Mamata Banerjee sits overnight in ‘dharna’ against Centre, raises political temperature

Mamata Banerjee sits overnight in ‘dharna’ against Centre, raises political temperature

West Bengal CM and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee with his nephew and TMC General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee during a sit-in demonstration against Union government’s alleged discriminatory attitude against the state, in Kolkata | Photo Credit: PTI West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sat overnight in front of Dalit icon Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s statue on Red Road in the heart … Read more

BJP stir in Bengal Assembly over Adenovirus deaths

BJP stir in Bengal Assembly over Adenovirus deaths

Kolkata, West Bengal, Leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari | File Photo | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI Accusing the Mamata Banerjee government of not doing enough to check the spread of adenovirus, the BJP on Thursday demanded a statement from the Chief Minister on the recent deaths caused by the infection. The BJP legislature party, towards … Read more

TMC to raise risk exposure of LIC and SBI, price rise, unemployment in Parliament: Derek O’Brien

TMC to raise risk exposure of LIC and SBI, price rise, unemployment in Parliament: Derek O’Brien

TMC MP Derek O’Brien speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the first phase of the Budget Session of Parliament in New Delhi on February 7, 2023. File | Photo Credit: PTI The TMC will raise in Parliament issues such as LIC and SBI’s risk exposure, price rise of essential commodities, unemployment and “misuse” of central … Read more

Bypolls in three States record decent voter turnout

Bypolls in three States record decent voter turnout

Voters waiting in long queue to cast their vote at a polling station in Erode in Tamil Nadu on Monday. | Photo Credit: Govarthan M Voting for Assembly by-elections were held in three States — Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand and West Bengal — on Monday. The results of the bypolls will be declared on March 2, along with the … Read more

Meghalaya CM didn’t act on Mukroh firing fearing ED, CBI action: Trinamool Congress’ Abhishek Banerjee

Meghalaya CM didn’t act on Mukroh firing fearing ED, CBI action: Trinamool Congress’ Abhishek Banerjee

TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee. File | Photo Credit: PTI Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma will lose his seat as the ruling National People’s Party (NPP) will draw a blank in the Garo Hills, claimed senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee. Addressing an election rally in South Tura on February 15, he dredged up the … Read more

TMC will not join CPI(M)-Congress alliance in Tripura, Mamata to visit on February 6

TMC will not join CPI(M)-Congress alliance in Tripura, Mamata to visit on February 6

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee | Photo Credit: PTI The Trinamool Congress will not join the CPI(M)-Congress alliance in the ensuing Tripura Assembly election, a senior party leader said on January 22. Tripura Trinamool Congress president Pijush Kanti Biswas said TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister will arrive in Tripura on February 6 … Read more

HC rejects TMC leader Anubrata Mondal‘s bail plea in cattle smuggling case

HC rejects TMC leader Anubrata Mondal‘s bail plea in cattle smuggling case

TMC leader Anubrata Mondal being produced before the Dubrajpur court, in Birbhum. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Calcutta High Court on January 4 rejected senior Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal‘s bail plea in an alleged cattle smuggling case Mondal’s counsel Kapil Sibal had claimed that he has been in custody for more than four … Read more

Congress loses chairmanship of parliamentary committee on IT, Home; 6 key panels with BJP, its allies now

Congress loses chairmanship of parliamentary committee on IT, Home; 6 key panels with BJP, its allies now

The Trinamool Congress, which had the chair of the Parliamentary Panel on Food and Consumer Affairs, has not been given the chairmanship of any parliamentary committee after the reshuffle The Trinamool Congress, which had the chair of the Parliamentary Panel on Food and Consumer Affairs, has not been given the chairmanship of any parliamentary committee … Read more

Under fire from Bengal BJP over MGNREGA corruption remarks, Union minister Kapil Moreshwar Patil makes U-Turn

Under fire from Bengal BJP over MGNREGA corruption remarks, Union minister Kapil Moreshwar Patil makes U-Turn

Kolkata: A day after Union Panchayat MoS Kapil Moreshwar Patil claimed in Kolkata there was no corruption in MNREGA, taking a u-turn on Friday Patil said he had heard utilization of certificates are issued without completion of work and he will survey physically in several Panchayat areas to find if corruption prevails during his visit … Read more