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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…
- India
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…
- India
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…
- India
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…
- 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
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
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
TMC claims BJP workers part of ‘planned’ mob attack on Abhishek Banerjee
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Sunday, May 31, alleged the attack on its leader Abhishek Banerjee in West Bengal’s Sonarpur was “planned and Bharatiya Janata Party-sponsored,” and not a spontaneous expression…
- Kolkata
Another TMC MP injured in Bengal a day after attack on Abhishek Banerjee
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kalyan Banerjee said he suffered head injuries after being mobbed in front of a police station he visited in West Bengal’s Hooghly district on Sunday, May 31,…
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Kolkata municipality serves demolition notices two days before Bakrid
Kolkata: With only two days for Bakrid, residents of Tiljala-Topsia neighbourhood in West Bengal’s capital city woke up to demolition notices pasted on their doors from the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), declaring…
- Politics
Withdrawing from repoll as CM promised special package for Falta: TMC’s Jahangir Khan
Falta: TMC’s Falta candidate Jahangir Khan on Tuesday, May 19 announced he was withdrawing from the May 21 re-election in the assembly segment, stating that Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari‘s promise of a…
- India
Loot votes, then kick where it hurts: TMC targets Centre over fuel price hike
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien on Friday criticised the BJP-led central government over the hike in petrol and diesel prices, alleging that first they “looted” people’s votes and “then they…
- Kolkata
TMC faces existential crisis after BJP’s Bengal breakthrough
Kolkata: On a humid Saturday evening, barely hours after Suvendu Adhikari took oath as West Bengal’s first BJP chief minister at the Brigade Parade Grounds, the mood at several TMC offices across…