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Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra unfollows party's official Twitter handle

Distancing herself further from her party, Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member, Mahua Moitra, on Wednesday, reportedly unfollowed the official Twitter handle of the party.

MP: FIR registered against TMC MP Moitra for remark about Goddess Kali

Police in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday registered a case against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra over her remark about Goddess Kaali.

Nupur Sharma row BJP's conspiracy to further its divisive policy: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday alleged that the Nupur Sharma controversy was a "conspiracy of the BJP to further its divisive policy" and asserted that Nupur should be arrested

Successive adverse court rulings leave Mamata fuming against petitioners

Mamata asked the petitioners to withdraw their petitions to enable the state government to re-start the process of teachers' recruitment to make room for them

TMC MPs to vote in presidential election in Bengal, not Parliament

TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay said that party MPs will cast their vote in the presidential election on July 18 in the West Bengal legislative assembly instead of the facilities created in Parliament

Bengal finance minister to attend key GST Council meeting in Chandigarh

West Bengal Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya on Monday said she will be representing the state at the crucial two-day GST Council meeting in Chandigarh. The Council in its meeting starting Tuesday is slated to discuss an array of issues, including a mechanism for compensating states for revenue loss, tax rate tweaks on some items and relaxed registration norms for small online suppliers. I have arrived for the meet along with other officials, including Additional Chief Secretary Manoj Pant, Bhattacharya, the Minister of State (Independent Charge), Department of Finance, told PTI over phone. The meeting will be chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and comprise state counterparts. The Council may see a stormy discussion around compensation payout to states, with opposition-ruled states aggressively pushing for its continuation beyond the five-year period, which ends in June Earlier this month, former West Bengal finance minister Amit Mitra had written to ...

Prez poll: Oppn leaders to meet on Monday ahead of Sinha's nomination

Sinha will address a press conference on Monday at 4 p.m. and will then begin his campaign

Elevating one person does not elevate entire community: Yashwant Sinha

'BJP's projection of Murmu is nothing more than political symbolism'

TMC to protest before CBI office demanding Suvendu's arrest in ponzi scam

An 8-member delegation, led by state Education minister, will meet Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday seeking action against Adhikari, a BJP leader, for his "involvement in corrupt activities".

ED to question TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's wife Rujira in coal scam today

ED, which is conducting a parallel probe along with CBI in the coal smuggling case in West Bengal, has summoned Rujira Narula Banerjee, wife of TMC's national general secretary, MP Abhishek Banerjee

NDA's Droupadi Murmu vs Opposition's Yashwant Sinha in president election

With Murmu's nomination, the BJP is sending out a significant political message after elevating a Dalit, Ram Nath Kovind, to the top post five years back

TMC's Abhishek Banerjee to attend oppn meet convened by Sharad Pawar

A senior Trinamool Congress functionary Monday said its national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee is likely to represent the party at the opposition meeting convened by NCP chief Sharad Pawar

Privilege motion against BJP's Adhikari for remarks on Bengal Speaker

A privilege motion was on Friday moved against Suvendu Adhikari for his "disrespectful" remarks against Speaker Biman Banerjee after the Nandigram legislator's suspension in the House was revoked.

TMC delegation to meet EC over Tripura violence ahead of bypolls

A delegation of Trinamool Congress MPs will call on the Election Commission of India Thursday to submit a memorandum in connection with the recent incidents of violence in Tripura, the party said

Presidential polls: Congress may attend Opposition meet called by Mamata

Banerjee has convened the meeting on June 15 at the Constitution Club in the national capital for discussions to come out with a consensus Opposition candidate

WB passes bill to replace governor with CM as chancellor of state varsities

State education minister Bratya Basu, after introducing The West Bengal University Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2022 in the House, said there was "nothing wrong" in chief minister taking over as the chancel

Kharge holds consultations with Oppn party leaders on presidential poll

Election for the next President of India will be held on July 18 in which 4,809 electors comprising MPs and MLAs will vote to elect incumbent Ram Nath Kovind's successor

Nadda slams Mamata, says Bengal's condition similar to India's before 2014

The BJP chief also took a dig at the prevailing law and order situation in West Bengal, and said that there is a "law of rulers instead of rule of law" in the state

Nadda slams TMC over women's safety issues in the state, hopes to form govt

BJP supremo Jagat Prakash Nadda on Wednesday lashed out at the TMC govt over the declining rate of women's safety in the state and asserted that the BJP will form a government in the state very soon

Trinamool has no principles, only syndicates: BJP president Nadda

BJP national president J P Nadda on Wednesday lashed out at the ruling TMC in Bengal, alleging that the Banerjee-led party has "no principles or policies, and all it does was to run syndicates".