MAMATA BANERJEE

KOLKATA: As the party is looking to expand its base across the country ahead of the 2024 General Elections, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) says six from Congress want to join the party. Party sources told The New Indian that three congressmen from the lower house and three from the […]

  DARJEELING: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who has, in the past, surprised many with her dance moves and paintings, on Friday won over the ‘Queen of Hills’ by showcasing her culinary skills.  Many in the hill town were left surprised to see the 67-year-old Trinamool Congress supremo preparing momos, the staple food of […]

NEW DELHI: In an interesting twist to the opposition’s quest for a Presidential poll candidate, former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) man Yashwant Sinha emerged as a consensus candidate. It was necessitated after Gopalkrishna Gandhi on Monday declined Mamata Banerjee’s offer to contest the Presidential election as their candidate. Sources told The New Indian that few […]

NEW DELHI: At a seemingly show of an anti-BJP front, in a throwback to the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and in its run-up when the regional giants had stitched up a combine at the swearing-in of the JDS-Congress-BSP alliance in Karnataka, Mamata Banerjee convinced a galaxy of Opposition leaders to propose Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi’s […]

NEW DELHI: While we all love our summer vacation, the West Bengal government’s decision to extend the summer vacation for both primary and secondary boards evokes only mixed reactions from teachers, parents and even the students. Bengal’s School Education Department extended the summer vacation keeping in mind the heatwave condition prevailing in the state. In […]

NEW DELHI: Bengal continued to simmer for the third day as a series of fresh protests erupted in parts of the state on Saturday. The state is witnessing protests since Thursday over the alleged controversial remarks of now suspended former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Nupur Sharma and former Delhi BJP media head Naveen Kumar […]

NEW DELHI: In a bid to revive its sagging fortune in Bengal, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) turned to Union home minister Amit Shah, known for his political acumen, as the party formed Team Bangla to restore the lost ground in the politically important state. Eyeing the 2024 general election, ‘Team Bangla’ sets an aim to […]

NEW DELHI: Amid a string of desertions hitting the West Bengal unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with prominent leaders leaving the party to join Trinamool Congress (TMC), its national secretary Anupam Hazra on Monday called for introspection. Hazra’s comments came after West Bengal BJP vice-president Arjun Singh re-joined TMC in the presence of the […]

NEW DELHI: The next Lok Sabha elections are still two years away but Trinamool Congress (TMC) appeared to have thrown the hat for its supremo Mamata Banerjee as the next Prime Minister of India. To put TMC in a pan India role in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, the party had launched a campaign in […]

  NEW DELHI: Many people from West Bengal, who allegedly lost their family members in post-poll violence in the state last year, took out a candlelight march from Patiala House court o India Gate on Friday, demanding justice & the president’s rule in the state. The demonstrators lamented that they don’t feel safe anymore in […]