Mamata Banerjee takes a swipe at BJP after ED raids Bengal Minister's house
Oct 27, 2023, at 02:51 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday described the ED raids at state minister Jyotipriya Mallick's house as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s "abuse of power to muzzle any opposition to their authoritarian rule".
Oct 27, 2023, at 12:39 am
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has been summoned to appear before the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee on October 31 in connection with the "cash for query" row, media reports said.
Oct 25, 2023, at 07:34 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In a fresh attack on Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra, who is accused of taking bribes for raising questions in Parliament, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey on Wednesday said the question was not about "Adani" or "degree" which the firebrand politician raised but her "corruption".
Oct 22, 2023, at 05:45 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Amit Malviya late last evening took a jibe at Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, saying that her party has "abandoned" her amid a row over allegations that she took bribes for asking questions in Parliament to corner Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
'Got Darshan Hiranandani affidavit, will conduct probe': Ethics Committee on Mahua Moitra case
Oct 21, 2023, at 04:22 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Lok Sabha ethics committee Friday said it has received the affidavit by businessman Darshan Hiranandani alleging that he bribed Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra to ask questions in the Parliament.
'Mahua Moitra gave me Parliament access to target PM Modi, Adani': Businessman Darshan Hiranandani
Oct 20, 2023, at 05:16 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Businessman Darshan Hiranandani, in an explosive affidavit on Thursday, claimed Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra had given him her Parliament login ID to frame questions against the Adani group.
TMC MP Mahua Moitra slaps legal notice on BJP MP Nishikant Dubey over bribe allegations
Oct 18, 2023, at 05:01 am
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has sued BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and Supreme Court lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai over "defamatory" allegations that she accepted "bribes" to pose questions in the Lok Sabha, reported India Today.
Oct 17, 2023, at 04:41 am
New Delhi: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey has communicated to Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and his junior minister Rajeev Chandrashekhar to investigate allegations of 'bribe for question’ involving Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra.
Bengal Guv assures TMC of taking up MGNREGA fund scheme dues' issue with Centre
Oct 10, 2023, at 03:04 am
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Monday assured a Trinamool Congress delegation, led by its national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, that he would convey to the Centre about the MGNREGA fund scheme dues to the State Government, official sources said.
CBI raids houses of Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim, TMC legislator Madan Mitra
Oct 09, 2023, at 03:16 am
The CBI on Sunday began searching the houses of West Bengal Minister and city Mayor Firhad Hakim and TMC legislator Madan Mitra in south Kolkata, official sources confirmed.
Abhishek Banerjee's dharna: Guv must listen to people's plight, says TMC MP
Oct 07, 2023, at 05:52 pm
Kolkata/UNI/IBNS: "Will not partake in Durga Puja festivities if we are not able to restore a smile to our people's faces. Governor must listen to people’s plight," asserted Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee continuing his dharna outside Raj Bhavan for the third consecutive day on Saturday.
Abhishek Banerjee-led TMC delegation's dharna outside Bengal Guv house enters day 2
Oct 06, 2023, at 07:30 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The dharna by a delegation of Trinamool Congress under the leadership of party national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee outside West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose's house in central Kolkata entered day two on Friday.
Oct 04, 2023, at 06:26 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Trinamool Congress MPs Abhishek Banerjee and Mahua Moitra Tuesday alleged that they along with some other leaders from her party were "manhandled and mercilessly dragged" away by cops on Day 2 of their protest in Delhi over the release of central funds.
Abhishek Banerjee skips ED's summons in jobs scam case, moves Calcutta HC's division bench
Oct 03, 2023, at 05:28 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday skipped the Enforcement Directorate (ED)'s summons in the teachers' recruitment scam case that has kept the West Bengal politics on boil.
TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee jibes at BJP govt after special train to Delhi refused
Sep 30, 2023, at 07:10 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Trinamool Congress national general secretary and Lok Sabha MP, Abhishek Banerjee, has come down heavily on the BJP for refusing to provide a special train during his protest march to Delhi.
Sep 14, 2023, at 07:21 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress National General Secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee Wednesday slammed the Narendra Modi-led Central government for "using" the probe agencies to harass opposition leaders like him after losing electoral battles in the state.
Bengal recruitment scam: TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee reaches ED office in Kolkata
Sep 13, 2023, at 06:18 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday arrived at the Enforcement Directorate's office here following the summons sent by the central probe agency which is investigating the teacher recruitment scam in West Bengal.
ED quizzes TMC MP Nussrat Jahan for nearly six hours in alleged financial irregularity case
Sep 13, 2023, at 05:08 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Tuesday questioned actor-turned-Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member Nussrat Jahan for nearly six hours at its CGO Complex office at Salt Lake in relation to the alleged fund siphoning of buyers, who paid in advance to Seven Senses Infrastructure Pvt Ltd to purchase flats at New Town area of the city, official sources said.
TMC MP Nussrat Jahan arrives at ED office for quizzing in financial irregularity case
Sep 12, 2023, at 05:01 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Actress and Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Nussrat Jahan on Tuesday arrived at the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office at CGO Complex in Salt Lake, Kolkata for quizzing in the financial irregularity case.
Dhupguri bypoll: TMC wrests North Bengal seat from BJP in boost for Mamata ahead of 2024 polls
Sep 08, 2023, at 10:59 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In a boost for Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Trinamool Congress on Friday wrested back the Dhupguri assembly seat from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a bypoll.
Bengal: BJP-TMC close fight in Dhupguri bypoll
Sep 08, 2023, at 05:48 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Trinamool Congress are engaged in a close contest in the bypoll held in West Bengal's Dhupguri.
Mamata Banerjee warns of blocking funds to universities amid tussle with Governor
Sep 06, 2023, at 05:55 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid their ongoing tussle, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday threatened to block funds to state-run universities if they dared follow the orders of Governor CV Ananda Bose.
Sep 06, 2023, at 05:24 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Actress and Trinamool Congress MP Nussrat Jahan, who has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in a financial irregularity case, said she would "cooperate" with the probe agency if she receives any notice.
TMC MP Nussrat Jahan summoned by ED in financial fraud case
Sep 05, 2023, at 05:25 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Actress and Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Nussrat Jahan has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a financial fraud case, media reports said.
Dhupguri bypoll: Litmus test for Bengal BJP ahead of Lok Sabha elections, TMC desperate to win
Sep 05, 2023, at 04:30 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has suffered a series of setbacks over the last few years in the West Bengal politics, will face a litmus test in a triangular contest in the Dhupguri byelections which are held on Tuesday.
West Bengal: Trinamool Congress supporter shot dead in Nadia district
Aug 30, 2023, at 11:43 pm
Trinamool Congress supporter, identified as Matiazul Dafadar, was shot dead and his uncle Mohatali and son Samjhi were injured when unidentified miscreants entered their house and fired indiscriminately on Wednesday morning, Nadia district police said.
Mamata Banerjee pledges to uproot BJP from power in upcoming Lok Sabha polls
Aug 29, 2023, at 06:09 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday slammed the BJP-led central government for its "anti-people policies" and said Trinamool Congress will uproot it from power as it did to the CPI(M) led Left Front government in West Bengal.
Aug 22, 2023, at 03:42 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday warned the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he has just six months left as the ruling Trinamool Congress looks to consolidate its vote share among minority populations in the state ahead of the 2024 general election.
'What about your MP?' Mahua Moitra slams Smriti Irani over 'flying kiss' row
Aug 11, 2023, at 06:11 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra Thursday attacked Union Minister Smriti Irani for speaking at length "about some flying kiss" but not uttering a word when a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP was accused of sexual harassment by wrestlers.
Parliament: TMC's Derek O'Brien suspended from Rajya Sabha for remainder of monsoon session
Aug 08, 2023, at 06:36 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Senior TMC leader and Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brien was suspended from the House on Tuesday for the remainder of Parliament's monsoon session following a spat with Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar over a discussion under Rule 267 on Manipur violence.