Mamata banerjee
- 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…
- Kolkata
Won’t abandon Mamata Banerjee in hard times: Shatrughan Sinha
New Delhi: Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha on Thursday, June 11, asserted that he would not abandon TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee in difficult times, saying she had stood by him when he was going…
- India
Abhishek Banerjee granted interim relief from coercive action
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court granted interim protection from coercive action to Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday, June 11, in the alleged forged signatures of newly…
- Kolkata
TMC leader arrested for extortion, people throw eggs, cow dung
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress leader Sabyasachi Dutta was arrested early on Tuesday from West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on charges of extortion and criminal intimidation, and was remanded to police custody for…
- Kolkata
‘Fake signature’ row: CID enters Mamata’s residence-cum-office
Kolkata: A CID team on Tuesday, June 9, entered Trinamool Congress’s central party office-cum-residence of party supremo Mamata Banerjee in Kalighat area, after a brief standoff with security personnel and a party…
- India
INDIA bloc leaders demand Education Minister’s immediate resignation
New Delhi: Leaders of the opposition INDIA bloc met on Monday, June 8, and decided to write to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise and…
- Kolkata
TMC crack deepens as 20 rebel MPs write to Speaker backing BJP-NDA
Kolkata: The crisis engulfing the TMC deepened on Monday as 20 Lok Sabha MPs, led by Chief Whip Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, wrote to Speaker Om Birla declaring support for the BJP-led NDA,…
- India
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…
- India
Mamata Banerjee meets Kejriwal ahead of INDIA bloc meeting
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday, June 7, met Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal in the national capital, a day ahead of a meeting of the opposition…
- 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
TMC split: Ritabrata elected LoP with support of 58 rebel MLAs
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday, June 3, suffered its first split in its 28-year history as 58 rebel MLAs elected expelled leader Ritabrata Banerjee as Leader of Opposition, wresting control of…
- 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
Ritabrata claims Speaker accepted rebels bid, seeks Mamata advise
Kolkata: The TMC on Wednesday suffered its first split in its 28-year history as 58 rebel MLAs elected expelled leader Ritabrata Banerjee as Leader of Opposition, wresting control of its legislature party, and…
