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Suvendu Adhikari and Mamata Banerjee (File photo) NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari Monday said his government has approved the formation of two panels under retired high court judges to probe institutional corruption and torture of women during Mamata Banerjee’s tenure.Corruption and women’s safety were among the major poll planks of the ruling…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee accused functionaries within her party of “sabotage” in the recent assembly elections and announced multiple probes Wednesday, striking a defiant note as TMC grappled with a crushing defeat to BJP after 15 years in office. Seventy-one of 80 newly elected MLAs attended a meeting at her Kalighat residence…
Amit Shah and Suvendu Adhikari (Image/ANI) NEW DELHI: Pitting Suvendu Adhikari — who defeated CM Mamata Banerjee in his turf, Nandigram, in 2021 — against her in Bhabanipur was only the beginning of Union minister Amit Shah’s determined bid to take down the TMC supremo in her backyard. What followed was precise execution of gruelling…
KOLKATA: A key pillar of Trinamool Congress’s electoral strength in West Bengal since 2011, women turned up to vote in higher numbers than men in this year’s assembly elections. Yet, the decisive swing in favour of the BJP suggests they might have gravitated away from Mamata Banerjee. What appears to have worked for the saffron…
The 2026 West Bengal assembly verdict is, on the surface, a straightforward story of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP )victory at the expense of the Trinamool Congress (TMC). However, beneath that dominant arc lies a more fragmented sub-plot: the TMC’s weakening hold over its traditional social coalitions has not only aided the BJP’s consolidation in several…
NEW DELHI: The BJP appears set to form the next government in West Bengal after leading on 207 of the state’s 294 assembly seats, leaving the Trinamool Congress trailing at 80. With this decisive mandate, attention has quickly shifted to a key question: who will be chosen as the party’s chief minister in a state…
Suvendu Adhikari; Mamata Banerjee Bengal breathes politics. Take a walk through the streets of Howrah, Kolkata or any town in the state and you will find tea stalls where kakus (uncles) argue over ideology, leaders and the future, as if each conversation carries the weight of history. This is not new. From the era of…
NEW DELHI: TMC supremo and candidate from Bhabanipur Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of attempting to “forcefully rig” the West Bengal assembly elections as voting got underway in the crucial second and final phase across 142 constituencies.West Bengal assembly polls 2026 — follow live updates Addressing reporters in Kolkata, Banerjee alleged widespread interference by central…
NEW DELHI: At a time when centralised leadership and national narratives play a dominant role in politics, Mamata Banerjee has stood tall as one of the strongest regional satraps resisting the national trend. She has ruled West Bengal for last 15 years outmanoeuvring her rivals again and again. But the big question is: will the…
Mamata Banerjee’s visit to a local market in Kolkata NEW DELHI: With the West Bengal assembly elections entering a crucial phase, chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday took her poll campaign to the local streets and visited a busy local market in Kolkata to interact directly with vendors and shoppers.Dressed in her trademark white saree…
