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Murshidabad violence: INDIA bloc compulsions preventing CPI(M) from criticising Trinamool, says Bengal LoP
Kolkata, April 15: The leader of Opposition (LoP)in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Tuesday, launched a scathing attack against CPI(M) on the issue of Murshidabad violence, saying that the compulsion of opposition INDIA bloc was preventing it from criticizing Trinamool Congress even though two CPI(M) activists have been killed.
Communal violence perpetrators in Murshidabad mainly outsiders, says Trinamool MP
Kolkata, April 13: Trinamool Congress MP Khalilur Rahaman from the Jangipur constituency said on Sunday that initial findings indicate the perpetrators of communal violence in certain areas of the minority-dominated Murshidabad district of West Bengal, which has been tense in recent days due to protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, were primarily outsiders and not residents of the district.
Trinamool to start detailed voters' list review in Bengal from this month
Kolkata, April 12: Trinamool Congress will start a detailed review and verification of the voters' list in West Bengal this month, which will continue for a year.
Abdur Razzak Molla, a minister in both Left Front and Trinamool government in Bengal, passes away
Kolkata, April 11: Abdur Razaak Molla, the Communist-turned-Trinamool Congress leader who served as minister in both the CPI-M-led Left Front and the Trinamool Congress governments in West Bengal, died here on Friday. He was 80.
11 Bills passed by Assembly pending clearance after being referred to Prez: Bengal Guv's office
Kolkata, April 10: As many as 11 Bills passed earlier in the West Bengal Assembly in 2024 and 2025 are pending clearance and are reserved for consideration from the office of the President of India.
Speech given by her for appeasment, vote bank: WB LoP Suvendu Adhikari slams CM Mamata Banerjee
East Midnapore, April 10: Responding to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's speech Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari accused the ruling Trinamool Congress supremo of "appeasement" and "vote bank", stating that the Waqf (Amendment) Act is being implemented from here on.
Trinamool protests today over top court upholding order on termination of 25,000 school jobs
Kolkata/New Delhi, April 9: The Trinamool Congress will lead a protest march in Kolkata on Wednesday against the termination of 25,000 teaching and non-teaching jobs in different schools run by the West Bengal government.
Trinamool's disciplinary committee meeting postponed indefinitely amid internal rift
Kolkata, April 8: The meeting of the Internal Disciplinary Committee of Trinamool Congress, which was scheduled for Tuesday to decide on MLAs not attending Assembly sessions, has been postponed for an indefinite period amid internal reift in the party.
Trinamool Congress to protest against cancellation of school jobs on April 9
Kolkata, April 7: Trinamool Congress (TMC) will stage a protest demonstration against the recent order on cancellation of 25,753 school jobs in West Bengal.
Ram Navami celebrations peaceful in Bengal, TMC leaders also participate in processions
Kolkata, April 6: Ram Navami celebrations had been peaceful so far in West Bengal, with Trinamool Congress leaders in their own initiatives having organised processions on the auspicious occasion besides the ones already announced by the state BJP leaders as well as organisations like Anjani Putra Sena and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), among others.
Rectify mistakes in EPIC cards before linking them with Aadhaar, Trinamool tells EC
Kolkata/New Delhi, April 4: West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress on Friday appealed to the Election Commission to first rectify the existing errors related to EPIC cards before linking them with the Aadhaar cards.
Any non-BJP govt will nullify Waqf (Amendment) Bill: Mamata
Kolkata, April 3: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has asserted that any non-BJP government at the Centre in the future would nullify the Waqf (Amendment) Bill proposed by the current central government.
Bengal school jobs cancellation: WBSSC's major lapses that made segregation between 'genuine' and 'ineligible' impossible
Kolkata, April 3: With the Supreme Court on Thursday upholding the Calcutta High Court last year order cancelling the entire panel of appointments in teaching and non-teaching categories made by the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) in 2016, prolonged legal proceedings discourses in the matter in both courts have pinpointed several lapses on part of the WBSSC that made the process of segregation between "genuine" and "ineligible" candidates virtually impossible.
CM Mamata Banerjee under attack after SC cancels appointment of 25,753 teachers
Kolkata, April 3: A political has erupted in West Bengal following the Supreme Court's decision to uphold last year's order of the Calcutta High Court cancelling all the appointments in teaching and non-teaching categories made by the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) in 2016.
Punishment for Trinamool leaders including minister for ignoring party whip to be decided on April 8
Kolkata, April 3: The internal disciplinary committee of Trinamool Congress’ legislative party in West Bengal assembly will decide on April 8 the quantum of punishment for 30 party legislators including one member of the state Cabinet, for being absent on the last day of the second round of the budget session of the assembly on March 20 ignoring whip issued by the party.
Trinamool to conduct state-wide protests against price hike of essential medicines: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata, April 2: West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress will conduct massive protest rallies and processions throughout the state on April 4 and April 5 against the price hike of 748 medicines, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Wednesday.
Bengal minister among 30 TMC MLAs asked to clarify absence on last day of Assembly session
Kolkata, April 1: The internal disciplinary committee of Trinamool Congress' legislative party in the West Bengal Assembly has finally shortlisted 30 party MLAs, including a member of the state cabinet for being absent on March 20, the last day of the second phase of the budget session, ignoring the party whip.
12-member delegation of BJP leaders from Bengal to attend meeting on Darjeeling hills in Delhi
Kolkata, April 1: A 12-member delegation of 11 BJP legislators and a party Lok Sabha member from West Bengal will be attending the tripartite meeting convened by the Central government in Delhi this week on working towards a permanent political solution in the hills of Darjeeling, Kurseong and Kalimpong in northern part of the state.
Trinamool youth leader slams partymen, elected representatives for silence on CM Banerjee's insult in UK
Kolkata, March 31: Amid the recent protests by a section of UK-based Indians during West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee’s speech last week at Oxford University’s Kellogg College, a prominent youth leader of the Trinamool Congress, on Monday accused the party of being silent over the issue.
Mamata Banerjee returns to Kolkata, avoids interaction with media at airport
Kolkata, March 29: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee returned to Kolkata from her eight-day UK trip on Saturday evening but, unlike her conventional ways, avoided interaction with the mediapersons at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here.
Bengal will turn into 'West Bangladesh' if Trinamool wins 2026 polls, claims BJP
Kolkata, March 29: West Bengal BJP General Secretary Jagannath Chattopadhyay claimed on Saturday that it will be impossible to prevent West Bengal from being converted into ‘West Bangladesh’ if Trinamool Congress wins the 2026 Assembly elections.
Trinamool will face Newton's Third Law of Motion, claims Bengal LoP
Kolkata, March 27: West Bengal Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday claimed that the ruling Trinamool Congress will face Newton's Third Law of Motion (for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction) for the alleged violence it has unleashed across the state.
'Fictitious communities named', Suvendu Adhikari questions Mamata govt's new OBC survey
Kolkata, March 26: The Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Wednesday questioned the fresh survey bring conducted by the state government to identify the Other Backward Classes (OBCs), alleging that "completely make-believe, fictitious and imaginary' communities have been listed.
BJP's Amit Malviya refutes Trinamool's claims on not releasing MGNREGA funds for Bengal
Kolkata, March 25: Amit Malviya, BJP's IT Cell Chief and the party's central observer for West Bengal, on Tuesday, refuted the claims made by the Trinamool Congress and the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on non-release of funds to the state under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
Calcutta HC moved for CAPF deployment in cooperative bank poll
Kolkata, March 25: A plea was filed in the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday seeking central armed paramilitary force (CAPF) deployment for the polls to a cooperative bank in West Bengal.
Ignoring party Whip: Trinamool's disciplinary panel seeks details of MLAs' leave applications from Assembly Speaker
Kolkata, March 25: The disciplinary committee of Trinamool Congress’ legislative party in the West Bengal Assembly, which is probing the absence of party MLAs in the just-concluded Budget Session ignoring party whips, has sought details of the leave applications submitted by the legislators to the office of the Speaker.
'Hindi-speaking Hindu voters in Bengal targeted in the name of voters' list review'
Kolkata, March 24: The Hindi-speaking Hindu voters and even some Bengali-speaking voters from the backward communities are being targeted by the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal in 'close association' with some officials in the state administration, Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Suvendu Adhikari told the mediapersons on Monday.
Bengal: Decision on disciplinary action against Trinamool MLAs on March 29
Kolkata, March 24: The decision of the disciplinary committee of Trinamool Congress’s legislative party in West Bengal on punitive action against MLAs ignoring party whips on presence in the house during proceedings will be taken on March 29.
Will monitor developments in West Bengal from London: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata, March 22: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, before departing for London on Saturday evening, claimed that she will be monitoring the developments in the state for the next few days from the UK.
West Bengal CM's visit to UK postponed by two days
Kolkata, March 21: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s visit to the United Kingdom has been tentatively postponed by two days following the crisis at London’s Heathrow Airport because of the “significant power shortage” there following a fire in a substation in the western part of the city.
Before UK visit, Mamata Banerjee assigns confidantes responsibility for Trinamool, govt
Kolkata, March 20: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday assigned her select party leaders responsibilities for managing the affairs of the state government and Trinamool Congress during her visit to the United Kingdom.
Ruckus in Bengal Assembly as BJP MLAs stage walkout
Kolkata, March 20: Ruckus erupted in the West Bengal Assembly on Thursday, the last day of the second phase of budget session, as the BJP legislators protested, staged a walkout, and then burnt the effigy of Speaker Biman Bandopadhyay in the lawn.
Bengal Assembly panel asks Humayun Kabir to refrain from making controversial comments
Kolkata, March 18: The Disciplinary Committee of the West Bengal Assembly on Tuesday cautioned Humayun Kabir, Trinamool Congress MLA from Bharatpur constituency, to refrain from making controversial comments in public in future.
BJP gears up for 2026 West Bengal polls: Sukanta Majumdar calls for TMC's ouster, slams Mamata Banerjee
New Delhi, March 18: A meeting was held on Monday at the residence of West Bengal BJP President and Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar to discuss the party's strategy for the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections. The meeting was attended by all BJP MPs from the state and Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari.
Dissatisfied over reply, Trinamool disciplinary body summons MLA
Kolkata, March 17: The internal disciplinary committee of Trinamool Congress Legislative party in West Bengal is not satisfied with the reply to the show-cause notice issued to Humayun Kabir, the MLA from the Bharatpur Assembly constituency in Murshidabad district, regarding his controversial remarks about Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari last week.
Trinamool to raise issue of duplicate EPIC numbers, fake Aadhaar cards in Parliament
Kolkata, March 17: Trinamool Congress MPs from both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will raise the matter concerning issue of duplicate Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) numbers for voters from different states and fake Aadhaar cards, in the remaining days of the Budget Session of Parliament.
Abhishek Banerjee directs formation of micro-level committees to identify fake voters in Bengal
Kolkata, March 15: Trinamool Congress General Secretary and Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, on Saturday, directed two separate micro-level tiers of committee at the district levels in West Bengal to be constituted to identify the bogus voters in the state.
Trinamool leader Abhishek Banerjee cautions against promises made by anyone taking his or I-PAC's name
Kolkata, Mar 15: Trinamool Congress General Secretary and Lok Sabha MP, Abhishek Banerjee, on Saturday, cautioned his party leaders of possible events of making promises for arranging party posts taking either his name or that of the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC), the Prashant Kishor-founded vote-strategy agency, that had been associated with the ruling party since the 2021 West Bengal election.
TMC MLA responds to show-cause notice, refuses to withdraw comments
Kolkata, March 15: Humayun Kabir, the outspoken Trinamool Congress legislator from the Bharatpur assembly constituency in Murshidabad district, has responded to the show-cause notice issued by the state assembly's disciplinary committee.
Resolution condemning LoP's comments passed in Bengal Assembly
Kolkata, March 13: A motion moved by Trinamool Congress condemning a recent comment made by the leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari was passed on the floor of the Assembly through voice-vote.