In talks with Congress, TMC for alliance ahead of Goa polls: Sharad Pawar
Jan 12, 2022, at 02:06 am
Mumbai/IBNS: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is in talks with the Congress and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to form an alliance ahead of the Goa Assembly election to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Bengal: 'Boosted up' Left aims to make understanding with Congress in upcoming civic polls
Dec 31, 2021, at 03:13 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Buoyant by its reasonable success over the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections, the Left in West Bengal is aiming to replicate its tested strategy to corner the saffron brigade and ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the upcoming civic polls.
Goa: Abhishek Banerjee offers prayer at Rudreshwar Temple
Dec 29, 2021, at 09:04 pm
Panaji: All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee offered prayers and sought blessings at Rudreshwar Temple in Sanquelim in Goa on Wednesday.
TMC MP Derek O'Brien, former Goa CM Luizinho Faleiro test COVID-19 positive
Dec 28, 2021, at 06:05 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Two Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders, Derek O'Brien and Luizinho Faleiro, have tested positive for COVID-19.
Setback for Mamata as five Goa TMC leaders quit ahead of elections
Dec 25, 2021, at 07:29 pm
Goa/IBNS: In a setback for the Trinamool Congress (TMC), five of its primary members in Goa have resigned barely a few weeks ahead of the assembly elections in the coastal state, media reports said.
Want to see Mamata Banerjee as Prime Ministerial candidate in 2024: Binay Tamang
Dec 25, 2021, at 01:10 am
Kolkata/UNI: Former Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA) chairman and Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leader Binay Tamang, who joined the Trinamool Congress on Friday, said he wanted to see West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as the Prime Ministerial candidate in 2024.
TMC welcomes Darjeeling leaders Binay Tamang and Rohit Sharma to partyfold
Dec 24, 2021, at 09:41 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress (TMC), which rules West Bengal, on Friday welcomed two Darjeeling leaders Binay Tamang and Rohit Sharma to its partyfold.
TMC strongman Firhad Hakim to continue as Kolkata Mayor
Dec 23, 2021, at 11:43 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo, Mamata Banerjee, on Thursday picked her trusted lieutenant Firhad Hakim as the new Mayor of Kolkata.
After Kolkata civic poll debacle, West Bengal BJP opts for revamp
Dec 23, 2021, at 06:58 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) opted for a revamp after the saffron brigade was decimated by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and even went behind the Left in the recently concluded Kolkata civic polls.
After TMC's landslide win, Mamata Banerjee to pick Kolkata Mayor today
Dec 23, 2021, at 04:42 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will on Thursday pick Kolkata's new Mayor two days after her Trinamool Congress (TMC) registered a landslide victory in the city civic polls.
TMC stands nowhere in Goa race, says Kejriwal; Mamata's party hits back
Dec 22, 2021, at 10:59 pm
Panaji/IBNS: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Trinamool Congress, the two anti-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) forces, have locked horns in the race to triumph over the saffron brigade in the upcoming state polls in Goa where assembly elections are due to be held early 2022.
Let's be civil in victory: TMC 'sympathiser' Parambrata amid post KMC poll result violence
Dec 22, 2021, at 06:23 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Indian actor Parambrata Chattopadhyay has urged the Trinamool Congress (TMC), which has decimated the Opposition in the Kolkata civic polls, to restrain with several reports of vandalisation of rival party offices allegedly by the ruling dispensation members.
TMC MP Derek O'Brien suspended from Parliament for rest of Winter Session
Dec 22, 2021, at 03:11 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Derek O'Brien was suspended from the Parliament on Tuesday for the rest of the Winter Session after he threw the rule book at the Chair and walked out amid protests over the bill to introduce election reforms.
Mamata's TMC sweeps Kolkata civic polls, BJP-Left-Cong restricted to single digit
Dec 21, 2021, at 11:24 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Maintaining its dominance over West Bengal politics, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday registered a landslide victory in Kolkata civic elections, which were marred by sporadic violence on the polling day, leaving the opposition parties in disarray.
Former Goa Congress MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco joins TMC
Dec 21, 2021, at 06:59 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In a jolt to the grand old party, Goa lawmaker Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco on Tuesday joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC), a day after deserting the Congress.
TMC set to sweep violence-marred Kolkata civic polls, Opposition languishes in single digit
Dec 21, 2021, at 06:42 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Consolidating its position in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has swept the violence-marred Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Elections 2021, which was held last Sunday.
Mamata's TMC set for landslide win in KMC Elections 2021, Left, BJP fight for second spot
Dec 21, 2021, at 04:03 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) is set for a landslide victory in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Elections 2021 which was marred by sporadic violence on the polling day on Sunday.
Former Goa Congress MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco set to join TMC
Dec 21, 2021, at 12:57 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Former Congress MLA in Goa, Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco, is all set to join the Trinamool Congress (TMC), IBNS has learnt.
Voting for Kolkata Municipal Corporation election begins
Dec 19, 2021, at 02:21 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Polling for the much-anticipated Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) election began at 7 AM here on Sunday.
Congress supports NPP govt in Meghalaya, gets closer to BJP facing TMC threat
Dec 19, 2021, at 05:29 am
Shillong/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has brought the Congress closer to its arch-rival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as the grand old party stunned all by supporting the ruling coalition, headed by National People's Party (NPP).
Bengal Guv Dhankhar questions allocation of funds to Maa Canteen, seeks information; TMC hits back
Dec 18, 2021, at 06:45 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Triggering a fresh faceoff with the West Bengal government, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday questioned the allocation of funds to "Maa Canteen", a community kitchen which was launched by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ahead of the 2021 assembly elections.
Central force not needed in Kolkata civic polls, says Calcutta HC; BJP to move SC
Dec 18, 2021, at 05:02 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Agreeing with the single bench’s verdict, the division bench of Calcutta High Court on Friday night ruled no central force was needed for the Dec 19 civic polls in Kolkata.
TMC releases manifesto for upcoming Kolkata Municipal Corporation polls, makes 10 promises
Dec 12, 2021, at 02:22 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), which swept the assembly elections earlier this year, is back in the race to continue with its uninterrupted two-term stint in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), which will go to polls on Dec 19.
Goa assembly polls: Ahead of Priyanka Gandhi's visit, more Congress leaders leave party
Dec 11, 2021, at 02:25 am
Panaji/IBNS: Ahead of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's visit to Goa several leaders quit the party, leaving it in the lurch as Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool and Arvind Kejriwal's AAP battle to replace it as the de facto opposition party the state, media reports said.
Meghalaya: Garo Council Congress members join TMC
Dec 10, 2021, at 07:23 pm
Shillong/UNI: Amidst the ongoing political upheaval in Meghalaya, all the 11 elected Congress members of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) left the party to join ranks with the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Thursday.
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.
Dec 02, 2021, at 07:46 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Backing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's statement on the anti-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance, her political aide Prashant Kishor on Thursday said the Congress is "vital" in the Opposition but its leadership is not the "divine right of an individual".
'What is UPA? There is no UPA': Mamata Banerjee in Mumbai
Dec 02, 2021, at 04:48 am
Mumbai/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday met NCP chief Sharad Pawar at the latter's residence in Mumbai.
Shah Rukh Khan was victimised: Mamata Banerjee attacking BJP in Mumbai
Dec 01, 2021, at 11:09 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday referred to an alleged victimisation of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan while attacking the country's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in front of civil society members here.
Tripura civic polls counting: BJP leads comfortably, wins 19 wards
Nov 28, 2021, at 06:19 pm
Tripura/IBNS: As votes are being counted for elections to several civic bodies including Agartala Municipal Corporation, in Tripura on Sunday, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has a comfortable lead winning majority seats in the north eastern state.