After Ferdous, Bangladeshi actor Noor in row for participating in Trinamool rally
Apr 17, 2019, at 12:39 pm
Kolkata, Apr 17 (IBNS): After Ferdous Ahmed, another Bangladeshi actor Gazi Abdun Noor is in the news for campaigning for West Bengal's ruling party Trinamool Congress with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lodging a complaint with the Election Commission.
Apr 16, 2019, at 04:57 pm
Kolkata, Apr 16 (IBNS): Amid reports that Bangladeshi actor Ferdous campaigned for Mamata Banerjee's ruling Trinamool Congress in the Lok Sabha polls, the Union Home Ministry has sought a report from Foreigners Regional Registration Office on the issue, media reports said.
Trinamool Congress will help to form next central government: Mamata Banerjee
Apr 11, 2019, at 05:05 pm
Darjeeling, Apr 11 (IBNS): Addressing a rally in West Bengal's Darjeeling, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said her party will help to form the next government at the Centre.
PM Modi tears apart Mamata in Siliguri, attacks Congress at brigade rally; TMC chief hits back
Apr 03, 2019, at 09:26 pm
Siliguri/Kolkata/Dinhata, Apr 3 (IBNS): Kick-starting his Lok Sabha poll campaign in West Bengal on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched an unsparing attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Siliguri and spared some strong words for Congress at Kolkata's Brigade Parade Ground.
Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool launches new campaign- Pradhan Mantri Hisab Do
Mar 30, 2019, at 07:08 pm
Kolkata, Mar 30 (UNI) All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) today started a new video series titled ‘Pradhan Mantri Hisab Do’ in the run-up to Lok Sabha elections.
AITC releases election manifesto; Mamata Banerjee wants a judicial inquiry into demonetisation
Mar 27, 2019, at 05:40 pm
Kolkata, Mar 27 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister and AITC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday demanded a judicial probe by a Supreme Court judge into the noteban of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currencies.
West Bengal: TMC panchayat leader in Murshidabad murdered, EC seeks report from DM
Mar 19, 2019, at 05:45 pm
Domkol, Mar 19 (UNI) Trinamool Congress leader and panchayat executive of Domkol Altaf Sheikh (46) was murdered while returning home on a motorbike after attending an election rally near his home on Monday night, police investigating the crime said today.
Trinamool Congress fields 40.5% women candidates for Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal
Mar 12, 2019, at 08:26 pm
Kolkata, Mar 12 (UNI): Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee today announced the names of the 42 candidates from Bengal for the coming Lok Sabha elections.
Trinamool Congress MP Anupam Hazra joins BJP ahead of Lok Sabha polls
Mar 12, 2019, at 05:24 pm
New Delhi, Mar 12 (UNI/IBNS) Ending days of speculation, suspended Trinamool Congress MP Anupam Hazra on Tuesday joined BJP here in presence of senior party leader Kailash Vijayvargiya.
Sep 18, 2018, at 05:50 pm
Kolkata, Sep 18 (IBNS): Police on Tuesday arrested a young BJP activist from Saila village under Salboni Police Station limits in West Medinipur district of West Bengal for allegedly posting a morphed image of Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on social networking site, Facebook, reports said.
Bharat Bandh: Rahul Gandhi joins protest in Delhi
Sep 10, 2018, at 09:28 am
New Delhi, Sept 10 (IBNS): Congress and 21 political parties are observing a nation-wide strike on Monday to protest against the growing prices of petrol and diesel in recent times.
Silchar airport detention : TMC plans to move privilege motion
Aug 03, 2018, at 03:58 pm
New Delhi, Aug (IBNS): The Trinamool Congress plans to move a privilege motion in Lok Sabha on Friday against the detention of its MPs in Silchar in Assam on Thursday, media reports said.
Super emergency in the country: Mamata on detention of TMC delegation in Assam
Aug 02, 2018, at 05:40 pm
Kolkata, Aug 2 (IBNS): Reacting to the detention of a Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation on the NRC impact in Assam at Silchar airport, party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday launched an unsparing attack against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying the saffron outfit is running a super emergency in the country.
Chandan Mitra and former CPI(M) MP among four to join TMC
Jul 21, 2018, at 02:19 pm
Kolkata, July 21 (IBNS): Senior journalist and two-time Rajya Sabha MP Chandan Mitra on Saturday joined the Trinamool Congress, days after he quit the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Chandan Mitra joins Trinamool Congress
Jul 21, 2018, at 01:52 pm
Kolkata, July 21 (IBNS): Senior journalist and two-time Rajya Sabha MP Chandan Mitra on Saturday joined the Trinamool Congress, days after he quit the Bharatiya Janata Party.
May 10, 2018, at 10:51 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata, May 10 (IBNS): The Supreme Court has stayed not only the Calcutta High Court's order of allowing e-nominations filed by the opposition parties, but also the uncontested win by the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in 34% of the total seats, media reports said.
Calcutta High Court may decide West Bengal panchayat poll date today
May 04, 2018, at 05:21 pm
Kolkata, May 4 (IBNS): The Calcutta High Court may take a final call on West Bengal panchayat poll date on Friday, media reports said.
Congress will also have to sacrifice in national politics: Mamata Banerjee
Apr 25, 2018, at 08:00 pm
Kolkata, Apr 25 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has once again raised her voice against the country's second largest party, Congress, while pitching in with the idea of federal front to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
Hearing on West Bengal Panchayat poll ends in Calcutta High Court; verdict tomorrow
Apr 19, 2018, at 11:01 pm
Kolkata, Apr 19 (IBNS): A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court will pronounce the verdict on West Bengal Panchayat poll on Friday, as the hearing of petitions seeking an extension of nomination filing deadline ended on Thursday.
Congress about to make clean sweep in Rajasthan by-elections, TMC maintains hold in Bengal
Feb 01, 2018, at 11:15 pm
Jaipur/Kolkata, Feb 1 (IBNS) : A resurgent Congress on Thursday poised for a clean sweep in Rajasthan by-polls, dealing a body blow to the ruling BJP, while the Trinamool Congress maintained its stranglehold winning two seats in West Bengal.
Big blow for BJP in Rajasthan, Congress set to sweep all three by-poll seats
Feb 01, 2018, at 07:11 pm
Jaipur, Feb 1 (IBNS): Upsetting the Bharatiya Janata Party and Vasundhara Raje government, the Congress is on the verge of winning all three by-poll seats in Rajasthan, media reports said.
WB: Trinamool Congress wins Sabang Assembly Constituency by-poll
Dec 24, 2017, at 08:21 pm
Kolkata, Dec 24 (IBNS): The ruling Trinamool Congress party (TMC) won the the Sabang Assembly Constituency by-poll in West Bengal by a massive margin of 64,192 votes.
Mukul Roy returns to Kolkata after joining BJP, calls Dilip Ghosh as his captain in West Bengal
Nov 06, 2017, at 11:01 pm
Kolkata, Nov 6 (IBNS): Days after joining the BJP in New Delhi, former Railway Minister Mukul Roy on Monday visited Kolkata.
Mamata urges all to change Twitter DP to black as protest against demonetisation
Nov 06, 2017, at 04:14 pm
Kolkata, Nov 6 (IBNS): West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday urged all Twitter users to change their display pictures to black on Nov. 8, the day when the Modi government will celebrate the one year completion of noteban, as a mark of protest.
West Bengal government moves Supreme Court against Aadhaar linkage
Oct 28, 2017, at 05:43 pm
Kolkata, Oct 28 (IBNS): Challenging the central government's directive for linking Aadhaar, a 12-digit unique identification number, to all social welfare schemes, the West Bengal government has moved the Supreme Court, media reports said.
BJP Bengal President Dilip Ghosh allegedly assaulted in Darjeeling
Oct 05, 2017, at 11:32 pm
Kolkata, Oct 5 (IBNS): West Bengal President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Dilip Ghosh claimed that he and few of his companions were beaten up by Trinamool Congress (TMC) activists and the followers of expelled Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leader Binoy Tamang in Darjeeling hills on Thursday.
TMC leader Mukul Roy quits party working committee
Sep 25, 2017, at 05:14 pm
Kolkata, Sep 25 (IBNS): In a big jolt for West Bengal's ruling party,Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy has resigned from the party and announced to quit his Rajya Sabha membership, reports said.
TMC sweeps civic polls in West Bengal, BJP distant second
Aug 17, 2017, at 06:10 pm
Kolkata, Aug 17 (IBNS): Continuing the winning streak in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress (TMC) swept all seven civic polls with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging a distant second, media reports said on Thursday.
Jun 10, 2017, at 11:53 pm
Kolkata/Darjeeling, Jun 10 (IBNS): Nearly 48 hours after West Bengal's "queen of hills" Darjeeling was turned into a war zone due to a political violence, superintendent of Darjeeling district police, Amit Javalgi, has been sent on a compulsory waiting, officials said.
Mamata Banerjee, Congress condemn Afghanistan attack
Jun 01, 2017, at 01:43 am
Kabul, May 31 (IBNS): The Congress and West Bengal Chief Minister Mmaata Banerjee condemned the militant attack in Afghanistan which has claimed 80 lives on Wednesday.