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The battle between the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamul Congress and its main challenger, the BJP, is intensifying with both sides pulling no punches in showing the other one down. (Photo: PTI)

Anita Katyal | Mithun made to wait after biting bait; Mamata’s game of drones

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has been proactive in denying access to journalists to Parliament

21 Mar 2021 4:36 AM

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee waves at supporters at a rally, ahead of the State Assembly polls, at Kalaikunda in West West Medinipur, Thursday, March 18, 2021. (PTI)

Mamata asks Modi: When Amphan hit state, where were you, BJP ?

The two-time CM also tore into the BJP government at the Centre over the hikes in fuel and LPG prices

19 Mar 2021 8:06 AM

A nirmam (heartless) government of Didi has created a new generation of Maoists who loot the money of the poor through the TMC. — AP

Modi accuses Mamata of ‘encouraging’ Maoist violence

Modi asserted that countdown for the TMC removal from power had begun as BJP already reached the doorstep of its manzil of victory

19 Mar 2021 8:03 AM

If the women voters of West Bengal and Tamil Nadu vote the way they have voted in the past, it would give an edge to these two parties in the respective states. (Representational Photo: PTI)

Sanjay Kumar | Women voters to play critical role in Bengal & TN elections

Women voters are turning out to vote in large numbers both in the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections

18 Mar 2021 4:41 AM

Sharing her plans in the video, Ms Banerjee, whose her party postponed it's manifesto release which was earlier scheduled during the day, vowed to bounce back in her poll campaign. (Photo: PTI)

Didi shifts blame on her car; wants to return in poll campaign, even in wheelchair

Her fresh narrative came after many local residents, who witnessed the accident at Birulia of Nandigram, punctured her allegations

12 Mar 2021 4:49 AM

Rattled by Ms Banerjee's complaint, the Election Commission has sought a report about the serious security breach from the district administration. (Photo:PTI)

Didi claims 'attack' on her in Nandigram, admitted to hospital with injuries

Mamata Banerjee with injuries on her legs and forehead, was later brought to Kolkata in a Green Corridor and was admitted to SSKM Hospital

11 Mar 2021 4:39 AM

Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee (C) along with Indian supporters of All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) take part in a protest rally against the rise in prices of petroleum products, in Siliguri on March 7, 2021 ahead of the upcoming West Bengal's legislative assembly elections. (Photo: AFP)

Didi: Why hike fuel prices?

Says people want to know answers before they cast their vote in polls

08 Mar 2021 2:04 AM

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. (PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Mamata’s long game: Women’s status in Bengal is transformed

If Narendra Modi and his 56-inch chest is the epitome of male power, the barely 60-inch frame of Ms Banerjee is the epitome of woman power

07 Mar 2021 11:55 PM

Mr Chakraborty had resigned as a parliamentarian citing health issues in December 2016 and stayed away from politics after his name surfaced in the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam. — By arrangement

Bollywood actors Mithun Chakraborty, Akshay Kumar likely to share stage with Modi

BJP sources indicated that Mithun da may join the saffron party in Mr Modi's presence and may well become its chief ministerial candidate

07 Mar 2021 8:32 AM

The first list of 57 names, which came a day ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first election rally in the state, also has names of former Indian cricketer Ashoke Dinda and ex-IPS officer Bharati Ghosh. (Twitter)

BJP releases first list of candidates for West Bengal Assembly polls

Suvendu Adhikari, a former protégé and close confidante of TMC supremo and CM Mamata Banerjee, will take on the latter head-on in Nandigram

07 Mar 2021 8:29 AM

The BJP, which has set an ambitious target of 200-plus Assembly seats, out of the total 294, is highlighting how the state under Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government is facing politicisation of the administration, criminalisation of politics and institutionalisation of corruption. — PTI

Poster war between TMC, BJP intensifies in West Bengal

The BJP is going to polls under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership as the state unit faces a leadership crisis to take on Banerjee

28 Feb 2021 6:54 AM

West Bengal state Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, pillion rides on an electric two wheeler driven by minister of Kolkata Firhad Hakim symbolizing a protest against repeated fuel and cooking gas price hike in Kolkata, India, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. (AP)

Mamata rides pillion on electric scooter to protest fuel price hike

Banerjee was seen sitting behind state minister Firhad Hakim, who rode the battery-powered electric scooter

25 Feb 2021 2:22 PM

Modi later launched a slew of railway projects at another event in Chinsurah, where chief minister Mamata Banerjee was absent, though she was invited. — PTI

Modi calls upon voters to replace 'tustikaran' and 'tolabaji' with 'asol poriborton'

Centre gave Rs 1,700 crores to the TMC for water supply to all the households of which the state government spent only Rs 609 crore

23 Feb 2021 1:09 AM

Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday indicated that the polls would be announced within a week in the state. (Photo:PTI)

Didi says Assembly polls announcement week away; blames TMC turncoat of forest job scam

Mamata accused Rajib Banerjee of malpractice, during his tenure as the state forest minister, which has come under a probe of her govt

04 Feb 2021 4:33 AM

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Partha Chatterjee (Image source: PTI)

Bengal assembly passes resolution demanding withdrawal of new farm laws

The resolution was moved by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Partha Chatterjee

28 Jan 2021 5:08 PM

India should have four capitals on a rotation basis: Mamata Banerjee

Banerjee also alleged that there is a 'game' going on to change the country's national anthem - 'Jana Gana Mana'

23 Jan 2021 6:22 PM

Farmers shout slogans at Singhu border during their 'Delhi Chalo' protest march against the Centre's new farm laws, in New Delhi (PTI)

Farmers ask Didi to join their stir

Many farmers had an interaction on the telephone with Mamata Banerjee who assured them of her full solidarity with their movement

24 Dec 2020 4:17 AM

TMC heavyweight Shubhendu Adhikari joined the BJP alon with nine MLAs, an MP and at least six dozen key district TMC office-bearers in the presence of Amit Shah.

Didi will be ‘isolated’, BJP to win 200 Bengal seats: Shah

Shah also attacked the TMC for its workers’ violent attack on BJP president J.P. Nadda's convoy by stone-pelting

20 Dec 2020 10:19 AM

Joining the BJP on Saturday in his home turf, Shubhendu Adhikari described union home minister Amit Shah as his "Dada" and "Aan Baan Shan" of the country.(Image: Twitter/@AmitShah)

Adhikari joins BJP, hails Amit Shah, reveals their past link

Adhikari also released his open letter to TMC workers urging them to join BJP

19 Dec 2020 11:37 PM

Chief Ministers belonging to various opposition parties got together and discussed the issue of GST compensation to states. (ANI Photo)

CMs of opposition parties unite against Centre for undermining states' rights

Sonia Gandhi convened a virtual meeting of chief ministers of opposition-ruled states to discuss the key issues confronting them

26 Aug 2020 6:39 PM

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