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  Will quit politics if TMC's link with Saradha is proved: Mukul

  Politics | September 15, 2014 12:52 IST

  Kolkata: Trinamool Congress General Secretary Mukul Roy today said he would quit politics if the party's link with Saradha ponzi scheme scam is proved.  “We (TMC) are neither thieves nor frauds. If our party's involvement

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  Potato traders call indefinite strike, prices likely to go up

  India | September 08, 2014 23:22 IST

  Hooghly (WB): Potato prices in the retail markets of the state could again shoot up with a large potato traders' body deciding to go on an indefinite strike from tomorrow protesting against police highhandedness and

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  Trinamool Congress refuses comment on HC order on Tapas

  India | July 28, 2014 21:16 IST

  Kolkata: Ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal today declined to comment on the Calcutta High Court order of filing an FIR against party MP Tapas Pal for his controversial comments against women and its direction

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  Modi government putting extra burden on people: TMC

  Politics | July 13, 2014 12:15 IST

  Sandeshkhali (WB): The Trinamool Congress today accused the Narendra Modi government of putting extra burden on the people by raising oil prices.  “Modi after coming to power had said that ‘acche din' has come. But

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  Rape remark: Mamata asks media why it didn't raise issue earlier

  Politics | July 02, 2014 11:26 IST

  Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday described her party Lok Sabha member Tapas Pal's rape remarks as a "big blunder", but blamed the media for its failure to highlight the issue which was

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  Trinamool MP apologises for rape comment

  Politics | July 01, 2014 19:15 IST

  Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal, whose rape remarks sparked countrywide outrage, Tuesday tendered an unconditional apology to the party and the media, terming his comments a "gross error of judgment" and admitting they were

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  'Pained' Mamata refuses to comment on MP's rape remarks

  Politics | July 01, 2014 18:11 IST

  Kolkata: While Trinamool Congress leaders claim she has been "pained", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday refused to comment on party MP Tapas Pal's rape remarks that have triggered a massive outrage."That's a different

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  Trinamool to hit the streets Monday against rail fare hike

  Politics | June 23, 2014 11:17 IST

  Kolkata: After the opposition Congress and the CPI-M, West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress would hit the streets from Monday in protest against the hike in train fares.Trinamool national general secretary Mukul Roy said his party

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  Rise of BJP in West Bengal 'an illusion': TMC

  Politics | June 13, 2014 13:36 IST

  Kolkata: The ruling Trinamool Congress has dismissed talk that BJP is emerging as a potential opposition force which could effectively counter it in the 2016 Assembly elections in West Bengal, claiming that the saffron party's

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  TMC dismisses that it reached understanding with BJP

  Politics | June 12, 2014 20:54 IST

  Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress today dismissed that it has reached an understanding with the BJP in Rajya Sabha where the NDA does not have majority.  “There is no basis in it,” all India TMC General

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  Apologise or face defamation, Trinamool to Narendra Modi

  Politics | April 28, 2014 14:20 IST

  Kolkata: A day after slamming Narendra Modi as “Butcher of Gujarat”, the Trinamool Congress today demanded that the Gujarat Chief Minister should apologise publicly or face a defamation case for questioning the sale of Mamata

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  Trinamool ticket for late president's son

  Politics | March 18, 2014 14:03 IST

  Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress Tuesday released its fourth list of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, including the son of late Indian president Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, and said it will play a decisive role in

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  TMC will emerge as 3rd largest party in Lok Sabha: Mukul Roy

  Politics | February 03, 2014 20:48 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Claiming that Trinamool Congress would decide the fate of next government at the Centre, party general secretary Mukul Roy today said the Mamata Benerjee-led outfit was all set to emerge as the third largest

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  Mamata to play a very important role after LS elections: Mukul

  Politics | December 29, 2013 20:13 IST

  Bardhaman (WB): Trinamool Congress supreme and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would play a very important role after the next Lok Sabha elections, a senior TMC leader claimed here today.“Mamata Banerjee will play a

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  TMC set to fight Lok Sabha polls in Kerala: Mukul

  Politics | December 25, 2013 18:27 IST

  Kolkata: After achieving the demolition of the red citadel in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress is all set to make electoral debut in Kerala in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and test the waters as

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  Trinamool ready to fight 2014 polls on its own: Mukul Roy

  Politics | November 25, 2013 19:15 IST

  Kolkata: Confident over party's spectacular performance in municipal elections, senior Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy today said that his party is ready to fight 2014 polls on its own.The TMC won four of the five

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  Mukul Roy silent on Kunal's allegations

  India | November 23, 2013 9:34 IST

  Kolkata : Trinamool Congress all-India General Secretary Mukul Roy yesterday said he would not comment on the allegation by suspended party MP Kunal Ghosh that he was being made a scapegoat in the Saradha scam,

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  Defamation case filed against TMC gen secy Mukul Roy

  Politics | September 09, 2013 22:21 IST

  Burdwan (WB): A criminal defamation case was today filed in a Burdwan district court against Trinamool Congress general secretary Mukul Roy for alleged defamatory comments made by him against a slain CPI(M) leader.  The case

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  Mamata move to bring back body of author slain in Afghanistan

  Politics | September 07, 2013 15:52 IST

  Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has taken an initiative to bring back the body of slain author Sushmita Banerjee to Kolkata from Afghanistan.State government officials have already in touch with External Affairs Ministry

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  West Bengal: Mukul Roy attacks SEC Mira Pandey

  Politics | July 10, 2013 20:03 IST

  Chopra (WB), July 10: Continuing the attack on State Election Commissioner Mira Pandey, Trinamool Congress General Secretary Mukul Roy today alleged that her actions were encouraging the CPI(M), Congress and Maoists to create unrest in