Will return to power with huge mandate: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in state assembly
Feb 08, 2021, at 08:58 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid a stiff contest with the spirited Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she will be voted back to power in the upcoming state elections with a huge mandate.
Feb 07, 2021, at 01:17 am
Kolkata/IBNS: In a major reshuffle, the West Bengal government on Saturday transferred 22 IPS officials, including Kolkata Police Commissioner, and two senior WBPS officers, months ahead of assembly polls in the state.
Bengali actors Deepankar De, Bharat Kaul, 2 others join Trinamool Congress
Feb 05, 2021, at 08:24 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In another round of joinings ahead of the West Bengal assembly polls, the ruling Trinamool Congress on Friday inducted senior Bengali actors Deepankar De, Bharat Kaul at the party's headquarters here.
West Bengal govt has not denied permission to BJP's Rath Yatra: Trinamool Congress
Feb 05, 2021, at 08:07 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Countering the saffron party's claim, the ruling Trinamool Congress on Friday said the state government has not denied any permission to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Rath Yatra.
Bengal: BJP leader Mukul Roy's brother-in-law Srijan Roy joins Trinamool Congress
Feb 03, 2021, at 08:32 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In another crossover just weeks ahead of the West Bengal election, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mukul Roy's brother-in-law Srijan Roy joined the ruling Trinamool Congress on Wednesday.
West Bengal election will be declared within 7-8 days: Mamata Banerjee
Feb 03, 2021, at 07:35 pm
Alipurduar/Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said the high octane state poll will be declared by the Election Commission within 7-8 days.
Former Trinamool Congress MLA Dipak Haldar joins BJP
Feb 02, 2021, at 09:24 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Former Trinamool Congress MLA from Diamond Harbour Dipak Haldar on Tuesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a day after deserting the ruling outfit.
Jan 31, 2021, at 09:00 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday told a rally in Howrah that the central health scheme Ayushman Bharat will be implemented immediately after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) comes to power in the state, as speakers, mostly those who joined the saffron outfit from Trinamool Congress, vowed to take on Mamata Banerjee and make her completely supporter-less by the time polls were held.
Trinamool turncoats including Rajib Banerjee join BJP in presence of Amit Shah
Jan 31, 2021, at 02:54 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Five Trinamool Congress turncoats including former West Bengal Forest Minister Rajib Banerjee, actor Rudranil Ghosh on Saturday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah here.
Bengal: Former Domjur MLA Rajib Banerjee quits Trinamool Congress
Jan 29, 2021, at 10:32 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Ending all speculations, former MLA from West Bengal’s Domjur, Rajib Banerjee, resigned as the Trinamool Congress member.
Bengal: Trinamool Congress' Rajib Banerjee resigns as MLA, to announce his next step tomorrow
Jan 29, 2021, at 07:37 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Fuelling speculations over his joining in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), rebel Trinamool Congress leader Rajib Banerjee on Friday resigned as the West Bengal MLA from Domjur, causing more trouble to the ruling party just few weeks ahead of the state polls.
Mamata govt in West Bengal to table anti-farm laws resolution in assembly today
Jan 28, 2021, at 05:11 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal will on Thursday table a resolution against the Centre's new contentious farm laws in the state assembly.
Jan 24, 2021, at 08:37 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Tollywood actors Koushani Mukherjee and Piya Sengupta joined the Trinamool Congress on Sunday at the party headquarters Trinamool Bhawan ahead of the West Bengal Assembly election.
Modi, Mamata make Netaji's birth anniversary centre-stage in poll-bound Bengal today
Jan 23, 2021, at 04:51 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: With 10 or little more weeks left to plunge into an electoral battle in West Bengal, the ruling parties of the country and the state are set to make the 125th birth anniversary of freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose the centre-stage in the poll-bound state on Saturday.
West Bengal: Actor Saurav Das joins Trinamool Congress
Jan 22, 2021, at 08:26 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Actor Saurav Das on Friday joined the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, at a time several ruling party members are switching their sides.
TMC accuses BSF of influencing, threatening voters, complains to Election Commission
Jan 22, 2021, at 01:30 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Months ahead of West Bengal assembly election, a Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation on Thursday put forward a complaint against the Border Security Force (BSF) before the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Sunil Arora, reports said.
Inspired by Mamata's 'spirit', former CAB joint secretary Biswarup Dey joins Trinamool Congress
Jan 20, 2021, at 06:33 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Former cricket administrator Biswarup Dey on Wednesday joined the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, days after ex-cricketer Laxmi Ratan Shukla resigned as the state minister.
Masterstroke or nervousness? Mamata Banerjee's surprising Nandigram candidature stuns all
Jan 19, 2021, at 05:45 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Almost catching the Opposition off-guard on Monday afternoon, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took the reign of her party Trinamool Congress' fight against one of her former trusted soldiers Suvendu Adhikari, who is now a saffron leader, in Nandigram, setting the tone of the 2021 summer West Bengal polls.
Jan 19, 2021, at 03:13 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari on Monday said he would defeat Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram by 50,000 votes or quit politics, hours after the West Bengal Chief Minister surprised all by announcing her candidature for the 2021 assembly polls.
Mamata Banerjee to contest 2021 Bengal polls from Nandigram
Jan 18, 2021, at 07:24 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In what could lead to a face-to-face fight with the Adhikari family, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced she would contest from the Nandigram constituency, which is still relevant in the state politics.
Bengal: Trinamool Congress men get Covid-19 vaccine shots meant for health workers
Jan 18, 2021, at 06:23 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In a bizarre scene in the politically-charged state West Bengal, several ruling Trinamool Congress members were found getting inoculated with Covid-19 vaccines which were meant solely for the health workers.
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari to hold roadshow in Mamata Banerjee's den South Kolkata
Jan 18, 2021, at 05:07 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari will hold a roadshow in the backyard of his former party's chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's backyard, south Kolkata.
West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee to hold rally in Nandigram today
Jan 18, 2021, at 05:05 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will on Monday hold a rally in Nandigram, for the first time since the exit of her former lieutenant Suvendu Adhikari from the ruling Trinamool Congress.
'I am still in Trinamool Congress': Rebel Lok Sabha MP Satabdi Roy after meeting top brass
Jan 16, 2021, at 03:18 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A day after venting anger against her own outfit, rebel Trinamool Congress MP Satabdi Roy on Friday said she was still in the party fold following a meeting with the top brass.
Trinamool Congress MP Sisir Adhikari loses another post after Suvendu turned BJP
Jan 13, 2021, at 08:03 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Veteran Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MP Sisir Adhikari was removed as the party president in district Purba Medinipur, after a tectonic political shift occurred in the Adhikari family late last year.
Former Trinamool Congress MP KD Singh arrested in money laundering case
Jan 13, 2021, at 07:21 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday arrested former Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP and ex CMD of the Alchemist Group, K. D. Singh, from Delhi in connection with an alleged money laundering case, officials said.
Jan 12, 2021, at 07:11 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (AITC)-turned-BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's father and TMC MP from Kanthi (Contai) Lok Sabha constituency, Sisir Adhikari, on Monday removed as the Chairman of the Digha Sankarpur Development Authority (DSDA), reports said on Tuesday.
BJP is like Donald Trump: Mamata Banerjee
Jan 11, 2021, at 10:27 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Lashing out at her prime challenger Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday equated the saffron brigade with outgoing US President President Donald Trump who had refused to concede defeat for a long time.
'Corruption has been institutionalised in West Bengal': JP Nadda targets Trinamool Congress govt
Jan 10, 2021, at 03:11 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Jagat Prakash Nadda on Saturday cornered the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal stating corruption has been institutionalised in the state.
Bengal: AIMIM state president Sk. Abdul Kalam joins Trinamool Congress
Jan 09, 2021, at 08:42 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In a setback for the AIMIM which is set to contest the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections, the party's acting president in the state, Sheikh Abdul Kalam, on Saturday joined the ruling Trinamool Congress.