Tag: Trinamool
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EC not ready for recounting of votes in Nandigram, suggests Trinamool to approach HC
After the declaration of Assembly election results on Sunday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had approached state Chief Electoral Officer Aariz Aftab demanding recounting of votes in Nandigram, following the Returning Officer's decision to not allow the same.
May 5, 2021 -
Monetary dispute behind Murshidabad triple murder, killer arrested: Police
A primary school teacher, 35-year-old Bandhu Prakash Pal, his 30-year-old pregnant wife Beauty and their eight-year old son Angan were found murdered in their residence in Jiaganj, last week.
October 15, 2019 -
West Bengal election results 2019: Left veers into political oblivion
Since its inception in 1980, BJP alone has dramatically increased its vote share close to 40 percent this time. Votes have been transformed into saffron camps helping BJP to grab 18 out of 42.
May 24, 2019 -
‘BJP is demeaning Bengal’: Poets, artists rally against ‘Modi-Shah tyranny’
Poets Kabir Suman, Subodh Sarkar, Joy Goswami, artist Subhaprasanna Bhattacharjee and thespian Shaoli Mitra among others raise voice against BJP government at the Centre
May 15, 2019 -
Discontent over Singur land may ruin Trinamool prospects in Hooghly
In 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Trinamool Congress candidate Dr Ratna De Nag had secured 6,14,312 (45.56%) of the total votes, but much has changed on the ground now
May 4, 2019 -
Bengal: In this Murshidabad block, ‘Congress’, ‘Juktafront’ and ‘RSP’ have lost passion for politics
Born post-Independence, they were named after political parties and blocks of considerable repute and influence in the locality, but they no longer nurse the degree of love and passion for politics that their parents had
April 17, 2019 -
Hindutva groups, Trinamool Congress take out more Ram Navami rallies
In a bid to counter the BJP, West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress also took out a number of Ram Navami rallies in the city and suburbs on Sunday led by senior party leaders and state ministers.
April 14, 2019 -
Mamata’s party removes Congress from its logo, now just Trinamool
However, it will remain registered with the Election Commission as Trinamool Congress, party sources said.
March 23, 2019 -
Trinamool, Left Front announce candidates for bypolls
West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress on Friday nominated Sajda Ahamed as its candidate for the Uluberia Lok Sabha seat bypoll slated to be held on January 29 next year. Sajda is the wife of late party MP Sultan Ahmed, whose death earlier this year has necessitated the bypolls. The state’s opposition Left Front nominated Sabiruddin …
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December 30, 2017 -
Former Trinamool leader Mukul Roy joins BJP
Former Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here on Friday. “Today a veteran public figure and political leader Mukul Roy has joined BJP,” Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said at a press conference. Roy, a founder member of the Trinamool Congress, quit the party on September 25. He resigned as …
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November 3, 2017 -
Vijayvargiya slams Mamata over Mukul Roy quitting Trinamool
Amid speculation of former Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy joining the BJP, its national General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Thursday held West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee responsible for Roy quitting her party. “Mamata ji throws down the very steps which she climbs up on. There are many examples. You became the CM with the …
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November 2, 2017 -
Foolish if Congress, Trinamool do not jointly oppose Modi: Singhvi
Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi on 3 June said his party and the Trinamool Congress must jointly oppose the Centre on issues of common interest and it would be "foolish" for both if they did not do so. "There are certain issues of common interest where the Narendra Modi government must be jointly opposed. "I …
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June 4, 2017 -
Trinamool to collect 30,000 litres of blood through camps
West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress would hold political workers' meet in every block and organise blood donation camps to mark the completion of the first year of its second term of office, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced here on Friday. Banerjee, also the Trinamool chief, said the blood donation camps would be organised from May …
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May 19, 2017 -
Trinamool wins four, GJM three civic bodies in Bengal
West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress maintained their supremacy, emerging victorious in four municipalities while the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha managed to retain control in three in the northern hills but the Congress-Left Front alliance and the BJP came a cropper in the civic poll results announced on Wednesday. The Trinamool virtually wiped out all opposition in …
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May 17, 2017 -
Trinamool-BJP activists clash in Howrah, RAF deployed
A clash broke out between activists of the BJP and the ruling Trinamool Congress in front of a police station in West Bengal's Howrah on Saturday, and police had to carry out a baton charge to control the situation, a senior police officer said. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claimed several of its supporters were …
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April 29, 2017 -
CBI working as pet mouse: Mamata
Slamming the BJP-led central government for "targeting" her party and putting leaders behind bars, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is acting like a "pet mouse". "The CBI is acting like a pet mouse. We respect the CBI as an institution. But the one working now …
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April 21, 2017 -
Mamata slams lapses, walks out of administrative meeting
For the first time in her six year rule, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday walked out halfway through an administrative meeting in Purulia district, angry over lack of progress in developmental work. "I have walked out half way through the meeting as the work has not been done properly in the district. …
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April 5, 2017