Devotees participate in a procession on the occasion of Ram Navmi, in Kolkata, Thursday, March 30, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Celebrating festivals comes easily to the people of West Bengal and the State is often referred to as the land of “ Baro mashe tero parbon (13 festivals in 12 months)”. However, over the past few … Read more
Gujarat Titans batters Rahul Tewatia and Rashid Khan celebrate after winning the IPL 2023 cricket match against Chennai Super Kings, at Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad on March 31, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI India registers highest proportional increase of new COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia: WHO The highest proportional increase of new COVID cases … Read more
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
Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Anubrata Mondal jailed in the cattle-smuggling case being bought to ESI hospital for a checkup prior to being produced before Enforcement Directorate (ED), in Kolkata on March 7, 2023 | Photo Credit: ANI A Delhi court on Wednesday sent TMC leader Anubrata Mondal to ED custody till March 10 in an … Read more
The BJP’s income has more than doubled. File image for representation. | Photo Credit: AP The Bhartiya Janata Party has shown the highest income of ₹1,917.12 crore during the financial year 2021-22 among eight national parties, according to an analysis by the Association of Democratic Reforms, an NGO working on electoral and political reforms. The … Read more
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
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. File photo | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday, February 1, 2023 described the Union Budget for the financial year 2023-2024 as an opportunist and anti-poor Budget. Addressing a public gathering in the State’s Birbhum district, Ms. Banerjee also added that the new … Read more
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
Representational image only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu “The ruling BJP received ₹614.53 crore as contributions, more than six times the funds garnered by the Opposition Congress during fiscal year 2021-22. The Congress received funds to the tune of ₹95.46 crore,” according to Election Commission data. The Trinamool Congress, which is in power in West … Read more
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday launched a broadside at the Modi-led BJP government, saying that the asserted that the saffron party will be “swept away from power” in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. “The BJP will be swept away from power by the people’s mandate in 2024. They will be defeated. I … Read more