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Mr Das is all set to defect to the Trinamul Congress on Wednesday on the auspicious occasion of 'Mahalaya', that marks the onset of Debipaksha, a week ahead of the Bengalis’ biggest festival, the Durga Puja. (Twitter)

BJP in Tripura gets major jolt; MLA defects to Trinamul

Dissatisfied with himself for his association with the BJP, Mr Das performed his 'atonement' by shaving his head at a temple

06 Oct 2021 6:47 AM

Supporters of the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) party celebrate after West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC leader Mamata Banerjee won the bypoll to Bhabanipur seat. (Photo: AFP)

Bhabanipur bypoll: Mamata Banerjee wins by a landslide, breaks record, will stay CM

The TMC also retained two more Assembly seats in Murshidabad, where the polls were deferred earlier, by huge margins

03 Oct 2021 3:18 PM

TMC supporters jubilate outside party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's residence at Kalighat, during counting of votes for the Bhawanipur Assembly by-polls, in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

EC asks Bengal chief secretary to ensure no celebration over poll results

The letter came as TMC workers across the state hit the streets to celebrate the massive lead Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

03 Oct 2021 1:50 PM

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee comes out of a polling station after casting her vote during the by-election to the Bhabanipur assembly constituency, where the TMC leader is contesting, in Kolkata, Sept. 30, 2021. (PTI/Swapan Mahapatra)

Mamata takes massive lead in Bhabanipur, TMC ahead in two Murshidabad seats

Banerjee, the TMC candidate in the Bhabanipur seat in south Kolkata, secured 16,397 votes

03 Oct 2021 9:30 AM

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee gestures after casting her vote during the by-election to the Bhabanipur assembly constituency, where the TMC leader is contesting in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

Bhowanipore bypoll peaceful, turnout 53.32 per cent

Votes will be counted on October 3

01 Oct 2021 7:48 AM

West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC candidate from Bhabanipur constituency Mamata Banerjee addresses during her Assembly By-election campaign in Kolkata, Sept. 26, 2021. (PTI)

Bhabanipur records 7.57 per cent polling till 9 am

A total of 6,97,164 voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in the three constituencies

30 Sep 2021 10:30 AM

Former Goa chief minister Luizinho Faleiro meets West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, at Nabanna in Howrah, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021. (PTI)

Luizinho Faleiro joins Trinamul Congress

Today when I am joining the TMC, my dream is to bring the Congress family together because when there is strength, there is unity, he said

30 Sep 2021 7:12 AM

Paramillitary jawans stand guard at a polling station on the eve of Bhabanipur constituency by-polls, in Kolkata, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021. (PTI)

Heavy rains in Bhowanipore: Didi vote today

The weather forecast also threw senior TMC leaders into worry

30 Sep 2021 7:08 AM

West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC candidate from Bhabanipur constituency Mamata Banerjee during her Assembly By-election campaign in Kolkata, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Heavy security cover for Bhabanipur bypoll, arrangements in place to tackle rain

Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC were also imposed within 200 m of the polling centres where voting will take place

29 Sep 2021 2:14 PM

Sukanta Majumdar with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: Twitter/@DrSukantaMajum1)

BJP drops Dilip Ghosh as Bengal party chief, appoints Sukanta Majumdar

The move follows the party's whitewash in the recent Assembly election in the state

21 Sep 2021 7:55 AM

Former BJP MP Babul Supriyo joins Trinamul Congress

Last month, Supriyo had announced that he was quitting politics but was later persuaded against resigning as a Lok Sabha member

18 Sep 2021 4:24 PM

Mukul Roy, who returned to the Trinamul Congress after winning a West Bengal Assembly seat on a BJP ticket, tweeted: "Mr @narendramodi is so helpless to save his party that other than changing CMs, he has also had to resort to using pictures of growth & infrastructure seen under @MamataOfficial’s leadership as his own.” — Twitter

TMC taunts BJP as Yogi government advertisement shows flyover in Kolkata

For damage control, BJP’s Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari later tweeted the newspaper’s correction

13 Sep 2021 8:36 AM

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during party workers' meeting for Bhabanipur assembly bypoll, in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

Modi, Shah set agencies after TMC leaders, says Mamata

Banerjee is busy fighting the Bhowanipore Assembly bypoll to become an MLA and continue as West Bengal chief minister

09 Sep 2021 7:35 AM

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar (ANI file photo)

WB Governor condemns bomb explosion incident outside MP Arjun Singh's residence

Crude bombs were hurled outside the house of BJP MP Arjun Singh in Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, despite security presence

08 Sep 2021 10:35 AM

Trinamul Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee (PTI file photo)

BJP threatens EC of taking legal steps seeking stay on Bhowanipore bypolls

Wondering whether the EC was an 'astrologer', state BJP general secretary Sayantan Basu asked if Bhowanipore was free from Covid-19

07 Sep 2021 8:10 AM

According to the EC, Mr Dwiwedi, who informed it that the Covid-19 situation was fully under control, no impact of the flood situation on the poll-bound Assembly constituencies and the state being fully geared to hold the election. — DC

Bhowanipore bypolls scheduled on Sept 30 in face of Constitutional crisis

After the announcement of the poll dates, Ms Banerjee cancelled her North Bengal tour which was supposed to start from Sunday

05 Sep 2021 8:31 AM

The EC also scheduled the Assembly polls at Shamshergunj and Jangipur seats in Murshidabad of the state. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Bhowanipore bypolls to be held on Sept 30 in face of constitutional crisis

After the announcement of the poll dates, Ms Banerjee cancelled her North Bengal tour which was supposed to start from Sunday

05 Sep 2021 7:33 AM

Manjula Chellur (Image credit: livelaw.in)

Justice Manjula Chellur to oversee SIT probe on post-poll violence in Bengal

The SIT would be entitled to take assistance of any other police officer or any institution or agency for carrying out a fair investigation

03 Sep 2021 1:29 PM

The Mamata Banerjee government has, meanwhile, assigned 10 senior IPS officers to assist the special investigation team set up on the orders of the Calcutta high court on August 19 to probe the incidents of post-poll violence. — calcuttahighcourt.gov.in

West Bengal post-poll violence: CBI files first chargesheet

A CBI team interrogated the duo in jail recently after getting the court’s permission and before submitting the chargesheet

03 Sep 2021 12:13 AM

Didi tries to woo industrialists with investments

The CM also announced an Ethanol Production and Promotion Policy to attract an investment of Rs. 1,500 crore

02 Sep 2021 8:05 AM

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