Nandigram (West Bengal): Ahead of the sixth and penultimate phase of polling for the Lok Sabha election in West Bengal on May 25, reports of violence have emerged from East Medinipur district's Nandigram, where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alleged that its several workers were attacked by members of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) last night, media reported.
BJP’s Bengal legislator Suman Kanjilal crossed over to TMC
Kolkata: In a setback to the Bharatiya Janata Party, its legislator from Alipurduar in northern West Bengal Suman Kanjilal crossed over to West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress on Sunday.
Kolkata/IBNS: Within two years after refurbishing the party's inner functioning, Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday hinted at a course correction in bringing up a "new Trinamool" to battle out the corruption allegations in the run up to the West Bengal panchayat polls.
Kolkata/IBNS: A poster featuring West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's parliamentarian nephew Abhishek Banerjee with a promise to bring a "new Trinamool" in Kolkata has triggered a fresh political speculation in the backdrop of the arrests of heavyweights Partha Chatterjee and Anubrata Mondal.
Can't live without you Didi, please allow me to come back: Sonali Guha writes to Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata: Ex-Trinamool Congress MLA Sonali Guha, who had joined the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the West Bengal Assembly polls, on Saturday apologised to CM Mamata Banerjee for leaving the party.
Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra says Taxation Bill will help 'profitable become more profitable'
New Delhi/UNI: All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) member Mahua Moitra on Monday charged that the Taxation Laws Bill will only help the 'profitable become more profitable' and nothing to revive a very large part of struggling economy.
Amit Shah in Kolkata today, rebel Trinamool MLA Sabyasachi Dutta to join BJP
Kolkata: In presence of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Amit Shah, who will be here on Tuesday, rebel Trinamool Congress MLA and former Bidhannagar Mayor Sabyasachi Dutta is likely to join the saffron outfit.
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BSP, YSRCP oppose Triple Talaq bill in Lok Sabha
New Delhi, July 25 (UNI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) on Thursday opposed the Triple Talaq bill in the Lok Sabha.
Doctors' protest: From within Trinamool, voices against 'leader's inaction'
Kolkata, June 14 (IBNS): At a time West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is trying to both urge and threaten striking doctors across the state to return to work, the protesters have found support from several people close to the ruling Trinamool Congress.
TMC sees 'outsiders' plot' behind violence in Amit Shah's Kolkata rally, submits video footage to EC
New Delhi, May 15 (UNI): Calling BJP president Amit Shah a ‘liar’ and alleging that that clash erupted in Kolkata on Tuesday was a ‘plot by outsiders’ led by the BJP, the Trinamool Congress on Wednesday approached Election Commission and submitted video footage of the ‘attack’ as proof.
Trinamool complains to EC against BJP for using 'American' campaigner The Great Khali
Kolkata, Apr 28 (IBNS): The Trinamool Congress has complained to the Election Commission about the BJP using American citizen and wrestler Dalip Singh Rana to campaign for the party, reports said.
Violence marks second-phase Lok Sabha polls in Bengal, CPM candidate Md Salim's car attacked
Kolkata, Apr 18 (IBNS/UNI): Reports of violence are coming in from several places in Trinamool Congress-ruled West Bengal on the second phase of voting for the Lok Sabha elections.
West Bengal: Eminent actors, filmmakers call for defeat of BJP, Trinamool in Lok Sabha elections
Kolkata, Apr 10 (IBNS): Eminent members of the civil society in West Bengal have echoed the recent statement made by Naseerudin Shah, Girish Karnad, Amol Palekar and other noted personalities connected to the arts that urged people to not vote for the BJP.
Mamata reschedules rally date to counter Modi's Bengal meetings
Kolkata, Apr 3 (IBNS): West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has rescheduled her Thursday's Dinhata rally to Wednesday, in an apparent move to counter Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will address two rallies in the state today.
West Bengal: BJP claims Trinamool attack on party workers
Kolkata, Mar 14 (IBNS): The BJP in West Bengal has accused ruling Trinamool Congress activists of attacking its party members in two separate incidents in Burdwan and Islampur on Wednesday and Thursday.