Trinamool Congress
- Kolkata
Entire Union cabinet, 19 CMs won’t help BJP win Bengal elections: Mamata
Kolkata: TMC chief Mamata Banerjee on Saturday claimed that the BJP has deployed its entire machinery to defeat her party in the West Bengal assembly elections, as almost the entire Union cabinet…
- India
High octane 1st phase polling concludes in Bengal, Tamil Nadu votes peacefully
Kolkata/Chennai: Voting began on Thursday, April 23, in 152 constituencies in the first phase of the West Bengal assembly elections and all 234 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu, amid unprecedented security arrangements…
- India
Two states: India’s mega election in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu on April 22
Kolkata/Chennai: The drumbeats of democracy grow loudest when two major states vote simultaneously, and April 23 promises exactly that – a high-decibel electoral spectacle in West Begal and Tamil Nadu. In Tamil Nadu,…
- India
Opposition plans to move fresh notice seeking removal of CEC Gyanesh Kumar
New Delhi: Undeterred by the rejection of their earlier notices, opposition parties are planning a fresh move to seek the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, sources said on Saturday. According…
- India
CEC Gyanesh Kumar is compromised, working for BJP, claims TMC leader
West Bengal: All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) National Spokesperson Saket Gokhale alleged that Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar is “compromised” and openly working for the ruling party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),…
- India
HM Amit Shah rejects Trinamool’s allegations on Humayun Kabir’s ‘deal’
Kolkata: The Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, on Friday, April 10, trashed the allegations raised by the Trinamool Congress on Thursday, accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party of having a clandestine understanding with…
- India
Parliament rejects Oppn bid to remove chief poll commissioner, gives no reason
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan on Monday, April 6, rejected the impeachment motion against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, with no reasons cited for…
- Kolkata
Malda gherao reflects TMC’s maha jungleraj: Modi in Bengal
Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday made the Malda gherao of judicial officers the fulcrum of the BJP’s campaign on lawlessness in West Bengal, accusing the TMC government of running a…
- India
AIMIM leader held for ‘threatening’ Bengal election officers on SIR duty
West Bengal: Mofakkerul Islam, an All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader and Calcutta High Court advocate, was arrested by the West Bengal Police on Friday, April 3, on charges of mobilising a…
- India
ECI directs DGP to review ‘lapse’ in police deployment in Bengal
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has taken serious note of the deployment of police personnel for providing security to individuals allegedly linked to the ruling TMC ahead of the West…
- India
Amit Shah releases ‘charge sheet’ against Mamata government
Kolkata: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Amit Shah released a ‘charge sheet’ against the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday, March 28, alleging that officials in West Bengal functioned as “cadres”…
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It may split votes: Opposition criticises Owaisi–Humayun Kabir poll tie-up
New Delhi: Opposition leaders on Monday, March 23, criticised the alliance between the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Humayun Kabir, saying such moves could divide votes…
- Kolkata
Political interference of the highest order: Mamata on transfer of 50 officials
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday, March 19, expressed alarm over the “arbitrary removal of more than 50 senior officials” in the poll-bound state, terming it a “political interference…
- India
Trinamool stages walkout in RS over EC’s midnight bureaucratic shuffle in Bengal
New Delhi: Following a midnight shuffle of bureaucrats, the tensions between the Trinamool Congress and the Election Commission of India (ECI) escalated with Trinamool MPs staging a day-long walkout from the Rajya…
- India
193 opposition MPs sign notice seeking motion for CEC’s removal: Sources
New Delhi: A total of 130 Lok Sabha MPs and 63 Rajya Sabha MPs have signed notices seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, a source has said. According to…
