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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

Kharge holds consultations with Oppn party leaders on presidential poll

Election for the next President of India will be held on July 18 in which 4,809 electors comprising MPs and MLAs will vote to elect incumbent Ram Nath Kovind's successor

Nadda slams Mamata, says Bengal's condition similar to India's before 2014

The BJP chief also took a dig at the prevailing law and order situation in West Bengal, and said that there is a "law of rulers instead of rule of law" in the state

Nadda slams TMC over women's safety issues in the state, hopes to form govt

BJP supremo Jagat Prakash Nadda on Wednesday lashed out at the TMC govt over the declining rate of women's safety in the state and asserted that the BJP will form a government in the state very soon

Trinamool has no principles, only syndicates: BJP president Nadda

BJP national president J P Nadda on Wednesday lashed out at the ruling TMC in Bengal, alleging that the Banerjee-led party has "no principles or policies, and all it does was to run syndicates".

Bengal Assembly Speaker rejects plea to disqualify Mukul Roy as MLA

Talking to reporters in his chamber after giving his ruling, the speaker said that it is a matter of law and refused to speak anything more on the issue

Bengal: TMC booth president quits post after Abhishek Banerjee's diktat

TMC state spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said Banerjee believes that a party functionary should not be involved in contract business.

West Bengal govt reshuffles top bureaucrats; 24 officers transferred

Tourism secretary Nandini Chakraborty was moved to non-conventional and renewable energy sources with Saumitra Mohan being instituted in her place

BJP threatens protests against West Bengal government over fuel taxation

The BJP on Thursday threatened to go on agitation if the West Bengal government does not cut taxes on fuel in the next 15 days. Speaking to reporters, BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar said the state government should give some relief to the people when the Centre has cleared all the GST dues. "West Bengal has received its GST dues from the Centre. It should now bring down the prices of fuel. They should reduce the price of petrol by at least Rs 5, and price of diesel by Rs 10," he said. "The Centre has twice reduced fuel prices, but the state government has not lowered taxes even once," he claimed. The BJP would wait for 15 days, and if the state does not take any steps, it would hit the streets, Majumdar said. "If they don't reduce the fuel prices, we will hit the streets. We will also march to state secretariat Nabanna to fight for people's rights," he said. The Centre has cleared the entire GST compensation payable up to May 31 by releasing Rs 86,912 crore to the states, a

Like a stubborn rash, regional political parties just won't go away

They are in power in six states. They are part of an alliance with national parties in ten. And reports of their death are highly exaggerated

Bengal governor says Trinamool MP 'crossed red line', lawmaker hits back

Bengal Governor claimed TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee "crossed the red line" by criticising the judiciary's decision to order CBI investigations into multiple cases in Bengal

TMC to protest against Centre's 'non-payment of dues' to Bengal: Mamata

She maintained that the 'state wasn't asking for favours from the Centre'

CBI summons Trinamool MLA Saokat Molla over coal smuggling scam in WB

Mollah is the party's sitting MLA from the Canning (East) Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district

BJP MP Arjun Singh joins TMC in presence of general secy Abhishek Banerjee

In a jolt to the saffron camp in West Bengal, BJP MP Arjun Singh on Sunday rejoined the Trinamool Congress, ending weeks of speculation over his possible switchover to the ruling party.

BJP misusing central agencies, law will take own course: Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee was on Wednesday evening quizzed for over three hours by the CBI in connection with the irregularities in government school appointments

'Trespass' at Bengal LoP office: Guv says chief secy report worrisome

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar Tuesday asked the state's chief secy to make himself available at Raj holding that a report submitted by him on alleged trespass of Suvendu Adhikari's office

Rome was not built in a day: Kirti Azad on TMC's electoral debacle in Goa

Claiming that Rome was not built in a day, TMC' Goa in-charge Kirti Azad said that the party would be in a position to form a government in Goa by the next Assembly elections

Other states also run Central schemes under different names: Trinamool

TMC has outlined counter-campaign against BJP claiming that West Bengal's dues under the PM Awas Yojana should not be released as the state government is running the same scheme under a different name

Govt may amend sedition law instead of revoking it: TMC MP Mahua Moitra

Senior TMC leader Mahua Moitra, who has been at the forefront in fighting against the sedition law, claimed the BJP-led Centre is not keen on revoking the draconian legislation but may amend it