Tripura's ruling BJP pulverised Mamata Banerjee's TMC and the Left, capturing with surprising ease the Agartala Municipal Corporation and 13 other civic bodies where it now has 329 of the 334 seats.
Sangma's expected elevation was formalised during the first legislative party meeting of the AITC held at the residence of the former Congress leader
Mr Tanwar and the TMC's entry in Haryana politics might make a dent in the non-Jat coalition
The ruling party in West Bengal in the last KMC polls in 2015 had won 126 wards
The development added heft to TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Banerjee's reputation of being a successful
BJP president J P Nadda urged the people of the state to shun these parties and walk on the path of development by strengthening the BJP
In a major setback for Congress, at least 12 of the 18 party MLAs led by opposition leader Mukul Sangma have joined Trinamool Congress (TMC), party sources have said.
Tripura police arrested West Bengal TMC leader Sayani Ghosh, who allegedly threatened Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb during a meeting, on charge of attempting to murder, a police official said.
The Congress accused Trinamool Congress (TMC) of helping the ruling BJP by dividing secular votes in Goa where Assembly elections will be held in the next few months.
Former Goa CM and Trinamool Congress national vice president Luizinho Faleiro rebutted Congress's allegations that he joined the party for 'retirement benefits'
Former Goa CM Luizinho Faleiro on Monday filed his nomination as his new party's candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha by-election in West Bengal
Congress wrests seats from it in four states
Prashant Kishor, a successful poll strategist, recently warned the Congress that the BJP was there for the long term and Rahul Gandhi could ignore this fact only at his own peril
BJP leader from West Bengal Rajib Banerjee returned to the TMC on Sunday at a rally of party national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in Agartala in Tripura.
According to the election commission, the Dinhata assembly seat recorded 69.97 per cent voter turnout while 75.91 per cent turnout is recorded from the Gosaba seat.
Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee will arrive in Goa on Thursday for a three-day visit to the state, where Assembly polls are scheduled early next year
There are strong indications that the party which is struggling to hold back its own members particularly in South Bengal is likely to give more importance to the leadership from North Bengal
Former union minister Babul Supriyo, who recently joined Trinamool Congress, is likely to resign as Asansol MP on Tuesday.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was on Thursday administered the oath as a member of the state assembly by Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar.
The CB has arrested Ravi Baske, a local TMC leader in Birbhum district, in connection with its investigation into the murder of BJP worker Gaurav Sarkar, sources in the agency said