Meghalaya polls: TMC releases list of 52 candidates
Jan 07, 2023, at 05:09 am
Shillong/UNI: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday announced its first list of 52 candidates for the upcoming Meghalaya Assembly election, fielding former Chief Minister Mukul Sangma from two assembly constituencies Songsak and Tikrikilla.
Ahead of Bengal panchayat polls, Mamata Banerjee to launch TMC's new campaign today
Jan 02, 2023, at 04:40 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In the backdrop of the massive corruption allegations on various fronts, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will on Monday launch her party Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s new campaign ahead of the crucial panchayat polls in the state.
Mamata Banerjee to launch Trinamool Congress outreach programme on Jan 2
Dec 29, 2022, at 01:09 am
Kolkata/UNI: The All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) will on Monday, Jan 2, launch an outreach programme to showcase the multifaceted package of social welfare schemes that the West Bengal government has to offer.
Gujarat Police arrests Trinamool national spokesperson Saket Gokhale 2nd time in 3 days
Dec 12, 2022, at 05:30 am
The Gujarat Police arrested Trinamool Congress national spokesperson Saket Gokhale on Sunday for the second time in a span of three days.
Dec 06, 2022, at 03:32 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata:Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien on Tuesday claimed the Gujarat police have arrested Trinamool Congress spokesperson Saket Gokhale over a tweet on the Morbi bridge collapse incident.
Sep 20, 2022, at 06:06 am
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday seemed to excuse Prime Minister Narendra Modi from her allegations that the CBI and ED were committing excesses in the state, and instead blamed a section of BJP leaders for misusing them for their own interests, media reports said.
March to Nabanna: Suvendu detained as BJP workers, police clash
Sep 13, 2022, at 10:23 pm
Kolkata: Clashes between the police and BJP workers broke out and leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari was detained as the saffron party activists began their March to Nabanna (the state secretariat) on Tuesday in protest against rampant "corruption" of the state's ruling Trinamool Congress.
Trinamool Congress accuses BJP of "disrupting" peace in Bengal
Sep 13, 2022, at 10:12 pm
Kolkata: West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress on Tuesday came down heavily on the BJP for allegedly indulging in violence during its March to Nabanna (the state secretariat) programme.
Aug 18, 2022, at 05:28 pm
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.
Arjun Singh rejoins TMC after 3-year stint with BJP
May 22, 2022, at 11:29 pm
Kolkata: Bharatiya Janata Party's Barrackpore MP Arjun Singh joined the Trinamool Congress on Sunday,ending his three-year stint with the saffron outfit.
Coal scam case: No urgent hearing on Abhishek Banerjee's plea, says SC
Mar 28, 2022, at 07:02 pm
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to give an urgent hearing on a plea filed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary and Lok Sabha MP, Abhishek Banerjee and his wife Rujira Banerjee against an Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons issued to them to appear in Delhi.
BJP's West Bengal bandh against civic poll violence evokes mixed response
Feb 28, 2022, at 06:19 pm
Kolkata/UNI: A 12-hour statewide shutdown sponsored by the opposition BJP in West Bengal voked a mixed response on Monday with cities and towns functioning normally while normal life was partially affected in the rural areas.
Mamata Banerjee's TMC sets up new committee after rift caused by nephew's faction
Feb 13, 2022, at 02:16 am
Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee on Saturday cracked the whip amid a raging rift in her Trinamool Congress by scrapping all party posts, except the chairperson's, and announcing a 20-member national working committee after a meeting was called to discuss the conflict within the party triggered by a faction led by her nephew Abhishek Banerjee.
'Wanted all anti-BJP fronts to unite but...': Mamata Banerjee on roadmap to 2024
Feb 03, 2022, at 12:43 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday took a swipe at the Congress blaming it for the non-formation of a united Opposition to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2024 General Elections.
Mamata Banerjee, Abhishek Banerjee differ over COVID-19 restrictions in West Bengal
Jan 13, 2022, at 06:47 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The difference of opinion between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew parliamentarian Abhishek Banerjee has been caught over the restrictions to curb COVID-19 spread in the eastern state.
Rewind 2021: Hits and misses in India's political cauldron
Dec 29, 2021, at 04:37 pm
Indian politics is always on boil and 2021 was no stranger to this phenomenon. As the year draws to a close, IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh rewinds the events of last 12 months
Trinamool Congress forms alliance in Goa with local party MGP that helped BJP come to power in 2017
Dec 07, 2021, at 06:43 am
Panaji/IBNS: West Bengal's ruling party Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday stitched an alliance in Goa with Sudhin Dhavlikar-led Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, which helped the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to come into power in 2017.
BJP sweeps Tripura civic polls with 217 seats, TMC bites dust with one seat
Nov 29, 2021, at 09:52 am
Agartala/IBNS: The ruling BJP Sunday swept the Tripura civic polls, winning 217 out of 222 seats, dealing a heavy blow to its opponents who had launched a scathing attack against Chief Minsiter Biplab Deb in a bid to prove its allegations of "misrule" and "poor governance" ahead of the 2023 assembly elections.
Trinamool Congress launches KMC election campaign in Kolkata
Nov 28, 2021, at 08:23 pm
Kolkata, Nov 27 (UNI) With the announcement of candidates for the coming Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) election on Thursday, the ruling Trinamool Congress embarked on canvassing in several wards.
TMC leader Derek O'Brien hits out at BJP govt in Tripura over attack on party workers
Nov 22, 2021, at 03:29 am
New Delhi/UNI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Derek O'Brien on Sunday hit out at the ruling BJP government in Tripura after seven of its party were injured in an attack allegedly by the saffron party cadres and termed it "fascist brutality'.
TMC appoints MP Mahua Mitra as state in-charge of Goa unit
Nov 13, 2021, at 10:57 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress (TMC), which is aiming to make inroads in Goa, on Saturday appointed Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra as its state unit in-charge with an immediate effect.
Nov 01, 2021, at 02:21 am
Agartala/IBNS: Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rajib Banerjee and former BJP MLA Ashish Das joined Trinamool Congress (TMC) at the party's public meeting in Tripura.
Road to Polls: Tiatrist Francis De Tuem joins Goa TMC
Oct 30, 2021, at 11:09 pm
Panaji/UNI: Popular tiatrist Francis De Tuem on Saturday joined the Goa unit of TMC in the presence of party supremo Mamata Banerjee.
Was approached by Prashant Kishor: Luizinho Faleiro on joining TMC
Oct 01, 2021, at 02:52 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Luizinho Faleiro, the former Chief Minister of Goa who quit the Congress to join the Trinamool Congress this week, on Thursday said that it was poll strategist Prashant Kishor who had approached him for this camp change.
TMC’s Sushmita Dev elected to Rajya Sabha unopposed
Sep 28, 2021, at 03:39 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sushmita Dev was elected to Parliament’s upper house Rajya Sabha unopposed from West Bengal Monday.
Trinamool Congress strengthens its digital presence as 31 senior leaders join Koo App
Sep 19, 2021, at 11:06 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata: Ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in several Indian states, political fever on India’s pioneering multilingual microblogging platform, Koo, has started gaining momentum.
Congress says it won't contest bypoll against Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata's Bhawanipore
Sep 08, 2021, at 06:06 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Putting an end to all speculations, the Congress party on Tuesday announced that it would not field a candidate against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the upcoming Bhawanipore bypoll from where she is contesting later this month.
All India Trinamool Congress joins Koo
Sep 04, 2021, at 09:44 pm
Kolkata: The All-India Trinamool Congress (AITC) has set up an official account on Koo, the Indian microblogging and social networking platform available in Indian languages.
ED files first charge sheet in illegal coal mining case
Aug 17, 2021, at 08:20 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday filed its first charge sheet in a Delhi court in connection with its ongoing probe into a Bengal-based illegal coal mining and smuggling racket, officials said.
Trinamool Congress extends contract with I-PAC, but without Prashant Kishor: Reports
Jun 16, 2021, at 04:01 am
Kolkata/IBNS: After a thumping win in the West Bengal Assembly election, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has extended its contract with election strategists Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) to 2026, however, sans Prashant Kishore, media reports quoting sources said.