Trinamool Congress
- 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…
- India
Oppn walks out of all-party meet ahead of Monsoon session
New Delhi: A combative opposition staged a symbolic walkout on Sunday, July 19, at an all-party meeting against the government’s invitation to rebel TMC MPs and demanded discussions on issues of Ram…
- India
Infiltration corridors now secure borders: Amit Shah
Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday claimed that what was once a corridor of infiltration under the previous Trinamool Congress regime in the Siliguri Corridor (also known as the Chicken…
- Kolkata
TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s party office demolished by bulldozer
Kolkata: The South 24 Parganas district administration on Saturday, July 18, started demolishing the party office of Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee at Amtala after it was found to be constructed…
- 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
Baruipur rape not like my daughter’s case: RG Kar victim’s mother
Kolkata: “My daughter was within a fully secure place,” said Ratna Debnath, mother of the RG Kar Medical College rape victim and West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA, on the Baruipur…
- 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…
- 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 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…
- Hate Crime
Bengal’s minorities dealing with budget cuts, violence under BJP
Kolkata: The West Bengal as India knew it has drastically changed in the one month since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the state Assembly elections. With a newly presented budget that…
- 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,…
- Politics
TMC’s Abhishek files 20 disqualification pleas against rebel MPs
New Delhi: Facing a revolt in his parliamentary team, Trinamool Congress leader in Lok Sabha Abhishek Banerjee on Friday met with Speaker Om Birla and submitted 20 petitions against its 20 rebel…
- 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…
- 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…
