TMC now run like a company, ashamed that I was part of it for 21 yrs : Shuvendu Adhikari
Dec 27, 2020, at 02:03 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Former Trinamool Congress strongman and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari has said he is ashamed of his 21 years in Mamata Banerjee's party as it has now lost discipline and is being run like a "company", adding that his new objective is to help BJP win the 2021 Bengal assembly elections.
WB: North Kanthi MLA Banasri Maitry quits Trinamool Congress
Dec 19, 2020, at 05:20 am
Kolkata/IBNS: In continuation with the trend of rebel leaders quitting the Trinamool Congress (TMC) party in West Bengal ahead of Assembly elections next year, North Kanthi MLA Banasri Maity on Friday resigned from the primary membership of the party.
Centre provides 'Z' category security, bulletproof vehicle to Suvendu Adhikari
Dec 18, 2020, at 10:17 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The VIP Security Section under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has allotted 'Z' category CRPF security cover along with an armoured vehicle to former TMC minister Suvendu Adhikari, a day before the senior leader is likely to join the BJP at Amit Shah's Medinipur rally, reports said.
Dec 17, 2020, at 03:47 am
Kolkata/IBNS: All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi Wednesday slammed West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who in a veiled attack said the BJP is spending crores of rupees to bring in a party from Hyderabad to divide Muslim votes.
West Bengal Assembly: Suvendu Adhikari resigns as TMC MLA
Dec 16, 2020, at 09:47 pm
Kolkata: Ending days of speculations, Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday resigned as Trinamool Congress MLA.
Dec 12, 2020, at 10:59 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: Days after the BJP national president J.P. Nadda's convoy came under an attack in West Bengal's Diamond Harbour area due to alleged lapses on security arrangements, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday wrote to the Bengal government asking them to release three IPS officials as the MHA wanted them to serve in Central deputation, reports said.
West Bengal: TMC activists attack BJP chief J.P. Nadda's convoy, multiple vehicles vandalized
Dec 10, 2020, at 08:41 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (AITC) workers in large numbers, reportedly, attacked Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president J.P. Nadda's convoy at Sirakol area under Usthi Police Station limits in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Thursday.
Dec 08, 2020, at 01:41 am
Siliguri/Kolkata/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called for a 12-hour general strike in North Bengal on Tuesday (Dec 8) following the death of its party worker during a clash with the police in Siliguri city on Monday afternoon.
Kolkata Press Club condemns TMC MP Mahua Moitra's 'Two Paisa Media' remark, calls it insulting
Dec 07, 2020, at 09:53 pm
Kolkata: The Kolkata Press Club on Monday condemned ruling Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra for terming the media as worth nothing, inviting strong reactions from the fraternity.
TMC MLA Mihir Goswami may join BJP
Nov 27, 2020, at 10:59 pm
Kolkata: TMC MLA Mihir Goswami might join the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday, media reports said.
Nov 27, 2020, at 01:48 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Transport Minister Suvendu Adhikari, who has been recently seen maintaining distance from TMC and holding rallies without party banner or flag, on Thursday resigned as the Chairman of the Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners (HRBC), sources said.
AIMIM's Bengal leader Anwar Pasha, others join Trinamool Congress ahead of 2021 polls
Nov 23, 2020, at 08:53 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Upsetting Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM which is set to contest the West Bengal assembly polls, several state leaders of the party joined the ruling Trinamool Congress here on Monday.
Alliance with Congress preceded by movement: Left's new strategy ahead of Bengal Polls
Nov 23, 2020, at 12:45 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Taking a lesson from the disastrous outcome in the 2016 West Bengal Assembly Elections, the Left is eyeing for a movement with Congress before jumping into the high-pitched state polls due to be held in April-May next year.
'Congress must join us in movement before we seal poll alliance': Left Front chairman Biman Bose
Nov 22, 2020, at 09:06 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Left Front Chairman Biman Bose on Sunday said the left parties constituting the front are yet to discuss the alliance with Congress for the crucial 2021 West Bengal Assembly polls.
Nov 20, 2020, at 12:19 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Maintaining suspense over his political position, West Bengal Minister and heavyweight Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader, Suvendu Adhikari, on Thursday said he was still a member of West Bengal's ruling party.
BJP worker beaten to death in Bengal's Cooch Behar
Nov 19, 2020, at 03:38 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A BJP worker was beaten to death in Cooch Behar district of West Bengal allegedly by Trinamool Congress activists this morning, said a media report.
Nitish critic Prashant Kishor draws flak from disgruntled TMC leaders
Nov 19, 2020, at 01:43 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Poll strategist and former JD(U) leader Prashant, who seems to have sharpened his attack on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar even after his win in the recent Bihar elections, is being doubted by several TMC leaders whether he would be able to ensure a win for the party in assembly polls which are barely six months away.
Left in search of 'right' path ahead of Bengal assembly polls
Nov 12, 2020, at 05:47 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Leftists, who ruled Bengal for a record 34 years (1977 -2011), seem now in a dilemma to exploit strategies in respect of the Assembly elections next year while analysing the Bihar post poll scenario.
Give us one chance, we will build 'Sonar Bangla' in five years: Amit Shah in Bengal
Nov 07, 2020, at 01:55 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is on a two-day visit to Bengal, on Friday appealed to the people of the state to give one chance to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to form the government here and help build 'sonar Bangla' (golden Bengal) in five years.
Amit Shah slams Mamata govt over 'appeasement politics' offering prayers at Dakshineswar Temple
Nov 06, 2020, at 07:20 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Offering prayers to goddess Kali at the iconic Dakshineswar Temple, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday slammed the Mamata Banerjee government for its alleged appeasement politics, without taking the name of any community.
'Will it be nice if I say the same?' Mamata Banerjee counters Amit Shah's 'uproot TMC govt' attack
Nov 06, 2020, at 12:47 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday strongly reacted to Union Home Minister Amit Shah's call to uproot the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in the 2021 West Bengal assembly polls.
'Uproot Mamata Banerjee govt': Amit Shah appeals to people during his 2-day Bengal visit
Nov 06, 2020, at 12:32 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Sharpening his attack on the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday urged people of the state to uproot the ruling dispensation in the next assembly elections due to be held in 2021.
'Uproot Mamata Banerjee govt': Amit Shah appeals to people during his 2-day Bengal visit
Nov 05, 2020, at 10:45 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Sharpening his attack on the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday urged people of the state to uproot the ruling dispensation in the next assembly elections due to be held in 2021.
Eyes on 2021 poll, BJP chief JP Nadda to visit West Bengal again on Nov 6
Oct 31, 2020, at 02:49 am
Kolkata/IBNS: In a bid to mobilise the outfit's organisation, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Jagat Prakash Nadda will make his second visit to poll-bound West Bengal in less than 20 days on Nov 6.
SC slams WB Police for summoning Delhi resident who criticised Mamata govt on Facebook over lockdown
Oct 30, 2020, at 03:13 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court has slammed the West Bengal Police for summoning a Delhi resident, who had criticised the Mamata Banerjee government in a Facebook post over the enforcement of anti-Covid-19 lockdown, media reports said.
West Bengal Guv Jagdeep Dhankhar to meet Amit Shah today
Oct 29, 2020, at 05:33 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Jagdeep Dhankhar, the Governor of poll-bound West Bengal, will meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the national capital Delhi on Thursday.
Oct 21, 2020, at 06:29 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Countering the dole politics and inauguration of puja pandals by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is not reluctant to hold back to address the Bengali community (mostly) this year as barely few months are left for the eastern state to plunge into a high-octane election mode.
CAA will be implemented once Coronavirus is over: BJP president JP Nadda
Oct 20, 2020, at 01:47 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Jagat Prakash Nadda on Monday reiterated that the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) will be implemented once the Novel Coronavirus pandemic is over.
West Bengal: BJP marches to Mamata Banerjee's office, meets with lathicharge, teargas
Oct 08, 2020, at 07:35 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal Police resorted to lathicharge and also opened tear gas to disperse the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and workers who were on Thursday marching towards the state secretariat Nabanna, which houses Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's office.
West Bengal: Two arrested in BJP leader Manish Shukla's murder case, police suspect old enmity
Oct 06, 2020, at 06:54 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Two people have been arrested in connection with the murder of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Manish Shukla who was shot dead in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Sunday evening.