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2026 BENGAL ELECTIONS
Bangladesh envoy Dinesh Trivedi gets Union Cabinet-rank statusDinesh Trivedi, India's High Commissioner to Bangladesh, has been granted a status equivalent to a Union Cabinet minister. This elevation u...
West Bengal: SC allows petitioner to approach Calcutta HC with plea over exclusion from ration listThe Supreme Court has permitted a petitioner to take his plea to the Calcutta High Court, alleging that individuals excluded from West Beng...
Mamata Banerjee tightens grip over TMC as party files fresh leadership list with ECThe Trinamool Congress is facing an internal revolt, prompting Mamata Banerjee's faction to submit a new list of office bearers to the Elec...
TMC rebel faction forms parallel leadership structure, claims support of 64 MLAsA breakaway faction of the Trinamool Congress, led by Ritabrata Bandopadhyay and claiming support from 64 MLAs, has formed a new 30-member ...
West Bengal Budget 2026: Govt allocates Rs 36,000 crore for Annapurna Yojna; hikes DA by 20%West Bengal's new BJP government unveiled its first budget, prioritizing welfare and employment. Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta announced...
Goutam Deb steps down as Siliguri mayor, adding to TMC exodusTrinamool Congress faces a significant leadership crisis. Senior leaders Goutam Deb and Jyoti Priya Mallick have resigned from their posts....
Ex-West Bengal minister Jyoti Priya Mallick quits all TMC posts, cites health issuesJyoti Priya Mallick, a former West Bengal minister, has stepped down from all his positions within the TMC. He cited severe health issues a...
West Bengal Governor Ravi warns on infiltration, seeks Gorkhaland solutionWest Bengal Governor R.N. Ravi addressed the Assembly's budget session. He spoke about illegal infiltration affecting the state's demograph...
TMC split on display in Bengal assembly as rival camps occupy separate opposition benchesDeep fissures within the TMC were evident in the West Bengal assembly. Rival factions sat separately during the budget session. This divisi...
TMC MPs' NCPI merger bid revives memories of Arunachal's Khandu playbookTwenty rebel Trinamool Congress MPs plan to merge with a lesser-known party. This move echoes a 2016 Arunachal Pradesh political realignmen...
Son emerges after father’s death, secures house keys, step uncle challenges it and prevails; HC says only civil court can decide property rightsA property dispute between a deceased man's son and his stepbrother has reached the Calcutta High Court. The court has ruled that only a ci...
'Five guarantee schemes will not be stopped': Siddaramaiah slams BJP for "false propoganda"Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah assures that the Congress party's five guarantee schemes will continue indefinitely. He labels...
TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay says he is with rebel camp, backs advisory role for MamataSenior TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay has joined a dissident faction seeking control of the party's parliamentary wing. He supports a proposal ...
Debate on real TMC settled; Mamata, Abhishek represent fake TMC: BJPThe BJP claims a document signed by 20 Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MPs indicates a "real TMC" led by Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, not Mamata Ban...
BJP chief Nitin Nabin to get new team of office bearers by June-endBJP President Nitin Nabin will unveil his new central team by June's end. The party is set for significant changes with new office-bearers....
Bengal: TMC leader Sabyasachi Dutta arrested on extortion, criminal intimidation chargesTrinamool Congress leader Sabyasachi Dutta was arrested from North 24 Parganas district. Police apprehended him from his residence based on...
"Party is slipping out of her hands": BJP's Shehzad Poonawalla claims 60 TMC MLAs, distancing themselves from Mamata BanerjeeBharatiya Janata Party leader Shehzad Poonawalla alleges internal discord within the Trinamool Congress. He claims many TMC MLAs and MPs ar...
Sukhendu's exit deepens TMC unrest, rebel leader Ritabrata claims more MPs set to break ranksRebel TMC leader Ritabrata Banerjee views Sukhendu Shekhar Ray's resignation as a significant protest. He believes more party parliamentari...
Rajya Sabha Chairman accepts TMC MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray's resignationRajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan accepted the resignation of TMC member Sukhendu Sekhar Ray. His seat from West Bengal is now vacant....
The fall of the TMC machine and the rise of political survivalismIn Bengal, 'paara' (neighbourhood) serves as the primary political unit for leadership engagement. Securing electoral victory requires paar...