Trinamool leader Mahua Moitra is likely to skip summons issued by Directorate of Enforcement (ED) to question her in connection with a foreign exchange violation case today. The probe agency sent a third summons to the West Bengal leader on Wednesday
Among the most-watched Lok Sabha contests in Bengal this time is the fight for Tamluk seat, where the BJP has fielded former Calcutta High Court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay and the Trinamool has chosen its young leader Debangshu Bhattacharya
The BJP named 18 of Odisha's 21 lok Sabha seats on Sunday, after its seat sharing talks with the state's ruling Biju Janata Dal fell through.
An imposter masquerading as a high-rank army officer tried to enter Fort William, Indian Army's Eastern Command headquarters in Kolkata. However, his attempt was foiled when he couldn't write down his particulars in the officer's entry register.
If there was an award for glitz quotient in announcing Lok Sabha poll candidates, Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress would be a clear winner.
Mahua Moitra, expelled from the Lok Sabha three months ago, has been fielded again by Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress in what is seen as a message of defiance to the BJP.
The Trinamool launched a fresh "outsider" attack on the BJP in a new campaign ahead of the national elections and accused their leaders of resorting to "catcall" Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Former Team India cricketer Yusuf Pathan is the Trinamool's Lok Sabha polls candidate from Baharampur, which is currently held by Congress's Adhir Ranjan Choudhary.
The Trinamool Congress will launch its 2024 election campaign with a huge rally at Kolkata's Brigade Parade ground on Sunday and the party has released a video promo for the event.
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi fired barbs at the Trinamool Congress over the raging Sandeshkhali issue, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today led a rally of women supporters in Kolkata.
Former judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay had run-ins with lawyers, the Trinamool Congress and a fellow judge during his tenure at the Calcutta High Court and had even been pulled up by the Supreme Court for giving an interview on a scam.
Sandeshkhali Violence: Calcutta High Court has handed custody of former Trinamool strongman Sheikh Shahjahan - the key accused in multiple complaints of extortion, land grab, and sexual assault from Bengal's Sandeshkhali - to the CBI.
There is no order stopping Bengal Police from arresting Sheikh Shahjahan - the main accused in sexual assault and land grab allegations from Sandeshkhali - the Calcutta High Court said Monday morning.
The Trinamool Congress will hold a massive rally at the Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata on March 10.
Protests erupted again on Friday in Bengal's Sandeshkhali island in North 24 Parganas district, soon after cops detained a young man in the area.
A BJP delegation, including prominent leaders like MP Locket Chatterjee and Agnimitra Paul, was forcefully stopped by the West Bengal Police from proceeding towards the troubled region of Sandeshkhali today.
The BJP has come out strongly against allegations that its Bengal leader Suvendu Adhikari used "Khalistani" slur against a Sikh IPS officer during a face-off between BJP workers and police near Sandeshkhali island.
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee slammed the BJP today after a video -- showing a confrontation between BJP protesters and the state police after a senior officer was called "Khalistani" -- surfaced.
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee doubled down on her claim that the BJP is behind the massive controversy over sexual exploitation allegations from Sandeshkhali. Her detractors, she alleged, are making a "mountain of a molehill".
Till a few months ago, Sandeshkhali island in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district was just a dot on the map. But over the past few months, this nondescript island has made national headlines
A Trinamool Congress block president, who had been missing since women in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali levelled allegations of sexual harassment and rape against him and another party member, has been arrested.
Senior Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee claimed that the Sandeshkhali issue is a conspiracy created by the BJP, Congress and the CPM, sources have told NDTV.
The political firestorm over the alleged harassment of villagers in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali by the aides of a Trinamool Congress strongman escalated on Friday with two delegations of the BJP and the Congress being stopped from going to the island.
The NCSC has recommended President's Rule in Bengal amid violence and political tension after the BJP accused a Trinamool Congress strongman - the on-the-run Sheikh Shahjahan - of sexually assaulting women there.
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