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West Bengal politics

  • Trinamool Congress asks minister Akhil Giri to resign for allegedly abusing female forest officer

    Trinamool Congress asks minister Akhil Giri to resign for allegedly abusing female forest officer

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 05, 2024 · 01:43 pm
  • West Bengal to move Bill to replace governor with chief minister as chancellor of state universities

    West Bengal to move Bill to replace governor with chief minister as chancellor of state universities

    Scroll Staff
    · May 26, 2022 · 06:58 pm
  • Author returns award  after Bangla Academy  honours Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

    Author returns award after Bangla Academy honours Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

    Scroll Staff
    · May 11, 2022 · 02:48 pm
  • Birbhum violence: Calcutta High Court orders CBI inquiry into Trinamool leader’s murder

    Birbhum violence: Calcutta High Court orders CBI inquiry into Trinamool leader’s murder

    Scroll Staff
    · Apr 08, 2022 · 12:38 pm
  • Birbhum violence: CBI submits preliminary report to Calcutta High Court

    Birbhum violence: CBI submits preliminary report to Calcutta High Court

    Scroll Staff
    · Apr 07, 2022 · 01:56 pm
  • ‘Where is that money?’: Mamata Banerjee criticises Centre for saying PM-CARES not public authority

    ‘Where is that money?’: Mamata Banerjee criticises Centre for saying PM-CARES not public authority

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 25, 2021 · 03:43 pm
  • Two-time CPI(M) legislator joins Trinamool, becomes 40th Opposition MLA to switch sides since 2011

    Two-time CPI(M) legislator joins Trinamool, becomes 40th Opposition MLA to switch sides since 2011

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 17, 2019 · 07:35 pm
  • Bleeding red: The once-mighty CPI(M) is wilting in West Bengal

    Bleeding red: The once-mighty CPI(M) is wilting in West Bengal

    Subrata Nagchoudhury
    · Aug 30, 2017 · 07:30 am