Last week in a major setback to Trinamool Congress, sitting Lok Sabha MP from Bankura's Bishnupur Soumitra Khan had joined the saffron party. Joining BJP, Khan slammed both TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek
In an exclusive interview to Financial Express Online, Soumitra Khan said that several TMC leaders want to join BJP and are in touch with him. Asserting that democracy has failed in West Bengal and Police Raj prevails, Khan u
With the BJP emerging as the primary challenger to West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee in the state in recent elections, the party hopes to build on the momentum going for it in the state
In an exclusive conversation with Financial Express Online, Communist Party of India (Marxist) Politburo member Nilotpal Basu reveals how the party plans to counter both the BJP as well as Trinamool Congress.
In an exclusive interaction with Financial Express Online, TMC leader and Lok Sabha MP Saugata Roy discusses the prospects of a Grand Alliance and why BJP is in no shape to take on the TMC in the state.
A physical confrontation between Babul Supriyo and police was caught on tape on Thursday afternoon in Asansol. When Supriyo was denied entry by the police, the local MP had responded saying that he has every right to visit hi
The two persons killed yesterday have been identified as Sibtullah, 17, and Pratima Devi, 45. While three deaths were reported from West Burdwan, one each from Purulia and North 24-Parganas.
A senior assembly official said Ramendra Chandra Debnath has begun the process of individually hearing and verifying signature of dissident Congress legislators.
Congress member from the Lok Sabha Abu Haseem Khan Chowdhury protested against certain remarks of Roy and hailed the role played by the EC in conducting the state polls.
Trinamool Congress general secretary Mukul Roy today held a close-door meeting with six rebel Congress MLAs here to explore the possibility of inducting them into the party.
Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee, who has virtually single-handedly steered her party to a resounding victory in West Bengal, has shored up her stature as a regional satrap but faces numerous challenges on the develop
Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee took oath as he Chief Minister of West Bengal today. TMC on May 19 had put up a stunning victory in West Bengal Assembly Elections 2016 by winning 211 seats out of a total of 294.
Reflecting a huge gap in their economic profile, the net worth of the richest MLA in the new West Bengal Assembly is about Rs 40 crore while the poorest legislator has less than Rs 50,000.
The failure of the Left-Congress alliance to make an impact and Mamata Banerjee's emphasis on development helped the Trinamool Congress script a stunning victory in Assembly polls in West Bengal, winning 211 of the 294 seats,
