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TMC’s LS revolt: Signature sheets go viral, feature names of 19 MPs
Kolkata: The scale of the TMC’s parliamentary revolt came into sharper focus on Friday after purported signatures of 19 party MPs surfaced on a letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker seeking recognition…
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Bengal CID questions TMC’s Abhishek for nearly 6 hours
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee left the West Bengal CID headquarters here on the night of Thursday, June 11, after he was questioned for nearly six hours in the…
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Signature forgery: Abhishek reaches CID HQ for questioning
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress national General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday, June 11, appeared before the West Bengal Crime Investigation Department (CID) to face questions in the signature forgery case over the party’s…
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Fresh setback to TMC as Rajya Sabha MP Prakash Baraik resigns
Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Prakash Chik Baraik resigned from the Upper House on Thursday, the third party MP to quit this week. Baraik met Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan and submitted…
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Questions remain unanswered over BJP win in Muslim locality
Kolkata: Questions remain unanswered as scepticism continues to rise over the landslide victory secured by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate in the Muslim-dominated Assembly constituency in West Bengal’s capital. The controversy…
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INDIA bloc meet: Oppn seek unity, deliberate to redraw strategy
New Delhi: Leaders of several Opposition parties on Monday, June 8, stressed unity within the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc and called for the need to safeguard democratic values and…
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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…
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INDIA bloc leaders begin deliberations to redraw strategy
New Delhi: Top leaders of the Opposition INDIA bloc on Monday, June 8, began deliberations here to forge unity and rework their strategy to take on the BJP, while ironing out differences…
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Mamata heads to Delhi for INDIA Bloc meet amid TMC split buzz
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee travelled to Delhi on Sunday, June 7, a day ahead of the INDIA bloc meeting, amid speculation of a possible split among the party’s MPs in…
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TMC to move Calcutta HC against recognition of Ritabrata as LoP
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) will move the Calcutta High Court on Monday, June 8, challenging the West Bengal Assembly Speaker’s decision to recognise rebel leader Ritabrata Banerjee as the Leader of…
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From 215 to 20 in a month: Collapse of Mamata’s political empire
Kolkata: For a politician who built her career on defiance, resilience and an instinctive understanding of Bengal’s political pulse, the past month — the one that marks the aftermath of the West…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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‘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…