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TMC chief and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (Photo: ANI)

20 TMC councillors may join BJP

Bengal witnessed inflicted a massive blow to the TMC by winning 18 of the 42 parliamentary constituencies.

28 May 2019 2:57 PM

Students of Taki Girls celebrate their success in Higher Secondary examination in Kolkata on Monday. (Photo: PTI)(Photo: Representational)

86.29 per cent students pass Class 12 exams

Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi has congratulated all the successful candidates as well as their teachers and guardians.

28 May 2019 1:41 AM

Mamata Banerjee’s offer to quit mere drama: Mukul Roy

Mukul Roy challenged that Mamata would never resign from the post in her life because she wants to taste power.

27 May 2019 2:20 AM

The agency wants custodial interrogation of Kumar, a 1989-batch IPS officer, in connection with Rs 2500 crore Saradha ponzi scam as he was heading the Special Investigation Team of West Bengal Police to probe the case before CBI took over. (Photo: PTI)

Saradha scam: CBI issues look out notice against Rajeev Kumar

All airports and immigration authorities have been alerted by CBI this week to prevent him from leaving India and intimate CBI on any move.

26 May 2019 1:10 PM

West Bengal Chief minister Mamata Banerjee (Photo: Asian Age)

Stunned by BJP, Mamata proposes to give up CM post

Mamata congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a sarcastic tone and dared the BJP to topple her government.

26 May 2019 5:57 AM

Chief minister Mamta Banerjee, along with party leaders, at her Kalighat residence on Saturday. (Photo: Abhijit Mukherjee)

Major rejig in TMC at district level

In Murshidabad, Subrata Saha was appointed as the district chairman while MP Abu Taher became the president.

26 May 2019 3:39 AM

Mamata Banerjee addressing the press conference (Photo: ANI)

'Offered to resign, want to work for party,' says Mamata Banerjee

Banerjee's TMC won 22 parliamentary seats in West Bengal in the 2019 general elections, 12 less than the party's score in 2014.

25 May 2019 6:06 PM

The ruling TMC has won 22 out of 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state. (Photo: PTI)

Post results, BJP's Roopa Ganguly warns of violence in WB

The BJP leader also said that the lives of people who cast their ballot in favour of BJP are in danger.

25 May 2019 4:49 PM

'The colour of communalism I do not believe in. There is aggression and tolerance in every religion. I am a humble servant of the gentle Renaissance raised in Bengal. I don't believe in selling religious aggression, I believe in a religion that draws from humanism,' she wrote. (Photo: AP | File)

On BJP's double-digit show in Bengal, Mamata pens poem ‘I don’t agree’

The poem was in reference to the violence that took place in West Bengal during the campaigning.

25 May 2019 11:21 AM

Mamata Banerjee pens poem, calls TMC’s emergency meet

All the district presidents of her party and senior leaders have also been directed to attend the meeting.

25 May 2019 7:22 AM

Those who voted for the BJP voted largely for Modi and those who voted for the Opposition also largely voted to oppose Modi.

A clear vote for ‘nationalism’, and signalling an end to caste politics?

The BJP won 303 seats and polled 36 per cent votes, improved upon its performance of 2014.

25 May 2019 6:57 AM

The saffron party also gave the TMC a run for its money bagging 40.25 per cent of the vote share counted so far compared to 43.28 per cent clinched by TMC. (Photo: File)

'BJP will follow tit for tat policy to counter TMC,' says Dilip Ghosh

The people have given Banerjee a "befitting reply" for her arrogance, Ghosh said.

24 May 2019 4:57 PM

Mamata Banerjee calls meeting of TMC MPs, party leaders

The Congress bagged two seats down from four last time and has won a vote share of 5.61 per cent.

24 May 2019 3:44 PM

Saffron tide overtakes Bengal

The BJP’s success was in the countryside; its voteshare of close to 40 per cent is perilously close to the TMC’s 45 per cent voteshare.

24 May 2019 7:32 AM

Anger over ‘pro-Muslim’ Mamata, graft helped BJP script history in Bengal

Riding on the “Jai Shri Ram” slogan, the BJP also made a significant dent in the green bastion of chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s party.

24 May 2019 6:39 AM

A deserted Harish Chatterjee Street that leads to the residence of chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday. (Photo: Abhijit Mukherjee)

A shaken Mamata Banerjee stays indoors; media kept at bay

According to Trinamul insiders, an air of concern started ruling the party’s nucleus supreme as the BJP candidates taking lead in the counting.

24 May 2019 2:44 AM

This happens in consonance with the surge of the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls. (Photo: ANI)

West Bengal bypolls: BJP ahead in four seats, TMC in three

8 assembly seast were up for bypolls where byelections were held following one death and seven resignations.

23 May 2019 4:04 PM

'Congratulations to the winners. But all losers are not losers,' Mamata Banerjee tweeted. (Photo: File)

Congratulations to winners, but wait for VVPATs matching: Mamata

Before the counting began, Mamata Banerjee uploaded a video of her playing a patriotic song.

23 May 2019 2:06 PM

The BJP is looking to consolidate in over 15 seats in the 42-seat Lok Sabha quota. (Photo: PTI)

What happened in Bengal? Mamata cedes ground to new-entrant BJP

The Bengal elections were by far the most violent in the country, with clashes marring each phase.

23 May 2019 11:29 AM

Brandishing firearms, miscreants hurled bricks and bombs targeting trains on Tuesday disrupting train services for several hours. (Photo: AP) (Representational)

Bombs hurled outside railway station, train services hit

During the obstruction period the ER said that train services were run up to Barrackpore on the up line and up to Naihati on down direction.

22 May 2019 3:38 AM

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