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After being trolled online for sporting 'western clothes', Mimi Chakraborty slams critics for not targeting Gautam Gambhir

Kolkata, May 31 (IBNS): Facing social media trolls recently for attending the Parliament in 'western clothes',  newly elected MP Mimi Chakraborty on Friday questioned why fellow Parliamentarian Gautam Gambhir did not find similar scrutiny for wearing casual wear.

Mamata visits Naihati, vows to give reply to BJP's violence

Kolkata, May 30 (UNI/IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday met the families of her supporters in Naihati, who were on a dharna, and said the Trinamool Congress will give a "proper reply to all the violence being brought on by the BJP." On the same day some videos went viral in which she was seen losing her cool when some alleged BJP supporters changed "Jai Shri Ram" at her motorcade. 

TMC MLA Manirul Islam joins BJP

New Delhi, May 29 (IBNS): In a fresh blow to the Trinamool Congress right after the Lok Sabha polls,  party MLA Manirul Islam on Wednesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.

After Lok Sabha debacle, Mamata's cabinet set for rejig

Kolkata, May 28 (UNI): A cabinet reshuffle in the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government is expected shortly where veteran politician Subrata Mukherjee may be reinstated to the panchayat department, some new faces to be inducted and some minsters to be sacked, sources having knowledge on the development said.

Loved what you both are wearing: Shiv Sena's Priyanka Chaturvedi supports Mimi, Nusrat amid controversy

New Delhi, May 28 (IBNS): After getting trolled for wearing western attires and clicking pictures outside Parliament, two first-time Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs, Mimi Chakraborty and Nusrat Jahan, have received support from Shiv Sena leader Priyanka Chaturvedi.

Hakim says Trinamool deserters lack ideology

Kolkata, May 28 (UNI): Furrows deepened on the Trinamool Congress forehead with the steady desertion of political heavyweights, which is not only leaving the party in a shambles, but was also creating a deep organisational vacuum, even as party veteran and Kolkata Municipal Corporation mayor Firhad Hakim said those who left the TMC to join the BJP lacked ideology.

Mamata Banerjee's TMC receives jolt as 2 MLAs join BJP

New Delhi, May 28 (IBNS): In a major blow to the Trinamool Congress right after the Lok Sabha polls which witnessed a massive Narendra Modi wave sweeping the nation, two Trinamool Congress lawmakers and one from Left joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday.

Some TMC MLAs, councillors to join our party: West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh

New Delhi, may 28 (IBNS): BJP leader from West Bengal Dilip Ghosh has said  a section of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress' MLAs and councillors have reached New Delhi to join the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday.

TMC MPs Mimi, Nusrat reach parliament, get trolled for clicking pictures

New Delhi, May 28 (IBNS): Two Trinamool Congress (TMC) first-time MPs, Mimi Chakraborty and Nusrat Jahan, reached the parliament on Monday but was brutally trolled for posing in front of camera in glamarous outfits.

Mamata Banerjee's offer to quit as CM is a drama: Mukul Roy

Kolkata, May 27 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party leader Mukul Roy has slammed West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and said her decision to offer her resignation as the Chief Minister was nothing but a 'drama'.

Did not want to continue as West Bengal CM: Mamata Banerjee says after TMC meeting

Kolkata, May 25 (IBNS): At the end of the Trinamool Congress meeting following the Lok Sabha polls results which saw the party's seat getting reduced significantly from its 2014 tally of 34, Mamata Banerjee said she did not want to continue as the Chief Minister of West Bengal but her party insisted her to continue.

After setback in Lok Sabha polls, Mamata Banerjee calls emergency meeting

Kolkata, May 25 (IBNS): After receiving a rude shock from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Lok Sabha polls, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee called an emergency meeting at her Kalighat residence in south Kolkata on Saturday.

We will see the end of Mamata Banerjee's government: BJP MP Arjun Singh

Kolkata, May 24 (IBNS): The BJP sounded its war cry in Bengal saying it will beat Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress to form the government in the state. The BJP has this time won an unprecedented 18 seats of the 42 Lok Sabha seats from the state.

Omar Abdullah wishes Amit Shah, PM Modi for their 'professional campaign'

Srinagar, May 23 (IBNS): As the BJP-led NDA is all set to register a victory in the Lok Sabha polls, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday praised BJP chief Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for their 'very professional campaign'.

Rahul Gandhi maintains India's future PM tag for another five years: BJP Kerala tweets

New Delhi, May 23 (IBNS): Attacking Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Kerala BJP on Thursday said he is maintaining the "India's Future PM" title for another five years.