Mamata Banerjee
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'No substance or truth': Kolkata Police dismisses claim of knife attack on Mamata Banerjee
India | Oct 14, 2026, 08:47 PM ISTThe woman, a civic volunteer who had allegedly been absent from duty for a year, was arrested in connection with the incident, which occurred on Tuesday.
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Delhi CJP protest: Over 7,000 detained, Wangchuk warns of hunger strike over 'undeclared emergency'
India | Oct 10, 2026, 09:08 PM ISTDelhi Police said over 7,000 protestors were detained during CJP protest and added that it continued to take demonstrators into preventive custody after informing them that permission had not been granted for the gathering.
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Mamata Banerjee and three Trinamool MPs detained in Delhi during protest demanding CEC's removal
Delhi | Oct 10, 2026, 02:50 PM ISTMamata Banerjee and three Trinamool MPs were detained by Delhi Police amid tensions over the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. Opposition parties have raised concerns over the exercise and demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation.
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Rejinagar Bypoll Result 2026: Ritabrata's TMC gets 1%, Mamata's TMC 2%, Congress 3% as BJP surges
West Bengal | Oct 09, 2026, 06:01 PM ISTRejinagar Bypoll Result 2026: The bypoll was necessitated after AJUP founder Humayun Kabir vacated the seat. Kabir, a former TMC leader who subsequently founded the AJUP, had won Rejinagar by more than 58,000 votes in the 2026 assembly elections, but retained Nowda.
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BJD joins INDIA bloc march, Mamata Banerjee thanks Naveen Patnaik for extending solidarity
India | Oct 06, 2026, 11:37 PM ISTMPs of the BJD, which is not a member of the INDIA bloc, were also part of the protest. BJD MPs Manas Mangaraj and Sulata Deo participated in the protest.
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Was Mamata's 2021 leg injury fake? Medical report leak sparks row, hospital gets legal notice
West Bengal | Oct 05, 2026, 01:39 PM ISTA political controversy has erupted in West Bengal over the alleged unauthorised disclosure of former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's medical records related to her 2021 Nandigram campaign injury. Her lawyer has issued a legal notice to SSKM Hospital management.
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CM Suvendu accuses Mamata of 'faking' leg injury during 2021 Bengal polls, orders probe
West Bengal | Oct 03, 2026, 05:16 PM ISTA probe would be conducted into the 'false claims' by Mamata Banerjee over her leg injury during the 2021 assembly elections in West Bengal, said Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, adding he would present more details after October 9.
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Speed News: PM Modi Hails Indian Pilot Smit Machchhar For Averting 9/11 Like Tragedy
Originals | Oct 01, 2026, 06:45 PM ISTPM Modi Hails Indian Pilot Smit Machchhar For Averting 9/11 Like Tragedy. Rahul Gandhi Questions Form 6 Changes Amid SIR Row, Seeks ECI Answers. SC Dismisses Mamata-led TMC Plea To Operate Four Debit-frozen Bank Accounts. Get all the latest updates of the day in today's Speed News.
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Eggs hurled at Mamata camp MLA Kunal Ghosh's car in Hooghly; ex-Bengal CM says don't create nuisance
West Bengal | Sep 26, 2026, 03:59 PM ISTThe attack happened on Kunal Ghosh's car when he was heading to Serampore in the Hooghly district to participate in a rally by West Bengal's former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The crowd hurled eggs and shouted slogans such as "Kunal Ghosh go back".
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Mamata Banerjee demands Bengal repoll, seeks arrest of CEC Gyanesh Kumar amid SIR row
West Bengal | Sep 23, 2026, 05:29 PM IST"The SIR is now a special incentive for the ruling party and not a Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Today, the ruling dispensation is running a joint venture company with the Election Commission to rob elections," Mamata Banerjee said in her FB live.
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Speed News: IIT Bombay Apologises, Removes Professor Named In Student Suicide Case
Originals | Sep 21, 2026, 04:28 PM ISTIIT Bombay apologises and removes a professor named in a student suicide case. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court agrees to an urgent hearing on Mamata Banerjee's plea against the Election Commission over the party symbol. Get all the latest national and political updates of the day in today's Speed News.
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Here’s what Mamata says after moving SC challenging EC's decision to freeze party name, symbol
Kolkata | Sep 19, 2026, 12:51 PM ISTIn the plea filed in the Supreme Court, Mamata Banerjee has made the Election Commission and Ritabrata Banerjee, Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, as party respondents.
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Aaj Ki Baat : Why did Mamata support Congress?
Aaj Ki Baat | Sep 18, 2026, 11:17 PM ISTToday, major political developments took place in Bengal. Mamata Banerjee's party candidate in Nandigram announced his withdrawal from the election field at the last moment. Mamata decided to support the Congress candidate.
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Mamata Banerjee's faction moves Supreme Court over EC's order to freeze TMC's name, symbol
India | Sep 18, 2026, 11:48 PM ISTThe Election Commission has barred the factions led by Mamata Banerjee and Ritabrata Banerjee from using TMC's traditional 'flowers and grass' symbol for the Nandigram byelections. It has allotted a 'football player' symbol to Mamata faction and the 'envelope' symbol to the rival group.
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'Murder of democracy': Rahul, Mamata lambast BJP over arrest of Congress' Nandigram candidate
West Bengal | Sep 18, 2026, 11:48 PM ISTSharply criticising the BJP after the arrest of Congress candidate for Nandigram byelections, Rahul Gandhi and Mamata Banerjee have said the incident shows the ruling party does not believe in free and fair elections.
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Congress' Nandigram candidate arrested after Mamata Banerjee announces support
West Bengal | Sep 18, 2026, 06:54 PM ISTAccording to sources, he was arrested in connection with an old case. Earlier today, Mamata Banerjee held a press conference and announced her support for the Congress.
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Mamata's TMC to back Congress in Nandigram after Sanchita Pradhan Dey pulls out of race
West Bengal | Sep 18, 2026, 04:56 PM ISTMamata Banerjee's TMC faction has declared it would back the Congress in the Nandigram byelection. The decision was taken moments after her faction's candidate Sanchita Pradhan Dey pulled out of the bypoll race.
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Speed News: Jaishankar Reaffirms India's Support For Bhutan's Development Priorities
Originals | Sep 18, 2026, 04:29 PM ISTJaishankar reaffirmed India's support for Bhutan's development priorities. FM Nirmala Sitharaman met Nepal counterpart Wagle, and discusses flood recovery measures. Meanwhile, Congress backed Mamata amid ECI freeze on TMC name and symbol. Get All The Latest Updates Of The Day In Today's Speed News.
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TMC factions get new names, symbols for bypolls; Mamata group gets football player, rebels envelope
India | Sep 18, 2026, 02:44 PM ISTArup Roy faction of TMC got 'Democratic Trinamool Congress' as name and 'envelope' as symbol for bypoll, the EC order stated.
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Mamata-led TMC lodges strongest protest, submits names, symbol choices to EC for Oct 6 bypolls
Kolkata | Sep 18, 2026, 11:35 AM ISTIn the interim order issued on Thursday night, the Election Commission directed the two sides in the dispute over the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) not to use the party name and its "flowers and grass" symbol for the upcoming West Bengal bypolls.