After her Bengal election defeat, Mamata Banerjee has called for an INDIA bloc meeting amid growing tensions within the alliance. Unease between the Congress, DMK, Trinamool and other partners has fuelled fresh doubts over the bloc's unity.

The BJP's state unit has bluntly declined to give way to prospective Trinamool turncoats, arguing the party isn't a dharmshala.

Shobhandeb Chattopadhyay has filed an application under the Right to Information (RTI) Act seeking information on how leaders of the opposition were selected in 2011, 2016 and 2021.

At this stage, the BJP's immediate objective seems to be to dismantle the carefully built public image of both Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee.

Teesta Water Agreement had been held up since 2011 due to opposition from Mamata Banerjee, and the Ganga Water Agreement is up for renewal this year

Mamata Banerjee has boldly claimed that the BJP-led Central government will be "removed from power" in future

The move comes barely weeks after the Suvendu Adhikari-led BJP government took charge in the state, ousting Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress.

Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) authorities, which still has the current and four-time Trinamool Congress legislator and former member in the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Cabinet, Firhad Hakim as its Mayor, has started a pr

The previous Trinamool government had announced monthly honorarium for imams, muezzins, and purohits a year after it came to power in the state.The new government led by Suvendu Adhikari maintains that welfare programmes should not be based on religi

The contentious Teesta water sharing deal that was on the verge of being signed by the previous Manmohan Singh-led government, was opposed by Bengal's erstwhile government led by Mamata Banerjee.

At a meeting with the Trinamool Congress' contesting candidates, she said the organisation would rise again despite suffering a crushing defeat in the recently concluded assembly elections.

Women politicians in India are rarely allowed to exist as just politicians. They become emotional symbols. Everything except ordinary political leaders doing ordinary political things.

The Bar Council of India has written to the state Bar Council today, seeking that it "furnish information regarding enrolment and practice status of Mamata Banerjee, former Chief Minister of West Bengal".

Trinamool leader and lawyer Kalyan Banerjee, who accompanied Mamata Banerjee to court, alleged that lawyers under the influence of the BJP attempted to heckle the former chief minister.

Dismissing all the claims, Usha Uthup said the video in circulation is old. She also clarified that she never left Kolkata and moved to Mumbai.

He defeated TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee in her Bhabanipur bastion in the recently concluded Assembly polls by a margin of 15,105

The appointment of Manoj Agarwal as the Chief Secretary under the new BJP government in West Bengal has already triggered a political debate. In Opposition circles, especially within the Trinamool Congress, many are asking whether this is a "return gift" for the role he played during the election process. Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has al...

The BJP said Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool is working to revive Maoists and will bring Maoists in the name of unity

In voting for the Bengal election last month, the BJP won 207 of the state's 294 seats for its first ever poll triumph in the eastern state, and to peg back Mamata Banerjee who had denied it space for nearly 15 years.

Subrata Gupta earned a reputation for honesty, transparency, and professionalism.

The BJP - beaten by the Trinamool in every major poll over the past 15 years - broke through this time, winning 207 of the state's 294 seats.

The claim that the DMK was the sole custodian of Tamil pride, capable of protecting it from Hindutva, had been the party's primary electoral plank. The same was true for the TMC in Bengal. Yet, they collapsed.

TMC spokesperson Riju Dutta, who often represented the party on debate panels, released a video on his X handle apologising to Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari.

Asked if the BJP should have chosen a woman chief minister, Agnimitra Paul said Suvendu Adhikari's experience in politics led to his appointment.