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Sonia chairs meeting with 18 opposition parties; AAP, SP, BSP missing
New Delhi: Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi is holding a meeting with leaders of 19 opposition parties to discuss several issues, including the recently-concluded Monsoon Session of Parliament, party leaders said on…
- Opinions
Opinion: Rahul Gandhi emerging as face of Opposition
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is emerging as the Face of the Opposition. This assumes significance, as it serves to repudiate all talk of lack of Opposition Unity. Rahul Gandhi has moved decisively…
- India
Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi meet Mamata Banerjee in Delhi
New Delhi: After meeting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Delhi, lyricist-poet Javed Akhtar on Thursday said there should be a change in the country and it is the history of…
- India
I-PAC team under house arrest in Tripura; police rubbish claim
Agartala: The Trinamool Congress on Monday alleged that 23 members of political strategist Prashant Kishor’s Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) have been placed under ‘house arrest’ in Agartala even though the police here…
- India
Rahul Gandhi, Prashant Kishor among those targeted by Pegasus spyware
New Delhi: In a surveillance attack by the Israel-based firm revealed on Sunday, at least two mobile phone accounts used by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi were among 300 verified Indian numbers listed…
- India
Abhijit Mukherjee, son of Pranab Mukherjee, joins Trinamool Congress
Kolkata: Abhijit Mukherjee, son of former President Pranab Mukherjee, joined the Trinamool Congress in Kolkata on Monday. Mukherjee, who was a former Congress MP, told the media, “I have joined as a…
- India
Calcutta HC takes up 4 Trinamool election petitions
Kolkata: Apart from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s high profile election petition against BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari, four other election petitions of Trinamool Congress candidates who lost to BJP candidates in the…
- Entertainment
Pics of Nusrat Jahan flaunting baby bump go viral
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Nusrat Jahan who is in the news for the last few days over the controversy regarding her relationship with her estranged husband Nikhil Jain again hit the headlines…
- Offbeat
Socialism to wed Mamata Banerjee as Communism, Leninism watch in Tamil Nadu
Chennai: When parents choose names that are rare and symbolic, children become famous. On Sunday, June 13, Socialism will be tying the knot with Mamata Banerjee and the marriage will be solemnized at…
- India
After Mamata’s victory, where is Prashant Kishor headed next?
Hyderabad: After Trinamool Congress (TMC) registered a landslide victory in West Bengal assembly polls, one would have expected the much-famed political strategist Prashant Kishor, who was majorly responsible for the party’s victory,…
- Politics
Mamata Banerjee: From defeating Left to overcoming BJP’s political onslaught
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee, who on Wednesday took oath as the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the third consecutive term has emerged as one of the most prominent…
- India
‘Don’t wish to say that I respect people’s verdict’, BJP’s Babul Supriyo on Bengal loss
Kolkata: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and union minister Babul Supriyo said that he does not want to respect the people’s verdict in the West Bengal assembly polls, the results of which…
- Politics
Mamata Banerjee emerges as contender on national political stage
New Delhi: After winning a bitterly-fought battle with the BJP to record her third successive victory in the West Bengal Assembly elections, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee seems to have emerged as…
- Politics
BJP congratulates Mamata, TMC for winning WB polls
Kolkata: BJP Sunday congratulated Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Congress for winning the West Bengal assembly election for the third successive term and assured that the saffron party will work as a constructive opposition.…
- Politics
Trinamool gains from stardom, glamour fails BJP
Kolkata: In a star-studded Assembly election battle in West Bengal, in which both the ruling Trinamool Congress and the principal opponent BJP fielded more than a dozen actors and actresses as candidates, the…
- Kolkata
Only one ‘symbolic’ meeting: TMC’s Derek O’Brien refers to Modi’s Kumbh comment
Kolkata: Rajya Sabha MP and senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Derek O’Brien on Sunday invoked Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s comment to conduct a ‘symbolic’ Kumbh Mela amid rising COVID-19 infections. Adding that…
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Bengal polls: 4 killed as central forces open fire in Cooch Behar
Sitalkuchi (WB): Four persons were killed as central forces allegedly opened fire after coming under attack from locals, who “attempted to snatch their rifles”, in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district on Saturday, police…
- Elections
West Bengal elections: Jaya Bachchan to campaign for ruling TMC
Kolkata: Election campaign is catching up with the summer’s heat in West Bengal ahead of the third phase of state’s assembly elections. As a part of the ruling Trinamool Congress’ star campaigners,…
- Elections
West Bengal polls: After snub by ISF, AIMIM to contest 5 seats
Hyderabad: The All India Majilis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) is likely to contest only about five to eight seats in the ongoing West Bengal (WB) elections. Led by Hyderabad Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi,…
- Elections
New party backed by BJP to eat into minority votes: Mamata
Patharpratima: In an apparent reference to the Indian Secular Front, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the BJP of backing a new political party to eat into minority votes during…
- Elections
Mamata releases TMC manifesto, promises income for all families
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday unveiled a “development-oriented” manifesto for the upcoming assembly polls in West Bengal, promising an income scheme for all families, a student credit card and…
- Opinions
Opinion: Mamata steals the show in West Bengal
Venkat Parsa West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, always considered a firebrand, has since transformed herself into a wounded tigress, who is unstoppable. Nandigram has cast its shadow…
- India
Arrest of Trinamool youth leader’s brother may spell fresh trouble for party
New Delhi: The arrest of Trinamool Congress youth leader Vinai Mishra’s brother Vikas Mishra by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) may spell more trouble for the ruling party in the poll-bound West Bengal,…
- India
Former BJP MP, union minister Yashwant Sinha joins Trinamool Congress
Kolkata: Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha, a bitter critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s regime, on Saturday joined Trinamool Congress days ahead of the high-octane West Bengal assembly polls. Sinha, who served in…
- India
Attack on Mamata ‘part of deep-rooted conspiracy’: TMC delegation tells EC
New Delhi: A delegation of six MPs of Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday met the Election Commission officials in the national capital to raise their concern over the Nandigram incident in which…
- India
From Left to TMC to BJP: Mithun Chakraborty’s political shift is appalling
Kolkata: The ‘disco dancer’ fame actor Mithun Chakraborty’s political leaning came a full circle when he joined the Bharatiya Janata Paty (BJP) on Sunday, minutes before Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the…
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West Bengal polls: Mamata gives tickets to 42 Muslim candidates
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee has given tickets to as many as 42 Muslim candidates out of the 291 seats in which the ruling formation has fielded its candidates for the…
- India
‘Bengal ready to show the right card,’ Prashant Kishor reiterates Mamata’s win
Kolkata: Election strategist Prashant Kishor on Saturday reiterated Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress’ victory in the ensuing West Bengal general elections, saying that the people of Bengal are ready with their message and…
- CAA-NRC
CAA Protest: Trinamool delegation to visit Lucknow on Dec 22
New Delhi: A four-member delegation of All India Trinamool Congress will be visiting Lucknow tomorrow to meet the grieving families of those who were killed in police firing. The delegation which is…
- Politics
Over 300 BJP, Congress workers cross over to Trinamool
Kolkata: Over 300 workers of the Congress and the BJP crossed over to West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress on Sunday, days after the party’s clean sweep in the state Assembly bypolls. The…
