West Bengal Politics News

In a setback to the Mamata Banerjee-led faction of the TMC, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday refused to give interim relief in a petition against the Assembly Speaker s decision to appoint rival faction leader Ritabrata Banerjee as the Leader of Opposition (

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday said that on completion of his first year in office on May 9, 2027, he will sit for a test and accept his failure if he fails to score nine out of 10. Addressing a gathering after launching a drinking water

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari Sunday launched a sharp attack against Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, alleging that she objected to the singing of the full version of Vande Mataram during an Independence Day event. Adhikari demanded an unconditional

Former Trinamool Congress MLA and former Deputy Speaker from Rampurhat, Ashish Banerjee, was found dead under mysterious circumstances on Sunday morning. His body was recovered hanging inside the party office adjacent to his residence, and a suicide note was a

NCPI MP Jagadish Chandra Basunia and his wife, TMC MLA Sangeeta Roy, who returned to their house in Sitai in Cooch Behar district at midnight, after nearly three months, had to leave the area shortly after, as a group of people gathered outside their residence

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari Monday met the family members of a Trinamool Congress (TMC) worker who recently died in police custody in Halisahar and announced Rs 10 lakh compensation and a job for his wife. The administration also suspended the

Mamata Banerjee faced significant protests while heading to comfort the family of a TMC worker who had passed away in North 24 Parganas. During her journey, protesters surrounded her vehicle, chanting slogans and allegedly covering it in mud

Days after the Ritabrata Banerjee faction met the Election Commission of India, the Mamata Banerjee-led group of the TMC on Monday submitted its response to the poll panel, rejecting the rival group s claim over the party and saying that the All India Trinamoo

The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) of North Kolkata recently installed two busts, one of Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee and another of Gopal Mookerjee, on APC Road near Sukiya Street, under the Beliaghata Assembly constituency. The statues were scheduled for a

Once a key face of Mamata Banerjee s women brigade in West Bengal and one of her closest aides, Chandrima Bhattacharya s exit from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday not only fuels the erosion in the party, but also raises questions over the acceptabilit

In the months since the BJP s historic victory in West Bengal, an unsettling spectacle has become a recurring feature of public life. Arrested TMC leaders, including local strongmen such as Akash Singh and Jahangir Khan the latter known for his proximity to se

TMC leaders Kalyan Banerjee and Kirti Azad on Tuesday attacked rebel party MPs, accusing them of maintaining links with the BJP and abandoning party workers ( by PTI) Addressing a press conference,...

Sukhendu Sekhar Ray has always been one of the more outspoken leaders in the Trinamool Congress (TMC). A week after a majority of the party s MLAs charted their own course and elected a legislature...

A month since getting voted out of power in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) is staring at a split, a rapid disintegration for a party that won 41% of the votes in the elections. The rumblings had started on May 4 itself as it became clear that the pa...

As Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson Mamata Banerjee hit the streets of Kolkata on Tuesday for the first time since being voted out last month, the buzz of an impending split in her party has gained ground, with the phrase Maharashtra model being used by le...