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TMC complaints to EC about PM Modi’s model code ‘violation’

Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Monday complained to the Election Commission alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is the BJP candidate from Varanasi, has violated the model code of conduct by…
Educating people: Kolkata youth icon Wali Rahmani appeals for funds, this time to build a hostel

By Heena Fatima Kolkata-based young education activist and youth icon Wali Rahmani who hit the headlines in September last year for collecting Rs 7.5 crore in seven days for a school building…

West Bengal MPs Arjun Singh, Dibyendu Adhikari join BJP

New Delhi: Two MPs from West Bengal — Arjun Singh and Dibyendu Adhikari — joined the Bharatiya Janata Party here on Friday, saying that they were upset with the Sandeshkhali incidents. Singh…
Denied LS ticket, another sitting Trinamool MP turns rebel

Kolkata: After Arjun Singh, another sitting Trinamool Congress MP has turned rebel after being denied a ticket to contest the Lok Sabha elections by the party leadership. Sunil Kumar Mondal, the sitting…
District court extends Sheikh Shahjahan’s CBI custody by 8 days

Kolkata: The Basirhat sub-divisional court in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Thursday extended the CBI custody of Sheikh Shahjahan, the accused mastermind behind the attack on ED and CAPF teams…
ED seizes ‘crucial’ documents from the residence of Sheikh Shahjahan’s aide

Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday seized crucial documents linked to the multi-crore ration distribution case in West Bengal, including seven diaries, from the residence of a close confidant of now-suspended…
CAA linked to NRC, won’t allow detention camps in Bengal: Mamata

Jalpaiguri: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asserted that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is linked with the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and that is the reason why she…

TMC to launch mass outreach programme to counter BJP’s CAA narratives

Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress will launch a mass outreach programme in West Bengal to counter BJP’s positive narrative about the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), the notification for which was announced by the…
Trinamool drops 7 sitting MPs, including Mimi & Nusrat Jahan

Kolkata: As many as seven sitting Lok Sabha members were dropped by the Trinamool Congress as it released its list of candidates from West Bengal for the forthcoming polls on Sunday. These…
Sandeshkhali will turn around BJP’s fate in LS polls: Bengal LoP

Kolkata: West Bengal Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday said that Sandeshkhali would turn around the fate of BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. “Sandeshkhali alone can change…
Mahua Moitra, Yusuf Pathan in TMC’s list for Lok Sabha elections

In a grand public rally held at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Ground here on Sunday, March 10, the West Bengal CM and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee announced the party will field its…
Allah will do the final justice: Sheikh Shahjahan

Kolkata: Speaking to mediapersons for the first time since his arrest, now-suspended TriEnfnamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan said on Friday that “Allah will do the final justice” in his case. Shahjahan, the…
‘Will announce something important at 10 am tomorrow’: Mamata

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that she will announce something of importance to the public at 10 am on Wednesday. The Chief Minister has asked everyone to follow her…
Central agencies must not impede electoral process: TMC tells EC

Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Monday urged the Election Commission to ensure that central agencies must not impede the electoral process. The TMC delegation also appealed to the commission to make sure…
Modi slams TMC over Sandeshkhali atrocities, calls for party’s defeat in LS polls

Arambagh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a no-holds-barred attack against the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government in West Bengal over atrocities on women in Sandeshkhali, and said that the entire country…