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Police still clueless about murder of 3 Trinamool workers in Canning

Almost 30 hours have passed since three local Trinamool Congress leaders were killed in broad daylight at Canning in South 24 Parganas district on Thursday, but the police are still clueless

BJP not deity custodians, shouldn't teach Bengalis worship of Kali: Moitra

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, who has been facing flak from the BJP over her recent controversial comments on Goddess Kali, asserted that the saffron party is not the custodian of Hindu deities

Mahua Moitra wasn't trying to offend: Tharoor weighs on Goddess Kali row

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has come out in defence of Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra backing her on her comments on goddess Kali which led to a huge controversy in West Bengal.

TMC likely to caution MP Mahua Moitra after Goddess Kali remark row

Facing opposition flak over party MP Mahua Moitra's controversial remarks on Goddess Kali, the Trinamool Congress leadership on Wednesday said it in no way supports the comments

Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra unfollows party's official Twitter handle

Distancing herself further from her party, Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member, Mahua Moitra, on Wednesday, reportedly unfollowed the official Twitter handle of the party.

MP: FIR registered against TMC MP Moitra for remark about Goddess Kali

Police in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday registered a case against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra over her remark about Goddess Kaali.

Nupur Sharma row BJP's conspiracy to further its divisive policy: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday alleged that the Nupur Sharma controversy was a "conspiracy of the BJP to further its divisive policy" and asserted that Nupur should be arrested

Successive adverse court rulings leave Mamata fuming against petitioners

Mamata asked the petitioners to withdraw their petitions to enable the state government to re-start the process of teachers' recruitment to make room for them

TMC MPs to vote in presidential election in Bengal, not Parliament

TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay said that party MPs will cast their vote in the presidential election on July 18 in the West Bengal legislative assembly instead of the facilities created in Parliament

Bengal finance minister to attend key GST Council meeting in Chandigarh

West Bengal Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya on Monday said she will be representing the state at the crucial two-day GST Council meeting in Chandigarh. The Council in its meeting starting Tuesday is slated to discuss an array of issues, including a mechanism for compensating states for revenue loss, tax rate tweaks on some items and relaxed registration norms for small online suppliers. I have arrived for the meet along with other officials, including Additional Chief Secretary Manoj Pant, Bhattacharya, the Minister of State (Independent Charge), Department of Finance, told PTI over phone. The meeting will be chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and comprise state counterparts. The Council may see a stormy discussion around compensation payout to states, with opposition-ruled states aggressively pushing for its continuation beyond the five-year period, which ends in June Earlier this month, former West Bengal finance minister Amit Mitra had written to ...

Prez poll: Oppn leaders to meet on Monday ahead of Sinha's nomination

Sinha will address a press conference on Monday at 4 p.m. and will then begin his campaign

Elevating one person does not elevate entire community: Yashwant Sinha

'BJP's projection of Murmu is nothing more than political symbolism'

TMC to protest before CBI office demanding Suvendu's arrest in ponzi scam

An 8-member delegation, led by state Education minister, will meet Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday seeking action against Adhikari, a BJP leader, for his "involvement in corrupt activities".

ED to question TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's wife Rujira in coal scam today

ED, which is conducting a parallel probe along with CBI in the coal smuggling case in West Bengal, has summoned Rujira Narula Banerjee, wife of TMC's national general secretary, MP Abhishek Banerjee

NDA's Droupadi Murmu vs Opposition's Yashwant Sinha in president election

With Murmu's nomination, the BJP is sending out a significant political message after elevating a Dalit, Ram Nath Kovind, to the top post five years back

TMC's Abhishek Banerjee to attend oppn meet convened by Sharad Pawar

A senior Trinamool Congress functionary Monday said its national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee is likely to represent the party at the opposition meeting convened by NCP chief Sharad Pawar

Privilege motion against BJP's Adhikari for remarks on Bengal Speaker

A privilege motion was on Friday moved against Suvendu Adhikari for his "disrespectful" remarks against Speaker Biman Banerjee after the Nandigram legislator's suspension in the House was revoked.

TMC delegation to meet EC over Tripura violence ahead of bypolls

A delegation of Trinamool Congress MPs will call on the Election Commission of India Thursday to submit a memorandum in connection with the recent incidents of violence in Tripura, the party said

Presidential polls: Congress may attend Opposition meet called by Mamata

Banerjee has convened the meeting on June 15 at the Constitution Club in the national capital for discussions to come out with a consensus Opposition candidate

WB passes bill to replace governor with CM as chancellor of state varsities

State education minister Bratya Basu, after introducing The West Bengal University Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2022 in the House, said there was "nothing wrong" in chief minister taking over as the chancel