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INDIA bloc cracks visible in Parliament as SP and TMC skip Adani protests | 'I am the final word': Mamata Banerjee reminds TMC leaders of her absolute authority in party amid 'power-struggle' | India calls Bangladesh mission's breach in Agartala 'deeply regrettable' | BJP appoints observers for meeting to decide next Maharashtra chief minister | PM Modi watches 'The Sabarmati Report', Vikrant Massey says 'highest point in my life' | Akal Takht punishes Sukbir Singh Badal with toilet cleaning duties over 2015 sacrilege case | What's going on?: Supreme Court questions Senthil Balaji's reinstatement as Tamil Nadu minister immediately after bail | Popular UPSC teacher Avadh Ojha joins AAP ahead of Delhi polls | UN force should be deployed, PM Modi must intervene: Mamata Banerjee on Bangladesh unrest | Adani issue exposes cracks in INDIA bloc as TMC skips key Opposition meet in Delhi

Former Assam Congress president Ripun Bora joins TMC

Apr 17, 2022, at 11:57 pm

Kolkata:  Former Assam Congress president Ripun Bora joined the Trinamool Congress on Sunday.

'Shocked at PM's silence': 13 opposition parties issue appeal on communal tensions

Apr 17, 2022, at 06:09 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: A total of 13 opposition parties have issued a joint appeal to maintain peace and harmony, and demanded stringent punishment for perpetrators of communal violence.

TMC earns maiden Asansol win courtesy Shatrughan Sinha, BJP turncoat Babul Supriyo survives CPI-M threat in Ballygunge

Apr 17, 2022, at 01:14 am

Kolkata/IBNS: For the first time in 24 years since its inception, the Trinamool Congress (TMC), spearheaded by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Saturday managed to win the Asansol Lok Sabha seat with veteran Bollywood actor Shatrughan Sinha as its candidate.

BJP draws blank in byelections, TMC, RJD, Congress victorious

Apr 16, 2022, at 09:01 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: In a bad day at office, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has failed to make a mark in byelections to four assembly constituencies and one Lok Sabha seat in the country.

Accept people's mandate: BJP's Asansol candidate Agnimitra Paul after massive defeat

Apr 16, 2022, at 08:36 pm

Asansol/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from West Bengal's Asansol Lok Sabha constituency, which went to bypolls on Apr 12, has accepted her massive defeat in the hands of veteran Bollywood actor Shatrughan Sinha who had contested on a Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate.

Shubho Nababarsho gift to us: Mamata Banerjee after TMC's win in Bengal bypolls

Apr 16, 2022, at 08:26 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has termed her party Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s win in two byelections in the state as a Nababarsho or the Bengali New Year "gift" to the outfit's organisation.

BJP turncoat Babul Supriyo's winning margin as TMC candidate in Ballygunge shrinks, CPI-M closes in

Apr 16, 2022, at 07:17 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Babul Supriyo, a former Union Minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the Centre, won under the banner of Mamata Banerjee but his winning margin as compared to his predecessor late Subrata Mukherjee, shrank significantly in the byelection held in West Bengal's Ballygunge assembly seat.

Bengal: TMC set to break Asansol jinx with Shatrughan Sinha

Apr 16, 2022, at 06:00 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Battling the 'outsider' jibe, veteran Bollywood actor Shatrughan Sinha is all set to earn Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) its maiden win in West Bengal's one of the biggest cities, Asansol, where parliamentary byelection was held on Apr 12.

Byelection results: TMC leads in Bengal, RJD in Bihar, Congress in Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh

Apr 16, 2022, at 05:16 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC), Lalu Prasad Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress are leading in various seats, which went to byelections in the country recently.

Bengal bypolls: TMC leads in both Ballygunge and Asansol

Apr 16, 2022, at 04:22 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) has taken a lead in both Ballygunge assembly constituency and Asansol Lok Sabha seat, where byelections were held on Apr 12.

Even a single rape incident in state with woman CM shameful, says TMC MP Saugata Roy embarrassing Mamata

Apr 14, 2022, at 10:04 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: After Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra, now her colleague Saugata Roy has embarrassed his party supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee through his reaction to the Hanskhali rape incident, which has brought the state administration under the scanner.

Hanskhali rape incident condemnable, barbaric: TMC in damage control mode after Mamata's remark draws flak

Apr 13, 2022, at 06:59 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: In a damage control mode, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday condemned the alleged rape of a minor girl at Hanskhali in West Bengal's Nadia district after its supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's remark on the incident drew widespread flak.

Calcutta HC directs CBI to probe TMC leader Bhadu Sheikh's murder

Apr 08, 2022, at 07:18 pm

Kolkata/UNI: The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the murder of TMC leader Bhadu Sheikh along with the Bogtui massacre in which nine people were burnt alive on March 21 in West Bengal's Birbhum district.

Abhishek Banerjee targets Modi over Madhya Pradesh journalist 'stripping' incident

Apr 08, 2022, at 04:02 pm

Kolkata/Bhopal/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee has targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over an alleged incident where a journalist was stripped to underwear after he had covered a protest against a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA in Madhya Pradesh.

Constitution allows me to eat: 'South Delhi' resident Mahua Moitra reacts to meat ban row

Apr 06, 2022, at 05:44 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday reacted sharply to the row over the ban on selling of meat in South and Delhi Delhi during festival Navratri.

Former Haryana Congress chief Ashok Tanwar, who joined TMC in 2021, switches to AAP

Apr 05, 2022, at 05:06 pm

Former Haryana Congress chief Ashok Tanwar, who had joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in 2021, on Monday switched to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

Expelled TMC student leader arrested for abusing, heckling Aliah University V-C

Apr 04, 2022, at 04:21 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal police on Sunday arrested the expelled student leader from the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) for abusing and heckling the Vice Chancellor of Aliah University, hours after facing flak from the Opposition as well as Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar.

Bengal bypolls: TMC lodges complaint with EC against BJP's Asansol candidate Agnimitra Paul

Apr 01, 2022, at 01:29 am

Kolkata/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Asansol candidate Agnimitra Paul for allegedly making a hate speech while campaigning for the upcoming byelections.

Lok Sabha discusses Bill to amend Chartered Accountants Act

Mar 30, 2022, at 01:33 am

New Delhi/UNI: A Bill to amend the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949, the Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959, and the Company Secretaries Act, 1980 to change the disciplinary mechanism under the three Acts was introduced in Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

Mamata Banerjee writes to Opposition leaders to unite against BJP's 'attack on democracy'

Mar 29, 2022, at 06:34 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: In a fresh bid to take on the mighty saffron brigade nationally, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday wrote to all opposition leaders to unite against the country's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing it of sacrificing democracy.

Scuffle breaks out between TMC and BJP MLAs in West Bengal Assembly over Birbhum arson

Mar 28, 2022, at 08:12 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Unruly scenes were witnessed in the West Bengal Assembly on Monday with the lawmakers from both the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) getting engaged in a scuffle inside the house.

Talk about people's issues, not the Hindu-Muslim discourse: Left's Ballygunge bypoll candidate Saira Shah Halim

Mar 26, 2022, at 06:42 pm

Countering the charge that it feeds only an ageing party organisation, the Left, much like the 2021 assembly elections, has fielded Saira Shah Halim as a young CPI-M candidate from Ballygunge seat in south Kolkata. Halim also happens to be the niece of veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah and daughter-in-law of late politician Hashim Abdul Halim. In the middle of her campaigning amid the soaring temperature in Kolkata, Saira, who fought against the CAA-NRC and very recently the hijab ban, exclusively speaks to India Blooms correspondent Souvik Ghosh ahead of the Apr 12 bypoll to the seat, which fell vacant by the demise of Mamata Banerjee's senior colleague Subrata Mukherjee

Install CCTV camera at scene of crime: Calcutta High Court directs state govt over Birbhum Violence

Mar 23, 2022, at 11:21 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court while adjudicating upon the suo moto petition related to the the incident of Rampurhat violence in Birbhum on Wednesday directed the West Bengal government to immediately install CCTV cameras with adequate storage facilities covering all angles of the scene of the arson in the presence of the District Judge.

Birbhum violence: Mamata Banerjee to visit Rampurhat tomorrow, says culprit won't be spared

Mar 23, 2022, at 07:11 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Facing massive criticism over the arson that killed 10 people in ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s stronghold Birbhum, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said she will visit Rampurhat's Bogtui village, where the incident occurred, on Thursday.

Calcutta High Court takes suo moto cognisance of Birbhum arson, hearing at 2 pm

Mar 23, 2022, at 05:32 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday took suo moto cognisance of the arson that killed at least 10 people at Bogtui village of Rampurhat in West Bengal's Birbhum district after the incident triggered massive protests in the state.

West Bengal: BJP delegation on way to Rampurhat where arson killed 10 people

Mar 23, 2022, at 04:45 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: A delegation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs, led by Leader of Opposition (LoP) Suvendu Adhikari, will visit the Bogtui village of Rampurhat in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, where at least 10 people were burnt alive following the death of a local Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader.

Bengal: Rampurhat arson kills at least 10, Opposition slams Mamata govt over 'lawlessness'

Mar 23, 2022, at 01:31 am

Kolkata/IBNS: In another incident of violence in West Bengal, at least 10 people were burnt alive at Rampurhat in the Birbhum district on Monday night following the death of a local Trinamool Congress (TMC) panchayat leader, prompting the Opposition to target the Mamata Banerjee government over alleged lawlessness in the state.

Bengal: At least 10 charred to death in violence in Birbhum after local TMC leader was killed in bomb attack

Mar 22, 2022, at 07:02 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: At least 10 people have been burned to death as several houses in a village in West Bengal's Birbhum district were allegedly set on fire following the death of a local Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader on Monday night.

Coal scam case: Won't bow down my head, says Abhishek Banerjee after ED's 8-hour grilling

Mar 22, 2022, at 03:26 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday maintained his apparent stoicism after his eight-hour long quizzing by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case linked to the alleged coal scam ended.

Coal scam case: Abhishek Banerjee, wife Rujira move Supreme Court challenging ED's jurisdiction

Mar 21, 2022, at 05:06 pm

Kolkata/New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and his wife Rujira Banerjee on Monday moved the Supreme Court challenging the jurisdiction of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case linked to the alleged coal scam case, media reports said.