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Suvendu blames Mamata for 27 lakh voter deletions in Bengal
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday, September 27, blamed former CM Mamata Banerjee for the deletion of 27 lakh names from the state’s electoral rolls during the Special Intensive…
- Kolkata
Cal HC raps EC over reassignment of poll symbol for bypoll
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday came down heavily on the Election Commission over reassignment of the ‘envelope’ symbol to the newly formed Democratic Trinamool Congress from the ISF, observing that…
- Kolkata
HC asks WB to let Congress Nandigram candidate contest if bailed
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday, September 22, asked the West Bengal government’s counsel that the Congress’ Nandigram bypoll candidate Milan Pradhan be allowed to contest properly, provided he gets bail…
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SC agrees to urgent listing of Mamata Banerjee’s plea against EC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, September 21, agreed to list for urgent hearing a plea by former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee challenging the Election Commission’s decision to freeze…
- India
Mamata backs Congress in Nandigram, hints at Bengal opposition reset
Kolkata: Former West Bengal chief minister’s support to the Congress candidate in the Nandigram assembly bypoll is a striking reversal of decades of political rivalry, observers feel, signalling a possible recalibration of…
- India
Nandigram bypoll: Congress candidate in 14-day judicial custody
Haldia (West Bengal): The Congress’ Nandigram bypoll candidate Milan Pradhan was on Saturday, September 19, sent to judicial custody till October 3 by a local court, a day after his arrest on…
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After Mamata vows support, Congress Nandigram candidate held
Kolkata: Milan Pradhan, the Congress candidate for the forthcoming bypoll for the Nandigram Assembly constituency in the East Midnapore district of West Bengal, was arrested on Friday, September 18, in an old…
- 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…
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‘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…
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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…
