BJP West Bengal State President Samik Bhattacharya | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership in West Bengal has accused the Trinamool Congress government of delaying the census exercise in West Bengal so that the State’s ruling party can take “political advantage of a vote bank politics”. This allegation comes at a … Read more
Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday (July 8, 2025) presented a list of 50 Trinamool student leaders, accusing them of exerting unchecked power in various educational institutions across the State. | Photo Credit: ANI Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative … Read more
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday targeted the Trinamool Congress over a report of a fact finding committee submitted to the Calcutta High Court which quoted victims saying that Trinamool Congress leaders were present at the site of violence. Not only BJP leaders from West Bengal but BJP Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi held a … Read more
File picture of Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale. | Photo Credit: PTI TMC MP Saket Gokhale on Wednesday (April 16, 2025) expressed his willingness before the Delhi High Court to settle issues with former diplomat Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri, to whom he has been asked to apologise and pay ₹50 lakh as damages in a defamation … Read more
Urging all political parties to abide by the Constitution, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee said her party members are fighting for the Waqf properties and said that the “jumla party” wants to divide the people. | Photo Credit: ANI Urging all political parties to abide by the Constitution, West Bengal … Read more
After the Trinamool Congress, Samajwadi Party, now Shiv Sena UBT has backed Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal in the upcoming Delhi assembly polls. Earlier in the day, the TMC had announced support for the AAP in the Delhi elections, while Arvind Kejriwal thanked Mamata Banerjee for extending support to his party. With INDIA allies … Read more
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee speaks in the State Assembly in Kolkata on December 2, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Discontent and anger against the government do not necessarily result in the electorate voting against the ruling party. This has become quite evident over the past few years in West Bengal politics, the latest … Read more
The Barasat court in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to Trinamool Congress MLA Soham Chakraborty in connection with a case of assault filed by a Kolkata restaurateur. According to Mr. Chakraborty’s lawyer Alok Samajpati, the Chandipur MLA, also an actor, was booked under four bailable sections. “The court granted … Read more
Mamata Banerjee sustained injuries including a deep gash on her forehead, a cut on the nose, and concussion following a fall at her residence in Kalighat on Thursday evening. The director of the state-run SSKM Hospital told ToI that the injuries appeared to have been caused by “some push from behind.” Around 7:30 pm, the … Read more
All India Krishak Sabha (AIKS), the peasant wing of the Communist Party of India ( Marxist) on Tuesday held a rally in Kolkata and blamed the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal and the BJP government at the Centre for agrarian distress. The AIKS leaders also raised concern over alleged ‘agrarian suicides’ in the State. … Read more