Trinamool Congress
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TMC poised to sweep Bengal rural polls, bags nearly 35,000 gram panchayat seats
The ruling Trinamool Congress on Wednesday was poised to sweep Bengal’s violence-scarred rural polls, as the count of ballots gave it an unassailable lead in results declared till now by the State…
- India
Is govt trying to turn Manipur into Kashmir, asks TMC
New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress on Saturday demanded an all-party delegation be sent to violence-hit Manipur within a week as it questioned the Centre’s handling of the situation and wondered if the…
- India
UPA-3 project in Bengal entangled in too many complications
Kolkata: Nowhere else in India is the anti-BJP opposition coalition as tangled with so many hitches and complications as it is in West Bengal. On the one hand West Bengal chief minister…
- India
Jack Dorsey allegations: Opposition accuses Centre of ‘suppressing’ social media
New Delhi: Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey’s claim that the Indian government pressured the micro-blogging platform during a farmers’ protest triggered a political row on Tuesday, with the Opposition accusing the Centre of…
- India
Odisha train tragedy: 31 from WB are still missing, says Mamata
Bhubaneswar: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said 31 passengers from her state, who were travelling in the express trains that met with an accident on June 2 evening in…
- India
Bengal Governor dismisses state’s claim of not being consulted on interim VC appointments
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor Dr CV Ananda Bose on Friday “dismissed” state Education Minister Bratya Basu’s claim that Bose had appointed interim vice-chancellors for 11 universities without consulting the state government. He implicitly…
- India
CBI begins interrogating Abhishek Banerjee in Bengal school recruitment case
Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday started the interrogation of Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in the West Bengal school recruitment case. Banerjee arrived at the central…
- India
Mamata on two-day dharna to protest Centre’s ‘discrimination’ against Bengal
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the two-day sit-in that she started here on Wednesday to protest the BJP-led Union government’s alleged discriminatory attitude against the state was on behalf…
- India
CPI-M leader’s wife got college teacher’s job without clearing exam: Trinamool
Kolkata: A senior Trinamool Congress leader on Thursday made an explosive allegation claiming that the wife of a senior CPI-M leader in West Bengal secured a non-teaching job in a reported Kolkata…
- India
Defamation suit filed against Trinamool bigwigs for derogatory remarks
Kolkata: A defamation suit has been filed against a West Bengal minister and the spokesman of Trinamool Congress on charges of making derogatory remarks against the leader of the opposition in the…
- Politics
Mukul Sangma complains of life threat, security beefed up outside house
Shillong: Trinamool Congress leader and former Meghalaya Chief Minister claimed that some National People’s Party (NPP) supporters have threatened his life. In a letter to Chief Secretary D.P. Wahlang, Sangma said that…
- India
Trinamool MP seeks ED probe into affairs of ‘certain’ company, avoids naming Adani
New Delhi: Senior Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy sought to know in the Lok Sabha on Thursday as to why the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is not investigating the affairs of a “certain”…
- India
Trinamool Congress MP calls budget anti-poor
Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy on Thursday criticised the Union Budget saying that it had no roadmap for tackling unemployment, inflation and inequality, while terming it as anti-poor and anti-people. Participating…