground in West Bengal and return to power for the third term in 2021.
Apr 25, 2020, at 02:10 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In another round of clash between the West Bengal government and Raj Bhavan over Covid-19, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday slammed the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s response to the Bengali diaspora's concern over the handling of the contagion in the state.
TMC's Mahua Moitra moves SC against new citizenship law, fails to get urgent hearing
Dec 13, 2019, at 12:10 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra on Friday moved the Supreme Court challenging the validity of the controversial citizenship law which will grant citizenship to Hindu, Sikh, Parsi, Buddhist, Jain, Christian but not Muslim refugees who came to India from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan before 2015.
Possible to be anti-govt and still pro-India: Mahua Moitra
Jul 24, 2019, at 07:34 pm
New Delhi, July 24 (IBNS): Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra today called the The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2019, “anti-federalism, anti-constitutional and anti-people” and said it was possible to be "anti-government and still be pro-India".
Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra moves privilege motion against TV journalist
Jul 04, 2019, at 03:18 pm
New Delhi, July 4 (UNI): Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Thursday moved a privilege motion against a TV journalist for charging her with plagiarism when she participated in the debate on June 25 in the Lok Sabha.
Mahua Moitra denies plagiarism allegations, US writer of fascism article backs her
Jul 03, 2019, at 08:42 pm
New Delhi, July 3 (IBNS): Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, whose speech in Parliament on "seven signs of fascism" went viral last week, has denied allegations that her speech was copied from a Washington Monthly article.
Politicisation of WB during discussion of law and order should be avoided: TMC MP Mahua Moitra
Jul 02, 2019, at 03:53 pm
New Delhi, Jul 2 (UNI) AITC member in Lok Sabha Mahua Moitra on Tuesday said the politicisation of West Bengal during the discussion of law and order in the House should be avoided.
Jun 26, 2019, at 06:12 pm
New Delhi, June 26 (IBNS): Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra, who belongs to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC), on Tuesday launched an unsparing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with her maiden speech in the parliament, earning heaps of praises on internet. However, she was also reminded by some politicians that her passionate speech on dangerous signs of fascism as seen in the action of BJP holds true to her own party TMC also.
Union Min Babul Supriyo sends legal notice of defamation to Tapas Pal, Saugata Roy, Mahua Moitra
Jan 11, 2017, at 12:43 am
Kolkata/New Delhi, Jan 10 (IBNS): Singer-turned-Union Minister Babul Supriyo on Tuesday sent legal notice, demanding apologies, for defamation to Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha MPs Tapas Pal and Saugata Roy and party's national spokesperson Mahua Moitra, reports said.
TMC spokesperson lodges complaint of defamation against Union Minister Babul Supriyo
Jan 10, 2017, at 09:50 pm
Kolkata, Jan 10 (IBNS): Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA and party's national spokesperson Mahua Moitra has lodged an FIR against actor-turned-Union Minister Babul Supriyo for allegedly defaming her in a TV chat show, reports said.