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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 Sept 2021 7:55 AM IST

Varun Chakaravarthy of Kolkata Knight Riders celebrates the wicket of Glenn Maxwell of Royal Challengers Bangalore during match 31 of the Vivo Indian Premier League between the Kolkata Knight Riders and the Royal Challengers Bangalore, at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi on Monday. (PTI Photo)

Clinical KKR outplay RCB, win by nine wickets

the Knight Riders bowlers fired in unison to bundle out Royal Challengers Bangalore for a paltry 92, which was covered...

20 Sept 2021 11:06 PM IST

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

TMC taunts BJP as Yogi government advertisement shows flyover in...

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

13 Sept 2021 8:43 AM IST

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

9 Sept 2021 7:35 AM IST

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar (ANI file photo)

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

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

8 Sept 2021 10:35 AM IST

This is not about how many numbers BJP has in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. If you want to grant citizenship, grant citizenship to all. TMC has issued whip for four days from Monday to Thursday in both houses, O Brien said. (Photo: File)

Mamata links HC judge to BJP, seeks transfer of case

TMC supremo's plea under the Representation of the People Act was listed for mentioning before Justice Chanda

19 Jun 2021 11:04 AM IST

The 50 BJP MLAs on Monday pressed for the use of the anti-defection law on Krishnanagar North MLA Mukul Roy for his return to the TMC from their party last week and his calls to 10 others to follow him. DC Image

West Bengal Governor in Delhi as 24 BJP MLAs skip meet

Two dozen MLAs in the BJP's present tally of 74 remained absent when party's delegation met Governor Jagdeep Dhankar

16 Jun 2021 2:07 AM IST

Roy is expected to be appointed national vice-president of the TMC due to his nationwide contacts and the TMCs ambition to expand in other states and become a formidable player in national politics ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. DC Image

Mukul Roy likely to get key post in Trinamul, Rajya Sabha seat too

The BJP is planning to target him legally over his defection to the TMC as a legislator

15 Jun 2021 8:12 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being presented with a memento by BJP leader Mukul Roy, during an election campaign for Lok Sabha polls, at Taherpur city of Ranaghat in Nadia. (Photo: PTI/File)

PM Modi speaks to Mukul Roy to enquire about his wife's health

Roy's wife Krishna is undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at a private hospital in Kolkata

3 Jun 2021 9:34 PM IST

Alapan Bandyopadhyay got a three-month extension last week from the Narendra Modi government after a request from the Trinamul Congress government for his efficiency in handling the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo: ANI)

Didi to extend full support to ex-CS Alapan Bandyopadhyay targeted...

Though Ms Banerjee did not reveal the nature of her full support to the retired IAS officer, sources indicated he...

3 Jun 2021 12:26 AM IST

In a five-page letter, Banerjee urged the prime minister to reconsider the Centres decision to recall the chief secretary after giving him a three-month extension.

Mamata requests PM to rescind order recalling CS, says will not...

I humbly request you to withdraw, recall, reconsider your decision and rescind the so-called order in larger public...

31 May 2021 11:59 AM IST

Alapan Bandyopadhyay got a three-month extension last week from the Narendra Modi government after a request from the Trinamul Congress government for his efficiency in handling the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo: ANI)

Bengal may defy Centre, not relieve its chief secretary Alapan...

State government has taken a firm stand by not issuing Bandyopadhyay any order for his release

31 May 2021 6:58 AM IST