Trinamool Congress
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Majority of TMC MLAs will remain with Mamata: Sobhandeb amid split speculations
Kolkata: Senior Trinamool Congress leader Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay on Tuesday, June 2, asserted that the majority of the party MLAs would remain with former chief minister Mamata Banerjee despite intense speculation of defections,…
- Kolkata
Another TMC MP injured in Bengal a day after attack on Abhishek Banerjee
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kalyan Banerjee said he suffered head injuries after being mobbed in front of a police station he visited in West Bengal’s Hooghly district on Sunday, May 31,…
- Kolkata
Mamata pressured private hospital to admit Abhishek Banerjee: BJP
Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday, May 31, alleged that Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee had pressured a private hospital to get her nephew and party leader Abhishek Banerjee…
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Abhishek Banerjee called ‘Bangladeshi,’ attacked with stones, eggs; Mamata fumes
Kolkata: All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee was roughed up on Saturday, May 30, allegedly by locals, when he visited West Bengal’s Sonarpur area to meet families of…
- Kolkata
BJP sweeps Bengal’s Falta Assembly repoll by over one lakh votes
Kolkata: The BJP on Sunday swept the repoll to Bengal’s Falta Assembly seat with a victory margin of more than one lakh votes in the constituency long seen as a citadel of…
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Falta counting: Massive lead for BJP in early trends
Kolkata: BJP candidate Debangshu Panda secured a commanding lead of more than 9,000 votes over his nearest rival after the first round of counting in the repoll to West Bengal’s Falta assembly…
- Kolkata
Bakrid: Calcutta HC reserves order on Bengal cattle slaughter restrictions
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday, May 21, reserved its order on a batch of petitions challenging a West Bengal government notification that restricts cattle slaughter ahead of Eid ul-Adha, with the…
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West Bengal discontinues aid to imams, starts free buses for women
Kolkata: Signalling a sharp policy shift, the West Bengal cabinet on Monday, May 18, decided to discontinue religion-based assistance to imams and others, roll out the ‘Annapurna’ financial support scheme for women…
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Suvendu takes oath as first BJP CM of West Bengal, 5 other MLAs sworn in
Kolkata: Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and five ministers were sworn in at the Brigade Parade Grounds here on Saturday as West Bengal got its first BJP government, with representatives from the northern…
- Kolkata
BJP MLAs meet to elect new West Bengal CM, Suvendu Adhikari to grab spot
Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislature party is scheduled to meet in Kolkata on Friday, May 8, in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah to formally elect its leader,…
- Kolkata
I won’t resign, Bengal poll results not people’s mandate: CM Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata: Outgoing West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday, May 5, ruled out stepping down after her party’s defeat in the Assembly polls, claiming that the verdict…
- Kolkata
Will work for Hindus: BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari after defeating TMC in Bengal
Kolkata: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and likely chief minister candidate Suvendu Adhikari made communal remarks moments after he defeated Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee in the West Bengal Assembly elections,…
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Bengal: Split in minority votes fuels BJP surge in Muslim-majority districts
Kolkata: In an election that has upended West Bengal’s entrenched political arithmetic, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) sweeping victory has drawn its decisive momentum not merely from traditional strongholds but from unexpected…
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Will of people supreme, says Mahua Moitra after BJP’s victory in Bengal
Kolkata: A day after the Trinamool Congress faced a drubbing by the BJP in the West Bengal assembly elections, TMC MP Mohua Moitra on Tuesday, May 5, said her party respects the…
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Assembly poll results: Mamata loses stronghold Bhabanipur to Suvendu
Four states and a Union Territory are on the edge of their seats as counting day arrives for one of India’s most consequential regional election cycles. West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala…
