EC directs Yusuf Pathan not to use team pictures in campaign

March 30, 2024

The Election Commission has directed Yusuf Pathan not to use photographs and videos of the Indian cricket team for campaigning in the Baharampur Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal where he is contesting as a Trinamool Congress candidate. The EC’s direction came after the campaign managers of his rival and...

Trinamool complains about ‘misuse’ of central agencies by BJP

March 30, 2024

The Trinamool Congress today carried out a two-pronged attack on the BJP alleging “misuse of Central agencies” to hamper the party’s campaign for the Lok Sabha elections. In Kolkata, party general secretary Kunal Ghosh alleged that two BJP leaders had met National Intelligence Agency (NIA) officers and had handed over...

BJP’s ‘Shakti Swaroopa’ Rekha Patra gets huge welcome during roadshow

March 30, 2024

Rekha Patra, the BJP’s Basirhat candidate whom Prime Minister Narendra Modi had dubbed “Shakti Swaroopa” for standing up to atrocities by Trinamool Congress leaders in Sandeshkhali, today held her maiden roadshow which saw an outpouring of support for the young housewife. Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly,...

TMC COMPLAINS AGAINST West Bengal GUV ‘USURPING EC’S POWERS’

March 23, 2024

Governor C. V. Ananda Bose is consciously working to undermine EC’s authority and urged it to restrain him, TMC in its complaint to CEC. Trinamool Congress today filed a formal complaint with Chief Election Commissioner alleging that West Bengal Governor C. V. Ananda Bose was illegally interfering with ensuing general...

ED raids Bengal minister, IT raids TMC treasurer’s kin

March 23, 2024

Enforcement Directorate today conducted multiple raids in Bengal in connection with the school recruitment scam in which the former Education Minister Partha Chattopadhyay is in custody for more than one year. Among those raided today was Minister for MSME and Textiles in the Mamata Banerjee government Chandranath Sinha whose residence...

EC banks on AI for trouble-free polls in WB

March 19, 2024

In a bid to ensure trouble-free elections in West Bengal, the Election Commission is firming up plans to use the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in this year’s Lok Sabha elections in the State. Election Commission sources in Kolkata said the use of AI would make it possible for the...

Parties bicker as 8 people die in Kolkata house collapse

March 19, 2024

An un-authorized, under-construction multi-storied building collapsed on shanties next to it in Kolkata late last night, killing eight people in a minority-dominated part of the city. The toll may go up further as rescuers toil to clear the debris under which more people are feared trapped. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee,...

Trinamool sees red as DGP shunted

March 19, 2024

The Trinamool Congress today voiced its displeasure publicly after the Election Commission ordered the immediate shunting out of State Director-General of Police Rajeev Kumar, who is seen to be an extremely close aide of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The EC asked the State Chief Secretary to post Rajeev Kumar to...

Mamata battles dissent from those denied tickets

March 13, 2024

Two days after announcing the name of candidates for all 42 Lok Sabha seats, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee today battled dissent from ticket hopefuls whose hopes were dashed. Leading the pack was Barrackpore MP and strongman Arjun Singh who dropped hints about crossing over to the BJP. Apart from...

CAA ‘political show-off’, says TMC; Matuas celebrate

March 12, 2024

The Trinamool Congress today came out guns blazing against the Centre’s notifying the Citizenship Amendment Act rules (CAA). West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee warned that her party would hit the streets if there is any discrimination in them. She called the move a “political show-off...