The Trinamool Congress chief met Shah at his office at the North Block. Banerjee had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday evening. read more

Responding to a question on the National Register of Citizens, she said it is part of Assam Accord, hence there is no provision of its implementation in West Bengal. read more

The Saradha Group ran an unlicensed fund, which went bust in 2013 and wiped out deposits from around 1.8 million, mostly poor, depositors. Ruling Trinamool Congress leaders have been jailed and questioned for their alleged involvement in an estimated... read more

Trinamool Congress is in a precarious position. The forces of anti-incumbency that it has generated mainly by corruption and high-handedness of its leaders and denial of democratic rights of a large section of the electorate in the 2018 panchayat elections... read more

With the latest move, the Congress, which has 52 lawmakers in the current Lok Sabha, will be left with just one panel to lead in the Lower House — the panel on information technology. read more

Irani made the remarks at a media conference organised by the Press Information Bureau to mark the completion of 100 days of the National Democratic Alliance government. read more

Swarup Gorai, who was allegedly shot by ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) supporters in Birbhum district last Friday, died Sunday in a Kolkata hospital. His body was later taken to another hospital in the city for post mortem. read more

BJP approached the Calcutta High Court alleging its previous order to ensure security for all councillors till the conduct of no-trust motion was not followed by the administration. read more

The Saradha Group ran an unlicensed fund, which went bust in 2013 and wiped out deposits from around 1.8 million, mostly poor, depositors from West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh. read more

The latest incident was even more galling as it came less than 10 days after chief minister Mamata Banerjee had directed the administration to ensure frugal but nutritious meals for the students. read more

Roy, also a popular Bengali film actor, has become the second leader from the ruling TMC to return the money earned from Saradha. In mid-June 2015, former TMC Rajya Sabha MP and Bollywood actor Mithun Chakraborty returned Rs 1.16 crore he had received... read more

The Raj Bhavan did not issue any statement on the meeting between Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and Bengal police chief Virendra but officers said that Sunday’s violence in Bhatpara area in Barrackpore in which local MP Arjun Singh was injured was the catalyst... read more

The Trinamool Congress will organise rallies in all blocks of West Bengal on September 7 and 8 and another rally in Kolkata on September 12. read more

After raising the issue of exclusion of Bengali-speaking people on Saturday, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief on Sunday expressed shock over exclusion of members of the Gorkha community. “Earlier I was not aware of the full NRC fiasco. read more

According to police officials, crude bombs and stones were hurled by the warring party workers and the cops lobbed tear gas shells to control the situation. read more