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What happened today has put the country's democracy to shame : West Bengal Governor

Dec 05, 2019, at 03:06 pm

Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday had to  wait in front of locked gate of the state Assembly, which is designated  for him, and later entered the House through another gate meant for  media persons and officials.

BJP facing result of arrogance: Mamata Banerjee on TMC's sweep in Bengal bypolls

Nov 28, 2019, at 08:46 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Turning the tide in her favour just six months after facing a jolt in the Lok Sabha polls, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) faced defeats in the three state bypolls because of its arrogance.

After Lok Sabha slide, Mamata makes comeback as TMC sweeps West Bengal bypolls

Nov 28, 2019, at 04:43 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: After experiencing a massive setback in the Lok Sabha polls six months ago, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday came out with flying colours as her party Trinamool Congress (TMC) swept the bypolls held in three seats of the state on Nov 25.

West Bengal by-elections: TMC wins Kaliaganj and Kharagpur, ahead in Karimpur

Nov 28, 2019, at 12:46 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: In a boost for party chief Mamata Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) wrested Kaliaganj and Kharagpur Sadar seats and is also ahead by a comfortable margin in Karimpur constituency as the results of by-elections in all the three seats are coming out on Thursday.

West Bengal by-elections: TMC takes lead in all three seats

Nov 28, 2019, at 11:00 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Surprising the BJP, the TMC took lead in Karimpur, Kharagpur and Kaliaganj as the results in all the three seats are coming out on Thursday, local media reports said.

West Bengal by-elections: TMC takes lead in Karimpur, Kharagpur, BJP ahead in Kaliaganj

Nov 28, 2019, at 10:19 am

Kolkata/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress took a lead in Karimpur and Kharagpur seats while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is ahead in Kaliaganj constituency as the results of by-elections in the three seats in West Bengal are coming out on Thursday, local media reports said.

Mamata solemnly remembers those killed in "Mumbai Attacks"

Nov 26, 2019, at 02:50 pm

Kolakata/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on the 11th anniversary of ‘Mumbai Attacks’, on Tuesday, solemnly remembered those who lost their lives on that day.

TMC attacked BJP's Jay Prakash being aware of defeat in by-elections: Mukul Roy

Nov 25, 2019, at 05:58 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: In a full-fledged attack against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mukul Roy on Monday said the Trinamool Congress (TMC) knows that it will lose all the three assembly seats so they have resorted to violence.

Stray incidents of violence in Bengal bypoll

Nov 25, 2019, at 03:17 pm

Kolkata/UNI: Violence marred byelection in West Bengal with senior BJP leader and party’s candidate for Karimpur Assembly seat in Nadia district Jay Prakash Majumdar being allegedly heckled on Monday.

Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankar slams Mamata govt. for not inviting to KIFF ceremony

Nov 09, 2019, at 12:15 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Even as the 25th edition of Kolkata International Film Festival(KIFF) was inaugurated on Friday with whose who of the city and the Cineworld in attendance, West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankar said he had not been invited to the mega event.

Mamata demands JEE in all the regional languages

Nov 06, 2019, at 10:58 pm

Kolkata/UNI: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today stressed on the need for setting questions in regional languages in the all-India Joint Entrance Examination.

TMC would be back in power in 2021, BJP has no chance: Mamata Banerjee

Nov 06, 2019, at 12:54 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister on Tuesday said her party will be voted to power once again in the 2021 Assembly elections and the BJP should stop dreaming of being at the helm in the state.

We want everyone to live in peace, in unity, like brothers and sisters: Mamata

Nov 02, 2019, at 11:47 pm

Kolkata/UNI:West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said,“We want everyone to live in peace – in unity, like brothers and sisters."  

Bengal Intellectual Society calls on Guv Jagdeep Dhankar and seeks intervention into alleged human rights violation in Bengal

Oct 28, 2019, at 06:31 pm

Kolkata/UNI: A seven-member delegation representing the Bengal Intellectual Society led by its president Professor Radharaman Chakraborty today called on governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and submitted a memorandum raising two specific incidents that point towards the critical compromise of human rights and the Rule of Law in the state.

Sanmoy Banerjee held for speaking true words: Soumen Mitra on Congress leader arrest for anti-Mamata post

Oct 19, 2019, at 03:08 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Congress President Soumen Mitra on Saturday hit out at Mamata Banerjee for  arresting senior Congress leader Sanmoy Banerjee for speaking "true words" against the Chief Minister and the rule of her Trinamool Congress party on his YouTube channel.

Former Mayor of Bidhannagar Sabyasachi Dutta joins BJP

Oct 01, 2019, at 04:23 pm

Kolkata:  Former Mayor of Bidhannagar and Trinamool Congress leader Sabyasachi Dutta joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday.

Enforcement Directorate raids TMC MP KD Singh's premises at multiple locations

Sep 20, 2019, at 05:06 pm

New Delhi, Sep 20 (UNI) Enforcement Directorate carried out searches at seven locations in New Delhi and Chandigarh including registered offices of 14 group companies of Alchemist Group which is owned and controlled by Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP K D Singh.

TMC MP Shatabdi Roy returns over Rs 30 Lakh to ED

Sep 04, 2019, at 06:14 pm

Kolkata, Sep 4 (UNI) Tolloywood-actor-turned Trinamool Congress MP Shatabdi Roy today claimed that she has returned Rs 30,64,000, which she had received for being the brand ambassador from the scam tainted and defunct Saradha Group, through a bank draft addressed to the Enforcement Directorate at its Salt Lake office.

Narada probe: TMC MP Prasun Banerjee appears before CBI

Aug 31, 2019, at 10:04 pm

Kolkata, Aug 31 (UNI) Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP from Howrah Prasun Banerjee on Saturday appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) here in connection with the Narada sting operation probe.

Beat up cops, TMC goons if you are attacked: Dilip Ghosh tells BJP workers

Aug 27, 2019, at 10:59 pm

Kolkata, Aug 27 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) West Bengal unit chief Dilip Ghosh on Tuesday stirred controversy by asking his party men to beat up the cops and Trinamool Congress activists as revenge in case they come under attack.

TMC MP Satabdi Roy keen to return money received from Saradha Groups

Jul 30, 2019, at 05:39 pm

Kolkata, Jul 30 (UNI) Following the footsteps of Mithun Chakraborty, actor turned Trinamool Congress MP Satabdi Roy has reportedly written to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) wishing to return the money she had received from the defunct Saradha Group of companies at different assignments for promotions.

CBI summons TMC leader Derek O Brien

Jul 27, 2019, at 05:15 pm

Kolkata, Jul 27 (UNI) Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha leader and MP Derek O'Brien, also the publisher of West Bengal ruling party's mouthpiece "Jago Bangla", has been summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation ( CBI) to appear early next month.

Mamata Banerjee's Shahid Divas programme in Kolkata remained flop: BJP

Jul 21, 2019, at 06:28 pm

New Delhi, July 21 (IBNS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday described West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's 21 July programme in Kolkata as a 'flop'.

Don't worry about Congress, think about TMC: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury tells Mamata Banerjee

Jul 21, 2019, at 04:57 pm

New Delhi, July 21 (IBNS):  Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday targeted the Trinamool Congress and its supremo Mamata Banerjee and said she should think about the future of her own party and not about any other issue.

Mamata Banerjee is trying to bring equality among all religion: Nusrat Jahan

Jul 13, 2019, at 06:44 pm

New Delhi, Jul 13 (UNI) Countering the BJP charges that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was indulging in appeasement of Muslims, Trinamool Congress MPs Nusrat Jahan and Mimi Chakraborty have said ‘Mamata Didi’ was trying to bring equality among all religions. 

107 Bengal MLAs to join BJP, says Mukul Roy

Jul 13, 2019, at 06:04 pm

Kolkata, July 13 (IBNS): BJP leader Mukul Roy on Saturday claimed that 107 MLAs from West Bengal. who include TMC, CPI-M and Congress lawmakers, will soon join the saffron party.

TMC govt to tackle 'Jai Sri Ram' with Amartya Sen's words

Jul 11, 2019, at 09:46 pm

Kolkata, Jul 11 (UNI): The Trinamool Congress government has hit upon a novel idea to tackle BJP's 'Jai Sri Ram' slogan--borrowing a Nobel laureate's words.

TMC MP Nusrat Jahan Jain calls for unity in ISKCON Rath Yatra in Kolkata

Jul 04, 2019, at 06:34 pm

Kolkata, July 4 (IBNS): Actress-turned Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Nusrat Jahan Jain, who was caught in the midst of a controversy recently over her inter-faith marriage, on Thursday called for a "unity" at the Rath Yatra festival (pulling of chariot) organised by global Hindu religious organisation International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) here.

TMC, BJP MPs clash, Speaker urges them not to turn the Lower House into Bengal legislature

Jul 03, 2019, at 04:35 pm

New Delhi, Jul 3 (UNI) Members from West Bengal belonging to the BJP and state's ruling party Trinamool Congress clashed intensely and repeatedly in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday forcing the chair to snub them more than once.

Politicisation of WB during discussion of law and order should be avoided: TMC MP Mahua Moitra

Jul 02, 2019, at 03:53 pm

New Delhi, Jul 2 (UNI) AITC member in Lok Sabha Mahua Moitra on Tuesday said the politicisation of West Bengal during the discussion of law and order in the House should be avoided.