Kailash Gahlot joins BJP; rift with AAP started in August

Gahlot joined the BJP a day after...

Stubble-burning declines, but pollution levels raise doubts over satellite data accuracy

Stubble-burning declines, yet unchanged aerosol levels highlight...

PM Modi faces a world on the edge of WWIII

Giving long-range missiles to Ukraine, and permitting...

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TMC MLA spotted on radical PFI’s dais

Kolkata: Amid concerns about the activities of the Popular Front of India or PFI, a radical Islamist outfit, across the country, Trinamool Congress (TMC)...

Governor Dhankhar prorogues Assembly

Kolkata: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday prorogued the Assembly from Saturday. Prorogation is discontinuing a session of Parliament or a legislative Assembly...

Netaji was ‘located’ in Russia, Indian government blocked inquiry

A prominent Congress leader apparently told Dr Chandan Roychowdhury that there would be an international crisis if the facts were made public and so...

Ahead of civic polls, Kolkata sees bombs

Kolkata: Ahead of Kolkata civic polls, tension seems to have reached its peak with Kolkata witnessing bombing on Friday night, followed by intense charges...

Dhankhar alleges diversion of funds in ‘Maa’ project

Kolkata: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has alleged financial irregularities in the state government’s “Maa” project. The Governor tweeted about it on Saturday. The...

Bengal CID busts fake arms licence racket, arrests six

Kolkata: The West Bengal CID has busted a fake arms license racket and arrested six persons regarding the same. With the arrests, the flourishing business...

Mamata must obey Constitution, law on BSF issue: Dhankhar

Kolkata: The conflict between West Bengal and the Centre over the BSF’s jurisdiction issue is already known. Now, a tussle has erupted between the...

Mamata family member gets TMC ticket for municipal polls

Kolkata: Though Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had earlier raised questions about giving tickets to family members, Kazri Banerjee, wife of Mamata Banerjee’s brother Kartik...

Speculation about Varun Gandhi joining TMC

Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress (TMC), which is reconfiguring its party organisation in Goa and Uttar Pradesh, is believed to be in talks with Bharatiya...

TMC nominates ex-Goa CM to Rajya Sabha

The TMC wants to strengthen the organization in Goa through Luizinho Faleiro.   The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday nominated former Goa Chief Minister Luizinho Faleiro...

‘PM is increasing his power because of the Congress’

KOLKATA: In a scathing attack on the Congress, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is getting stronger day...

Congress shuts the door on Prashant Kishor, TMC uneasy about his BJP comment

Kolkata: The doors of the Congress have been shut for Prashant Kishor, at least for the time being, because of his latest comments about...

TMC exploring alliance formation in Goa

Goa Forward Party leader and former Deputy CM Vijay Sardesai meets Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.   Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) leadership has decided to...

Ahead of Goa visit, Mamata urges parties to unite to defeat BJP

Kolkata: Not satisfied with being limited to power only in Bengal, the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) is eyeing to capture power in the...

TMC, Congress locked in tweet war

The relationship between the Congress and Trinamool Congress (TMC) touched a new low on Friday with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s party taking a dig...

Bengal counts hours to Bhabanipur bypoll results

Kolkata: Ahead of counting of votes on Sunday following the Bhabanipur bypolls, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee will...

Mamata hints at municipal polls, finally

Except for the byelections in four centers, only municipal elections are left in the state.   Kolkata: After waiting for almost three years, West Bengal Chief...

TMC making life difficult for Congress

With TMC’s protests rising, a Congress-led Opposition alliance looking unlikely. Kolkata:  The distance between the Congress and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) is widening, with the...

Pressure mounts on Mamata, ED notice to Abhishek again

‘Abhishek has been sent a notice to appear in the ED office in Delhi on 21 September’.   Kolkata: Even as by-election day for the Bhabanipur...

ED summons put pressure on Abhishek Banerjee, wife

The ED has got hold of information about Abhishek Banerjee’s wife’s Bangkok account and wife’s sister Menaka Gambhir’s London account.   Kolkata: In the alleged coal...

Mamata under pressure from Central agencies

Kolkata: Pressure is mounting on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress (TMC) from the Central agencies. The Central Bureau of...

‘Core panel’ may work on Opposition action plan

‘The TMC has made it clear that the Congress alone will not decide the Opposition’s programme’.   Kolkata: Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mamata Banerjee has again...

CBI to start process of filing FIRs soon

A five-judge HC bench had ruled that the CBI would probe ‘serious’ cases such as murder, unnatural death and rape.   New Delhi: The CBI wants...

CPM bid to ‘phase out’ the older lot

‘If the new retirement policy takes effect, about 40% of the CPM’s current state committee will have to step down’. Kolkata: The CPM is planning...

In stern editorial, TMC makes its stand on Congress clear

Kolkata: To dispel all doubts about what Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress thinks of a possible Opposition alliance against the Bharatiya Janata Party, and of...

Pradyot Manikya at the centre of Tripura politics

All political parties are trying to woo him. Abhishek Banerjee, Trinamool Congress (TMC) all-India general secretary, will be in Tripura on Monday. The electoral battle...

Babul Supriyo quits politics with Facebook post

Supriyo also wrote that he is leaving the BJP and does not want to join any other party. Kolkata: BJP leader Babul Supriyo on Saturday...

Mamata’s Delhi visit bid to forge Opposition unity

‘If she decides to pursue her national ambitions, she will need an entirely new political vocabulary’. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be the...

TMC to meet President for Dhankhar’s removal

In the last few days, the TMC has brought multiple allegations against the Governor.   Kolkata: The tussle between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Governor Jagdeep...

Pressure on Mamata post Tirath resignation

The Trinamool Congress, however, thinks that the situation in Uttarakhand and Bengal cannot be compared.   Kolkata: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat has finally resigned...

Con ‘IAS officer’ with TMC ‘links’ gives fake vaccines

Photos of Debanjan Deb hobnobbing with top TMC leaders are doing the rounds of social media. KOLKATA: Within two months of the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool...

‘PK unifier of Opposition ahead of 2024 elections’

Kolkata: Political strategist Prashant Kishor calling on Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar at Pawar’s residence in Mumbai on Friday has set off...

Abhishek Banerjee appointed TMC’s national general secretary

Kolkata: The speculation was already there. There were possibilities like that. It was thought that Abhishek Banerjee was going to get a big position...

Mamata’s face-off with Centre escalates

Bengal CM says that the Centre has adopted a vindictive attitude after the BJP lost the elections in the state.   Kolkata: Three weeks after the...

Covid politics takes centre stage in Bengal

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee blames Centre for failing to manage the Covid second wave.   Kolkata: As the country reels under Covid pandemic, in West Bengal,...

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