Sandeshkhali unrest: NCW slams TMC govt, Mamata blames BJP, RSS and CPI(M)

February 16, 2024

Even as the National Women’s Commission issued a statement condemning the West Bengal Government, the Chief Minister and party supremo Mamata Banerjee broke her silence a full eight days after the women of Sandeshkhali rose in protest against atrocities by Trinamool Congress leaders and blamed the BJP, the RSS and...

Sandeshkhali Protest: Bengal BJP Chief hurt after Fracas

February 15, 2024

Sukanta Majumdar, BJP member of Parliament from Balurghat and president of the Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sustained injuries and was hospitalised after falling from a car bonnet while leading a protest against the alleged atrocities on women of Sandeshkhali by Trinamool Congress leaders. While the BJP...

State-wide protests in West Bengal over Sandeshkhali

February 14, 2024

Protests against the ill-treatment and exploitation of women of Sandeshkhali by Trinamool Congress leaders continued to roil West Bengal as the BJP, the Congress and the CPIM pulled out all stops to build up the momentum against the Mamata Banerjee Government. A two-member team from the National Commission for Women...

Guv says shattered by Sandeshkhali incident

February 13, 2024

After days of continuous protests by women in Sandeshkhali in West Bengal’s North 24-Parganas district to protest sexual exploitation and torture by Trinamool Congress leaders, West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose on Monday visited the trouble-spots and met the women. After hearing their complaints, he said he was “shocked and...

Trinamool springs surprise, nominates Sagarika Ghose to Rajya Sabha

February 12, 2024

The Trinamool Congress today sprang a surprise for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls by nominating trenchant BJP critic and journalist Sagarika Ghose and Sushmita Dev, who is considered the party’s north-east face. Dev’s previous term had ended last year and Mamata Banerjee had chosen to send social worker Samirul Islam...

Mamata Doubles Dole for Women ahead of Polls

February 9, 2024

Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Mamata Banerjee Government today moved to cement its appeal among women – who form 48 per cent of the voting population in the State – by doubling the monthly dole from Rs 500 to Rs 1,000 per month for the Lakshmi Bhandar project....

TMC alleges vendetta as ED raids six for MGNREGA irregularities

February 7, 2024

As the Enforcement Directorate conducted its first-ever raids in connection with alleged Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) irregularities in West Bengal, the ruling Trinamool Congress accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of using the investigative agency for “political vendetta”. Senior Trinamool Congress leader and Minister Shashi Panja alleged: “See the chronology. The raids were conducted within 24 hours of...

Doubt if Congress will win even 40 LS seats: Mamata

February 3, 2024

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee today launched a scathing attack on the Congress, and publicly said that she has her doubts if the party will win “even 40 seats” in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The attack came on the day when Congress scion Rahul...

Nyay Yatra: Rahul denied permission to lunch at bengal state guest house

January 30, 2024

After virtually pulling the plug on the I.N.D.I.A. bloc in West Bengal while paying lip service to it nationally, the Mamata Banerjee government has pulled out all stops to create pinpricks for the Congress Party. Apart from accusing the Congress of not following coalition dharma by not inviting the Trinamool...

CAA in in a week, says Central minister; ‘scaring everyone’, counters Mamata

January 30, 2024

Shipping and Ports Minister of State Shantanu Thakur’s statement that the CAA (the Citizenship (Amendment) Act) would be implemented across India “within a week”, has kicked off a political storm in West Bengal, which shares a long and porous international border with Bangladesh. The Trinamool Congress has come out strongly...