'Grave state of affairs': Abhishek Banerjee after CBI summons in Bengal jobs scam
Apr 17, 2023, at 11:16 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and general secretary Abhishek Banerjee has called the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) summons to him in connection with the West Bengal teacher recruitment scam a "grave state of affairs".
CBI summons Abhishek Banerjee in Bengal jobs scam, TMP MP says 'grave state of affairs'
Apr 17, 2023, at 10:59 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Despite a stay from the Supreme Court, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in the West Bengal teacher recruitment scam, media reports said.
AAP gets national party recognition, Sharad Pawar's NCP, TMC, CPI lose status
Apr 11, 2023, at 02:18 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmit Party (AAP), which is currently in power in two states-Delhi and Punjab, was on Monday conferred the national party status.
'Those involved in Ram Navami clashes were outsiders': Mamata Banerjee's fresh attack on BJP
Apr 11, 2023, at 01:52 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of inciting violence in the state during and after the Ram Navami celebrations.
Opposition unites for 2024 under MK Stalin's social justice meeting
Apr 04, 2023, at 04:37 am
Chennai/IBNS: Opposition leaders Monday came together at a social justice meeting organized by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin and emphasized the importance of conducting a census based on caste.
West Bengal: BJP MLA hurt as violence breaks out during Ram Navami procession in Hooghly
Apr 03, 2023, at 04:46 am
Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday said one of the party MLAs was injured as violence broke out in Hooghly district of West Bengal as the political outfit took out a procession on Ram Navami.
Mar 31, 2023, at 03:26 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Several vehicles were set on fire, stones were thrown and shops were ransacked as clashes between two groups broke out in West Bengal's Howrah amid Ram Navami celebrations on Thursday forcing riot control police to march across several parts of the sears as well as Kolkata.
'Why can't PM be disqualified for Didi O Didi taunts in Bengal?' Abhishek Banerjee tears into Centre
Mar 30, 2023, at 03:27 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee Wednesday ripped into Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his "Didi O Didi" jibe while campaigning during 2021 Bengal polls and said the PM should be disqualified as well like Congress' Rahul Gandhi for insulting the women.
Mamata Banerjee meets Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar, calls for 'upholding spirit of democracy'
Mar 24, 2023, at 05:50 am
Bhubaneswar/Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday held a "courtesy meeting" with her Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik here amid the former's renewed push for a third front in national politics staying aloof from the Congress party.
Bengal recruitment scam: Actor Bonny Sengupta returns money received from Kuntal Ghosh to ED
Mar 18, 2023, at 06:41 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Tollywood actor Bonny Sengupta, who admitted to accepting Rs 40 lakh from expelled and arrested youth Trinamool Congress leader Kuntal Ghosh for purchasing a vehicle, has returned the amount to the Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing the multi-crore recruitment scam in Bengal.
Akhilesh Yadav meets Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata; both agree on new front without Congress
Mar 18, 2023, at 03:20 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav Friday met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata in what is seen as a strategy for these two parties to stay aloof from the Congress-led opposition ahead of the 2024 general elections.
'Will fight alone in 2024': Mamata Banerjee rules out any alliance
Mar 03, 2023, at 05:28 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday declared that the Trinamool Congress will fight the 2024 national election "alone with people's support".
Mamata Banerjee's TMC fails to make electoral inroads in Tripura, Meghalaya
Mar 03, 2023, at 02:29 am
New Delhi/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) failed to make much headway in either Meghalaya or Tripura in the recently concluded assembly elections in both states.
Assam-Meghalaya border pact act of two anti-people govts: TMC's Mukul Sangama
Feb 26, 2023, at 11:02 pm
Shillong (Meghalaya): Ex-Congress man and now the leading Trinamool Congress leader in Meghalaya, Mukul Sangama is confident of securing a majority in the upcoming Assembly elections in the state. In an interview with the Indian Express, he alleged that the Assam-Meghalaya border pact was an agreement between two anti-people governments, which overlooked the sentiments of the masses.
Feb 09, 2023, at 06:01 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Opposition MLAs from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Bengal Legislative Assembly Wednesday created ruckus over Governor CV Ananda Bose's first address as they shouted slogans and tore up copies of the speech handed to them and finally staged a walkout.
Trinamool Congress stages protest over Adani issue
Feb 08, 2023, at 09:15 pm
New Delhi: The All India Trinamool Congress on Wednesday staged a protest against the BJP-led government at the Centre over the Adani Group issue.
Trinamool Congress leaders stage protest against BJP-led govt over Adani issue
Feb 07, 2023, at 11:08 pm
New Delhi: The All India Trinamool Congress on Tuesday staged a protest against the BJP-led government at the Centre over the Adani Group issue.
Feb 05, 2023, at 05:04 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Within two years after refurbishing the party's inner functioning, Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday hinted at a course correction in bringing up a "new Trinamool" to battle out the corruption allegations in the run up to the West Bengal panchayat polls.
We must highlight India's true documented past: Mamata Banerjee on Netaji's birth anniversary
Jan 24, 2023, at 03:11 am
Kolkata/UNI: There is a need to highlight the true documented past of India without tampering with the country's history, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said here on Monday, apparently taking potshots at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central and state governments accused of rewriting Indian history.
Bengal job scam: After CBI quizzing, ED raids at TMC youth leader Kuntal Ghosh's flats
Jan 20, 2023, at 06:25 pm
Kolkata/UNI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday began searching at the flats of TMC's youth leader Kuntal Ghosh, accused of money laundering in the job scam in West Bengal, a day after the CBI quizzed the politician at its Nizam Place office in the city, official sources confirmed.
TMC opposes Election Commission's proposed plan to introduce remote voting
Jan 18, 2023, at 07:34 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) has opposed the ECI's proposed plan to introduce remote voting to improve the voter participation, saying a hasty decision to chart into the territory of remote voting will have potentially damaging effects.
Jan 17, 2023, at 04:45 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday assured necessary help to assist singer Arijit Singh in building a hospital in Murshidabad's Jangipur.
'If TMC activists slap you, slap them harder': BJP MP Locket Chatterjee
Jan 16, 2023, at 07:05 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Reacting to the attack on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader during Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s mass outreach campaign, saffron party MP Locket Chatterjee has urged her colleagues to retaliate if the ruling camp members "slaps" them, media reports said.
'Mamata fit to be PM,' says Amartya Sen prompting TMC chief's 'order' response, BJP snubs
Jan 16, 2023, at 05:05 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is "fit" to replace Narendra Modi as the next Prime Minister, said Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen triggering a response from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and a snub from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
IT Dept seizes Rs 16 cr cash in raids on TMC MLA Jakir Hossain's beedi factories
Jan 12, 2023, at 11:46 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Income Tax (IT) Department initiated raids on several premises belonging to TMC’s Jangipur MLA and beedi baron, Jakir Hossain, in Murshidabad's Suti and recovered over Rs 16 crore in cash from his house and business locations.
Jan 10, 2023, at 12:54 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A group of lawyers Monday protested outside the chamber of Justice Rajashekhar Mantha of the Calcutta High Court and a few others blocked the entrance to his bench over some of his recent verdicts which led the functioning of the court proceedings to come to a halt.
Bengal: Slugfest continues between TMC and BJP over stone throwing on Vande Bharat Express
Jan 04, 2023, at 07:22 pm
Kolkata/New Jalpaiguri/UNI: Slugfest continued between the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal over the stone throwing on newly launched Vande Bharat Express for the second time in two days.
Mamata launches TMC's new outreach campaign, online app ahead of Bengal panchayat polls
Jan 02, 2023, at 08:24 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday launched the Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s new mass outreach campaign and an online app to reach out to the maximum number of voters ahead of the upcoming panchayat elections in the state.
Ahead of Bengal panchayat polls, Mamata Banerjee to launch TMC's new campaign today
Jan 02, 2023, at 04:40 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In the backdrop of the massive corruption allegations on various fronts, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will on Monday launch her party Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s new campaign ahead of the crucial panchayat polls in the state.
TMC strongman Anubrata Mondal gets bail in attempt to murder case
Dec 28, 2022, at 04:00 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Anubrata Mondal was on Tuesday granted bail by a Birhbhum court in an attempt to murder case.