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'Won't tolerate Abhishek's arrogance': Kalyan Banerjee's ultimatum to Mamata amid MP exodus

India, June 11 -- Worsening the ongoing crisis within the Trinamool Congress, former chief minister Mamata Banerjee's staunch loyalist Kalyan Banerjee has criticised her nephew and party general secre... Read More


Ex-TMC MLA Saokat Molla arrested in NIA crackdown on pre-poll Bhangar blast case

India, June 5 -- Former Trinamool Congress legislator Saokat Molla was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) late on Fright night in connection with a blast at Bhangar near Kolkata in Ma... Read More


'He repeatedly expressed desire to resign': TMC says Mamata Banerjee allowed Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim to step down

India, June 4 -- Senior Trinamool Congress leader Firhad Hakim is set to resign as the mayor of Kolkata after party chief Mamata Banerjee accepted his request to step down, party spokesperson Kunal Gh... Read More


Scores head to Bangladesh border amid Bengal's migrant crackdown

Kolkata, May 27 -- Scores of people identified by authorities as undocumented Bangladeshi immigrants gathered near the Border Security Force's (BSF) Hakimpur check post in West Bengal's North 24 Parga... Read More


Iconic Writers' Building set to return as a secretariat

Kolkata, May 9 -- Sitting across a vintage wooden table with a glass top in a spacious office on the second floor of the Writers' Building, a state public works department (PWD) officer reminisced abo... Read More


Iconic Writers' Buildings set to return as a secretariat

Kolkata, May 9 -- Sitting across a vintage wooden table with a glass top in a spacious office on the second floor of the Writers' Buildings, a state public works department (PWD) officer reminisced ab... Read More


Mamata Banerjee no longer Bengal chief minister, governor dissolves assembly

India, May 7 -- West Bengal governor RN Ravi on Thursday dissolved the state assembly at the end of its five-year term. The move comes days after Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee declared that... Read More


New BJP govt in West Bengal to take oath on May 9; focus on probable CM post

India, May 5 -- Newly elected leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will take their oath to form the new government in West Bengal on May 9, coinciding with the birth anniversary of Rabindranath... Read More


Repolling at 15 stations concludes peacefully

Kolkata, May 3 -- Repolling was conducted under tight security at 15 polling stations in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas on Saturday. While 11 booths in Magrahat Paschim and four in Diamond Harbour we... Read More


West Bengal polls: 32 million voters to decide fate of 1.4k candidates today in phase 2 of voting

India, April 29 -- Roughly 32.1 million electors will decide the fate of 1,448 candidates on Wednesday when 142 assembly constituencies across seven districts in West Bengal go into polls in the secon... Read More