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'Like the CPI(M) had to leave the power due to its misrule of over three decades, Mamata Banerjee also have to leave the power in between 2018 and 2021,' a BJP leader claimed. (Photo: File)

Calcutta HC refuses TMC plea to reverse stay order on Bengal Panchayat polls

A division bench also instructed the single bench to fast-track the hearing in the case.

16 Apr 2018 7:14 PM

Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered an interim stay on the state poll panel's overnight withdrawal of its own order extending the last date from April 9 till April 10 for filing nominations by the candidates for the Panchayat elections. (Photo: File)

HC orders interim stay on order cancelling extension of WB nomination filing dates

Calcutta HC asked all concerned parties to file their affidavits while scheduling the matter for hearing on Wednesday.

10 Apr 2018 9:03 PM

Naidu had to adjourn the proceedings in wake of the slogan shouting by the opposition members.(Photo: PTI)

Venkiah Naidu corrects Rajya Sabha records over anti-corruption bill

Correcting the record, Naidu said the Bill to amend the anti-corruption law was the one reported by the Select Committee of the House.

05 Apr 2018 1:59 PM

Banerjee would however meet Karunanidhi and Stalin after the Panchayat elections, sources claimed. (Photo: PTI)

Do Panchayat polls scare Mamata? TMC chief postpones meet with DMK

The violence during candidates' filing nominations in the districts have prompted Banerjee to not leave the state now.

04 Apr 2018 7:58 PM

After the announcement of the poll schedule, chief minister Mamata Banerjee and panchayat minister Subrata Mukherjee held a meeting at the state secretariat: Nabanna. (Photo: PTI)

Bengal panchayat polls on May 1, 3, 5; oppn angry at such short notice

All opposition parties demanded to the state poll panel for the central paramilitary forces' deployment.

31 Mar 2018 4:54 PM

BJP leaders Shatrughan Sinha, Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Mamata calls on Sonia, meets Shatrughan, Yashwant Sinha

The BJP hit out at its former ally, saying while her state was 'burning', Mamata was 'doing politics' in Delhi.

28 Mar 2018 8:55 PM

Are you (BJP) not able to hear the sound of revolt from various parts of the country? Are you not able to read the results in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat? The TDP has walked out,'Mamata said.

Mamata calls for regional parties uniting as TDP-Centre riff deepens

Mamata mocked BJP over its 'dream' of capturing power in Bengal and said it should first concentrate on retaining power at the Centre.

08 Mar 2018 6:08 PM

"They have always accused non-BJP railway ministers of politicising the Railway Budget, but now, it is the government that is politicising the budget," the TMC leader said. (Photo: PTI)

Centre politicising Railways budget, favouring BJP-ruled states: TMC

TMC leader Derek O'Brien alleged that the government was deliberately trying to muzzle the voice of the opposition.

09 Feb 2018 5:14 PM

Bengal Municipal Affairs & Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim said it is unfortunate that the Governor is speaking like a political leader. (Photo: PTI)

TMC should clean their faces, not throw mud at Guv's office: Keshrinath Tripathi

The Governor recently expressed his wish to oversee development and law and order in Malda which the TMC dubbed unconstitutional.

09 Feb 2018 1:22 PM

Opposition parties have decided to chalk out their strategy and 'take up their issue to the next level' if their demands are not met, party leaders said. (Photo: PTI)

Govt murdering democracy: Oppn writes in letter to RS chairperson

The letter to RS chairperson M Venkaiah Naidu was signed by Cong, the Trinamool Congress, Left parties and other opposition parties.

06 Feb 2018 8:52 PM

The bypolls were necessitated following the deaths of Sultan Ahmed, TMC MP from Uluberia Lok Sabha constituency in Howrah district, and Madhusudan Ghose, Congress MLA from Noapara assembly seat in North 24 Parganas district. (Photo: File/PTI)

WB: TMC snatches Noapara Assembly seat from Cong, retains Uluberia

In the Uluberia seat, TMCs’s Sajda Ahmed defeated BJP’s candidate Anupam Mallik by over 4.5 lakh votes.

01 Feb 2018 7:46 PM

Roy has alleged that while he was in West Bengal, he always found that the local police were monitoring his movements. (Photo: File)

Phone tapping row: Delhi HC disposes Mukul Roy’s plea

The court, however, gave Roy the liberty to approach it again if he finds any concrete evidence substantiating his allegations.

13 Dec 2017 3:54 PM

"From educational institutions to administrative machinery -- no one can find democracy in West Bengal. It is being looted," Ghosh alleged in Jalpaiguri district. (Photo: Twitter/ @DilipGhoshBJP)

TMC has looted democracy in West Bengal, says BJP

‘The Trinamool Congress has become the property of two persons and others are merely employees of the party,’ says Dilip Ghosh.

07 Dec 2017 5:09 PM

Derek O'Brien said, "Don't let the BJP make it a contest around polarising issues like beef, pseudo-nationalism or some such prime-time, made-for-TV-and-Twitter agenda," (Photo: File)

Don't make 2019 polls Modi vs 'single alternative candidate', says Derek O’Brien

O'Brien makes these observations in his book 'Inside Parliament: Views from the Front Row', which is a collection of his political essays.

03 Dec 2017 4:23 PM

The Trinamool Congress president cautioned people not to fall into any trap of provocation or false campaign that might invite bitterness and enmity among people. (Photo: File)

Mamata accuses BJP of destabilising state admin, asks people to be alert

Banerjee alleges,'BJP is also in the habit of engineering riots or a similar situation in a peaceful state where party does not have base.'

30 Nov 2017 8:48 PM

Mukul Roy has accused Trinamool Congress for allegedly tapping his phone. (Photo: File)

Mukul Roy's phone tapping allegation: Delhi HC issues notice to Centre, WB

Delhi high court has also asked Vodafone and MTNL to file their reply on next date of hearing on December 7.

20 Nov 2017 4:58 PM

BJP leader Mukul Roy said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would come into power in West Bengal in 2019. (Photo: ANI)

BJP's Mukul Roy accuses Mamata of indulging in 'minority politics' in WB

Explaining his reasons for leaving the TMC, Roy asserted that the promises made by the party were not fulfilled.

10 Nov 2017 8:51 PM

Roy will have about three to four commandos with him, whenever he is in West Bengal,’ a senior official said. (Photo: File)

Day after joining BJP, Centre grants special VIP security to Mukul Roy

The CRPF has been entrusted with the task of safeguarding the former railway minister under the UPA regime, official sources said.

05 Nov 2017 12:22 PM

Trinamool Congress MP Sougata Roy. (Photo: PTI/File)

ED interrogates Trinamool MP Sougata Roy in Narada scam case

Narada News CEO Matthew Samuel had posed as the businessman and conducted the sting operation.

31 Oct 2017 2:35 PM

Mukul Roy on Wednesday resigned from RS membership elected as a member of TMC. (Photo: PTI | File)

Compelled to resign from TMC with heavy heart, says Mukul Roy

Speculation was rife in political circles that Roy, who was once the right-hand man of Mamata Banerjee, will join BJP or form a new party.

11 Oct 2017 4:50 PM

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