Mamata-led TMC submits new name, symbol choices under protest after EC bars party name, ‘flowers and grass’ for Bengal bypollsThe Trinamool Congress submitted new name and symbol choices to the Election Commission. This action followed an interim order temporarily ...
18 Sep, 2026, 09.18 AM IST
Mamata seeks Madan Mitra as chief whip after showcausing Firhad; Speaker says matter sub-judiceA significant rift within the TMC has deepened as Mamata Banerjee's faction seeks to replace Firhad Hakim as Chief Whip with Madan Mitra. T...
23 Jun, 2026, 04.55 PM IST
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...
18 Jun, 2026, 07.04 PM IST
Signature forgery case: Abhishek Banerjee, Kunal Ghosh at CID headquarters for questioningTMC leader Abhishek Banerjee appeared for a second round of questioning by the CID in Kolkata in the signature forgery case. The probe conc...
14 Jun, 2026, 05.31 PM IST
CID reaches Mamata's Kalighat residence cum office in 'forged signature' probeA CID team visited the TMC's central party office in Kolkata. This visit is part of an investigation into alleged forged signatures of MLAs...
09 Jun, 2026, 07.04 PM IST
Absence of many MLAs from TMC's protest triggers chatter amid party's post-poll churnIn Trinamool Congress's first protest after the West Bengal Assembly elections, attendance was notably sparse with many MLAs missing. Their...
20 May, 2026, 04.28 PM IST
Ballygunge braces for intense battle as TMC seeks 4th term with veteran leader Sovandeb ChattopadhyayThe Ballygunge Assembly constituency - 161 is a wholly urban legislative seat situated in South Kolkata in West Bengal. Known as one of the...
13 Apr, 2026, 11.26 AM IST
Resolution urging withdrawal of Waqf (Amendment) Bill passed in West Bengal assemblyThe West Bengal Assembly passes a resolution urging the withdrawal of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024, arguing that it could impact Waqf adm...
03 Dec, 2024, 10.56 PM IST
'What is the source of your funds?' TMC minister questions agitating junior doctorsWest Bengal's Agriculture Minister Sovandeb Chattopadhyay has questioned the funding source for junior doctors who have been protesting for...
31 Oct, 2024, 06.41 PM IST
Motion against violence in Manipur to be tabled in West Bengal assembly on July 31The West Bengal assembly will table a motion to discuss the ethnic violence in Manipur on 31 July. An all-party meeting was held to discuss...
26 Jul, 2023, 06.53 PM IST
West Bengal Assembly passes bill to replace Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar with CM Mamata Banerjee as chancellor of agricultural universitiesThe development came just days after the House passed The West Bengal University Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2022, to appoint the CM, in place o...
17 Jun, 2022, 09.29 PM IST
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee wins Bhabanipur bypoll by record marginThe election was important for Mamata Banerjee as she has to enter the Assembly before the completion of first six months of her chief mini...
03 Oct, 2021, 07.47 PM IST
BJP's Priyanka Tibrewal files nomination for Bhabanipur bypollBhabanipur by-polls will primarily be a contest between Priyanka Tibrewal andMamata Banerjee as Congress on September 8, announced that the...
13 Sep, 2021, 08.13 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee named TMC candidate for Bhabanipur bypollThe bypoll will be held on September 30 along with the elections to two seats in the Murshidabad district -- Samserganj and Jangipur where ...
05 Sep, 2021, 08.07 PM IST
Newly elected MLAs of West Bengal sworn inAt least 143 MLAs -- most of them from the assembly constituencies of Kolkata, North- and South-24 Parganas, Purba and Paschim Medinipur, H...
06 May, 2021, 03.26 PM IST
Unless you visit jail, you cannot be a leader: Bengal BJP chief tells partymenAsking party cadres to "actively" counter the ruling TMC, Ghosh said sitting back at home would not make one a good political activist. "Do...
30 Jan, 2020, 04.47 PM IST
Syama Prasad Mookerjee's statue vandalised in KolkataThe incident comes after two statues of communist icon Vladimir Lenin was pulled down in Tripura and one of Dravidian leader E V Ramaswamy,...
07 Mar, 2018, 03.15 PM IST