Ex-Kolkata Mayor and TMC leader Sovan Chatterjee joins BJP

The MLA was considered a close aide of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and also reportedly involved in raising funds for the party.

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· Aug 14, 2019 · 09:41 pm

Bengal: Mamata Banerjee says tax department is misleading people on notices to Durga Puja committees

Earlier in the day, the TMC staged a dharna in Kolkata accusing the Centre of sending income tax notices to the committees to intimidate them.

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· Aug 13, 2019 · 08:03 pm

West Bengal: Students at Hooghly school asked questions about ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and cut-money rows

They were asked to write a report on the ‘harmful effects of chanting Jai Shri Ram’ and ‘the government’s bold step to stop corruption by returning cut money’.

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· Aug 09, 2019 · 10:25 am

West Bengal: Trinamool Congress launches 'Didike Bolo' campaign to address grievances

Mamata Banerjee announced that more than 1,000 party leaders would reach out to 10,000 villages across the state over the next 100 days.

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· Jul 29, 2019 · 05:16 pm

West Bengal governor claims remarks about Mamata Banerjee’s ‘appeasement policy’ were misrepresented

KN Tripathi, who is stepping down as the state’s constitutional head at the end of the month, said his experience as governor was both sweet and sour.

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· Jul 28, 2019 · 02:10 pm

West Bengal governor says Mamata Banerjee’s appeasement policy is adversely affecting social harmony

KN Tripathi said that the chief minister has the vision and ability to implement her decisions, but sometimes needs to be restrained.

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· Jul 27, 2019 · 06:55 pm

West Bengal: 13 television actors join BJP

West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh said it was risky to join the party in the state these days.

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· Jul 18, 2019 · 08:38 pm

West Bengal: BJP leader Mukul Roy says 107 MLAs will join saffron party soon

He said the appointment of political strategist Prashant Kishor to help the TMC in the Assembly elections was a last minute effort to save the sinking ship.

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· Jul 14, 2019 · 03:14 pm

Amartya Sen probably does not know Bengal, says state BJP chief after his remark on ‘Jai Shri Ram’

Dilip Ghosh said the Nobel laureate was unaware of the ground realities in the state as he stays abroad.

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· Jul 07, 2019 · 09:54 am

West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee asks CPI(M) and Congress to join her fight against BJP

Congress and CPI(M), however, expressed their reservations, and blamed Banerjee for the rise of the saffron party in the state.

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· Jun 26, 2019 · 06:52 pm

West Bengal: Several people injured as BJP, TMC workers clash again in Bhatpara

Violence erupted soon after a BJP delegation visited the area.

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· Jun 22, 2019 · 04:15 pm

Why political violence in West Bengal has spiked since the Lok Sabha polls rather than subsiding

Violence and democratic devolution to village-level elected bodies are paradoxically linked in the state.

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· Jun 21, 2019 · 09:00 am