WB CM Mamata Banerjee starts sit-in demonstration in front of CBI office, protesting arrest
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday started a sit-in demonstration in front of CBI office at Nizam Palace here, protesting against the arrest of two of her cabinet colleagues Subrata Mukherjee, Firhad Hakim and MLA Madan Mitra along with ex-Kolkata mayor Sovan Chatterjee.
What happened to Suvendu Adhikari? Narada News CEO Mathew Samuels questions CBI
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: Narada News CEO Mathew Samuels has questioned the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for its alleged selective arrest of the accused in the Narada sting operation where a line of politicians had purportedly accepted bribes.
CBI arrest of TMC leaders in Narada case sparks outrage, Mamata camps at Nizam Palace
Kolkata/IBNS: In a morning swoop, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested three top Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders, including Kolkata Municipal Corporation administrator Firhad Hakim, along with a former Mayor, in connection with the 2016 Narada expose, triggering a political firestorm in West Bengal amid a raging pandemic and in the aftermath of a violent staggered state election in which the ruling TMC decimated its new political challenger BJP.
CBI arrests three TMC leaders, former Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee in Narada case
Kolkata/IBNS: In an interesting turn of events in West Bengal, India's premier investigating agency on Monday arrested three Trinamool Congress (TMC) heavyweights and a former Kolkata Mayor in a case related to the Narada sting operation.
Bengal: Two BJP MLAs Nisith Pramanik, Jagannath Sarkar resign to continue as Lok Sabha MPs
Kolkata/IBNS: Two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA-elects, Nisith Pramanik and Jagannath Sarkar, resigned on Wednesday in order to continue as Lok Sabha MPs, following the order of the party.
Covid-19: TMC wants virtual parliamentary committee meetings, Congress backs
New Delhi/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s appeal to the central government to hold virtual parliamentary committee meetings in the wake of Covid-19 spike was on Monday backed by several Congress leaders.
Bengal: BJP leader Mukul Roy rubbishes rumour of his return to TMC
Kolkata/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mukul Roy on Saturday rubbished the rumour of his possible joining in his former party Trinamool Congress (TMC), a day after he met a ruling party member in the state assembly.
BJP unable to accept people's mandate: Mamata Banerjee in Bengal assembly
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said her adversary Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was still unable to accept people's mandate, a week after the Trinamool Congress (TMC) was voted back to power with a thumping majority.
Accept people's mandate: Mamata Banerjee to BJP amid post-poll violence
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday appealed to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to "accept people's mandate" amid the post-poll violence that has kept the eastern state disturbed in some areas.
Covid, law and order: Mamata Banerjee sets priority taking oath as Bengal CM for third term
Kolkata/IBNS: Sixty-six year old popular Indian politician Mamata Banerjee has cleared her initial aim would be to tackle the Covid-19 crisis and stop the post-poll violence, taking oath as the West Bengal Chief Minister for the third term in a row on Wednesday.
Mamata Banerjee swears in as West Bengal Chief Minister for third term
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee took oath as the West Bengal Chief Minister for the third consecutive term here on Wednesday.
Large-scale post-poll violence in Bengal claims lives as Oppn alleges 2011 re-run
Kolkata: Even as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appealed for calm, West Bengal is roiled by large-scale post poll violence claiming at least a dozen lives so far while the opposition parties' leaders and workers are being attacked and their property looted, according to media reports and the opposition parties.
PM Modi dials Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar over post-poll violence
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday dialled West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar expressing "anguish" and "concern" over the prevailing post-poll violence in the state.
Didn't want to see them as zero: Mamata Banerjee on Left's performance in Bengal
Kolkata/IBNS: After making a landslide victory in the West Bengal elections and sealing her return as the chief minister of the state for the third time, Mamata Banerjee on Monday expressed sympathy for her arch-rival -the Left front-who had been completely decimated with no representation in the state assembly for the first time since independence.
Home Ministry asks Bengal government for report on post-election violence
New Delhi/IBNS: The Union Home Ministry on Monday asked the West Bengal government for a report on the post-assembly election violence in the state.