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.
Two policemen arrested in Bengal student leader's death case: CM Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said two policemen have been arrested in connection with the death of Anish Khan, a student leader from Howrah's Amta.
Mamata Banerjee reappoints nephew Abhishek Banerjee as TMC national gen secy after reported rift
Kolkata/IBNS: After two weeks of reported infighting and alleged scar in the relationship between Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress supremo on Friday not only backed the latter but also restored his number two status in the party.
Cattle smuggling case: Actor-turned TMC MP Dev appears before CBI
Kolkata/UNI: Tollywood superstar and TMC MP Dev alias Deepak Adhikari on Tuesday appeared before the CBI's investigating officials at Nizam Palace in the city, responding to summons from the federal probe agency in connection with the cattle smuggling case.
Mamata sweeps four Bengal civic polls, breaches Siliguri hurdle
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) maintained its absolute dominance in the state politics sweeping four more chaos-ridden civic polls including one in Siliguri, which was always a sticky ground for her party.
Is this secularism? PM Modi attacks TMC's Mahua Moitra over 'Hindu consolidation' remark
Kanpur/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday attacked Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra, who in a recent interview said her party has prevented the consolidation of Hindu votes in Goa by tying up with Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) as the coastal state is polled on Monday.
TMC skipped UP polls to avoid making Akhilesh Yadav weak: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said her party Trinamool Congress (TMC) skipped the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections to help Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav to remain strong in his fight against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
West Bengal: TMC set to sweep four civic polls; BJP, Left lose more grounds
Kolkata/IBNS: Further consolidating its hold in West Bengal, the state's ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) is set for a sweeping victory in four municipal elections, which were held in Asansol, Bidhannagar, Chandernagore and Siliguri late last week, as the results are coming out on Monday.
Ties between Mamata Banerjee's TMC and I-PAC intact: Source
Kolkata/IBNS: The ties between political strategist Prashant Kishor's firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) have not ended, a source told IBNS rubbishing rumours of a possible parting of their ways.
CBI summons TMC leader Anubrata Mondal in cattle smuggling case
Kolkata/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned Trinamool Congress (TMC) Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal in connection with its ongoing probe into a cattle smuggling case, officials said.
New Delhi/UNI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday requested MPs not to make comments on the Chair inside or outside the House, including the social media.
TMC to field candidates in Uttar Pradesh during 2024 Lok Sabha polls: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata/UNI: Trinamool Congress Chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced that her party would contest the Lok Sabha polls from Uttar Pradesh in 2024.