Kolkata, Sep 18 (IBNS): Police on Tuesday arrested a young BJP activist from Saila village under Salboni Police Station limits in West Medinipur district of West Bengal for allegedly posting a morphed image of Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on social networking site, Facebook, reports said.
Bharat Bandh: Rahul Gandhi joins protest in Delhi
New Delhi, Sept 10 (IBNS): Congress and 21 political parties are observing a nation-wide strike on Monday to protest against the growing prices of petrol and diesel in recent times.
Silchar airport detention : TMC plans to move privilege motion
New Delhi, Aug (IBNS): The Trinamool Congress plans to move a privilege motion in Lok Sabha on Friday against the detention of its MPs in Silchar in Assam on Thursday, media reports said.
Super emergency in the country: Mamata on detention of TMC delegation in Assam
Kolkata, Aug 2 (IBNS): Reacting to the detention of a Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation on the NRC impact in Assam at Silchar airport, party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday launched an unsparing attack against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying the saffron outfit is running a super emergency in the country.
Chandan Mitra and former CPI(M) MP among four to join TMC
Kolkata, July 21 (IBNS): Senior journalist and two-time Rajya Sabha MP Chandan Mitra on Saturday joined the Trinamool Congress, days after he quit the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Chandan Mitra joins Trinamool Congress
Kolkata, July 21 (IBNS): Senior journalist and two-time Rajya Sabha MP Chandan Mitra on Saturday joined the Trinamool Congress, days after he quit the Bharatiya Janata Party.
New Delhi/Kolkata, May 10 (IBNS): The Supreme Court has stayed not only the Calcutta High Court's order of allowing e-nominations filed by the opposition parties, but also the uncontested win by the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in 34% of the total seats, media reports said.
Calcutta High Court may decide West Bengal panchayat poll date today
Kolkata, May 4 (IBNS): The Calcutta High Court may take a final call on West Bengal panchayat poll date on Friday, media reports said.
Congress will also have to sacrifice in national politics: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata, Apr 25 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has once again raised her voice against the country's second largest party, Congress, while pitching in with the idea of federal front to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
Hearing on West Bengal Panchayat poll ends in Calcutta High Court; verdict tomorrow
Kolkata, Apr 19 (IBNS): A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court will pronounce the verdict on West Bengal Panchayat poll on Friday, as the hearing of petitions seeking an extension of nomination filing deadline ended on Thursday.
Congress about to make clean sweep in Rajasthan by-elections, TMC maintains hold in Bengal
Jaipur/Kolkata, Feb 1 (IBNS) : A resurgent Congress on Thursday poised for a clean sweep in Rajasthan by-polls, dealing a body blow to the ruling BJP, while the Trinamool Congress maintained its stranglehold winning two seats in West Bengal.
Big blow for BJP in Rajasthan, Congress set to sweep all three by-poll seats
Jaipur, Feb 1 (IBNS): Upsetting the Bharatiya Janata Party and Vasundhara Raje government, the Congress is on the verge of winning all three by-poll seats in Rajasthan, media reports said.
WB: Trinamool Congress wins Sabang Assembly Constituency by-poll
Kolkata, Dec 24 (IBNS): The ruling Trinamool Congress party (TMC) won the the Sabang Assembly Constituency by-poll in West Bengal by a massive margin of 64,192 votes.
Mukul Roy returns to Kolkata after joining BJP, calls Dilip Ghosh as his captain in West Bengal
Kolkata, Nov 6 (IBNS): Days after joining the BJP in New Delhi, former Railway Minister Mukul Roy on Monday visited Kolkata.
Mamata urges all to change Twitter DP to black as protest against demonetisation
Kolkata, Nov 6 (IBNS): West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday urged all Twitter users to change their display pictures to black on Nov. 8, the day when the Modi government will celebrate the one year completion of noteban, as a mark of protest.