Mamata banerjee
- Kolkata
TMC leader arrested for extortion, people throw eggs, cow dung
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress leader Sabyasachi Dutta was arrested early on Tuesday from West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on charges of extortion and criminal intimidation, and was remanded to police custody for…
- Kolkata
‘Fake signature’ row: CID enters Mamata’s residence-cum-office
Kolkata: A CID team on Tuesday, June 9, entered Trinamool Congress’s central party office-cum-residence of party supremo Mamata Banerjee in Kalighat area, after a brief standoff with security personnel and a party…
- India
INDIA bloc leaders demand Education Minister’s immediate resignation
New Delhi: Leaders of the opposition INDIA bloc met on Monday, June 8, and decided to write to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise and…
- Kolkata
TMC crack deepens as 20 rebel MPs write to Speaker backing BJP-NDA
Kolkata: The crisis engulfing the TMC deepened on Monday as 20 Lok Sabha MPs, led by Chief Whip Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, wrote to Speaker Om Birla declaring support for the BJP-led NDA,…
- India
TMC MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray resigns from party
Kolkata: Veteran TMC Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Shekhar Ray on Monday, June 8, resigned from the party and stepped down as a member of the Upper House, dealing a fresh blow to…
- India
Mamata Banerjee meets Kejriwal ahead of INDIA bloc meeting
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday, June 7, met Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal in the national capital, a day ahead of a meeting of the opposition…
- India
From ‘accidental’ meeting to Assembly coup: How TMC split
An “accidental” meeting in Delhi, a signature-forgery controversy, simmering resentment over the influence of TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee and a succession battle – developments that unfolded with breathtaking speed over just 13…
- India
TMC split: Ritabrata elected LoP with support of 58 rebel MLAs
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday, June 3, suffered its first split in its 28-year history as 58 rebel MLAs elected expelled leader Ritabrata Banerjee as Leader of Opposition, wresting control of…
- India
From seeing Lenin in Mamata to rebellion: Ritabrata’s political arc
Kolkata: Not long ago, Ritabrata Banerjee used to invoke Vladimir Lenin to explain Mamata Banerjee; today, the former communist is spearheading a “legislative revolt” against the very leader he once hailed as…
- India
Ritabrata claims Speaker accepted rebels bid, seeks Mamata advise
Kolkata: The TMC on Wednesday suffered its first split in its 28-year history as 58 rebel MLAs elected expelled leader Ritabrata Banerjee as Leader of Opposition, wresting control of its legislature party, and…
- Politics
Ritabrata Banerjee claims 59 TMC MLAs support for state Assembly
Kolkata: As many as 58 dissident Trinamool Congress MLAs backed expelled legislator Ritabrata Banerjee as the leader of the legislature party and conveyed their decision to West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose…
- India
Majority of TMC MLAs will remain with Mamata: Sobhandeb amid split speculations
Kolkata: Senior Trinamool Congress leader Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay on Tuesday, June 2, asserted that the majority of the party MLAs would remain with former chief minister Mamata Banerjee despite intense speculation of defections,…
- India
‘Fake signature’ row case: CID serves second summons to Abhishek Banerjee
Kolkata: CID sleuths visited TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee’s residence on Monday evening for the second time in just over 48 hours in connection with a signature forgery case and served him another…
- Kolkata
Attack on Abhishek Banerjee shows public rage against TMC, says minister
Kolkata: West Bengal minister Agnimitra Paul on Sunday said her party, the BJP, does not support the attack on Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, but described the incident as a reflection of…
- India
Bengal: FIR against Mamata Banerjee for remarks ‘hurting religious sentiments’
Kolkata: An FIR has been lodged against former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee for hurting religious sentiments based on a complaint by a lawyer, police said on Wednesday, May 27. The…