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- India
Football player vs Envelope: Rival TMC factions get symbols
New Delhi: The Mamata Banerjee-led faction of Trinamool Congress on Friday, September 18, got the name ‘Mamata All India Trinamool Congress’, while its rival group led by Arup Roy got the name…
- India
‘Vote chori, govt chori, now party chori’: Rahul slams EC order
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday, September 18, slammed the Election Commission over its decision of directing rival Trinamool Congress factions to not use the party name and the “flowers…
- India
EC bars TMC factions from using party name, symbol in by-poll
New Delhi: The Election Commission has directed rival factions of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) not to use the party name and “Flowers and Grass symbol” during the West Bengal bypolls,…
- India
Former Bengal deputy speaker found hanging at TMC office
Rampurhat: Former deputy speaker of West Bengal Assembly, Asish Banerjee, was found hanging at a TMC party office in Birbhum district on Sunday morning, police sources said. A purported suicide note was also…
- Kolkata
Mamata attacked during visit to deceased TMC worker’s house
Kolkata: Former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee faced a hostile reception at Halisahar in North 24 Parganas district on Sunday, August 9, when protesters surrounded her vehicle, shouted ‘chor’ (thief) and…
- India
Not received royalties for my books this year: Mamata Banerjee
Trinamool Congress supremo and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that since the change in regime in the state, she had stopped receiving royalties on the books penned…
- India
2 TMC factions, Congress set for July 21 events in Kolkata
Kolkata: West Bengal’s politically charged July 21 Martyrs’ Day observance entered an unprecedented phase on Tuesday, July 21, with two TMC factions and the Congress set to hold parallel programmes within a…
- Kolkata
TMC MLA Madan Mitra crosses over to Ritabrata’s rebel camp
Kolkata: Senior Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra on Wednesday, July 15, crossed over to the rebel camp led by Leader of Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee, dealing another blow to beleaguered Mamata Banerjee’s faction…
- Kolkata
BJP, TMC meet gang-rape victim’s family in Bengal’s Baruipur
Baruipur: Leaders of various political parties met the family of the 11-year-old girl, who was allegedly gang-raped and murdered, in West Bengal’s Baruipur, and assured them of support in their fight for…
- Kolkata
Bengal minor rape case: 3 arrested, NCW seeks report from police
Kolkata: West Bengal Police on Monday, July 6, arrested the key accused in the alleged gangrape-murder of a girl in Baruipur, taking the total number of arrests in the case to three,…
- Politics
Mamata’s aide Chandrima Bhattacharya resigns as TMC Bengal chief
Kolkata: In yet another setback for the Mamata Banerjee faction of the Trinamool Congress, the party’s Bengal state president, Chandrima Bhattacharya, stepped down from her position on Saturday, July 4, barely a…
- India
UCC bill likely to be passed in Bengal assembly in August
Kolkata: The bill for implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in West Bengal will be passed in the assembly next month, a senior functionary of the state government said on Friday,…
- India
TMC feud: Mamata questions ECI meet with expelled leaders
The battle for control of the Trinamool Congress intensified on Thursday, with the rebel faction led by Ritabrata Banerjee staking claim over the party before the Election Commission, even as the TMC…
- India
UCC Bill to be placed before Bengal Assembly on Monday
Kolkata: Less than two months after ending the TMC’s 15-year rule in West Bengal, the BJP government is likely to place before the Assembly on Monday, June 29, one of its most…
- Kolkata
We aren’t traitors: Mamata camp turns rally into loyalty call
Kolkata: For years, the Trinamool Congress’ Shahid Diwas July 21 rally served as a grand annual showcase of political power — packed with lakhs of supporters, high-profile defections from rival camps and…