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Trinamool Cautions Minister Over Comments On Cyclone Amphan Handling

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 29, 2020

The Trinamool Congress leadership has cautioned senior party leader and minister Sadhan Pande and asked him not to publicly express views against the party, days after he blamed the TMC-run Kolkata Municipal Corporation for "lack of planning" in dealing with cyclone Amphan.

Bengal BJP Chief Dilip Ghosh Stopped From Visiting Cyclone-Affected Areas: Report

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 23, 2020

West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh was stopped by the police today from visiting the cyclone-hit areas of South 24 Parganas district, triggering an argument between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the ruling Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal Government Forcibly Stopped Me From Visiting Amdanga: BJP MP

Kolkata News | Press Trust of India | Sunday May 17, 2020

Amid charges by the ruling Trinamool Congress that he is instigating violence in Hooghly and North 24 Parganas districts, BJP MP Arjun Singh on Saturday claimed that he was "forcibly" stopped on way to Amdanga to meet the family of two party supporters who were "killed in firing".

Mamata Banerjee Will Pay Heavy Price In Polls For Virus Mishandling: BJP

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday May 17, 2020

Accusing the Mamata Banerjee government of "abject failure" in handling the COVID-19 situation and the migrant workers' crisis, BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Saturday said the Trinamool should be ready to "pay a heavy price" for it in the next assembly election in West Bengal.

"Fight Upcoming Polls": Trinamool MP Jabs Bengal Governor Over Praise For PM

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 15, 2020

Hitting out at West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar over his tweet praising the Centre's economic package, the TMC on Friday said he should contest the next state Assembly polls on a BJP ticket.

Opposition Targets PM Over Details Crunch On Economic Package, Lockdown

India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday May 13, 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the nation on Tuesday evening, in which he announced a Rs 20 lakh crore economic package and spoke of "lockdown 4", has been shredded by the opposition Congress, Trinamool Congress and the BJP's estranged ally Shiv Sena. Most of the leaders zeroed in the lack of details on either and criticized the Prime Mi...

Resuming Train Services Will Increase Coronavirus Transmission Risk: Trinamool

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 11, 2020

Accusing the Union government of "doublespeak" over lockdown enforcement, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday came down heavily on the BJP-led Centre for its decision to resume passenger train services.

"Was Already Viral": Babul Supriyo On Case Against Him Over Twitter Post

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 11, 2020

A case has been filed against Union Minister Babul Supriyo under non-bailable sections of the Indian Penal Code or IPC by the Kolkata Police on Sunday for sharing a "fake" photo on Twitter purportedly showing Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha sharing drinks with a few persons, including Kartik Banerjee, the brother of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, a s...

Trains To Bring Home Migrants New Flashpoint Between BJP And Trinamool

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Debanish Achom | Sunday May 10, 2020

The politics between the centre and West Bengal amid the pandemic is heating up. For the last one month, several letter missiles had been shot off from Delhi to Kolkata from a range of officers mostly from the Home Ministry. Now Home Minister Amit Shah has waded into the battle and written to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her...

"Embarrassed": Top Bengal Voices On Trinamool MP Criticising NRI Doctors

India News | Edited by Arun Nair | Monday May 4, 2020

A group of eminent personalities from West Bengal has hit out at Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra for criticising NRI doctors, who had recently written an open letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee voicing concern over the "misreporting" of COVID-19 situation in the state.

"Unprecedented": Mamata Banerjee On Bengal Governor's "Abusive" Letters

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Sunday May 3, 2020

The gloves came off on Saturday in the long-running war of words between Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Governor Jagdeep Dhankar, with the Trinamool Congress chief taking a 13-page sarcasm-filled swipe at her nemesis

Trinamool Asks Centre For "Exact Reasons" For Extending COVID-19 Lockdown

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 2, 2020

The Trinamool Congress on Friday criticised the BJP-led central government for extending the lockdown by two weeks from May 4 without giving an account of the prevailing coronavirus situation and "failing" to chalk out a roadmap for revival of the economy reeling under the COVID-19 outbreak.

Trinamool, BJP Clash Over Ration Supplies In Bengal Amid COVID-19 Crisis

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Friday May 1, 2020

The BJP held demonstrations for several hours at Ranaghat in Nadia district of West Bengal on Friday against over an alleged attempt to "steal" a truckload of rice sent by the centre and pass off the food grain as state relief.

Coronavirus: BJP's Dilip Ghosh Slams "Inefficient" Mamata Banerjee Over COVID-19 Crisis In Bengal

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday April 30, 2020

The West Bengal BJP on Wednesday said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has turned the state secretariat into a party office of the Trinamool Congress, slamming her for indulging in politics amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

"Listen To Conscience": Bengal Governor On Being Called BJP "Loudhailer"

India News | ANI | Wednesday April 29, 2020

Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has written a letter to Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kalyan Banerjee urging him to listen to "conscience" and the call of duty rather than be driven by an external "script".