Amid the ongoing annual Martyr’s Day rally in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday announced that former BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Chandan Mitra has joined Trinamool Congress. CM Mamata also said that former CPM MP Moinul Hasan, Congress’ Sabina Yasmin and Mizoram advocate-general Biswajit Deb have[Read More…]
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No-confidence motion LIVE updates: 325 MPs voted ‘No’; 126 voted ‘yes’, no-confidence motion against NDA Govt rejected
Both BJP, Congress responsible for Andhra’s plight, says TDP MP Kesineni Srinivas “I thought for one and a half hours I was watching a Bollywood blockbuster film. I have no doubt PM would have been the best actor in the world,” Srinivas said. He added that BJP MP form Andhra Hari Babu[Read More…]
Mamata tells party MPs to stay in Delhi for no-confidence motion, whip issued
Kolkata: With Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee instructing all Lok Sabha members of her party to stay put in Delhi and support Friday’s no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government, the party on Wednesday issued a whip to all its MPS to be present in the House during the discussions.[Read More…]
‘Congress-Left should join hands against Trinamool, BJP’
Kolkata: The Congress and Left parties need to come together in a political front or on a common platform in West Bengal to effectively fight the murder of democracy by the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the communal agenda of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), says a senior Congress party[Read More…]
Trinamool looks to sweep Bengal Panchayat polls, BJP in second spot
Kolkata: The ruling Trinamool Congress on Thursday looked set for a resounding victory crushing all opposition parties in rural West Bengal, after nearly 11 hours of the vote count in the three-tier state Panchayat election, with the BJP emerging a distant second in almost all the districts. The Left Front,[Read More…]
Four held for killing man during group clash in Bengal
Kolkata: Four persons were arrested on Wednesday in West Bengal’s Birbhum district for the killing of a young man, Sheikh Dildar, in a group clash between supporters of two parties, police said. They were remanded in seven-day police custody by a court. “One person had died in a clash between[Read More…]
Bhaichung Bhutia quits Trinamool Congress
Kolkata: Former Indian soccer captain Bhaichung Bhutia on Monday announced that he has resigned from the Trinamool Congress and was no more associated with any political party. In a tweet, the country’s soccer icon also said he has quit all the official and political posts of the Trinamool Congress, which he[Read More…]
Mukul Roy wishes to join party: BJP
A senior BJP leader on Friday said that Mukul Roy, who had resigned from the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress earlier this month, has expressed his wish to join his party. “Mukul Roy has expressed his wish to our state (West Bengal) unit for joining the BJP. The state unit of[Read More…]
West Bengal Municipality Polls: Mamata Banerjee’s landslide victory
Voting was held for seven civic corporations in West Bengal on Sunday. The TMC has won all seven corporations, with a clean sweep on three of them. The municipalities that went to polls on August 13 were Panskura and Haldia in East Midnapore district, Nalhati in Birbhum, Buniadpur in South[Read More…]
Watch: TMC MLA Swapan Kumar Beltharia thrashes vendor during eviction drive
Trinamool Congress (TMC) legislator, Swapan Kumar Betharia was seen beating a vendor during an eviction drive in a short clip that went viral online. The incident happened on Wednesday morning at Purulia’s Kashipur area in West Bengal. However, Swapan Kumar has denied any unlawful activity. When asked, Kumar said that[Read More…]
West Bengal: TMC leader shot dead; probe underway
A Trinamool Congress leader was shot dead in South 24 Parganas district’s Bhangar in West Bengal on Sunday. The incident heightened the political temperature in the region once again. Panchayat leader Asikur Rahman died after being hit by a bullet on the head. “We are investigating how and why was[Read More…]
Presidential polls: ‘Mamata Banerjee practising politics of appeasement’
While West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, is supporting opposition presidential nominee, Meira Kumar as a mark of protest against the Centre’s “atrocities”, the BJP on Tuesday slammed Banerjee, alleging her of communal politics. BJP leader GVL Narsimha Rao said the Trinamool Congress (TMC), the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal[Read More…]
Sikkim CM backs Gorkhaland demand
Following the Gorkhaland unrest, Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling has come out in support of the demand for a separate Gorkhaland, to be carved out of hill areas in West Bengal. “The fulfilment of the constitutional demand of the people in the Darjeeling hills, which is deeply connected with[Read More…]
Opposition to meet on June 22 to decide presidential candidate
As the BJP announced its presidential candidate yesterday, the opposition, hesitated to question his credentials but said it will hold a meeting on 22 June to chalk out its strategy. The opposition leaders have agreed to attend 22 June meeting which is to be chaired by Congress President Sonia Gandhi[Read More…]
Darjeeling continues to remain under stir on 6th day of indefinite shutdown
The “Queen of the Hills” continues to remain under stir even for the sixth day of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) sponsored indefinite shutdown, with police allegedly raiding and vandalising the residence of party assistant general secretary Binay Tamang. North Bengal, especially Darjeeling turned into a battlefield as moves and[Read More…]
Justin Bieber leads to bonhomie of politicians on Twitter
Justin Bieber performed in Mumbai on Wednesday to a packed stadium filled with enthusiastic #Beliebers. As the whole country was talking about the 23-year old Canadian singer on various platforms, there was an unexpected group bonding over the same. Congress politicians Milind Deora, Sachin Pilot and Trinamool Congress MP Derek[Read More…]
Seven TMC workers suffer bullet injuries
Mamata Banerjee re-elected as TMC chairperson
Puri priests against ‘Beef Supporter’ Mamata Banerjee’s Jagannath temple visit
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, who arrived in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday evening on a three-day tour to the state witnessed agitation from the priests of Jagannath temple. Annoyed with West Bengal CM’s ‘support’ for those who eat beef, more than 12,000 priests at Jagannath Temple are preparing to stop her[Read More…]
BJP Bengal chief, others booked for carrying weapons
A case has been registered, late on Thursday, against the Bengal BJP state president Dilip Ghosh. The case registered by the Bengal police is under non-bailable sections of the Arms Act and Indian Penal Code for carrying swords at Ram Navami rallies the day before. This case was registered by the[Read More…]
400 TMC members join BJP in Tripura
Four hundred Trinamool Congress members, including 16 of the total 65 state committee members of the TMC, have joined the BJP in Tripura on Thursday. The TMC members who joined the saffron party also include former chairman of the Tripura unit of Trinamool Congress, Ratan Chakraborty.The President of Tripura unit[Read More…]
SC says Narada sting will be probed by CBI
Trinamool raises ‘military coup’ issue in Parliament, Parrikar says don’t make it a controversy
The row over Army taking over road toll plazas in West Bengal on Friday echoed in Parliament with Trinamool Congress seeing “sinister” designs behind the move and Defence Minister Manohar Parikkar said the army was conducting a routine exercise in West Bengal. The issue was raised in both Houses of[Read More…]
Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress has become 7th national party of India
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s party Trinamool Congress (TMC) has been given a status of national party. The Election Commission announced TMC as the seventh national political party of India on Friday. According to the requirements laid down in the Symbols (Reservation and allotment) Order, 1968, which was amended last[Read More…]