Buoyant by Punjab success, AAP to contest Bengal panchayat polls in 2023
Kolkata/IBNS: Not just Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which is widely perceived as a replacement of the Congress to challenge the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nationally, is aiming to plunge into West Bengal politics in 2023 in the backdrop of its landslide win in Punjab.
West Bengal: TMC and Congress councillors shot dead in two separate incidents
Kolkata/IBNS: Two councillors, one belonging to the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and another from Congress, were shot death in two separate incidents in West Bengal on Sunday, media reports said.
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Sunday announced the names of erstwhile BJP leaders Shatrughan Sinha and Babul Supriyo as candidates for bypolls to Asansol Lok Sabha seat and Ballygunge assembly seat respectively.
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India Saturday announced the schedule of by-elections to one parliamentary constituency in West Bengal and four assembly constituencies in Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Maharashtra, and West Bengal.
All regional parties should be united: Mamata Banerjee after Congress' disastrous election result
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday once again pitched in the idea of a unity of all regional parties after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s victory in four states and Congress' disastrous poll performance.
BJP set to form govt in Goa for third straight term with MGP pledging support
Panaji/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to retain Goa with the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) pledging support of their MLAs to the saffron brigade.
Seesaw battle in Goa despite BJP's lead over Congress
Panaji/IBNS: Despite surging ahead of the Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is so far stopping short of the majority mark in Goa creating a scenario where smaller parties may come into play.
BJP creating chaos in Bengal assembly: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday slammed the BJP, accusing its legislators of creating chaos and disrupting the State Assembly, amidst a walkout by the saffron party MLAs after two of their lawmakers were suspended for the remaining days of the budget session for allegedly disrupting the Governor's opening address on March 7.
Ahead of poll results, Congress sends feelers to AAP, TMC in Goa
Panaji/IBNS: Three days ahead of the assembly election results in Goa, the Congress has changed its stance by making them open to a post-poll alliance with other parties to stop the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from assuming power in the coastal state.
Mamata Banerjee warns TMC leaders hobnobbing with Independent civic poll winners
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday gave a warning to all Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders who are keeping close ties with Independent civic poll winners amid reports of infighting in various districts.
Former BJP leader Jay Prakash Majumdar joins TMC
Kolkata/IBNS: Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jay Prakash Majumdar on Tuesday joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC), significantly a day after meeting rebel saffron party MP Locket Chatterjee.
Mamata sweeps Bengal civic polls decimating Opposition, Hamro Party springs surprise in Darjeeling
Kolkata/IBNS: Maintaining its absolute dominance in the state politics, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday swept the violence-marred polls held in 108 civic bodies, wiping out all key opposition parties including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which had won 77 assembly seats in less than a year ago.
Kolkata/IBNS: Within a year after emerging as the only legitimate opposition party in West Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday turned out as the biggest casualty in the violence-marred Sunday civic polls, losing its stronghold Darjeeling, failing to wrest power in its key leader Suvendu Adhikari's bastion Contai and state president Sukanta Majumdar's Balurghat.
West Bengal: TMC set for clean sweep in violence-marred polls to 108 civic bodies
Kolkata/IBNS: Maintaining its absolute dominance in the political spectrum of West Bengal, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) is set for a clean sweep in 108 civic bodies where elections were held on Sunday.
West Bengal civic polls: BJP calls for 12-hour bandh to protest against 'rigging and violence'
Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday called for a 12-hour bandh in West Bengal to be observed on Monday to protest against alleged rigging and attacks on opposition leaders by 'TMC members' during polling held in 108 municipal seats across the state.