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What is forged signature scandal rocking TMC, Mamata after Bengal poll defeat?

TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee walks towards the residence of party MP Kalyan Banerjee, at Kalighat in Kolkata.

india news

Updated on Jun 02, 2026 11:12 pm IST

Bengal repoll: How TMC's Jahangir Khan, who withdrew, also got votes in Falta

Jahangir Khan, 41, announced on May 19 that he was backing out of the May 21 repoll.

india news

Updated on May 24, 2026 08:59 pm IST

Falta repolling today: Double security measures, TMC's Jahangir Khan out of race

Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Jahangir Khan withdrew from the Falta repoll contest on Tuesday.

india news

Updated on May 21, 2026 08:59 pm IST

Don’t slaughter cows on Eid, urge Bengal's Muslim clerics

Maulana Shafique Qasmi, the Imam of Kolkata’s Nakhoda Masjid, said Muslims should not offer cows for Qurbani. (Getty file photo)

kolkata news

Updated on May 20, 2026 10:29 am IST

Why Jahangir Khan from Mamata's party backed out before repoll in Bengal's Falta

In a statement after the withdrawal by Jahangir Khan, seen here during poll campaign with TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee, the party said it was his “personal decision".

india news

Updated on May 20, 2026 03:00 pm IST

TMC's Jahangir Khan cites CM Adhikari’s promise, withdraws from Falta re-poll

TMC candidate Jahangir Khan.

india news

Updated on May 19, 2026 04:22 pm IST

File separate pleas on SIR’s impact on West Bengal polls: SC tells TMC

The court said ECI’s objections would be considered once the fresh applications are filed.

india news

Published on May 12, 2026 07:17 am IST

Bengal poll chief becomes new BJP govt’s top bureaucrat, TMC slams appoinment

Outgoing West Bengal chief secretary Dushyant Nariala welcomes Manoj Kumar Agarwal as he takes over as chief secretary

india news

Updated on May 12, 2026 12:00 pm IST

TMC's ‘2%, 15%’ reminder in SC plea: ‘SIR deletions higher than BJP win margin’

A man dismantles an election billboard bearing a portrait of Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee after the party lost the assembly elections, in Kolkata.

india news

Updated on May 12, 2026 12:00 am IST

Congress, Left parties reject Mamata Banerjee’s offer for anti-BJP alliance

Mamata Banerjee released a video message urging opposition parties to unite against the BJP. (REUTERS)

india news

Published on May 11, 2026 12:57 pm IST

Trinamool ex-spokesman is apologising to UP IPS officer Ajay Sharma. Here's why

Riju Dutta issued an apology on X for IPS Ajay Pal Sharma, who had been sent as an "observer" in the Bengal elections.

india news

Updated on May 11, 2026 03:00 pm IST

Suvendu Adhikari sworn in as Bengal’s first BJP CM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi warmly hugged chief minister of West Bengal Suvendu Adhikari after swearing-in ceremony at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata, India, on Saturday, May 9, 2026.

india news

Updated on May 11, 2026 02:58 pm IST

With a pick of five, BJP carefully assembled its first cabinet in West Bengal

Nisith Pramanik was with the TMC until 2019, when he defected to the BJP and won the Cooch Behar Lok Sabha seat.

india news

Published on May 10, 2026 06:29 am IST

‘We’ll fight the battle': Mamata urges Oppn to form ‘joint platform’ against BJP

Mamata Banerjee also alleged that the state government suddenly withdrew the cellular services she enjoyed as a CM.

india news

Updated on May 10, 2026 09:00 pm IST

Suvendu Adhikari’s rise as Bengal CM lands on Bangladesh's front pages

Newly elected Chief Minister of West Bengal Suvendu Adhikari takes an oath during his swearing-in ceremony in Kolkata on May 9, 2026.

india news

Updated on May 09, 2026 11:59 pm IST

Jangalmahal's tribal leader to BJP's Bengal cabinet: All about Kshudiram Tudu

BJP MLA Kshudiram Tudu takes the oath as a West Bengal cabinet minister during the swearing-in ceremony, at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata.

india news

Updated on May 09, 2026 12:48 pm IST

Who is Agnimitra Paul, the only woman in BJP's first-ever Bengal cabinet

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with BJP leader Agnimitra Paul, second left, during a rally, at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata.

india news

Updated on May 09, 2026 11:53 am IST

Agnimitra, Dilip Ghosh: List of BJP leaders who took oath as Bengal ministers

Here is the full list of BJP ministers who took the oath of office as the next government of West Bengal.

india news

Updated on May 09, 2026 04:27 pm IST

Suvendu Adhikari is the new Bengal CM, BJP's first in the state

Suvendu Adhikari is the first BJP chief minister of Bengal.

india news

Updated on May 09, 2026 04:27 pm IST

WB assembly dissolved after Mamata's 'won't resign' stance, TMC plans counter

Outgoing West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, leader of Trinamool Congress (TMC), speaks during a press conference

india news

Updated on May 08, 2026 12:29 pm IST

‘Bengal has never believed in culture of hatred’: Dev urges people to stay alert

Dev has issued a statement after videos of him went viral on social media.

others

Updated on May 09, 2026 12:00 am IST

‘Didi, you have not lost’: Akhilesh Yadav backs Mamata, TMC after poll debacle

**EDS: THIRD PARTY IMAGE** In this image posted on May 7, 2026, Outgoing West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee and Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav during a meeting, in Kolkata. (@AITCofficial/X via PTI Photo) (PTI05_07_2026_000205B)

india news

Updated on May 08, 2026 12:00 am IST

‘He was busy over oath ceremony’: Murdered Suvendu aide's grieving family

Chandranath Rath's unconsolable younger brother Dev Kumar said that he had no enmity with anyone. His mother asked for life sentence for the accused

india news

Published on May 07, 2026 05:59 pm IST

Mystery car, fake plates, ambush: Inside the killing of Suvendu Adhikari aide

Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's aide Chandranath Rath was shot dead late Wednesday in North 24 Parganas

india news

Updated on May 07, 2026 05:59 pm IST

Ex-IAF employee to Adhikari's ‘Mr dependable’ PA, who was Chandranath Rath?

Chandranath Rath wasn't a regular PA. He once served in the Indian Air Force before he became one of Suvendu Adhikari's most trusted political associates.

india news

Updated on May 07, 2026 03:01 pm IST