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Goa: Luizinho Faleiro quits as Congress MLA, praises TMC chief Mamata Banerjee

Sep 27, 2021, at 10:31 pm

Veteran Goa Congress leader Luizinho Faleiro on Monday quit as Congress MLA by giving a hint that he might join West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress.

Former Goa CM Luizinho Faleiro quits Congress, likely to join TMC

Sep 27, 2021, at 08:25 pm

Panaji/IBNS: Former Goa Chief Minister Luizinho Faleiro Monday quit the Congress as well as an MLA amid speculations over his joining in the Trinamool Congress (TMC).

Former Goa CM and Congress veteran Luizinho Faleiro likely to join TMC: Reports

Sep 27, 2021, at 05:23 pm

Panaji/IBNS: Former Goa Chief Minister Luizinho Faleiro is likely to join the Trinamool Congress (TMC), which is in an expansion mode after retaining power in West Bengal earlier this year, media reports said.

Prashant Kishor has registered himself as a voter in Kolkata

Sep 26, 2021, at 07:09 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Political strategist Prashant Kishor has registered himself as a voter in the Bhabanipur legislative constituency. This has emerged just ahead of the crucial bypolls, where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will contest to enter the West Bengal Assembly.

Contesting from Bhabanipur was destined: Mamata Banerjee ahead of bypoll

Sep 23, 2021, at 11:33 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said her contest from the south Kolkata constituency of Bhabanipur, where she resides, was in her destiny.

Won't let BJP turn India into Taliban state: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in Bhabanipur

Sep 22, 2021, at 11:35 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said she won't let the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to turn India into a Taliban state, in an unsparing attack on the saffron camp while campaigning for her byelection in Bhabanipur constituency.

Happy at the way Mamata Banerjee gave love, affection, warmth: Babul Supriyo after meeting TMC chief

Sep 20, 2021, at 08:49 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Former Union Minister Babul Supriyo, who joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) last week, Monday said he was "happy" at the way love and affection were showered on him by party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Bengal: BJP won't field candidate against TMC's Sushmita Dev for Rajya Sabha bypoll

Sep 20, 2021, at 07:51 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday said it will not field any candidate against Trinamool Congress (TMC) nominee Sushmita Dev for the upcoming bypoll to a Rajya Sabha seat from the state.

Icore chit fund case: Bengal minister Manas Bhunia skips CBI summon

Sep 20, 2021, at 07:12 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA, Manas Ranjan Bhunia, has skipped the summon issued by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that had asked him to appear before the agency Monday in connection with its ongoing probe into the ICore chit fund scam, officials said.

'Felt disillusioned..not okay with being benched' : Babul Supriyo on his exit from BJP

Sep 19, 2021, at 09:05 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Former Union minister Babul Supriyo said in a television interview that he was disillusioned with the BJP and he did not feel right about being benched after years of hard work.

Former Union Minister Babul Supriyo joins TMC

Sep 18, 2021, at 08:28 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Leaving the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) egg-faced, former Union Minister and the saffron party's star campaigner for the upcoming Bhabanipur byelection, Babul Supriyo, joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) here Saturday. 

TMC's Arpita Ghosh resigns as Rajya Sabha MP

Sep 16, 2021, at 04:54 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MP Arpita Ghosh on Wednesday resigned from her post.

TMC nominates Sushmita Dev to Rajya Sabha

Sep 14, 2021, at 09:41 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) has nominated its leader Sushmita Dev to Parliament’s upper house- Rajya Sabha.

CBI quizzes Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee in ICore chit fund case

Sep 13, 2021, at 11:25 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday questioned Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee in connection with its ongoing probe into the ICore chit fund scam, officials said.

Coal scam: ED again summons TMC Gen Sec Abhishek Banerjee

Sep 12, 2021, at 12:31 am

Kolkata/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate (ED ) has again summoned Trinamool Congress (TMC) All India general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in connection with its ongoing investigation into an illegal coal mining and smuggling scam, officials said on Saturday.

Will make sure Hindi-speaking people allowed to vote this time: BJP's Bhabanipur candidate Priyanka Tibrewal slamming Mamata

Sep 11, 2021, at 12:18 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s candidate for Bhabanipur bypoll, advocate Priyanka Tibrewal, Friday accused the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) of not allowing Hindi-speaking people to cast their votes in the constituency, countering her rival West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who said votes are polled less in the seat.

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee files nomination as TMC candidate from Bhabanipur

Sep 10, 2021, at 08:04 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday filed her nomination as a Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate from Bhabanipur assembly constituency for the upcoming bypoll in the seat.

Bengal: BJP fields Priyanka Tibrewal against Mamata Banerjee for Bhabanipur byelection

Sep 10, 2021, at 05:36 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded advocate and its leader Priyanka Tibrewal, who had filed the petition in the case pertaining to post-poll violence in West Bengal, against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the upcoming byelection in the Bhabanipur assembly seat.

Bengal: Left fields young lawyer Srijib Biswas against Mamata Banerjee for Bhabanipur byelection

Sep 09, 2021, at 03:09 am

Kolkata/IBNS: The Left Front has fielded CPI-M leader and young lawyer Srijib Biswas as its candidate to take on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the Bhabanipur bypoll in West Bengal.

CBI summons TMC's Partha Chatterjee in ICore chit fund case

Sep 08, 2021, at 07:59 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned West Bengal minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Partha Chatterjee in connection with its ongoing probe into the ICore chit fund scam, officials said.

TMC, BJP fight over Hindu festival Durga Puja after Mamata announces cash for clubs

Sep 08, 2021, at 07:08 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) and its prime Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have freshly locked horns over Hindu festival Durga Puja after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced cash worth Rs. 50,000 each to around 36,000 puja organisers.

Northeast alliance led by Tripura's royal family head wants to ally with TMC

Sep 08, 2021, at 06:21 am

Guwahati/IBNS: In a bid to challenge the ruling BJP in Tripura, an alliance was formed on Tuesday between The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA) and the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) , reported media.

Coal scam: ED questions TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee for eight hours

Sep 07, 2021, at 03:11 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday quizzed Trinamool Congress (TMC) all India General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee for over eight hours in connection with its ongoing investigation into an illegal coal mining and smuggling scam, officials said.

Coal scam: TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee faces ED interrogation in Delhi

Sep 06, 2021, at 06:44 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is quizzing Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee at its Delhi office in connection with the ongoing probe into an illegal coal mining and smuggling case, officials said.

Bengal CID summons BJP's Suvendu Adhikari in his bodyguard's mysterious death case

Sep 05, 2021, at 04:55 am

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Saturday summoned BJP's Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Suvendu Adhikari in connection with the probe into the mysterious death of Adhikari's security personnel Suvabrata Chakraborty, officials said.

West Bengal Govt appoints 10 IPS officers to assist Calcutta HC formed SIT to probe post-poll violence

Sep 02, 2021, at 09:46 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal government on Wednesday deputed 10 IPS officers to assist the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the Calcutta High Court to probe the alleged incidents of murder and sexual assault since the declaration of Bengal assembly poll results on May 2, officials said on Thursday.

Coal scam case: TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's wife Rujira likely to skip ED summons today

Sep 01, 2021, at 05:55 pm

Kolkata/New Delhi/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee's wife Rujira Naroola Banerjee is likely to skip the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is probing the coal scam case.

BJP MLA from Bagdah Biswajit Das joins back TMC

Aug 31, 2021, at 10:35 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Homecoming in West Bengal politics continues as BJP MLA from Bagdah assembly constituency, Biswajit Das, on Tuesday rejoined Trinamool Congress (TMC), a day after BJP's Bishnupur MLA Tanmoy Ghosh had returned to the TMC.

Bengal: BJP's Bishnupur MLA Tanmoy Ghosh joins TMC

Aug 30, 2021, at 07:29 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Assembly MLA Tanmoy Ghosh from Bishnupur constituency became the second Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker to join the Trinamool Congress (TMC) since the conclusion of the state polls in May this year.

BJP can't fight us politically so using agencies: Mamata after ED summons Abhishek Banerjee in coal scam case

Aug 28, 2021, at 10:31 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Accusing the saffron party of vindictive politics, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was unable to fight her Trinamool Congress (TMC) politically so using agencies, hours after Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoned her nephew Abhishek Banerjee and his wife in a coal scam case.