West Bengal Congress launches #DidiKeBolchi campaign
Aug 15, 2019, at 01:21 am
Kolkata, Aug 15 (IBNS): Days after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched #DidiKeBolo campaign, West Bengal Congress on Wednesday launched #DidiKeBolchi campaign to raise a few issues before the head of the state.
Mamata has a habit of hitting streets: Bengal BJP mocks TMC's dharna against IT Dept
Aug 12, 2019, at 09:54 pm
Kolkata, Aug 12 (IBNS): Mocking the Trinamool Congress' proposed dharna (sit-in protest) against the Income Tax Department on Tuesday, West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Dilip Ghosh said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has a habit of the hitting streets.
Paying income tax is going to be a burden on Durga Puja organisers: Mamata Banerjee
Aug 11, 2019, at 07:17 pm
Kolkata, Aug 11 (UNI) Taking strong exception to the Income Tax department's move of issuing notices to several Durga Puja committees and asking them to pay taxes, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said it will be a burden on the organisers.
After setback in Lok Sabha polls, Mamata announces Trinamool's mass-outreach programme
Jul 29, 2019, at 03:10 pm
Kolkata, July 29 (IBNS): Two months after losing ground to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) largely in the Lok Sabha polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced a mass-outreach programme for her party Trinamool Congress.
Black money against cut money: Highlights of Mamata Banerjee's Martyrs' Day speech
Jul 21, 2019, at 04:06 pm
Kolkata, July 21 (IBNS): Sensing her "cut money" return call to party men in the districts has backfired, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday once again challenged the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government to bring back black money, a promise which was made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014.
After slide in Lok Sabha polls, Mamata to hold first Trinamool Martyrs' Day rally today
Jul 21, 2019, at 02:42 am
Kolkata, July 21 (IBNS): After failing to oust Narendra Modi from power and losing ground in her own state to the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will address a big audience for the first time on her party Trinamool Congress' Martyrs Day rally on Sunday under the shadow of the rising saffron force.
Sonbhadra aftermath: After Priyanka, now Trinamool delegation detained at Varanasi airport
Jul 20, 2019, at 11:45 am
Varanasi, July 20 (IBNS): A day after Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was detained in Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur, a Trinamool Congress delegation, which was trying to meet the injured in the Sonbhadra shooting, claimed to have been detained at Varanasi Airport.
West Bengal: Bidhannagar Mayor Sabyasachi Dutta resigns
Jul 18, 2019, at 05:20 pm
Kolkata, July 18 (IBNS): Amid the Calcutta High Court's hearing on his plea against the no-confidence motion, Bidhannagar Mayor Sabyasachi Dutta resigned on Thursday.
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.
Days after Mamata Banerjee warns party members on 'cut money', Nachiketa's song goes viral
Jun 23, 2019, at 05:12 pm
Kolkata, June 23 (IBNS): At a time when West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee raised the issue of 'cut money' and warned party members who were involved in such acts, singer Nachiketa Chakraborty has composed a song to hit out at the issue and in no time the number has gone viral online.
Mamata Banerjee wants wayward people in Trinamool Congress
Jun 14, 2019, at 06:14 pm
Kolkata, Jun 14 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday said she wants "wayward' children in her party if they can perform.
Violence in WB's North 24 Parganas: 3 killed as BJP, TMC clash
Jun 09, 2019, at 11:15 am
Kolkata, Jun 9 (IBNS): At least three people-one Trinamool Congress activist and two others from the Bharatiya Janata Party-were killed during a violent clash in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Saturday evening, media reports said.
Jun 06, 2019, at 05:29 pm
Kolkata, Jun 6 (IBNS): Days after losing a chunk of seats to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Lok Sabha polls, Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee has signed on election strategist Prashant Kishor, who had helped Jagan Mohan Reddy's YSR Congress Party to gain power in Andhra Pradesh recently, media reports said.
Bengal: BJP takes over Bhatpara Municipality from Trinamool Congress
Jun 04, 2019, at 02:47 pm
Barrackpore, Jun 4 (UNI): Lotus bloomed for the first time in an elected body in West Bengal when a majority of Councillors of Bhatpara Municipality in North 24 Parganas elected Saurav Singh, who switched over to the BJP recently, as the new chairman, dislodging sitting chief Somnath Talukdar.
May 20, 2019, at 08:45 am
Kolkata, May 20 (IBNS): At a time when majority of exit polls are predicting that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA will form the government at the Centre for the second straight time, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's government in the state completed eight years in the office.
Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress writes to ECI over PM’s Kedarnath visit
May 19, 2019, at 03:29 pm
Kolkata, May 19 (UNI) The TMC wrote to the Election Commission on Sunday, alleging the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Himalayan shrine of Kedarnath is a violation of the model code of conduct.
Attack on Muslim cleric who slammed Trinamool candidate Nusrat Jahan for temple run
May 17, 2019, at 10:06 pm
Kolkata, May 17 (IBNS): Muslim cleric Maulana Sharif Pirzada Mohammed Khobayeb Amin, who had slammed Trinamool Congress candidate from West Bengal's Basirhat, Nusrat Jahan, for doing a temple run, was allegedly attacked by the party, media report said.
May 16, 2019, at 07:32 pm
Kolkata, May 16 (IBNS) : Bengali's iconic 19th century social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar has taken the centre stage in West Bengal ahead of the last phase of Lok Sabha polls. It is certainly not corruption or communalism anymore, but the blame game over the desecration of Vidyasagar's bust, that is the poll plank for the remaining nine seats that go to the hustings on May 19.
Trinamool goons destroyed bust of Vidyasagar: PM Modi in West Bengal
May 16, 2019, at 07:05 pm
Mathurapur, May 16 (UNI): Accusing the West Bengal Government of trying to "destroy evidence", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday alleged TMC goons spread violence and desecrated the bust of iconic social reformer Vidyasagar.
Trinamool goons vandalised Vidyasagar's bust to win lost battle: Amit Shah
May 15, 2019, at 11:39 am
Kolkata, May 15 (IBNS): Accusing West Bengal's ruling party of hatching a conspiracy against the saffron outfit, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Amit Shah on Wednesday said the Trinamool Congress goons have actually vandalised the bust of Bengali's iconic social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar to win the "lost" Lok Sabha polls.
On The Campaign Trail: I am unstoppable, says Tollywood star Mimi Chakraborty
May 14, 2019, at 11:13 am
Actress-turned politician Mimi Chakraborty is fighting the Lok Sabha polls from the iconic Jadavpur constituency in West Bengal as a Trinamool Congress candidate. She is pitted against the BJP's Anupam Hazra and a heavyweight Left Front candidate, former city mayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya. Ahead of the polls in Jadavpur on May 19, IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh hits the heat and dust of a campaign trail with the Tollywood star to know more..
End Mamata rule from West Bengal: Amit Shah urges people
May 13, 2019, at 02:50 pm
Jaynagar (West Bengal), May 13 (IBNS): Training his guns against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah on Monday urged people of the state to end the Trinamool Congress rule.
West Bengal: BJP cancels Amit Shah's rally in Jadavpur, blames Trinamool government
May 13, 2019, at 12:41 pm
Kolkata, May 13 (IBNS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has cancelled its chief Amit Shah's rally in West Bengal's Jadavpur constituency, accusing the Trinamool Congress government of not giving permission to hold the public meeting.
Modi babu, before coming to Bengal, please do your homework: Mamata Banerjee
May 09, 2019, at 06:55 pm
Simulia, May 9 (UNI): West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Thursday commented that though Prime Minister Narendra Modi was coming to Bengal frequently now because of the election, he was visiting "without doing any homework".
TMC involved in rigging, charges BJP; demands repoll in Barrackpore seat
May 06, 2019, at 03:45 pm
New Delhi, May 6 (UNI) As the voting for the fifth phase of general elections is underway, BJP on Monday charged that Trinamool Congress in West Bengal wants to win the elections through rigging and demanded that re-elections be held in Barrackpore constituency in the state.
Trinamool Congress lodges complaints with EC against CRPF personnel
Apr 29, 2019, at 06:17 pm
Kolkata, Apr 29 (UNI) The All India Trinamool Congress today lodged two complaints with the Chief Election Commissioner.
If elected, would work to bring back Bengal's culture and heritage: BJP leader Chandra Bose
Apr 24, 2019, at 02:23 pm
Subhas Chandra Bose's grandnephew Chandra Bose is up for a Lok Sabha battle on BJP's ticket in Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's bastion, Dakshin Kolkata. Though he had to suffer a loss against Banerjee in Bhabanipore in the 2016 Assembly polls, Bose is confident in winning the south Kolkata seat this time. In an exclusive chat with IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh, the saffron leader shares his plans for his constituency
BJP complains to EC on 'illegal' copter landing by Trinamool Congress
Apr 20, 2019, at 08:01 pm
Durgapur, West Bengal Apr 20 (UNI) The BJP Durgapur unit on Saturday complained to the Election Commission to take cognizance on how two copters carrying pro Trinamool Congress sportspersons landed here.
340 out of 1594 candidates contesting Lok Sabha Phase 3 election have criminal cases
Apr 20, 2019, at 11:31 am
Kolkata, Apr 20 (UNI) The Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) has stated that at least 340 candidates out of 1594 candidates - about 21 per cent - contesting the Lok Sabha Phase 3 election on April 23, have criminal cases against them.
Bangladeshi actor Noor who attended Trinamool rally asked to leave India
Apr 18, 2019, at 05:12 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata, Apr 18 (IBNS): Bangladeshi actor Gazi Abdun Noor, who was caught in the middle of a row for participating in a Trinamool Congress rally, has been asked to leave India, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) sources said.