Prashant Kishor's key role in Shatrughan Sinha's crossover to Trinamool Congress: Report
Mar 17, 2022, at 11:33 pm
Shatrughan Sinha, whose crossover to Trinamool Congress was revealed after he was named the party's candidate for the by-poll to the Asansol Lok Sabha seat, said Thursday that poll strategist Prashant Kishor played a crucial role in bringing him to Mamata Banerjee's party.
Bengal bypolls: CPI-M fields Naseeruddin Shah's niece Saira Shah Halim from Ballygunge constituency
Mar 17, 2022, at 04:39 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Left Front has fielded veteran Indian actor Naseeruddin Shah's niece Saira Shah Halim as the Communist Party of India-Marxist or CPI-M candidate for the upcoming bypolls in the Ballygunge assembly constituency of West Bengal.
Lok Sabha passes railways' demand for grants amid sharp verbal attacks
Mar 17, 2022, at 12:57 am
New Delhi/UNI: The demand for grants for railways was passed in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday amid sharp attacks by Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on the Congress and TMC for their criticism of the performance of the sector under the Modi government.
Buoyant by Punjab success, AAP to contest Bengal panchayat polls in 2023
Mar 15, 2022, at 05:11 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Not just Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which is widely perceived as a replacement of the Congress to challenge the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nationally, is aiming to plunge into West Bengal politics in 2023 in the backdrop of its landslide win in Punjab.
West Bengal: TMC and Congress councillors shot dead in two separate incidents
Mar 14, 2022, at 05:05 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Two councillors, one belonging to the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and another from Congress, were shot death in two separate incidents in West Bengal on Sunday, media reports said.
Mar 13, 2022, at 07:51 pm
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Sunday announced the names of erstwhile BJP leaders Shatrughan Sinha and Babul Supriyo as candidates for bypolls to Asansol Lok Sabha seat and Ballygunge assembly seat respectively.
Mar 13, 2022, at 01:10 am
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India Saturday announced the schedule of by-elections to one parliamentary constituency in West Bengal and four assembly constituencies in Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Maharashtra, and West Bengal.
All regional parties should be united: Mamata Banerjee after Congress' disastrous election result
Mar 11, 2022, at 09:05 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday once again pitched in the idea of a unity of all regional parties after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s victory in four states and Congress' disastrous poll performance.
BJP set to form govt in Goa for third straight term with MGP pledging support
Mar 11, 2022, at 12:57 am
Panaji/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to retain Goa with the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) pledging support of their MLAs to the saffron brigade.
Seesaw battle in Goa despite BJP's lead over Congress
Mar 10, 2022, at 05:08 pm
Panaji/IBNS: Despite surging ahead of the Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is so far stopping short of the majority mark in Goa creating a scenario where smaller parties may come into play.
BJP creating chaos in Bengal assembly: Mamata Banerjee
Mar 09, 2022, at 11:30 pm
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday slammed the BJP, accusing its legislators of creating chaos and disrupting the State Assembly, amidst a walkout by the saffron party MLAs after two of their lawmakers were suspended for the remaining days of the budget session for allegedly disrupting the Governor's opening address on March 7.
Ahead of poll results, Congress sends feelers to AAP, TMC in Goa
Mar 08, 2022, at 09:03 pm
Panaji/IBNS: Three days ahead of the assembly election results in Goa, the Congress has changed its stance by making them open to a post-poll alliance with other parties to stop the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from assuming power in the coastal state.
Mamata Banerjee warns TMC leaders hobnobbing with Independent civic poll winners
Mar 08, 2022, at 08:12 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday gave a warning to all Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders who are keeping close ties with Independent civic poll winners amid reports of infighting in various districts.
Former BJP leader Jay Prakash Majumdar joins TMC
Mar 08, 2022, at 07:06 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jay Prakash Majumdar on Tuesday joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC), significantly a day after meeting rebel saffron party MP Locket Chatterjee.
Mamata sweeps Bengal civic polls decimating Opposition, Hamro Party springs surprise in Darjeeling
Mar 02, 2022, at 09:17 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Maintaining its absolute dominance in the state politics, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday swept the violence-marred polls held in 108 civic bodies, wiping out all key opposition parties including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which had won 77 assembly seats in less than a year ago.
Mar 02, 2022, at 06:34 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Within a year after emerging as the only legitimate opposition party in West Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday turned out as the biggest casualty in the violence-marred Sunday civic polls, losing its stronghold Darjeeling, failing to wrest power in its key leader Suvendu Adhikari's bastion Contai and state president Sukanta Majumdar's Balurghat.
West Bengal: TMC set for clean sweep in violence-marred polls to 108 civic bodies
Mar 02, 2022, at 04:55 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Maintaining its absolute dominance in the political spectrum of West Bengal, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) is set for a clean sweep in 108 civic bodies where elections were held on Sunday.
West Bengal civic polls: BJP calls for 12-hour bandh to protest against 'rigging and violence'
Feb 28, 2022, at 03:05 am
Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday called for a 12-hour bandh in West Bengal to be observed on Monday to protest against alleged rigging and attacks on opposition leaders by 'TMC members' during polling held in 108 municipal seats across the state.
Two policemen arrested in Bengal student leader's death case: CM Mamata Banerjee
Feb 23, 2022, at 11:40 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said two policemen have been arrested in connection with the death of Anish Khan, a student leader from Howrah's Amta.
Mamata Banerjee reappoints nephew Abhishek Banerjee as TMC national gen secy after reported rift
Feb 19, 2022, at 02:04 am
Kolkata/IBNS: After two weeks of reported infighting and alleged scar in the relationship between Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress supremo on Friday not only backed the latter but also restored his number two status in the party.
Cattle smuggling case: Actor-turned TMC MP Dev appears before CBI
Feb 15, 2022, at 08:38 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Tollywood superstar and TMC MP Dev alias Deepak Adhikari on Tuesday appeared before the CBI's investigating officials at Nizam Palace in the city, responding to summons from the federal probe agency in connection with the cattle smuggling case.
Mamata sweeps four Bengal civic polls, breaches Siliguri hurdle
Feb 14, 2022, at 09:03 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) maintained its absolute dominance in the state politics sweeping four more chaos-ridden civic polls including one in Siliguri, which was always a sticky ground for her party.
Is this secularism? PM Modi attacks TMC's Mahua Moitra over 'Hindu consolidation' remark
Feb 14, 2022, at 08:12 pm
Kanpur/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday attacked Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra, who in a recent interview said her party has prevented the consolidation of Hindu votes in Goa by tying up with Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) as the coastal state is polled on Monday.
TMC skipped UP polls to avoid making Akhilesh Yadav weak: Mamata Banerjee
Feb 14, 2022, at 07:22 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said her party Trinamool Congress (TMC) skipped the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections to help Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav to remain strong in his fight against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
West Bengal: TMC set to sweep four civic polls; BJP, Left lose more grounds
Feb 14, 2022, at 04:02 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Further consolidating its hold in West Bengal, the state's ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) is set for a sweeping victory in four municipal elections, which were held in Asansol, Bidhannagar, Chandernagore and Siliguri late last week, as the results are coming out on Monday.
Ties between Mamata Banerjee's TMC and I-PAC intact: Source
Feb 12, 2022, at 02:56 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The ties between political strategist Prashant Kishor's firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) have not ended, a source told IBNS rubbishing rumours of a possible parting of their ways.
CBI summons TMC leader Anubrata Mondal in cattle smuggling case
Feb 10, 2022, at 08:49 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned Trinamool Congress (TMC) Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal in connection with its ongoing probe into a cattle smuggling case, officials said.
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.
TMC to field candidates in Uttar Pradesh during 2024 Lok Sabha polls: Mamata Banerjee
Feb 02, 2022, at 11:31 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Trinamool Congress Chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced that her party would contest the Lok Sabha polls from Uttar Pradesh in 2024.
TMC leader Luizinho Faleiro withdraws from Goa elections 2022
Jan 28, 2022, at 07:12 pm
Panaji/IBNS: Fuelling the rumours of a dismal situation in the Goa unit of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), the party's vice president Luizinho Faleiro withdrew himself from contesting the upcoming state elections.