Reported By Monideepa Banerjee

Mamata Banerjee's unprecedented coup in Meghalaya -- the joining of 12 of 17 Congress MLAs led by Mukul Sangma late last evening -- started with a meeting between election strategist Prashant Kishor and the senior Congress leader.

The Trinamool Congress and the Goa Forward Party (GFP) are in talks - GFP chief Vijay Sardesai met Trinamool boss and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today - over a deal to fight next year's Assembly election together.

Rahul Gandhi's Goa visit comes days after Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee started her three-day visit to campaign for her party in the state.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday slammed the Congress for making PM Modi (and the BJP) "more powerful" by acting as the party's publicist, and appeared to rule out any possibility of an alliance with the GOP before Goa polls.

Trinamool has nominated Sushmita Dev, a former aide of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, to the Rajya Sabha less than a month after she switched loyalties. The DMK has left no seats for the Congress, naming two of its own for the October 4 bypolls.

Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress on Tuesday refuted a BJP poll complaint - that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had failed to disclose five police cases against her while filing nomination papers for the crucial September 30 Bhabanipur bypoll.

Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee has received a fresh summons from the Enforcement Directorate to appear for questioning in connection with a money laundering case linked to the alleged coal mine scam in Bengal.

The BJP said Priyanka Tibrewal, a 41-year-old lawyer at the Calcutta High Court, will contest against Mamata Banerjee in the September 30 Bhabanipur bypolls, calling her "fearless" after many party leaders reportedly refused to take on the challenge.

Three bombs were thrown at BJP MP Arjun Singh's home near Kolkata early this morning. BJP Chief Dilip Ghosh has blamed Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress for the attack.

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, a day after saying that his party would challenge Mamata Banerjee in Bhabanipur, today reversed the stand. He said the High Command had decided against even campaigning the West Bengal Chief Minister.

Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee today left for New Delhi to present himself before he Enforcement Directorate for questioning in a money laundering case. He said he was ready for a probe but asked why BJP leaders weren't probed in the Narada scam.

BJP's Suvendu Adhikari was summoned today by the West Bengal police in connection with the death of a security staff by a bullet wound in 2018. The development came days after the ED summoned the Trinamool's Abhishek Banerjee to New Delhi.

Trinamool MPs Aparupa Poddar and Dola Sen today claimed they were attacked in Tripura and one of their aides was injured in the incident. A strong of Trinamool leaders have in the past few weeks said they've been targeted by BJP backers of Tripura.

Trinamool leader Abhishek Banerjee's convoy was today attacked by alleged BJP worers in Agartala, the capital of Tripura, which he was visiting to flag off his party's key political programme. His party today launched Mission Tripura.

Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, after wrapping up Mamata Banerjee's Delhi visit this week, will be in Tripura's capital Agartala on Monday.

Mamata Banerjee's unprecedented coup in Meghalaya -- the joining of 12 of 17 Congress MLAs led by Mukul Sangma late last evening -- started with a meeting between election strategist Prashant Kishor and the senior Congress leader.

The Trinamool Congress and the Goa Forward Party (GFP) are in talks - GFP chief Vijay Sardesai met Trinamool boss and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today - over a deal to fight next year's Assembly election together.

Rahul Gandhi's Goa visit comes days after Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee started her three-day visit to campaign for her party in the state.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday slammed the Congress for making PM Modi (and the BJP) "more powerful" by acting as the party's publicist, and appeared to rule out any possibility of an alliance with the GOP before Goa polls.

Trinamool has nominated Sushmita Dev, a former aide of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, to the Rajya Sabha less than a month after she switched loyalties. The DMK has left no seats for the Congress, naming two of its own for the October 4 bypolls.

Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress on Tuesday refuted a BJP poll complaint - that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had failed to disclose five police cases against her while filing nomination papers for the crucial September 30 Bhabanipur bypoll.

Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee has received a fresh summons from the Enforcement Directorate to appear for questioning in connection with a money laundering case linked to the alleged coal mine scam in Bengal.

The BJP said Priyanka Tibrewal, a 41-year-old lawyer at the Calcutta High Court, will contest against Mamata Banerjee in the September 30 Bhabanipur bypolls, calling her "fearless" after many party leaders reportedly refused to take on the challenge.

Three bombs were thrown at BJP MP Arjun Singh's home near Kolkata early this morning. BJP Chief Dilip Ghosh has blamed Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress for the attack.

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, a day after saying that his party would challenge Mamata Banerjee in Bhabanipur, today reversed the stand. He said the High Command had decided against even campaigning the West Bengal Chief Minister.

Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee today left for New Delhi to present himself before he Enforcement Directorate for questioning in a money laundering case. He said he was ready for a probe but asked why BJP leaders weren't probed in the Narada scam.

BJP's Suvendu Adhikari was summoned today by the West Bengal police in connection with the death of a security staff by a bullet wound in 2018. The development came days after the ED summoned the Trinamool's Abhishek Banerjee to New Delhi.

Trinamool MPs Aparupa Poddar and Dola Sen today claimed they were attacked in Tripura and one of their aides was injured in the incident. A strong of Trinamool leaders have in the past few weeks said they've been targeted by BJP backers of Tripura.

Trinamool leader Abhishek Banerjee's convoy was today attacked by alleged BJP worers in Agartala, the capital of Tripura, which he was visiting to flag off his party's key political programme. His party today launched Mission Tripura.

Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, after wrapping up Mamata Banerjee's Delhi visit this week, will be in Tripura's capital Agartala on Monday.