Mamata banerjee
- 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…
- Opinions
West Bengal’s political crisis and future of Indian federalism
In a democratic system, elections are premised on the idea that voters elect representatives who remain honest and accountable to the public, upholding the very mandate upon which they were chosen. However,…
- India
HC refuses interim order on Bengal Assembly Speaker’s decision
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday, June 18, refused any interim order on the West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose’s decision to appoint breakaway TMC group MLA Ritabrata Banerjee as the…
- Kolkata
No relief to Mamata Banerjee from Calcutta HC in Bengal LoP row
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday, June 18, refused any interim order on the West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose’s decision to appoint breakaway Trinamool Congress (TMC) group MLA Ritabrata Banerjee…
- India
Abhishek called to meet Birla while being in ED office
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will hear the defected TMC MPs as well as the faction led by Mamata Banerjee before deciding on giving recognition to the breakaway faction, sources…
- Kolkata
Rebel TMC MPs announce merger with Nationalist Citizens Party
New Delhi: The rebellion in the Trinamool Congress (TMC) appeared to reach a crescendo on Sunday, June 14, as dissident MPs announced their merger with the Nationalist Citizens Party and met Lok…
- India
Bengal Police search Abhishek Banerjee’s home in 3am raid
In a predawn raid certain to deepen the political faultlines in West Bengal, police personnel, accompanied by central forces, searched Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee’s residence here for more than four…
- Kolkata
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…
