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WB Bypolls: TMC fields former BJP heavyweights Shatrughan Sinha from Asansol LS seat, Babul Supriyo from Ballygunge assembly segment

Mar 13, 2022, at 07:51 pm

Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Sunday announced the names of erstwhile BJP leaders Shatrughan Sinha and Babul Supriyo as candidates for bypolls to Asansol Lok Sabha seat and Ballygunge assembly seat respectively.

Alvida: BJP MP, former Union Minister Babul Supriyo hints at quitting politics in his latest Facebook post

Jul 31, 2021, at 11:31 pm

Kolkata: Former Union Minister and BJP MP Babul Supriyo on Saturday announced his decision that he might quit politics.

Can't live without you Didi, please allow me to come back: Sonali Guha writes to Mamata Banerjee 

May 22, 2021, at 11:06 pm

Kolkata: Ex-Trinamool Congress MLA  Sonali Guha, who had joined the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the West Bengal Assembly polls, on Saturday apologised to CM Mamata Banerjee for leaving the party.

People of Bengal want 'Ashol Poriborton' : PM Modi in Kolkata's Brigade rally

Mar 07, 2021, at 09:07 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Addressing a mega rally in Kolkata's iconic Brigade Parade Grounds, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday attacked the previous regimes in West Bengal saying that the state was left behind in industrial development due to the culture of strikes and bandhs encouraged by them.

Police cancel Asaduddin Owaisi's rally in Kolkata ahead of assembly polls

Feb 25, 2021, at 07:56 am

Kolkata/IBNS : AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi's Kolkata rally to kickstart party's campaign for West Bengal Assembly elections scheduled in April-May has been cancelled after police refused permission for the rally, said media reports.

Tribal leader Jyoti Tirkey, 2 others join Trinamool Congress 

Feb 03, 2021, at 12:00 am

Kolkata: Prominent tribal leader of Darjeeling District Jyoti Tirkey and two others on Tuesday joined the Trinamool Congress, just months ahead of the Assembly polls.

PM Modi lands in Kolkata; to dedicate permanent museum on Netaji on his 124th birth anniversary

Jan 23, 2021, at 09:00 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Prime Minsiter Narendra Modi on Saturday landed in Kolkata where he will inaugurate a permanent museum dedicated to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his 124th birth anniversary.

Amit Shah arrives Kolkata to huge welcome on Friday night

Dec 19, 2020, at 07:49 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Amit chants of Jai Shree Ram, Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Kolkata on Friday night on a two-day visit to monitor the party affairs as the assembly polls draw close triggering high-octane political activites that pitted the state's ruling TMC against a strong challenger, the BJP. 

No man can buy me with money, don’t think Muslim voters as your property: Asaduddin Owaisi hits back at Mamata

Dec 17, 2020, at 03:47 am

Kolkata/IBNS: All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi Wednesday slammed West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who in a veiled attack said the BJP is spending crores of rupees to bring in a party from Hyderabad to divide Muslim votes.

TMC attacked BJP's Jay Prakash being aware of defeat in by-elections: Mukul Roy

Nov 25, 2019, at 05:58 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: In a full-fledged attack against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mukul Roy on Monday said the Trinamool Congress (TMC) knows that it will lose all the three assembly seats so they have resorted to violence.

Politicisation of WB during discussion of law and order should be avoided: TMC MP Mahua Moitra

Jul 02, 2019, at 03:53 pm

New Delhi, Jul 2 (UNI) AITC member in Lok Sabha Mahua Moitra on Tuesday said the politicisation of West Bengal during the discussion of law and order in the House should be avoided.

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