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Goa Congress' former working president joins Trinamool Congress

Goa Congress' former working president Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco joined the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Kolkata on Tuesday, ahead of the Goa Assembly polls due early next year.

BJP alleges massive rigging in KMC elections, urges Guv for repolling

Alleging large-scale rigging during the Kolkata Municipal Corporation elections, opposition BJP on Sunday met West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar

KMC Polls: Violence reported; 63.37% voter turnout recorded till 5 PM

Sporadic incidents of violence including hurling of bombs at two booths marred an otherwise humdrum polling to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation

'Action if TMC leader's involvement in violence during KMC polls proven'

Trinamool Congress' Abhishek Banerjee said if any party leader is found to be involved in violence during Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections, strict action will be taken within 24 hours.

KMC polls: Incidents of violence reported; 52.17% turnout till 3 p.m.

Sporadic incidents of violence were reported during the Kolkata Municipal Corporation elections as few people were injured after crude bombs were hurled outside polling centres

72 arrested for disturbing law and order during KMC polls: Police

As many as 72 people were arrested for allegedly disturbing law and order during Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections on Sunday, police said. One person was arrested for allegedly hurling bombs in Sealdah area, in which three voters were injured, of whom one was in serious condition, a senior police officer said. "Seventy-two people have been arrested so far for disturbing law and order in the city where civic elections are underway. One person has been arrested in connection with the hurling of bombs. Others involved in the incident have been identified and they will be arrested soon," Joint Commissioner of Police (Headquarters), Subhankar Sinha Sarkar said. Crude bombs were hurled in front of Taki school in ward number 36, in which three voters of the area were injured. A large police contingent has been deployed in the area, and the State Election Commission has sought a report from the police on the matter. Sarkar said that four people have been arrested in connection

Violence mar KMC polls as 36.78% voter turnout recorded till 1 p.m.

Sporadic incidents of violence marred the Kolkata Municipal Corporation elections as few people were injured after crude bombs were hurled outside polling centres

On talent hunt: Trinamool eyeing states where Congress has weakened

Is there a strategy behind all these moves? Is the Trinamool Congress the new Congress? And what will this do to broader Opposition unity?

TMC chief Mamata Banerjee arrives in poll-bound Goa for two-day visit

This is her second visit to the coastal state in less than two months

Chidambaram mocks TMC's cash transfer promise; party says it's doable

The TMC has announced that it would contest all the 40 seats in the state Assembly elections due early next year

CBI arrests TMC leader Pranab Chatterjee in Rs 3.74 crore chit fund scam

The TMC leader was held for allegedly siphoning off money from a trust running the scheme

TMC, Congress positions must converge for India's good, says P Chidambaram

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday said political approach of his party and that of the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress must converge for good of the country.

TMC delegation meets Amit Shah over Nagaland civilian killings

TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee said that the Centre has assured that no stone will remain unturned to identify the people responsible for the Nagaland ambush resulting in the death of 14 civilians

Question mark over AFSPA, HM failed to provide security to citizens: TMC

The Trinamool Congress Monday said the killing of 14 civilians by security forces in Nagaland's Mon district has put a question mark over AFSPA and proved that Amit Shah has failed to perform his duty

Goa elections: MGP announces pre-poll alliance with Mamata's TMC

The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) on Monday announced that it would contest the forthcoming Goa Assembly elections in alliance with the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress.

Mamata Banerjee's challenge needs no Congress reaction, for now

She has adopted a 'scorched earth' strategy for building the TMC into a national party. Can an anti-Congress stance, fueled purely by personal ambition, appeal to the public imagination?

Trinamool team to visit Nagaland to meet families of civilians killed

A five-member delegation from the Trinamool Congress will visit Nagaland on Monday to meet the families of the civilians who were mistakenly killed by the security forces.

This is why Congress matters

Even in its second successive annihilation by the BJP, the Congress retained a solid block of 20 per cent votes. That's why all of BJP's victims want the Congress at the core of their challenge

Congress in 'deep freezer', oppn forces want Mamata to lead: TMC mouthpiece

The ruling camp in West Bengal on Friday launched a fresh attack on the grand old party, stating that it has gone into a "deep freezer"

Mamata to visit poll-bound Goa on Dec 13, her second tour in two months

This would be her second visit to Goa in less than two months