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NEW DELHI: Days after conceding a major defeat in West Bengal, the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress has launched a sharp attack on the newly formed BJP government in the state over the appointment of former chief electoral officer Manoj Agarwal as chief secretary. The opposition party termed the move “shameless” and questioned the neutrality of…
KOLKATA: Trinamool demanded a court-monitored CBI probe into the killing of Suvendu Adhikari’s aide, Chandranath Rath, as it firmly denied any involvement in the murder. In a late-night statement Wednesday, the party condemned “the brutal murder of Chandranath Rath in Madhyamgram, along with the killing of three other TMC workers in incidents of post-poll violence…
TMC MP Mahua Moitra (File photo/PTI) NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra on Thursday shared a video showing a group of men raising anti-TMC slogans against her aboard a flight and urged civil aviation minister K Ram Mohan Naidu to place them on the no-fly list.Moitra said someone forwarded her the video after…
A banner being vandalised amid chaos during an event of Argentine footballer Lionel Messi as part of his ‘G.O.A.T. India Tour 2025’, at Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (VYBK), in Kolkata. Sports promoter Satadru Dutta on Monday spoke publicly about the issues during Lionel Messi’s GOAT Tour event in Kolkata last year. Messi, along with former…
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…
NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) convened a meeting of its newly elected MLAs and senior leaders at Kalighat on Wednesday in Kolkata. Party chief and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, along with the party’s national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, addressed the gathering to chart the party’s course following its electoral setback.Addressing the meeting,…
KOLKATA: Though his party, Trinamool Congress, was defeated, Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, 82, won the Ballygunge seat, scripting history, becoming the only Bengal MLA set to serve his 10th consecutive term.This octogenarian Trinamool MLA is one of Mamata Banerjee’s closest associates since the party was founded on Jan 1, 1998. He was the only MLA in the…
Actor Anupam Kher has responded to a viral remark about his bald head made by West Bengal BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya during a recent press interaction. The comment, which came in the aftermath of the BJP’s victory in the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, quickly gained traction online—thanks in part to Kher’s witty comeback.The actor…
Post poll violence in Bengal leaves 5 security personnel injured (Picture credits: PTI) KOLKATA: Post-poll violence continued to rock parts of West Bengal with a clash between rival Trinamool Congress (TMC) groups in North 24 Parganas’ Sandeshkhali leaving five security personnel injured, while a BJP worker and a TMC worker were killed in separate incidents,…
Former India cricketer and outgoing Trinamool Congress MLA Manoj Tiwary on Tuesday said his association with the party has ended. He alleged that he was denied a ticket from Howrah’s Shibpur constituency because he refused to pay Rs 5 crore.The 40-year-old, who is Bengal’s highest run-scorer in first-class cricket with 10,195 runs, served as minister…
