West Bengal: Matua row between Trinamool, BJP intensifies over SIRMatua community members are staging an indefinite hunger strike in Bongaon over electoral roll revisions. This has escalated political tens...
11 Nov, 2025, 12.03 PM IST
Bengal: Thakur brothers at loggerheads over Matua rights, CAA implementationSubrata Thakur accused Shantanu Thakur of irregularities in issuing caste certificates. He alleged Shantanu is exploiting the Matua communi...
24 Aug, 2025, 09.35 PM IST
TMC steamrolls opposition in Bengal assembly bypolls, continues its LS victory streakTMC swept West Bengal bypolls, securing Raiganj, Bagda, Ranaghat Dakshin, and Maniktala with significant margins. Candidates Kalyani, Thaku...
15 Jul, 2024, 01.19 PM IST
In Rani Ma vs Mahua battle for Krishnanagar, Matuas are kingsKrishnanagar, steeped in history, faces a high-stakes Lok Sabha battle between Mahua Moitra and Amrita Roy. Matua and Muslim communities pl...
14 May, 2024, 04.12 PM IST
Matua Thakurbari incident: Union minister Shantanu Thakur gets a threat letterLok Sabha MP and Minister of State (MoS) Shantanu Thakur claimed on Monday that he received a threat letter from over CAA and NRC, saying i...
08 Apr, 2024, 10.28 PM IST
Apply for citizenship under CAA without fear: Union Minister Santanu Thakur exhorts MatuasUnion Minister Santanu Thakur, contesting re-election from the Bongaon Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal, urged members of the Matua community ...
03 Apr, 2024, 05.50 PM IST
CAA a game changer in all Matua belts of Bengal in 2024 Lok Sabha pollsThe implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) ahead of the Lok Sabha election is a game changer for the Matua communities in We...
12 Mar, 2024, 11.05 AM IST
Shantanu Thakur demands CBI probe into Matua temple incidentThe incident led to injury and hospitalization of more than 15 Matua disciples. The minister also apprised the Union Home Minister Amit Sha...
12 Jun, 2023, 10.20 PM IST
Trinamool Congress delegates leave Assam after overnight detentionSix of the eight-member Trinamool Congress delegation left Assam this morning after overnight detention at Silchar airport.
03 Aug, 2018, 05.42 PM IST
West Bengal BJP fails to bring a split in Trinamool Congress before Assembly pollsBengal BJP has lost hope of bringing a major split in the ruling Trinamool Congress before next year's Assembly elections.
18 Jun, 2015, 11.13 AM IST
Trinamool Congress wins by-polls in West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee calls it a 'miracle'Congratulating the winners, Banerjee said, BJP tried to tarnish the image of TMC, isolate the people, but it is the people who decide.
17 Feb, 2015, 04.00 PM IST
Trinamool Congress wins both bypolls in West BengalTrinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee termed the results as "a miracle" and said the party is "intact and strong".
16 Feb, 2015, 03.07 PM IST
TMC wins Krishanganj, takes massive lead in Bongaon LS seatTMC candidate Satyajit Biswas, who secured 95,397 votes, won the Krishnaganj seat by a margin of 36,960 votes over his nearest rival BJP's ...
16 Feb, 2015, 12.25 PM IST
TMC ahead in bypoll to 2 West Bengal seatsA voter turnout of 79.80 and 81.80 per cent respectively was recorded on February 13 in the by-elections to Bongaon and Krishnaganj seat.
16 Feb, 2015, 10.42 AM IST
Polling begins for two by-elections in West BengalThe by-polls are seen as a crucial test of popularity for the ruling Trinamool Congress at a time when the party was facing heat over the S...
13 Feb, 2015, 09.44 AM IST
Bengal BJP demands termination of Trinamool's Bongaon candidate's nominationThe candidate, Mamatabala Thakur, has been accused by BJP of giving false information to the Election Commission.
08 Feb, 2015, 12.00 AM IST
Mamata stole thunder of BJP: Abhishek BanerjeeThe contest for the Bongoan Lok Sabha seat has emerged as a fight among two members of the Thakur family which serves as the religious head...
07 Feb, 2015, 11.17 PM IST