Raiganj: Trinamool, BJP, and Congress lock horns in political switcherooIn the Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency, a unique political showdown is underway as candidates switch sides. Trinamool's Krishna Kalyani, who...
24 Apr, 2024, 09.45 PM IST
Kaliaganj violence: Take "strong action" against the miscreants, Mamata directs policeBanerjee blamed BJP for creating ruckus by bringing miscreants from Bihar and vandalizing public property. "They bought the goons from Biha...
27 Apr, 2023, 01.15 AM IST
Unrest in Bengal's North Dinajpur district over teen's rape and murderTyres were burnt and stones were pelted even as local people protested after the teenaged girl, who went missing on Thursday evening, was f...
21 Apr, 2023, 10.13 PM IST
Bengal BJP MLA Suman Kanjilal joins TMC ahead of panchayat electionTMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee handed over the party flag to Kanjilal, the MLA of Alipurduar in the northern part of the ...
05 Feb, 2023, 09.14 PM IST
West Bengal assembly accepts privilege motion against Suvendu Adhikari over alleged I-T raid threatThe four rebel BJP MLAs -- Krishna Kalyani (Raiganj), Tanmoy Ghosh (Bishnupur), Soumen Roy (Kaliaganj) and Biswajit Das (Bagda) -- had join...
17 Mar, 2022, 01.01 PM IST
West Bengal: Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Soumen Roy joins Trinamool CongressWest Bengal has been witnessing a reverse trend of leaders rejoining TMC from BJP after assembly elections results. Earlier, BJP heavyweigh...
04 Sep, 2021, 05.14 PM IST
All Bangladeshis living in Bengal are Indian citizens: Mamata Banerjee"Those who have come from Bangladesh are citizens of India... They have got citizenship. You don't need to apply for citizenship again. You...
04 Mar, 2020, 10.28 AM IST
Mamata Banerjee to take out thanksgiving rallies to mark TMC victory in assembly by-electionsThe chief minister also said that she would begin with Kharagpur Sadar -- vacated by BJP state president Dilip Ghosh following his Lok Sabh...
02 Dec, 2019, 02.16 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee sends strong message with clean sweepA source close to Trinamool told ET that results show that the “NRC bogey raised by BJP was a non-issue” and went against the party while B...
28 Nov, 2019, 11.34 PM IST
BJP getting paid back for its arrogance: MamataDedicating the party's victory in the Kaliaganj assembly seat by-poll to the people of West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thurs...
28 Nov, 2019, 12.51 PM IST
West Bengal bypoll: BJP's candidate Jay Prakash Majumdar heckled by TMC workersBJP candidate Jay Prakash Majumdar was slapped, kicked, punched and pushed into a roadside bush allegedly by Trinamool Congress workers whi...
25 Nov, 2019, 01.36 PM IST
West Bengal by-polls: 13.81 per cent votes recorded till 9 AMAmidst tight security, people stood in long queues before polling booths under Kharagpur Sadar, Kaliaganj and Karimpur constituencies since...
25 Nov, 2019, 09.49 AM IST
Bengal Bypolls: How the rise of BJP has forced TMC to change its strategyIn 2014 LS polls, the shocker for the TMC , was that the BJP did not even have a major presence in West Bengal until then, even though its ...
16 Nov, 2019, 11.31 PM IST
Assembly by-polls in West Bengal litmus test for BJP, TMCIt will be the first electoral contest between the BJP and TMC since this year's parliamentary polls, in which the saffron party bagged 18 ...
30 Oct, 2019, 12.08 PM IST
- Sonia Gandhi approves Congress-Left pact for Bengal bypolls
Move seen as bid to combat BJP surge in state; Congress to fight two seats and Left one.
26 Aug, 2019, 07.20 AM IST
Sonia Gandhi gives nod to Left-Congress alliance in BengalThe Congress and the CPI(M) had come together for the 2016 Assembly polls but had failed to impact TMC's performance.
24 Aug, 2019, 07.29 PM IST
After Lok Sabha debacle, Congress, CPI(M) share seats for Bengal bypollsCong will contest North Dinajpur district's Kaliaganj seat and West Midnapore district's Kharagpur seat, the CPI(M)-led Left Front will fig...
10 Aug, 2019, 11.02 AM IST