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'Will keep speaking out': Mahua Moitra after Calcutta HC restrains Mamata Banerjee from making defamatory remarks against Guv Bose

Jul 17, 2024, at 07:15 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra has cleared she will keep on "speaking out" against Governor CV Ananda Bose despite the Calcutta High Court restraining West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from making defamatory remarks against the Constitutional head of the state.

TMC MP Nusrat Jahan breaks silence on Sandeshkhali protests, says 'always followed party guidelines'

Feb 26, 2024, at 06:19 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Breaking silence on the massive Sandeshkhali protests, local Trinamool Congress MP Nusrat Jahan has said she always followed her party's guidelines and served the people.

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.

Expelled TMC MP Mahua Moitra vacates her government bungalow

Jan 19, 2024, at 05:50 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Expelled Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Friday vacated her government bungalow in the national capital Delhi following a fresh eviction notice served to the firebrand politician.

TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee on mimicking Jagdeep Dhankhar: Never intended to hurt anyone

Dec 20, 2023, at 07:33 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee on Wednesday claimed he didn't intend to hurt Vice President and Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar through his mimicry that he did inside Parliament complex a day ago.

Mahua Moitra on cash-for-query row: Parl Committees do not have jurisdiction to probe alleged criminality

Nov 01, 2023, at 05:57 pm

New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: A day ahead of the hearing by the Parliamentary Ethics Committee on the cash-for-query allegations, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday claimed such panels do not have the jurisdiction to investigate alleged criminality.

'Gave Parliament login details to Darshan Hiranandani,' TMC MP Mahua Moitra admits

Oct 28, 2023, at 07:39 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Amid the 'cash for questions' row, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra on Friday admitted she gave her Parliament login details to businessman Darshan Hiranandani but refuted the bribery allegations.

Mahua Moitra's 'cash for questions' row: Lawyer Jai Dehadrai, Nishikant Dubey to appear before LS ethics committee today

Oct 26, 2023, at 06:36 pm

Lawyer Jai Dehadrai and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey will record their statements before the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee in connection with the "cash for questions" charge brought against Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra, media reports said.

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.

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.

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.

'Will cooperate to the best of my abilities': TMC MP Nussrat Jahan on ED summons in financial irregularity case

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.

TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's wife Rujira appears before ED in coal scam case

Jun 08, 2023, at 07:22 pm

Kolkata/UNI/IBNS: Rujira Banerjee, wife of Trinamool Congress MP and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, appeared before the ED officials at the CGO Complex, Salt Lake, in the alleged coal smuggling scam, official sources said on Thursday.

Bengal coal scam: 'Can't fight against me so targeting my family,' says Abhishek Banerjee after wife Rujira stopped at airport

Jun 06, 2023, at 07:12 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress MP and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for allegedly targeting his family for political gains.

Did TMC MP Mahua Moitra really hide Louis Vuitton bag during price rise debate in Parl? Netizens believe viral video

Aug 02, 2022, at 06:52 pm

In a video which went viral on Twitter Tuesday, Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s firebrand Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra is seen putting her bag under the table when her party colleague Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar starts speaking on the price rice in Parliament's lower house Lok Sabha.

Maa Kali's blessings with India: PM Modi's apparent dig at TMC's Mahua Moitra

Jul 11, 2022, at 04:04 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday took an apparent dig at Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s firebrand Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra whose reference to goddess Kali as "meat-eating, alcohol-accepting goddess" stoked a widespread controversy.

TMC MP Mahua Moitra accuses Decathlon of violating privacy and consumer laws

Apr 29, 2022, at 05:34 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra has accused French sporting goods retailer Decathlon of violating privacy and consumer laws after she was asked to provide contact details at a store in the national capital.

TMC MP Mimi Chakraborty falls ill days after taking fake COVID-19 vaccine in Kolkata

Jun 26, 2021, at 06:12 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Actor-parliamentarian Mimi Chakraborty on Saturday fell ill days after she was jabbed with a fake anti-COVID-19 vaccine at a camp in Kolkata, source told IBNS.

Kolkata taxi driver harasses Mimi Chakraborty, arrested

Sep 15, 2020, at 09:50 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: A taxi driver was arrested here on Tuesday for allegedly harassing and making lewd comments at actress-parliamentarian Mimi Chakraborty while she was travelling in her car.

Former TMC MP Krishna Bose passes away at the age of 89

Feb 22, 2020, at 12:20 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Former Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP from West Bengal's prestigious Jadavpur constituency, Krishna Bose, passed away on Saturday.

I represent an inclusive India: TMC MP Nusrat in response to Deoband clerics' fatwa

Jun 30, 2019, at 12:53 am

Kolkata, June 30 (IBNS): Responding to Deoband clerics' fatwa (diktat) against Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Nusrat Jahan Jain over her marriage with a Hindu businessman, the actress-turned politician said she represents "an inclusive India".

Twitter hails TMC MP Mahua Moitra for fiery speech on fascism and BJP; Md. Salim asks her party to lead by example

Jun 26, 2019, at 06:12 pm

New Delhi, June 26 (IBNS): Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra, who belongs to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC), on Tuesday launched an unsparing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with her maiden speech in the parliament, earning heaps of praises on internet. However, she was also reminded by some politicians that her passionate speech on dangerous signs of fascism as seen in the action of BJP holds true to her own party TMC also.

Unlike SP leader Shafiqur Rahman Barq, TMC MP Nusrat Jahan chants Vande Mataram while taking oath

Jun 25, 2019, at 04:34 pm

Kolkata, June 25 (IBNS): Newly elected Trinamool Congress MP Nusrat Jahan on Tuesday ended her oath-taking speech in the Parliament by saying Vande Mataram, unlike Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq who refused to chant it by stating that it was against 'Islam'.

TMC MPs Nusrat Jahan, Mimi Chakraborty take oath in Lok Sabha

Jun 25, 2019, at 03:23 pm

New Delhi, June 25 (IBNS): After missing the initial dates to swear in as the parliamentarians, actress-turned politicians- Nusrat Jahan and Mimi Chakraborty- took oath as the Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs in the Lok Sabha here on Tuesday.

Dilip Ghosh welcomes Mukul Roy's decision to join BJP

Nov 04, 2017, at 12:21 am

Kolkata, Nov 3 (IBNS):  West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh on Friday welcomed former TMC MP Mukul Roy's induction to the BJP and said the move will make the party stronger in West Bengal.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi mourns TMC MP Sultan Ahmed's death

Sep 04, 2017, at 11:00 pm

New Delhi, Sept 4 (IBNS): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday condoled the passing away of Lok Sabha MP and former Union Minister Sultan Ahmed.

Narada sting: CBI summons TMC MP Sultan Ahmed

Jun 28, 2017, at 04:28 am

Kolkata, Jun 27 (IBNS): In a major development in its ongoing probe into Narada sting, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday summoned Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha MP Sultan Ahmed, sources confirmed.

West Bengal: TMC MP Dibyendu Adhikari faces road mishap, escapes unhurt

Apr 30, 2017, at 11:05 pm

Kolkata, Apr 30 (IBNS): Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP from Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency, Dibyendu Adhikari, on Saturday late night escaped injury after his car was hit by a speeding truck at Chandipur area in West Bengal's East Medinipur district, reports said.

Indian killed in US: TMC MPs protest outside Parliament

Mar 09, 2017, at 05:07 pm

New Delhi, Mar 9 (IBNS): The Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs on Thursday staged protest outside the Parliament on the issue of killings of Indians in US.