Abhishek Banerjee's 2-month-long mass outreach campaign concludes in Bengal
Jun 17, 2023, at 02:14 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee's two-month-long "Jono Sanjog Yatra" ahead of the three-tier Panchayat election concluded at Kakdwip in Bengal's South 24 Parganas on Friday.
Jun 15, 2023, at 11:49 pm
Kolkata: Various parts of rural West Bengal remained in turmoil even on the last day of submission of nomination papers for the July 8 Panchayat elections.
Calcutta HC orders deployment of central forces in Bengal Panchayat poll
Jun 14, 2023, at 06:25 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court Tuesday ordered the West Bengal State Election Commission to ensure the deployment of central paramilitary forces for the July 8 Panchayat polls in the state.
Violence hits West Bengal as parties clash amid panchayat election nomination process
Jun 11, 2023, at 04:31 am
Kolkata: The situation across various districts of West Bengal remained tense on the second day of the panchayat election nomination process, media reports said.
ED quizzes TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's wife Rujira for four hours in coal scam case
Jun 09, 2023, at 05:56 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Thursday quizzed Rujira Banerjee, wife of Abhishek Banerjee (MP), for about four hours at its CGO Complex, Salt Lake, in relation to the alleged coal scam case.
TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's wife Rujira appears before ED in coal scam case
Jun 08, 2023, at 07:22 pm
Kolkata/UNI/IBNS: Rujira Banerjee, wife of Trinamool Congress MP and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, appeared before the ED officials at the CGO Complex, Salt Lake, in the alleged coal smuggling scam, official sources said on Thursday.
Jun 06, 2023, at 07:12 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress MP and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for allegedly targeting his family for political gains.
Bengal: Lone Congress MLA Bayron Biswas joins TMC
May 29, 2023, at 08:50 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Lone Congress MLA in West Bengal, Bayron Biswas, who had created ripples in the state politics defeating the mighty Trinamool Congress in Sagardighi earlier this year, joined the ruling party on Monday.
May 27, 2023, at 05:37 am
Kolkata/Salboni/IBNS: The agitation by the Kurmi community demanding ST status and inclusion of their language in the eighth schedule of the Constitution turned violent on Friday at Salboni in Jhargram district in West Bengal on Friday.
BJP govt high on promises and low on delivery: Derek O'Brien on 9 years of PM Modi regime
May 27, 2023, at 04:26 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien on Friday alleged that the nine years of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government at the Centre was high on promises and low on delivery.
'New Parliament building is all about I, Me, Myself': Trinamool Congress to boycott inauguration
May 24, 2023, at 04:56 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress will boycott the new Parliament building's inauguration.
May 22, 2023, at 07:54 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In a controversial remark, Trinamool Congress MP Nussrat Jahan on Sunday said Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers will be beaten with bamboo if they come to seek votes in the upcoming panchayat elections in West Bengal.
Bengal school jobs scam: SC to hear Abhishek Banerjee's plea against CBI quizzing on Friday
May 22, 2023, at 06:36 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress MP and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee's plea against the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)'s quizzing him in the West Bengal teacher recruitment scam will be heard by the Supreme Court on Friday, media reports said.
Abhishek Banerjee appears before CBI in Bengal teacher recruitment scam
May 20, 2023, at 05:06 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Curtailing his 60-day mass outreach political campaign, Trinamool Congress MP and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday reached Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)'s Kolkata office after the probe agency summoned him in the West Bengal teacher recruitment scam.
May 16, 2023, at 03:01 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Karnataka Assembly polls result has left the opposition camp to rethink their stand in considering the role of Congress in the general elections next year with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee pledging support to the grand old party.
TMC teaches us to serve people selflessly: Abhishek Banerjee at 'Nabo Jowar' campaign
May 12, 2023, at 08:11 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, whose Jono Sanjog Yatra from Cooch Behar to Kakdwip as part of the Trinamoole Nabo Jowar campaign entered the 17th day, marking the completion of 2000 km of yatra, on Friday asserted that regardless of caste or political affiliations, class or creed, the party has taught to serve people selflessly.
'BJP is driving a wedge between religions': Abhishek Banerjee during Jono Sanjog Yatra in Bengal
May 02, 2023, at 01:00 am
Kolkata/Siliguri/IBNS: Trinamool Congress National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday accused the BJP of "driving a wedge between religions and creating unrest".
Bengal: 1 killed, 25 injured in lightning in Bankura
May 01, 2023, at 06:36 pm
Kolkata/UNI: At least one was killed and 25 others were injured when lightning struck them at Indas in Bankura district of West Bengal on Sunday.
Bengal: TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee calls for establishing Gandhi's Panchayat model
Apr 30, 2023, at 06:49 pm
Kolkata/Siliguri/IBNS: Trinamool Congress National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee has called for establishing the Panchayat model in Bengal as was envisioned by Mahatma Gandhi.
Bengal: 'Nobody is above party discipline,' says Abhishek Banerjee in mass outreach campaign
Apr 29, 2023, at 07:16 pm
Kolkata/Siliguri/UNI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, who has embarked upon a two-month-long Jono Sanjog Yatra (mass contact outreach) ahead of the West Bengal Panchayat polls, on Saturday said nobody is above party discipline and none can blackmail the party for an election ticket.
Apr 28, 2023, at 09:53 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) general secretary Abhishek Banerjee has welcomed the Supreme Court order of transferring all cases from Justice Abhijit Ganguly's bench owing to the latter's television interview with a local private channel on the corruption issues.
Bengal Teachers' Scam: Justice Ganguly's TV interview prompts SC to remove him from the cases
Apr 28, 2023, at 08:17 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the transfer of all West Bengal teacher recruitment scam cases from Justice Abhijit Ganguly's bench owing to the judge's interview with a local private television channel on the corruption issue he was hearing, media reports said.
Bengal Ram Navami clashes to be probed by NIA
Apr 27, 2023, at 05:53 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed that the communal clashes, which took place over the Hindu festival Ram Navami in two districts of West Bengal last month, will be probed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), media reports said.
Violence rocks West Bengal's Kaliaganj after alleged rape, murder of minor girl
Apr 23, 2023, at 01:46 am
Kolkata: Violence engulfed West Bengal’s Kaliaganj on Saturday after a tribal girl was allegedly raped and murdered, media reports said.
CBI raids Bengal Trinamool MLA Tapas Saha's house in cash-for-jobs scam
Apr 22, 2023, at 12:57 am
Kolkata/UNI: Within four days of the Calcutta High Court order for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry, a team of the probe agency Friday raided the house of Trinamool Congress legislator Tapas Saha in connection with the cash-for-jobs scandal in the education sector in West Bengal.
Bengal: Abhishek Banerjee takes dig at Suvendu Adhikari, calls him 'empty balloon'
Apr 21, 2023, at 03:24 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday came down heavily on Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Suvendu Adhikari, terming him as an "empty balloon".
Apr 20, 2023, at 02:48 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress Wednesday threatened to initiate legal proceedings against Bengal's Leader of Opposition and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Suvendu Adhikari if he didn't immediately withdraw his "false" statement against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Mukul Roy in Delhi, says 'keen to work for BJP'
Apr 19, 2023, at 06:58 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mukul Roy, who went to Delhi a day ago, has expressed his wish to return to the saffron camp.
Mukul Roy in Delhi, triggers fresh political speculation
Apr 18, 2023, at 06:14 pm
Kolkata/New Delhi/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mukul Roy landed in Delhi hours after he was claimed to be "untraceable" by his son Subhrangshu Roy, media reports said.
Mamata Banerjee demands Amit Shah's resignation over 'TMC govt will fall in 2025' remark
Apr 18, 2023, at 12:11 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday demanded the resignation of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in response to the latter's claim that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government will fall in 2025 if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) gets 35 Lok Sabha seats next year.