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Banerjee further attacked the current government by saying that BJP says 'Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas' when in reality they bring 'disaster' for everyone. (Photo: File)

'Why link Aadhar to everything when it can't prove citizenship?' asks Mamata

The questions were directed at the Home Minister with reference to Citizenship Act.

18 Dec 2019 3:12 PM

Internet suspended in Assam till Dec 16, protestors set fire in WB railway station

The legislation has put the Northeast on the boil as people fear that it may exacerbate the problem of illegal immigration.

14 Dec 2019 3:50 PM

West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh on Friday said the Citizenship Amendment Act will be implemented in the state and neither Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee nor her party, Trinamool Congress, will be able to stop it. (Photo: File)

'Afraid of losing her vote bank': Dilip Ghosh attacks Banerjee on Citizenship Act

Mamata Banerjee had said the BJP will not be able to bulldoze the states to enact the new law.

14 Dec 2019 10:30 AM

'We will never allow NRC exercise and Citizenship Act in Bengal. We will not implement the amended Act, even though it has been passed in Parliament. The BJP can't just bulldoze the states to implement it,' Banerjee said. (Photo: PTI)

'Can't bulldoze states': Mamata announces mega rallies to protest Citizenship Act

The WB CM said that she has also cancelled her visit to Delhi to attend a meeting on Mahatma Gandhi's anniversary.

13 Dec 2019 3:38 PM

Roy and Islam stand accused in a list of 23 accused who have been named in the chargesheet submitted by the police before the additional chief judicial magistrate of the Bolpur Court on December 4. (Photo: Twitter)

BJP leaders Mukul Roy and Monirul Islam chargesheeted in triple murder case

While Mr Islam faces murder charge, criminal intimidation charge has been slapped on Mr Roy, sources revealed.

08 Dec 2019 8:56 PM

Dhankar claimed that he wrote to the Speaker of the Assembly, informing him about his visit. (Photo: ANI)

'Democracy caged': WB Governor after arriving at Assembly, finds gate locked

The Governor walked in from Gate 2 and found that Gate 3 designated for the Governor was closed.

05 Dec 2019 2:44 PM

The Trinamool Congress member also sought to know if the government had identified sites for detention centres across the country for the exercise and if so, the state-wise detention centres to be constructed in the next five years. (Photo: Representational)

'No plan to conduct NRC across country on religious lines,' says government

Minister of State for Home, Nityanand Rai, gave the information in a written reply in the RS.

04 Dec 2019 6:53 PM

"We dedicate this victory to the people of Bengal. The BJP is getting paid back for its arrogance of power and for insulting the people of Bengal," she told a TV channel. (Photo: FIle)

BJP getting paid back for its ‘arrogance’, says Mamata as TMC sweeps bypolls

Tapan Deb Sinha of TMC won Kaliaganj seat by defeating his nearest rival Kamal Chandra Sarkar of BJP by 2,304 votes, EC said.

28 Nov 2019 1:08 PM

Counting of votes began at 8 am on Thursday amid tight security in polling centres in three Assembly seats of West Bengal where by-polls were held on November 25, Election Commission officials said. (Photo: File/ Representational Image)

TMC set to sweep all 3 seats in West Bengal Assembly bypolls

The bypolls took place exactly 6 months after BJP pulled off a shock result in the national election in West Bengal.

28 Nov 2019 9:20 AM

Joy Prakash Majumdar, the West Bengal BJP Vice President and candidate for Karimpur assembly by-polls was allegedly manhandled and kicked by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers. (Photo: ANI)

On camera: WB BJP Vice President manhandled, kicked by TMC workers

The incident comes at a time when voting is underway in the constituency.

25 Nov 2019 5:39 PM

Asked if she would visit the Cyclone Bulbul-hit areas in her constituency if she gets a scope Jahan elaborated, 'It is not about scope. It is about will. If there is a will, there is away. It is not that I will go if I get a scope. I will go wherever and whenever needed.' (Photo: File)

I visited my constituency more than my predecessor: TMC MP Nusrat Jahan

Jahan informed that she has many welfare plans for the people of Basirhat .

22 Nov 2019 8:02 PM

The governor was shown black flags allegedly by some Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers on his way to Domkal in Murshidabad district to attend an event on Wednesday. (Photo: File)

WB Guv advises ministers to concentrate on work, not react to his remarks

Either Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should herself react or depute a specific minister to respond to 'my statements', the governor said.

21 Nov 2019 12:09 PM

Alleging that the TMC government was not doing anything good for the Muslim community, except doing vote bank politics, Hasan said that the All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen or AIMIM will fight the 2021 assembly polls in West Bengal. (Photo: File)

Asaduddin Owaisi's party AIMIM says Mamata angry as she is afraid of losing vote bank

State Prez Zameerul said Banerjee lost her cool as AIMIM has been growing by leaps and bounds in Bengal, especially in bordering districts.

20 Nov 2019 11:54 AM

Actress and TMC MP Nusrat Jahan was discharged from hospital on Monday evening, a day after she was admitted with complains of respiratory trouble, sources close to her said, dismissing reports of drug overdose as "rumours". (Photo: File)

Nusrat Jahan’s health condition improves, released from hospital

Jahan, after celebrating her husband’s birthday, had taken an overdose of medicine, following which her health condition deteriorated.

19 Nov 2019 9:09 AM

Ghosh was addressing a gathering on the occasion of "Gopa Ashtami Karyakram" in Burdwan, about 100 km from Kolkata. (Photo: ANI)

Cow's navel produces gold with sunshine, that is why milk is yellow: WB BJP chief

Bengal BJP chief compared 'desi and videshi (Indian and foreign)' cows and said: 'Only desi cows are our mother and not videshi ones.'

05 Nov 2019 12:14 PM

As part of the campaign, the leaders will undertake various activities such as meeting with local party cadre, key influencers in villages with party workers and door to door visits. (Photo: File | ANI)

TMC block and town chiefs to visit villages as part of 'Didi ke Bolo' campaign

The leaders will listen to suggestions of people and also try to address their issues.

16 Oct 2019 10:35 AM

Clad in a saree and sporting sindur, Nusrat Jahan had attended Durga puja celebrations of Suruchi Sangha with her husband on Sunday. (Photo: Instagram)

Nusrat Jahan in firing line of Muslim cleric for celebrating Durga puja

A prominent Muslim cleric has slammed her for participating in Hindu rituals.

07 Oct 2019 7:55 PM

‘I today want to assure Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist and Christian refugees, you will not be forced to leave India by the Centre. Don't believe rumours. Before NRC, we will bring Citizenship Amendment Bill, which will ensure these people get Indian citizenship,’ Shah said. (Photo: ANI)

‘NRC to ensure country’s safety, Mamata spreading lies’: Amit Shah in West Bengal

‘We had got just 2 seats in 2014, but today, we have 18 seats. Almost 2.5 cr Bengalis have voted for us,’ he said.

01 Oct 2019 4:26 PM

Ghosh added, ‘The TMC is creating fear among the people, they want those who have joined the BJP to come back to their party and that is why they are creating an atmosphere of fear. But people of Bengal are not foolish to believe in the TMC.’ (Photo: ANI)

Mamata should take responsibility over NRC 'panic' deaths: WB BJP prez Dilip Ghosh

BJP National Secretary Rahul Sinha also said, ‘Six people who died, did not die due to NRC. They died due to their family reasons.’

24 Sep 2019 3:27 PM

The Trinamool Congress on Thursday criticised Governor Jagdeep Dhankar for his "partisan approach" in blaming the West Bengal government for the Jadavpur University fiasco, terming it "unfortunate and shocking" that he went to campus without informing the ruling dispensation. (Photo: File)

'Didn't inform Bengal govt': TMC slams governor's 'partisan approach' to Jadavpur university fracas

Supriyo was in the varsity to attend an event organised by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).

20 Sep 2019 2:44 PM

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