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String of suspensions in Trinamool for brandishing Abhishek’s name

A string of suspensions in the youth wing of Trinamool Congress has once again brought focus on the leadership debate in the party and calling for a larger role for party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee. The Trinamool Congress on Friday expelled Monishankar Mandal, vice-president of the party’s professors’ cell West Bengal College and University Professors Association and Pritam Halder, acting …

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Lok Sabha witnesses disruption after Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra’s remarks on judge’s death

The Hindu

The Lok Sabha on Friday witnessed two adjournments after Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju warned Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra for her remarks about the death of a judge, the circumstances of whose death were examined and settled by the Supreme Court. — Mahua Moitra December 13, 2024 BJP member Nishikant Dubey had first raised the issue after Ms. Moitra …

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1 week, 3 days ago

NIA arrests Trinamool Congress worker in BJP leader’s murder case

The Hindu

The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday arrested another Trinamool Congress worker in the 2023 murder of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Bijoy Krishna Bhuiyan at Moyna in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district. On Wednesday night, the NIA arrested one Suvendu Bhowmick from a village in Moyna in connection with Bhuiyan’s murder and brought him to Kolkata. Ahead of the Assembly by-elections …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Mamata Banerjee’s first reaction after Opposition leaders back her as INDIA bloc leader: ‘Grateful to…’

Live Mint

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banarjee on Wednesday thanked Opposition leaders after they backed her as the leader of INDIA bloc amid discussions about leadership change. Several opposition leaders, including Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar and former Bihar Chief Minister and Union Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, have backed Mamata. The YSR Congress Party, which is …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Rahul Gandhi says House must run; 'Only when Congress decides,' Trinamool scoffs

India Today

INDIA bloc allies Congress and the Trinamool Congress continued to speak in contrasting voices on Wednesday as protests disrupted yet another day of Parliament's Winter Session. While Congress MP Rahul Gandhi assured that the Opposition's aim was for the Lok Sabha to function, Trinamool, however, struck a divergent note with MP Kalyan Banerjee accusing the Congress, along with the BJP, …

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1 week, 5 days ago

In battle of two billionaires, Indian taxpayer bleeding Rs 2.5 lakh per minute

India Today

A battle over two billionaires -- Gautam Adani and George Soros -- has led to a washout of the winter session of Parliament. In 2012, then Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Bansal put the cost of parliamentary disruption at Rs 2.5 lakh per minute. Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, on Wednesday said the …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Trinamool Congress nominates Ritabrata Banerjee to Rajya Sabha

The Hindu

The Trinamool Congress on Saturday nominated Ritabrata Banerjee for upcoming elections to Rajya Sabha from West Bengal. May he work towards upholding Trinamool's… — All India Trinamool Congress December 7, 2024 This recognition is truly well-deserved, reflecting the tireless effort @RitabrataBanerj has invested in strengthening the organization and advocating for trade union workers across WB. While it may take time …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

What forced Congress to blink on Adani debate?

India Today

Finally, on the seventh day of the winter session, Parliament saw some business conducted on Tuesday. The digging in of heels by the Congress on the Adani issue saw dissonance within the opposition INDIA bloc as well as criticism from the Congress's elected MPs. While its Lok Sabha MPs wanted the House to function, the Trinamool Congress and Samajwadi Party …

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1 month ago

West Bengal Bypoll Results Live: Counting for six Assembly seats today, TMC confident of winning all seats

India TV News

The counting of votes for the bypolls to six Assembly seats in West Bengal is scheduled to begin on November 23 at 8 am, following the elections held on November 13. Madarihat - In the Madarihat bypoll, Bikash Champromary of the Indian National Congress contested against Jayprakash Toppo of the All India Trinamool Congress and Rahul Lohar of the Bharatiya …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Trinamool Congress leader killed in West Bengal’s Bhatpara region

The Hindu

A Trinamool Congress leader was killed at Bhatpara in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas on Wednesday. Ashok Shaw, a booth president of the State’s ruling party of ward number 12 of Bhatpara Municipality was shot dead by unidentified miscreants outside a local tea shop. The violence occurred at Bhatpara, the area adjoining Naihati Assembly where bypolls were being held on …

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1 month, 1 week ago

West Bengal bypolls: EC issues show cause to West Bengal BJP president for allegations of insulting national emblem

The Hindu

The Election Commission issued a show cause notice to West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party president Sukanta Majumdar on the Trinamool Congress’s allegations of insulting the national emblem last week and directed him to reply by 8 p.m. on Monday. In event of no response from your side within the stipulated time, it will be presumed that you have nothing to …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Basirhat Trinamool Congress MP Haji Sheikh Nurul Islam passes away at 61

The Hindu

Trinamool Congress MP from Basirhat Haji Sheikh Nurul Islam passed away on Wednesday. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee expressed condolences on the demise of the party’s sitting MP. After allegations of land grab and sexual assault were raised against local Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan, giving a handle to the Opposition parties, the …

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3 months ago

TMC could chair 2 department-related standing committees in Lok Sabha

Hindustan Times

The Trinamool Congress could get the chairmanship of two department-related standing committees in the 18th Lok Sabha, unlike the previous Lok Sabha when it did not have any, people aware of the matter have said. Opposition parties might get chairmanship of six of the 16 department-related standing committees of the Lok Sabha and head three of the eight panels of …

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3 months ago

Trinamool Congress leaders continue verbal attacks on protesting doctors

The Hindu

Trinamool Congress leaders continue to target junior doctors on strike in West Bengal. A true movement has a certain manner of progressing.” In his public address, Mr. Chatterjee highlighted that the Chief Minister had visited the junior doctors’ protest site outside the State Health Department headquarters at Salt Lake, invited them to her residence for a discussion, waited for hours …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Yechury set the political line for Left in WB against BJP and Trinamool

The Hindu

Communist Party of India general secretary Sitaram Yechury, who passed away in Delhi on Thursday left an indelible mark in West Bengal politics by bringing two politically divergent forces the Left parties and the Congress together, on one platform, to fight the Bharatiya Janata Party and Trinamool Congress. The 2016 Assembly polls in West Bengal witnessed an electoral understanding between …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Trinamool Rajya Sabha MP Jawhar Sircar resigns over R.G. Kar rape-murder protest

The Hindu

Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Jawhar Sircar on Sunday wrote to Trinamool Congress chairperson and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee announcing his decision to resign as MP from the Upper House over the rape and murder of a post-graduate trainee doctor at R.G. Mr. Sircar who is also a retired IAS officer said that in the all the years, “I …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

'Haven't Seen Such No-Confidence...': TMC MP Jawhar Sircar Quits Over Mamata Govt's Handling Of Kolkata Protests

News 18

Trinamool Congress leader Jawhar Sircar on Sunday resigned from both the Rajya Sabha and active politics, citing his protest against the Mamata Banerjee-led Bengal government’s handling of the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder case. He further referred to the ongoing public outrage over the RG Kar case and said, “I have not seen such angst and total no-confidence …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

'Tried To Bribe Us, Rushed Her Cremation': Kolkata Doctor's Parents Question Police In New Twist, TMC Reacts

News 18

Family members of a trainee doctor, who was raped and murdered at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9, have made startling accusations against the city police. Joining the protesting junior doctors at the medical institution on Wednesday, the victim’s parents alleged that the Kolkata Police attempted to hush up the case through bribery and by hurriedly …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Maharashtra: Nursing Student, Found Unconscious In Ratnagiri, Alleges Auto Driver Spiked Water To Rape Her

ABP News

Several cases of sexual abuse of women and children have come to the fore in Maharashtra over the last few weeks. The Ratnagiri nursing student was found unconscious near Champak Maidan. These come amid the Kolkata RG Kar doctor's rape-murder case, in which the state Opposition BJP and CPI are trying to corner the Mamata Banerjee government. Just days after …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Trinamool Congress supports Gadkari’s demand to remove 18% GST from life, health insurance premiums

The Hindu

The Trinamool Congress threw its weight behind Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari’s demand for withdrawal of 18% Goods and Services Tax on life and medical insurance premiums. In a recent letter to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Mr. Gadkari wrote that the GST amounts to taxing the uncertainties of life and restricts sector’s growth. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, also …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

TMC Seeks Leaders' Report Card to Plug Lok Sabha Losses, Gear Up for 2026 Battle

News 18

The Trinamool Congress is in stock-taking mode. On July 21, Abhishek Banerjee, the party’s national general secretary, had announced that leaders who had not performed well in the Lok Sabha elections would be changed in the coming months. Abhishek Banerjee, addressing the Martyrs’ Day programme — an annual mass meeting organised by the Trinamool Congress to commemorate the 1993 Kolkata …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress worker killed by a mob at Jalpaiguri in West Bengal

The Hindu

A Congress worker was killed at Maynaguri in West Bengal Jalpaiguri district by a mob in the early hours of July 25. Rekha Roy, the wife of the deceased said the mob which included supporters of both Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party tied him to a tree and beat him up. The incident sparked a political war of words …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

TMC supporter told she is Hindu and BJP supporter, denied residential certificate; BJP shares testimony

Op India

West Bengal BJP on Tuesday, July 23 shared a video testimonial of a Hindu woman detailing how Mamata Banerjee led TMC in West Bengal is depriving Hindus of their fundamental rights based only on their religious identity. Jodi asohai manush banglar dorja thokthokai, amra tader asroy debo.” Atrocities on Hindus a new normal in West Bengal: villagers accuse TMC leader …

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5 months ago

Mamata invites Akhilesh to participate in Trinamool Congress’ Martyrs Day rally

The Hindu

Nearly six weeks after the Lok Sabha polls, Trinamool Congress chairperson and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will address party workers on Sunday at the annual Martyrs’ Day event where she is expected to speak about key issues, including the party’s role in the Opposition INDIA bloc. Earlier this month, the Trinamool Congress chairperson met Nationalist Congress Party president …

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String of suspensions in Trinamool for brandishing Abhishek’s name

Lok Sabha witnesses disruption after Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra’s remarks on judge’s death

NIA arrests Trinamool Congress worker in BJP leader’s murder case

Mamata Banerjee’s first reaction after Opposition leaders back her as INDIA bloc leader: ‘Grateful to…’

Rahul Gandhi says House must run; 'Only when Congress decides,' Trinamool scoffs

In battle of two billionaires, Indian taxpayer bleeding Rs 2.5 lakh per minute

Trinamool Congress nominates Ritabrata Banerjee to Rajya Sabha

What forced Congress to blink on Adani debate?

West Bengal Bypoll Results Live: Counting for six Assembly seats today, TMC confident of winning all seats

Trinamool Congress leader killed in West Bengal’s Bhatpara region

West Bengal bypolls: EC issues show cause to West Bengal BJP president for allegations of insulting national emblem

Basirhat Trinamool Congress MP Haji Sheikh Nurul Islam passes away at 61

TMC could chair 2 department-related standing committees in Lok Sabha

Trinamool Congress leaders continue verbal attacks on protesting doctors

Yechury set the political line for Left in WB against BJP and Trinamool

Trinamool Rajya Sabha MP Jawhar Sircar resigns over R.G. Kar rape-murder protest

'Haven't Seen Such No-Confidence...': TMC MP Jawhar Sircar Quits Over Mamata Govt's Handling Of Kolkata Protests

'Tried To Bribe Us, Rushed Her Cremation': Kolkata Doctor's Parents Question Police In New Twist, TMC Reacts

Maharashtra: Nursing Student, Found Unconscious In Ratnagiri, Alleges Auto Driver Spiked Water To Rape Her

Trinamool Congress supports Gadkari’s demand to remove 18% GST from life, health insurance premiums

TMC Seeks Leaders' Report Card to Plug Lok Sabha Losses, Gear Up for 2026 Battle

Congress worker killed by a mob at Jalpaiguri in West Bengal

TMC supporter told she is Hindu and BJP supporter, denied residential certificate; BJP shares testimony

Mamata invites Akhilesh to participate in Trinamool Congress’ Martyrs Day rally