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Bengal Assembly Speaker rejects plea to disqualify Mukul Roy as MLA

Talking to reporters in his chamber after giving his ruling, the speaker said that it is a matter of law and refused to speak anything more on the issue

Bengal: TMC booth president quits post after Abhishek Banerjee's diktat

TMC state spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said Banerjee believes that a party functionary should not be involved in contract business.

West Bengal govt reshuffles top bureaucrats; 24 officers transferred

Tourism secretary Nandini Chakraborty was moved to non-conventional and renewable energy sources with Saumitra Mohan being instituted in her place

BJP threatens protests against West Bengal government over fuel taxation

The BJP on Thursday threatened to go on agitation if the West Bengal government does not cut taxes on fuel in the next 15 days. Speaking to reporters, BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar said the state government should give some relief to the people when the Centre has cleared all the GST dues. "West Bengal has received its GST dues from the Centre. It should now bring down the prices of fuel. They should reduce the price of petrol by at least Rs 5, and price of diesel by Rs 10," he said. "The Centre has twice reduced fuel prices, but the state government has not lowered taxes even once," he claimed. The BJP would wait for 15 days, and if the state does not take any steps, it would hit the streets, Majumdar said. "If they don't reduce the fuel prices, we will hit the streets. We will also march to state secretariat Nabanna to fight for people's rights," he said. The Centre has cleared the entire GST compensation payable up to May 31 by releasing Rs 86,912 crore to the states, a

Like a stubborn rash, regional political parties just won't go away

They are in power in six states. They are part of an alliance with national parties in ten. And reports of their death are highly exaggerated

Bengal governor says Trinamool MP 'crossed red line', lawmaker hits back

Bengal Governor claimed TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee "crossed the red line" by criticising the judiciary's decision to order CBI investigations into multiple cases in Bengal

TMC to protest against Centre's 'non-payment of dues' to Bengal: Mamata

She maintained that the 'state wasn't asking for favours from the Centre'

CBI summons Trinamool MLA Saokat Molla over coal smuggling scam in WB

Mollah is the party's sitting MLA from the Canning (East) Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district

BJP MP Arjun Singh joins TMC in presence of general secy Abhishek Banerjee

In a jolt to the saffron camp in West Bengal, BJP MP Arjun Singh on Sunday rejoined the Trinamool Congress, ending weeks of speculation over his possible switchover to the ruling party.

BJP misusing central agencies, law will take own course: Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee was on Wednesday evening quizzed for over three hours by the CBI in connection with the irregularities in government school appointments

'Trespass' at Bengal LoP office: Guv says chief secy report worrisome

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar Tuesday asked the state's chief secy to make himself available at Raj holding that a report submitted by him on alleged trespass of Suvendu Adhikari's office

Rome was not built in a day: Kirti Azad on TMC's electoral debacle in Goa

Claiming that Rome was not built in a day, TMC' Goa in-charge Kirti Azad said that the party would be in a position to form a government in Goa by the next Assembly elections

Other states also run Central schemes under different names: Trinamool

TMC has outlined counter-campaign against BJP claiming that West Bengal's dues under the PM Awas Yojana should not be released as the state government is running the same scheme under a different name

Govt may amend sedition law instead of revoking it: TMC MP Mahua Moitra

Senior TMC leader Mahua Moitra, who has been at the forefront in fighting against the sedition law, claimed the BJP-led Centre is not keen on revoking the draconian legislation but may amend it

'Two cylinders then at price of one now': Rahul Gandhi compares LPG prices

A day after the price of Liquefied petroleum gas cylinder was hiked by Rs 50, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday compared LPG prices between the UPA tenure and the present BJP government at the Centre.The hike in the LPG prices has attracted criticism across the Opposition parties with the Trinamool Congress condemning the price rise and the youth wing of the Congress, Indian Youth Congress staged a protest outside the residence of Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri.Taking to Twitter, Rahul Gandhi claimed that the price of the LPG during the UPA tenure was Rs 410 and the subsidy provided was Rs 827, while the LPG costs Rs 999 during the NDA tenure with zero subsidy.The Congress leader further took a jibe at the Centre and said that two cylinders were available then for the price of one now."2 cylinders then for the price of 1 now! Only Congress governs for the welfare of poor & middle-class Indian families. It's the core of our economic policy," .

Amit Shah's eventful two-day Bengal visit may help revive BJP state unit

At public programmes, Shah gave strong anti-Trinamool Congress and anti-state government messages clearly aimed at boosting the morale of the party workers and leaders

Court issues bailable warrant to TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's wife Rujira

A Delhi court issued a bailable warrant against Rujira Banerjee in connection with a complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate for allegedly refusing to join the probe in a money laundering case

TMC to set up ad hoc committee in Goa to strengthen base for 2024 polls

The TMC had recently faced a setback in Goa after its state unit president Kiran Kandolkar quit the party along with two other members

Amit Shah trying to influence probe into BJYM worker's death: TMC

The party iterated that the top BJP leader should "focus on the law and order situation in BJP-ruled states, as the scenario here was far better"

BJP MLAs demand separate UT for northern West Bengal at Amit Shah rally

Claiming that the people of the northern part of West Bengal have been deprived of development, two BJP MLAs on Thursday demanded a union territory (UT) for North Bengal at a party rally which was later addressed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah. BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh, a former chief of the party's West Bengal unit, said he agrees with the demand, claiming that the people of the region want it. Matigara-Naxalbari legislator Anandamay Barman and Dabgram-Phulbari MLA Shikha Chatterjee spoke in favour of a union territory. Reacting to the demand, the ruling Trinamool Congress accused the BJP of fanning separatism. "If Ladakh can be carved out as a union territory from Jammu & Kashmir, why not North Bengal? What is the harm in it? The people of North Bengal have been deprived for decades and it is time to stop that deprivation. I would request the prime minister and the union home minister to look into the demand," Barman said. Echoing his party colleague, Chatterjee