Alliance talks on: Congress hopeful to strike a deal with Mamata in Bengal despite TMC's reluctance
Feb 24, 2024, at 06:02 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday exuded optimism in joining hands with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to fight Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) despite Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s renewed declaration that it will go solo in the state in Lok Sabha elections 2024.
As Lok Sabha polls approaches, PM Modi to visit Bengal for three days in March
Feb 24, 2024, at 05:37 am
Kolkata/IBNS: In a run-up to the Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be spending three days in West Bengal in the first week of March.
Talks on seat-sharing with Mamata Banerjee still on: Jairam Ramesh
Feb 23, 2024, at 08:20 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Averring that a decision on seat sharing with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will be finalised in a day or two for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday said talks with Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress are still on.
Mamata Banerjee's TMC resumes seat-sharing talks with Congress for Lok Sabha polls: Reports
Feb 23, 2024, at 06:46 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: In a U-turn from its previous stance, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) has resumed seat-sharing talks with Congress for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, media reports said.
NHRC sends notices to Bengal Chief Secy, DGP on Sandeshkhali incidents, seeks reports within 4 weeks
Feb 22, 2024, at 05:19 am
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: The National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to the West Bengal Chief Secretary and Director General of Police after taking suo motu cognizance of media reports of alleged harassment and sexual assaults on "innocent and impoverished women" in Sandeshkhali.
ED grills TMC MP Dev for 8 hours in cattle smuggling case in Delhi
Feb 22, 2024, at 02:44 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Dev was on Wednesday grilled for about 8 hours by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the cattle smuggling case in New Delhi.
Sandeshkhali row: Supreme Court stays Lok Sabha panel summons to West Bengal officials
Feb 19, 2024, at 05:41 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Monday put a hold on the Lok Sabha panel's summons to West Bengal top officials on a complaint filed by parliamentarian and state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Sukanta Majumdar, media reports said.
Sandeshkhali row: West Bengal Police arrests absconding TMC leader Shibu Hazra
Feb 18, 2024, at 02:20 am
Sandeshkhali (West Bengal): After evading arrest for nearly 44 days, Trinamool Congress leader Shibaprasad Hazra alias Shibu Hazra has been apprehended by the West Bengal Police on charges of gang rape and making murder threats.
Sandeshkhali incident: PIL filed in Supreme Court seeking probe into sexual harassment allegations
Feb 16, 2024, at 06:27 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking an impartial probe into the allegations of land grabbing and sexual harassment of women in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali by the aides of Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sheikh Shahjahan, media reports said.
Bengal police deny Amit Malviya's allegation on Sandeshkhali, calls it 'most shameful'
Feb 16, 2024, at 03:35 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal Police Thursday dubbed BJP spokesperson Amit Malviya's allegation that police have forcibly taken away a few women from Sandeshkhali as fake.
TMC MP Mimi Chakraborty resigns, 'not accepted' by Mamata Banerjee
Feb 16, 2024, at 03:01 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Just months ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, actress-Trinamool Congress MP Mimi Chakraborty on Thursday resigned after meeting West Bengal Chief Minister and party supremo Mamata Banerjee, who as per the parliamentarian's words refused to accept the resignation.
ED summons Mahua Moitra for interrogation in alleged foreign exchange violation case
Feb 16, 2024, at 01:34 am
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress leader and disqualified Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra is facing fresh troubles as the Enforcement Directorate has sent her summons for questioning in an alleged foreign exchange violation case.
West Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari heads towards trouble-torn Sandeshkhali
Feb 15, 2024, at 11:30 pm
Kolkata: After a sit-in-dharna outside the West Bengal Assembly against the suspension of five BJP MLAs, Opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday left for Sandeshkhali, the trouble-torn area of North 24 Parganas.
Sandeshkhali row: Calcutta HC cancels prohibitory order, opposition intensifies movement
Feb 14, 2024, at 06:02 am
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: The oppositions-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), CPI(M) and Congress-on Tuesday intensified their movement separately on the Sandeshkhali issue in Bengal where the women were allegedly being tortured by some TMC local leaders, even as Calcutta High Court set aside the prohibitory order imposed by the state administration under section 144 Cr PC at the troubled-torn area in North 24 Parganas, official sources said.
Suvendu Adhikari, five other BJP MLAs suspended from West Bengal Assembly
Feb 12, 2024, at 10:26 pm
Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari and five other BJP MLAs were suspended for the remaining budget session of the West Bengal Assembly on Monday by Speaker Biman Bandyopadhyay, official sources said.
Bengal Guv Ananda Bose expresses concern over situation in Sandeshkhali
Feb 12, 2024, at 10:21 pm
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday assured the people of this trouble-torn area, especially the women, that he was with them and would do whatever could be done to alleviate their "sufferings", official sources said.
Dev likely to contest from West Bengal's Ghatal in 2024 Lok Sabha elections
Feb 12, 2024, at 04:17 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Bengali film superstar-parliamentarian Dev is likely to contest from his present Lok Sabha constituency Ghatal for his third term in the upcoming General Elections.
TMC nominates journalist Sagarika Ghose, Sushmita Dev, 2 others to Rajya Sabha
Feb 11, 2024, at 11:46 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Sunday announced the nominations of journalist Sagarika Ghose, former MP Sushmita Dev and two others for the Rajya Sabha election from West Bengal, sidelining three incumbent MPs.
Politics won't let me go, says Dev meeting Mamata Banerjee, Abhishek Banerjee in Kolkata
Feb 11, 2024, at 05:00 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Tollywood superstar-parliamentarian Dev on Saturday dropped a big hint about his political future after meeting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in Kolkata amid speculations over his political future.
BJP's Suvendu Adhikari seeks West Bengal Governor's intervention to restore peace in Sandeshkhali
Feb 11, 2024, at 03:34 am
Kolkata: West Bengal Opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday sought Governor C V Ananda Bose's intervention into the volatile situation at Sandeshkhali in South 24 Parganas district and served a 24-hour ultimatum, saying if the internet services were not restored and Section 144 of CrPC not withdrawn, the BJP workers would hold a protest march on Monday.
Feb 10, 2024, at 06:51 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Internet services have been snapped and an assembly of more than four people have been banned in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas after a protest against absconding Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan and his aides turns violent, media reports said.
My last day in Parliament: TMC MP Dev posts online amid speculations over his political future
Feb 08, 2024, at 11:43 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Bengali film superstar-parliamentarian Dev's recent post on Instagram has strengthened the speculations that the Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MP is looking for an exit route from politics.
After Mamata Banerjee, Bhagwant Mann announces AAP will contest Lok Sabha Polls alone in Punjab
Jan 24, 2024, at 11:04 pm
Just an hour after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said her Trinamool Congress will contest the national polls in Bengal alone, Punjab Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday announced a similar stance, giving a jolt to the INDIA alliance.
Jan 23, 2024, at 05:16 am
Kolkata/IBNS: As India celebrated the Pran Pratishtha ceremony of Lord Ram at his janmabhoomi (birthplace) in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee led an all-faith rally in Kolkata sending a message of secularism ahead of the crucial Lok Sabha elections.
Jan 21, 2024, at 05:28 am
Kolkata: West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury slammed the INDIA alliance bloc Trinamool Congress, asserting that he has defeated the Mamata Banerjee-led party before.
Jan 12, 2024, at 03:18 am
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday outrightly rejected the proposal of 'One Nation One Election', saying the move was designed to "subvert" the Indian Constitution’s basic structure.
Abhishek Banerjee moves Supreme Court seeking 'restraint' on Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay's remarks
Jan 11, 2024, at 05:40 pm
Kolkata/New Delhi/IBNS: Trinamool Congress national general secretary and Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking a "restraint" on Calcutta High Court Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay from making "politically motivated" statements in sub-judice cases, media reports said.
Mamata Banerjee warns TMC leaders over 'internal conflict' ahead of Lok Sabha polls
Jan 11, 2024, at 04:58 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday gave a stern warning to her party members for expressing their grievances in public amid the "conflict" between the older and newer generation leaders.
TMC's victory: Mamata Banerjee on Supreme Court's Bilkis Bano verdict
Jan 09, 2024, at 07:55 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday claimed her party Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s victory in the Supreme Court judgement, which overturned Gujarat government's decision to release 11 convicts in the case pertaining to the rape of Bilkis Bano and murder of her family members during the 2002 communal riot in the western state.
Bengal ration scam: ED issues lookout notice against TMC leader missing since attack on probe team
Jan 07, 2024, at 05:24 am
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a lookout notice against Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Shahjahan Sheikh, who has been missing since yesterday after an ED team was attacked on the way to raid his residence in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal in connection with the public distribution system (PDS) scam, media reports said.