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  'One can trust poisonous snake but not BJP', says Mamata Banerjee during election rally in Bengal

  West Bengal | April 04, 2024 19:02 IST

  Lok Sabha elections 2024: West Bengal will witness a seven-phase polling between April 19 and June 1. Altogether 42 candidates, including Union minister Nisith Pramanik, filed their nominations for the first phase of polling in three Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal on Apr 19.

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  OPINION | WOMEN ISSUES WILL DOMINATE LOK SABHA POLLS THIS TIME

  India | March 27, 2024 17:38 IST

  The Election Commission of India issued notices to Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate and BJP leader Dilip Ghosh for their comments against actor Kangana Ranaut and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee respectively.

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  Cooch Behar Lok Sabha election 2024: BJP's Nisith Pramanik to take on TMC's Jagadish Chandra Basunia

  West Bengal | April 18, 2024 12:52 IST

  Hot seats in Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The parliamentary seat of Cooch Behar was long held by the Lefts Forward Bloc, but the picture changed in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and Renuka Sinha of the Trinamool Congress won the seat.

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  Lokpal orders CBI to probe allegations against Mahua Moitra in cash-for-query case

  India | March 20, 2024 7:04 IST

  Mahua Moitra, who was expelled as a Lok Sabha MP on December 8 last year by the Ethics Committee of the Parliament, faced allegations of receiving cash in exchange for posing questions in the House.

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  Sheikh Shahjahan's brother, two others arrested by CBI in Sandeshkhali case

  West Bengal | March 16, 2024 22:09 IST

  Suspended TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan is accused in a case related to the attack on Enforcement Directorate officials in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali. He is also accused of sexual violence and land grabbing in Sandeshkhali village.

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  Lok Sabha elections 2024: Mamata's TMC faces setback as Arjun Singh, Dibyendu Adhikari join BJP

  Kolkata | March 15, 2024 20:21 IST

  Lok Sabha elections 2024: Trinamool Congress suffered a significant setback as two of its MPs, Arjun Singh and Dibyendu Adhikari, defected to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

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  Mamata's TMC announces four Lok Sabha candidates for Assam

  India | March 15, 2024 0:14 IST

  Assam has a total of 14 Lok Sabha seats. In 2019 elections, BJP won 9 seats, Congress got 3 and AIUDF grabbed one seat. Polling dates for 2024 general elections are yet to be announced.

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  Mamata Banerjee suffers major head injury, discharged from Kolkata hospital after treatment

  Kolkata | March 15, 2024 11:21 IST

  This is the second incident where the West Bengal CM got injured months before the crucial election. Earlier in 2021, the TMC leader suffered a leg injury while conducting an Assembly election campaign in Nandigram.

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  West Bengal: TMC MP Arjun Singh set to re-join BJP after denial of Lok Sabha ticket from Barrackpore

  West Bengal | March 14, 2024 14:47 IST

  Arjun Singh also confirmed that another 'top TMC leader' will join the BJP alongside him. He has a history of switching sides, starting his career in Congress, then switching to TMC in 2001, and then BJP in 2019 and again switching to the TMC in 2022.

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  Kolkata Uttar Election Result 2024: Constituency profile, winners, margin, party-wise candidates

  India | May 30, 2024 0:24 IST

  Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha Election 2024: Trinamool Congress leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay has represented the Kolkata Uttar constituency since 2009. He defeated BJP's Rahul Sinha in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

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  Amid Sandeshkhali row, Mamata Banerjee says, 'Bengal safest state for women' | WATCH

  Kolkata | March 07, 2024 16:25 IST

  In a rally themed 'Mahila Der Adhikaar, Aamader Angikaar' (women's rights are our commitment), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accompanied by her nephew and TMC Member of Parliament Abhishek Banerjee, spearheaded the Trinamool Congress's Mahila Wing Rally today.

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  Sandeshkhali row: Bengal govt refuses to hand over Sheikh Shahjahan to CBI

  West Bengal | March 05, 2024 20:55 IST

  A large number of women in Sandeshkhali have alleged that now-suspended TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh and his "gang" captured swathes of land by force, besides "sexually harassing" them.

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  West Bengal: TMC issues show-cause notice to Kunal Ghosh for 'anti-party statements'

  Kolkata | March 04, 2024 14:19 IST

  TMC leader Kunal Ghosh has continued his attack on senior party MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay, stating that the North Kolkata MP's bank account should come under central agency investigations in connection with the coal scam.

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  TMC means 'Tu, Mei, Corruption': PM Modi targets Mamata govt in West Bengal

  West Bengal | March 02, 2024 13:03 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday addressed a public gathering in Aarambagh and hit out at the Mamata government over the Sandeshkhali incident. He said that people of state now wants BJP.

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  Modi-led BJP may win 20 seats, Mamata's TMC to get 21 in Bengal: India TV-CNX Opinion Poll

  West Bengal | March 01, 2024 23:55 IST

  India TV-CNX Opinion Poll: Voting percentage wise, TMC this time is projected to get 44.5 pc votes, while BJP may get 43 pc votes. Left Front may get 5.68 pc votes, and Congress may get 3.62 per cent votes. ‘Others’ may get 3 pc votes.

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  India TV-CNX Opinion Poll: BJP and TMC set for neck-and-neck fight in Bengal | Highlights

  West Bengal | March 01, 2024 19:04 IST

  Lok Sabha Opinion Poll 2024: West Bengal is going to witness a tough contest between TMC and BJP. Though a member of the I.N.D.I.A bloc, Mamata Banerjee's party has not entered into sort of seat-sharing deal with alliance members.

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  TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh alters social media bio: Removes party's name from X, later clarifies

  Kolkata | March 01, 2024 19:31 IST

  Trinamool Congress (TMC) national spokesperson and senior leader Kunal Ghosh stirred speculation on Friday by removing the party's name from his official X handle.

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  Sandeshkhali Case: West Bengal CID takes over investigations into cases against Sheikh Shajahan

  Kolkata | February 29, 2024 12:49 IST

  Against the backdrop of heightened tensions in Sandeshkhali, the arrest of TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan marks a significant development in the ongoing controversy.

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  Krishnanagar Election Result 2024: Constituency profile, winners, margin, party-wise candidates list

  India | May 29, 2024 23:13 IST

  Krishnanagar Lok Sabha Election 2024: The constituency was a CPM stronghold as the party represented it in the lower house of Parliament nine times. However, the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) has been winning the seat since 2009.

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  Lok Sabha Elections: Trinamool-Congress seat-sharing talks resume after brief halt, say sources

  India | February 23, 2024 17:46 IST

  According to reports, Trinamool Congress is demanding one seat in Meghalaya and two seats in Assam.