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Yashwant Sinha is Opposition consensus candidate for presidential election

The BJP has enough votes to elect its candidate but has not named a person yet.

Yashwant Sinha quits TMC, says time to work for greater Oppn unity

TMC leader Yashwant Sinha said that he will "step aside" from the party to work for the larger national cause of greater Opposition unity

Opposition mulls Yashwant Sinha as its candidate for President: TMC leader

Non-BJP parties are mulling putting up former union minister Yashwant Sinha as a possible joint candidate for the upcoming presidential election, a senior Trinamool Congress leader said on Monday. The name of the former BJP leader who joined the TMC last year has been proposed as a presidential poll candidate by a few opposition parties and three to four have seconded it, he said. West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee has received phone calls suggesting the 85-year-old veteran leader's name and she too is now pitching for Sinha as the joint opposition nominee, he said. Earlier, the names of NCP chief Sharad Pawar, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah and former West Bengal governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi were proposed but all of them declined to stand for the top job. The NDA which has over 48 per cent of the vote share in the electoral college which votes in a President, is likely to also be able to garner support from some smaller parties including the BJ

CBI quizzes TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's wife in Bengal coal scam case

The CBI interrogated TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's wife Rujira at their south Kolkata residence in connection with the coal pilferage scam, a senior officer said

ED wants to question Abhishek Banerjee's wife in Bengal coal scam case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) wants to question Rujira Narula Banerjee, wife of TMC MP, Abhishek Banerjee in the multi- crore coal smuggling case in West Bengal

Bengal's Howrah situation 'peaceful'; Sec 144, internet suspension in place

The situation in West Bengal's Howrah district, which on Friday witnessed violent protests against controversial remarks of suspended BJP spokespersons, was peaceful on Saturday morning

Assets of TMC leader Anubrata Mandal's daughter under CBI, ED scanner

The assets owned by Sukanya Mandal, the daughter of TMC leader Anubrata Mandal, has now come under the scanner of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED)

Biplab Deb's resignation validates BJP govt in Tripura non-performing: TMC

TMC claimed Biplab Kumar Deb's resignation as Tripura CM substantiated its allegation that the BJP-led dispensation in the northeastern state has been a "non-performing" government

'Why do you have such a belly bulge': Mamata asks TMC leader to lose weight

The 67-year-old TMC supremo is often captured on camera going for brisk morning walks whenever she is on administrative tours to the districts

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'

TMC's Abhishek lashes out at '1% of judiciary' for ordering CBI probes

Addressing a rally in Haldia in Purba Medinipur district, Banerjee said he has avenged the "harassment" by central agencies by inducting two BJP MPs into the TMC.

TMC MLA Saokat Molla skips CBI questioning over coal mining scam

Trinamool Congress MLA Saokat Molla failed to appear before the CBI in connection with an investigation into a coal mining scam, an officer of the agency said

'This fuel price cut not enough': TMC says BJP trying to fool masses

TMC on Saturday said the Centre's decision to slash fuel prices is an attempt to "fool the people" as it had increased the prices by leaps and bounds in the last few months

Amit Shah silent on CAA, NRC during visit to Assam: TMC's Abhishek Banerjee

Reacting to the Shah's remark that the West Bengal government is not cooperating with the Centre to tackle the infiltration issue, Banerjee said that the Home Ministry should safeguard their borders

Babul Supriyo's wait to take oath as MLA ends, Guv's decision prevails

After Governor Jagdeep Dhankar insisted that he would not change his decision on who would administer the oath to Babul Supriyo

'Two cylinders then at price of one now': Rahul Gandhi compares LPG prices

A day after the price of Liquefied petroleum gas cylinder was hiked by Rs 50, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday compared LPG prices between the UPA tenure and the present BJP government at the Centre.The hike in the LPG prices has attracted criticism across the Opposition parties with the Trinamool Congress condemning the price rise and the youth wing of the Congress, Indian Youth Congress staged a protest outside the residence of Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri.Taking to Twitter, Rahul Gandhi claimed that the price of the LPG during the UPA tenure was Rs 410 and the subsidy provided was Rs 827, while the LPG costs Rs 999 during the NDA tenure with zero subsidy.The Congress leader further took a jibe at the Centre and said that two cylinders were available then for the price of one now."2 cylinders then for the price of 1 now! Only Congress governs for the welfare of poor & middle-class Indian families. It's the core of our economic policy," .

Amit Shah's eventful two-day Bengal visit may help revive BJP state unit

At public programmes, Shah gave strong anti-Trinamool Congress and anti-state government messages clearly aimed at boosting the morale of the party workers and leaders

BJP MLAs demand separate UT for northern West Bengal at Amit Shah rally

Claiming that the people of the northern part of West Bengal have been deprived of development, two BJP MLAs on Thursday demanded a union territory (UT) for North Bengal at a party rally which was later addressed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah. BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh, a former chief of the party's West Bengal unit, said he agrees with the demand, claiming that the people of the region want it. Matigara-Naxalbari legislator Anandamay Barman and Dabgram-Phulbari MLA Shikha Chatterjee spoke in favour of a union territory. Reacting to the demand, the ruling Trinamool Congress accused the BJP of fanning separatism. "If Ladakh can be carved out as a union territory from Jammu & Kashmir, why not North Bengal? What is the harm in it? The people of North Bengal have been deprived for decades and it is time to stop that deprivation. I would request the prime minister and the union home minister to look into the demand," Barman said. Echoing his party colleague, Chatterjee

Bengal takes action against wrong regardless of political colour: Mamata

Attacking the BJP-led central government for hiking prices of petrol and diesel, Banerjee said, "The Centre is defrauding common people by fuel prices.

Congress leader P Chidambaram heckled by party workers outside Calcutta HC

Lawyers representing West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in a case against the Trinamool Congress-led state government were seen protesting and showing black flags to Chidambaram