Kolkata

Will never bow down before outsiders: TMC MP

9:06 pm March 14, 2021

Kolkata: TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday said his party will not bow down before “outsiders”, and asserted that his aunt and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will win the election battle, no matter what challenges are thrown before her. The TMC, which has made ‘Bengali pride’ its core poll plank, has tagged the BJP as […]

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Suvendu Adhikari declares net worth of over Rs 80 lakh

11:20 pm March 13, 2021

Kolkata: BJP leader Suvendu Adhikary, who is pitted against his mentor West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Nandigram in the coming state election, has declared net worth of over Rs 80 lakh. As per the 50-year-old leader’s affidavit to the Election Commission his net worth is Rs 80,66,749.32. His movable assets are worth Rs […]

Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha joins TMC

4:21 pm March 13, 2021

Kolkata: Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha, a bitter critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi regime, on Saturday joined Trinamool Congress days ahead of the high- octane West Bengal assembly polls. Sinha, who served in the cabinet of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, had quit the saffron party in 2018 after having serious differences with […]

Injured TMC chief Mamata Banerjee discharged from hospital

Injured TMC chief Mamata discharged from hospital

11:16 pm March 12, 2021

Kolkata: A TMC delegation met the Election Commision on Friday and claimed that attack on party supremo Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram was a ”conspiracy”, while the rival BJP demanded that the video footage of the alleged incident be made public. Amid raging war of words between the rivals over Wednesday incident, Banerjee was discharged from […]

Attacks and injuries shaped Mamata’s political career

10:22 am March 12, 2021

Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee has earned for herself the image of the gutsy political leader, who has weathered physical attacks and injuries in her four-decade- long career to emerge stronger in her public life. Her comebacks after such incidents saw her attacking her opposition with greater ferocity. The TMC supremo’s image as a fearless fighter, endowed […]