May 18, 2021, at 02:20 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A special Central Bureau of Information (CBI) court in Kolkata granted interim bail to West Bengal Ministers Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee, Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra and former TMC leader Sovan Chatterjee after they were arrested by the probe agency on Monday in connection with the Narada scam.
WB CM Mamata Banerjee starts sit-in demonstration in front of CBI office, protesting arrest
May 17, 2021, at 09:18 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday started a sit-in demonstration in front of CBI office at Nizam Palace here, protesting against the arrest of two of her cabinet colleagues Subrata Mukherjee, Firhad Hakim and MLA Madan Mitra along with ex-Kolkata mayor Sovan Chatterjee.
What happened to Suvendu Adhikari? Narada News CEO Mathew Samuels questions CBI
May 17, 2021, at 08:48 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: Narada News CEO Mathew Samuels has questioned the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for its alleged selective arrest of the accused in the Narada sting operation where a line of politicians had purportedly accepted bribes.
CBI arrest of TMC leaders in Narada case sparks outrage, Mamata camps at Nizam Palace
May 17, 2021, at 07:32 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In a morning swoop, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested three top Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders, including Kolkata Municipal Corporation administrator Firhad Hakim, along with a former Mayor, in connection with the 2016 Narada expose, triggering a political firestorm in West Bengal amid a raging pandemic and in the aftermath of a violent staggered state election in which the ruling TMC decimated its new political challenger BJP.
CBI arrests three TMC leaders, former Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee in Narada case
May 17, 2021, at 04:13 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In an interesting turn of events in West Bengal, India's premier investigating agency on Monday arrested three Trinamool Congress (TMC) heavyweights and a former Kolkata Mayor in a case related to the Narada sting operation.
Bengal: Two BJP MLAs Nisith Pramanik, Jagannath Sarkar resign to continue as Lok Sabha MPs
May 13, 2021, at 12:18 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA-elects, Nisith Pramanik and Jagannath Sarkar, resigned on Wednesday in order to continue as Lok Sabha MPs, following the order of the party.
Covid-19: TMC wants virtual parliamentary committee meetings, Congress backs
May 11, 2021, at 03:46 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s appeal to the central government to hold virtual parliamentary committee meetings in the wake of Covid-19 spike was on Monday backed by several Congress leaders.
Bengal: BJP leader Mukul Roy rubbishes rumour of his return to TMC
May 08, 2021, at 11:33 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mukul Roy on Saturday rubbished the rumour of his possible joining in his former party Trinamool Congress (TMC), a day after he met a ruling party member in the state assembly.
BJP unable to accept people's mandate: Mamata Banerjee in Bengal assembly
May 08, 2021, at 06:00 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said her adversary Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was still unable to accept people's mandate, a week after the Trinamool Congress (TMC) was voted back to power with a thumping majority.
Accept people's mandate: Mamata Banerjee to BJP amid post-poll violence
May 06, 2021, at 11:58 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday appealed to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to "accept people's mandate" amid the post-poll violence that has kept the eastern state disturbed in some areas.
Covid, law and order: Mamata Banerjee sets priority taking oath as Bengal CM for third term
May 05, 2021, at 06:05 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Sixty-six year old popular Indian politician Mamata Banerjee has cleared her initial aim would be to tackle the Covid-19 crisis and stop the post-poll violence, taking oath as the West Bengal Chief Minister for the third term in a row on Wednesday.
Mamata Banerjee swears in as West Bengal Chief Minister for third term
May 05, 2021, at 04:19 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee took oath as the West Bengal Chief Minister for the third consecutive term here on Wednesday.
Large-scale post-poll violence in Bengal claims lives as Oppn alleges 2011 re-run
May 05, 2021, at 12:20 am
Kolkata: Even as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appealed for calm, West Bengal is roiled by large-scale post poll violence claiming at least a dozen lives so far while the opposition parties' leaders and workers are being attacked and their property looted, according to media reports and the opposition parties.
PM Modi dials Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar over post-poll violence
May 04, 2021, at 08:43 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday dialled West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar expressing "anguish" and "concern" over the prevailing post-poll violence in the state.
Didn't want to see them as zero: Mamata Banerjee on Left's performance in Bengal
May 04, 2021, at 04:20 am
Kolkata/IBNS: After making a landslide victory in the West Bengal elections and sealing her return as the chief minister of the state for the third time, Mamata Banerjee on Monday expressed sympathy for her arch-rival -the Left front-who had been completely decimated with no representation in the state assembly for the first time since independence.
Home Ministry asks Bengal government for report on post-election violence
May 04, 2021, at 02:33 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Union Home Ministry on Monday asked the West Bengal government for a report on the post-assembly election violence in the state.
First Covid, then politics: Mamata Banerjee on roadmap for 2024 General Elections
May 04, 2021, at 02:25 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee, who has emerged as a face of Opposition to take on the mighty Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Monday said she would prioritise the tackling of Covid-19 crisis at the present moment and not politics.
Mamata Banerjee to meet newly elected TMC MLAs in Kolkata today
May 03, 2021, at 08:40 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee will on Monday meet all her elected MLAs a day after her party registered a landslide victory in the West Bengal polls.
Mamata storms back to power for third term in Bengal derailing Modi-Shah juggernaut
May 03, 2021, at 04:14 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Brushing under the carpet her personal defeat in the Nandigram battle, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee stormed back to power for the third consecutive time, decimating the mighty challenge from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by the duo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
May 03, 2021, at 01:18 am
Kolkata: BJP leader and former Mamata strongman Suvendu Adhikari has won the Nandigram seat, according to official confirmation after it was reported widely that Mamata Banerjee had won the prestige seat.
Don't worry for Nandigram, will accept verdict, says Mamata as confusion prevails over result
May 03, 2021, at 12:47 am
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said she is accepting the verdict of the people of Nandigram even as confusion prevailed over who won the high-profile seat in the West Bengal Assembly.
I had targeted to win 221 seats: Mamata Banerjee
May 03, 2021, at 12:02 am
Kolkata: Scoring a landslide victory, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said her party's target in the Assembly poll was to win 221 seats.
Prashant Kishor quits election management after ensuring Mamata Banerjee's TMC election victory
May 02, 2021, at 10:37 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Election strategist Prashant Kishor, who spearheaded Mamata Banerjee's 2021 election victory, on Sunday announced that he will quit his election management job and hand over I-PAC to his employees to run the show.
May 02, 2021, at 10:13 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In a close contest with her former lieutenant and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Suvendu Adhikari, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee won from Nandigram as the results of the state assembly elections are declared on Sunday, according a news agency report.
Prashant Kishor decides to quit as poll strategist while basking in glory of Trinamool win
May 02, 2021, at 09:55 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata: Election strategist Prashant Kishore had predicted the future correctly last year when he had tweeted that the Bharatiya Janata Party will not cross the double-digit mark in the West Bengal Assembly polls and the latest vote count figures are echoing the same as the lotus brigade is yet to tally even 80 seats in the state.
TMC inches closer to 3rd term victory in Bengal, BJP yet to accept defeat
May 02, 2021, at 08:57 pm
Kolkata/UNI: As the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) is heading for a third term victory in Bengal, leading in 206 of the 294 seats, rival BJP is yet to concede defeat as its spokesman Amit Malvia said the party will "wait till the end of 15 rounds of counting."
Mehbooba Mufti, Sharad Pawar wish Mamata Banerjee over West Bengal Assembly polls results
May 02, 2021, at 08:23 pm
New Delhi: Senior Kashmir politician and former state CM Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday congratulated West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee after her Trinamool Congress registered a massive lead in the ongoing Assembly polls.
May 02, 2021, at 08:07 pm
Kolkata/UNI: The Election Commission (EC) has taken serious note of some reports coming in of congregation of people to celebrate the anticipated victory of respective parties.
Assembly polls: TMC sweeping Bengal, DMK leading in TN, LDF in Kerala, NDA in Assam, NRC in Pondy
May 02, 2021, at 07:55 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, DMK-led Congress alliance in Tamil Nadu, BJP-led NDA in Assam, LDF in Kerala and N R Congress-led BJP alliance in Puducherry, are leading in more than half of the seats in their respective states as per the trends of counting of votes for Assembly elections on Sunday.
Didi, jio Didi: Akhilesh Yadav lauds Mamata Banerjee on TMC's huge lead in Bengal polls
May 02, 2021, at 07:29 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav came out with all praises for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee whose Trinamool Congress (TMC) has taken a huge lead over the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as the results of assembly elections are coming out on Sunday.