The Trinamool Congress has decided to support the UPA in passing of the food security bill. This comes after the Left parties said that they would be supporting the bill.
Information and broadcasting minister Manish Tewari says that the UPA believes that hunger should be removed and food security should be ensured, but certain sections of the Opposition believe that it is not the hunger but the hungry who should be removed. Tri...
In the backdrop of the Saradha Group chit fund scandal, Congress leaders have been protesting in the streets of Kolkata, asking the Mamata Banerjee government to take immediate action against the company. The protesters include youth Congress workers, who are ...
Employees of a television channel owned by the beleaguered Saradha group protest against unpaid salaries. According to sources, the staff has not been paid for three months, and even though their provident fund and income tax have been deducted, it has not bee...
As a fallout of the chit fund scam in West Bengal, an all-party meeting has been called in Kolkata to discuss the future of the chit fund companies in the state. The meeting is underway even as an FIR has been lodged against four Trinamool Congress MPs for the...
Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh in an interview rubbishes all allegations about the TMC government in West Bengal is favouring chit fund schemes. This after an FIR was registered against Ghosh in the Rs 2700 crore chit fund scam, propagated by Saradha group....
The Saradha chit fund scam has turned political in West Bengal. An FIR has been registered against two TMC leaders, Srinjoy Bose and Kunal Ghosh. Kunal Ghosh used to work at the Saradha group as the CEO of its media group.
Even as the extent of Trinamool Congress's involvement in the chit fund scam run by Saradha group is being investigated, the three letters written three letters to the Prime Minister by Union minister Abul Hasim Khan Chowdhury are now under the scanner. In the...
Newshour | Why did West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee not crack down on the ponzi swindler Sudipta Sen, chairman of the Saradha Group and all the others who were involved in the chit fund scam, much earlier? Can TMC distance itself from the chit fund scam any long...
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee says that none of her party leaders were involved in the chit fund scam by Saradha Group. She has blamed the Centre and the previous Left government for the ponzi scam, as the Centre was informed about the scam earlier. Earlier t...
Trinamool Congress MP Srinjoy Bose, who was accused of blackmailing Saradha group CMD Sudipta Sen, has denied all charges. Earlier, Sen had submitted a letter to the CBI disclosing names of politicians who were involved in the scam and one of them was Bose. Bo...
In a bizarre twist to the Presidency college violence, the Kolkata police have now registered a case against two students based on a complaint by Trinamool Congress leader's complaint. The students surrender at a nearby police station after the complaint was f...
Despite clinching evidence of its involvement in violence at the prestigious Presidency College in Kolkata, the Trinamool Congress continues to remain defiant.
Left party cadres are now on a protest in Kolkata against the vandalism shown by Trinamool Congress workers yesterday. The leaders have questioned Mamata government for allowing her party workers to go on a rampage in Presidency College in Kolkata. TMC workers...
Police had to resort to use of force to disperse clashing cadres of the Left and Trinamool Congress, after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was heckled in the national capital in Siliguri. The political fighting spilled on to the streets, causing dam...
After West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was heckled in the capital yesterday by SFI activists, Trinamool Congress workers have called for nation-wide protest against the incident. In the meantime, security has been tightened outside TMC's headquarters...
Trinamool Congress has called for a statewide bandh in protest against the heckling and manhandling of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the state Finance Minister Amit Mitra by Left cadre in the national capital. TMC had unleashed fury in the sta...
Accusing the UPA government of being a 'minority government', the TMC asks the Prime Minister to resign. The TMC also says that the government is anti-people as it increases the fuel prices as and when it wants.
After Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee suprised everyone with her support for the UPA government on the Sri Lankan issue, rumour has it that there are back-channel talks underway for a possible reconciliation. If this happens, not only will UPA be give...
Centrestage | TMC leader Mamata Banerjee came out and said that she would be backing the resolution against Sri Lanka in the Parliament to support Tamil brothers. The government has convened the all-party meeting to explore the possibility of Parliament adopti...
BSP leader Mayawati in her interview to the media says that the reduction of age of consensual sex to 16 years is regressive and instead of making progressive laws, the government is bringing in detrimental ones. The first round of meeting proved to be inconcl...
The meeting called to iron out the differences over the anti-rape bill ends on an inconclusive note. The parties continue to remain upset with certain provisions in the bill. BJP and SP have opposed the bill saying that women can misuse the provisions. Along w...
The meeting called by Congress to discuss the opposition against the anti-rape bill proves to be inconclusive and a second round of discussion has been scheduled for 12.30 PM. The BJP and SP have opposed the bill saying that women can misuse the provisions. Al...
The anti-rape bill gets a nod from the Cabinet, but faces opposition from some parties. A meeting of political parties like BJP, Trinamool Congress and SP, will take place soon to discuss the parties' reservations over the contents of the bill. If the bill get...
The government will call a meeting to discuss the reservations about the anti-rape bill. Opposition parties like BJP, SP and Trinamool Congress have expressed their reservations about certain provisions in the bill. The main bone of contention is lowering of t...
West Bengal Chief Minister suffered double blows when a sitting minister in her Cabinet lost his seat to Congress's Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and in another constituency her party came in third. Recent spate of violence in the state has not helped Banerjee in any...
Defence Minister AK Antony guarantees that he will take action against the culprits behind the chopper scam, adding that it is his responsibility. He said that cancellation of the AgustaWestland defence deal will not affect the modernization process of the def...
The Mamata Banerjee-led administration has come under fire yet again for its intolerance towards criticism of its party. Trinamool Congress has refused to issue a certificate to a film that is critical of the government in West Bengal.
The Trinamool Congress spokesperson Derek O'brien claims that no worker of the party was involved in chopping off an ear of a Panchayat employee, for failing to report to work on day one of the trade union strike. He blamed the Opposition for the horrific act ...
Reports suggest that the man responsible for the violent clashes on Kolkata streets, said to be a Trinamool Congress leader, is at large still, while Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee transferred the city police commissioner RK Panchananda for his 'inaction'. Th...
Trinamool Congress leader Arabul Aslam, who was produced in the court in connection with an attempt to murder case, has been remanded to judicial custody. However, there are many who question as to why the police did not press for his custody although they que...
The Trinamool Congress has sparked another controversy after one of its leaders, Jyotipriyo Mullick provoked violence across the state against the CPI(M). The comment by the leader comes at a time when the state of West Bengal has seen the worst spate of viole...
A vulgar display of money and treatment of women at Trinamool Congress's foundation celebration were caught on camera. The leaders were seen dancing with performers at the event and they were even seen throwing money at the girls. Mamata Banerjee is still yet ...
The mindset of Indian politicians is under the scanner. After the 'dented and painted' remark by President Pranab Mukherjee's son and Congress MP Abhijeet Mukherjee, now comes the attack made by CPI(M) Anisur Rehman on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerje...
Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien addresses the Rajya Sabha as the father of a 17-year-old girl, who claims to be scared of his daughter's safety in the country. Calling Delhi the rape capital of India, Derek O'Brien refers to the issue of rape as 'more ...
Trinamool Congress MLAs clash with Left MLAs in the West Bengal Assembly over chit-fund schemes. The Left party legislators allege that the Trinamool Congress leaders 'misbehaved' in the Assembly. The legislative members then staged a walk-out of the Parliamen...
TMC has made it clear that it will oppose FDI in retail in Parliament. Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy has said that the party had done everything possible to oppose retail FDI including withdrawing support to the government and attempting to bring a no-con...
The cap on subsidised cooking gas came into limelight again as the BJP as well as the Trinamool Congress asked the government to increase the quota on gas cylinders per year. The TMC wants the quota to be two cylinders per month for each family, while the rest...
The Trinamool Congress is ready to push a no-confidence motion against the UPA. It says that the Congress had made it clear yesterday that it won't allow for discussion under rule 184, and hence they want a no-confidence motion against the UPA government.
Samajwadi Party Leader Ram Gopal Yadav has confirmed that the ruling party of Uttar Pradesh will not back FDI in retail. Meanwhile, the BJP has moved a mandatory voting clause condition under rule number 184. This means that the BJP and the Left insist on comp...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeks the cooperation of all political parties ahead of the Winter session of Parliament. Stating clearly that the government is willing to discuss any issue in the Parliament, the Prime Minister calls for calm in the House. He as...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeks the cooperation of all political parties ahead of the Winter session of Parliament. Stating clearly that the government is willing to discuss any issue in the Parliament, the Prime Minister calls for calm in the House. He as...
Trinamool leader Saugata Roy confirms reports that the Mamata Banerjee-led party will bring about a no-confidence motion against the ruling government. The key contentious issues include the FDI in retail and the Lokpal bill. Meanwhile, the BJP has moved a man...
The BJP has moved a mandatory voting clause condition under rule number 184. This means that the BJP and the Left insist on compulsory voting immediately after the FDI debate, while the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party is yet to take a call on which side of th...
Lack of numbers to support her no confidence motion will not deter Mamata Banerjee from proposing it in the Parliament. Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandhopadhyay will introduce the motion in the lower house when the Speaker calls for it at noon. For the past w...
It's a cold November in the capital city of New Delhi and the Winter session of Parliament seems to be beckoning a mighty storm. The key contentious issues include the FDI in retail and the Lokpal bill. Ally-turned-opponent Mamata Banerjee wants to move a no-...
News Night | Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who swallowed her pride and reached out to her political arch-nemesis, the Let, has suffered a setback as no political party appears to be willing to side with her in bringing the government down through a...
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who swallowed her pride and reached out to her political arch-nemesis, the Let, has suffered a setback as no political party appears to be willing to side with her in bringing the government down through a no-confidenc...
There seem to be hardly any takers for the no-confidence motion proposed by Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee. Although Mamata had even taken the effort to reach out to her arch-nemesis, the Left, the party outrightly thrashed her outreach. CPI(M) gener...
BJP appears to be divided over its decision to support the no-confidence motion proposed by Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee over the issue of FDI in retail. The party will take a final call on supporting the West Bengal Chief Minister in the NDA meet.
Even as Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee plans to topple the government through a no-trust motion over the issue of FDI in retail, there seem to be hardly any takers for her proposal. Adopting a wait and watch approach, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AI...
Sources have revealed that BJP is unlikely to extend support to the no-confidence motion proposed by Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee over the issue of FDI in retail. Rather than testing the strength of the government through a no-trust motion, the par...
Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tiwari has asked Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress to reconsider its decision to bring a no confidence motion against the government in the upcoming winter session of the Parliament over the issue of FDI in ret...
M Karunanidhi-led DMK continues to keep the UPA government guessing over the issue of FDi in retail even as the Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee is planning for a no confidence motion against the government over the issue. Karunanidhi has said that the...
A local Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Ashish Dey, who was caught on camera threatening the staff of a private hospital at gun point, has been arrested by the West Bengal police early morning today. The incident took place in Birbhum on Friday. The police on ...
Despite private cargo firm ABG pulling out of the Haldia port, West Bengal, citing security reason, the former employees still claim that they live in fear. Several employees have been threatened by TMC MP and chairman of the Haldia Development Authority, Suve...
It has only been days since the private cargo firm ABG pulled out of the Haldia port, West Bengal, citing security reason, but the former employees still claim that they live in fear. Several employees have been threatened by TMC MP and chairman of the Haldia ...
The Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) General Secretary Vaiko met Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the Writers' Buildings in Kolkata, on Friday, and backed her stand that the Congress-led United Progressi...
West Bengal Industries Minister, Partha Chatterjee, refuses to comment on the pulling out of the private cargo company in Haldia port. ABG group has said that the government was not provided it a safe environment to function and that there has even been an 'a...
Bhushan Patil, technical head at the ABG firm, recounts his 'abduction' horror and says that he was helpless. Some people in monkey caps and masks barged into his apartment complex and started screaming abuses. When the officer did not respond, they came back ...
The West Bengal government faces another low as a private firm handling cargo at the Haldia port, pulls out of the project. The firm has said that the government was not provided it a safe environment to function and that there has even been an 'abduction' of ...
Stating that West Bengal government had not provided the firm with a safe environment, ABG cargo firm pulls out of the Haldia port. The CEO Gurpreet Malhi states that several of their officers and families have been abducted and that employee lives are more im...
The MoS for Urban Development, Deepa Dasmunsi, claims that the Haldia port issue is something that has been brewing for a while. Mamata cannot claim that everything is a Left conspiracy and media exagerration, Deepa Dasmunsi says. Earlier, a private firm handl...
A Haldia-based cargo firm has terminated its contract with the Kolkata Port Trust. The firm's lawyer claims that the company is aggrieved with the situation in Haldia and is planning to move out of the area. Three of the company's officers were allegedly thre...
DMK leader Kanimozhi defends herself after being inducted into the Parliamentary panel. She also reiterates her party's stand on the new set of reforms being pushed by the Cabinet. Kanimozhi makes it clear the the DMK will not back the Centre on the new FDI po...
After years of being labelled as being in a state of policy paralysis, the government has undertaken a reforms blitz and is attempting making up for lost time. All eyes are now on the market reaction in the insurance and reforms sector. The Left and former all...
They may have gone ahead with the second wave of reforms, but the Cabinet's move to approve 49 per cent of FDI in pension and insurance is now subject to the Parliament's approval. While the TMC and the Left has taken a clear stand against the government's mov...
Soon after the Cabinet’s decision to allow FDI in pension and insurance sectors, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee calls for a no-confidence motion to oust the Congress-led UPA government. Increase in FDI percentage from 26 to 49 in insurance sector...
After parting ways with the UPA, Trinamool Congress leader and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee for the first time lead a demonstration in New Delhi on Monday against 'anti-people' decisions of the Centre. Mamata says the Centre must review its decis...
AITMC Chief Mamata Banerjee has asked all her party members and supporters to participate in a rally organised by her in Delhi's Jantar Mantar, on Monday, against the recent reforms made by the UPA, in the past one month. Issues such as FDI in retail, LPG and ...
India Against Corruption member Arvind Kejriwal meets anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare. Kejriwal is said to make an official announcement of his political party on Tuesday. He says that there is no drift between Anna and him, but it is only that both of them ha...
AITMC Chief Mamata Banerjee has asked all her party members and supporters to participate in a rally organised by her in Delhi's Jantar Mantar on Monday against the recent reforms made by the UPA, in the past one month. Issues such as FDI in retail, LPG and fe...
AITMC Chief Mamata Banerjee has organised a rally in Delhi's Jantar Mantar,on Monday, against the reforms made by the UPA. Issues such as FDI in retail, LPG and fertiliser subsidies, and price hike of petrol and diesel are being rallied against. Around 1,000 T...
In what can be called a direct attack on the Government and the PM's decision to allow FDI in retail, Mamata Banerjee publishes an online correspondence between the PM and a trader's body, which clearly says that the he was against the measure when he was in t...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asserts that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) pulling out from the UPA will not affect the government in any way, and that the UPA has enough support from other parties. The PM recently met President Pranab Mukherjee to talk to him ab...
Three Congress Union ministers namely Jyotiraditya Scindia, Jitin Prasad, and Sachin Pilot are strong contenders, who are likely to be promoted during the Cabinet reshuffle. After the Trinamool Congress (TMC) pulled out of the UPA government, a Cabinet reshuff...
In reply to the TMC's pull out from the UPA II and the ministers resignation, the six Congress ministers in the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal would resign today and withdraw support to it. The Congress ministers would seek an appointment with the c...
Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh will meet today to discuss the cabinet reshuffle after the TMC ministers' exit. The Railways ministry has always been handled by the UPA allies and it is likely that DMK and NCP are both vying for it.
The Opposition calls Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's message uninspiring. The PM defended the economic reforms as tough measures for tough times. He claims the decision was taken in the larger interest of the country and people should not be misled by those sp...
Trinamool Congress and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has refused permission for the Congress to hold a rally in Singur on the September 25. The Congress had informed her about the rally in August, making the bitter split more evident.
In reply to the TMC's pull out from the UPA II and the ministers resignation, the six Congress ministers in the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal would resign today and withdraw support to it. The Congress ministers would seek an appointment with the c...
TMC ministers have tendered their resignation to the Prime Minister, and thus making the TMC-Congress split official. Six ministers who belonged to the Congress-led UPA government have quit the government, protesting against the 'anti-people' reforms of the go...
Congress ministers will tender their resignation to West Bengal's Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday. However, Mamata holds the majority in WB and the Congress ministers pulling out will not affect her Government. Mamata who holds 19 seats in the Parl...
The Trinamool Congress ministers are to hand over their resignation letters to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) at 4pm and after that meet President Pranab Mukherjee. Announcing this, Trinamool leader and railway minister Mukul Roy said, it is unethical and i...
State Congress President Pradip Bhattacharya confirms that the Congress ministers in Mamata Banerjee's Government will pull out in a day or two. He says it is unfortunate that the TMC took such a drastic step.
The Congress responds to Mamata Banerjee's decision to pull out from UPA by withdrawing its ministers from Mamata's cabinet. It has two cabinet ministers and four ministers of state in her Government. They will submit their resignation even as six TMC minist...
Even after the TMC pulling out its support to the UPA II by making the government a minority one, there is no threat to the Congress-led government at the centre as the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP), are lending support to the gove...
Six TMC ministers will resign from the UPA after Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee announced that she was severing ties with the UPA. The ministers will hand over the letter proclaiming withdrawl of support to the UPA II to president Pranab Mukherjee by...
In what can be called as a direct blow to the Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, the Congress reveals that the TMC manifesto for the 2009 Lok Sabha election had promised exactly what the party is now opposing. Mamata, in return, says that the manifesto ...
TMC leader Saugata Roy confirms that the TMC ministers have sought an appointment with both the Prime Minister and the President, and that there is no room for negotiations. He agrees that state parties are growing stronger and TMC hopes to grow into a nationa...
The TMC ministers will meet the Prime Minister to submit their resignation. They will also meet the President to withdraw their letter of support to UPA, which will make it official.
With Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee making it clear that her ministers in the Union Cabinet will formally submit their resignation on Friday, a strong possibility has emerged that her party will field a candidate against President Pranab Mukherjee’...
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee hits out at the UPA government for hurriedly notifying FDI in multi-brand retail, saying it had no business of doing so after being reduced to a minority. She is also of the opinion that it is not ethical, moral and dem...
Signalling the end of a 40-month-old troubled relationship with the Congress, six TMC ministers will hand over the letter proclaiming withdrawl of support to the UPA II to president Pranab Mukherjee today.
Six TMC ministers will resign from the UPA after Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee announced that she was severing ties with the UPA. The Congress too will withdraw its ministers from the West Bengal Government.
The Samajwadi Party delivers an ultimatum to Congress over the diesel price hike. The Congress is meeting to discuss the crisis as it needs SP and JD (U) on its side to stay afloat after TMC's pullout, which has hit it hard.
In her first public address post walkout, Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launches a direct attack on the Congress-led UPA government over its latest reforms which she terms as 'anti-people'. She demands at least 24 cyli...
Responding to Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's dramatic declaration in Kolkata to quit UPA 2, Congress media chairperson Janardan Dwivedi says the government would discuss these issues with her and then the final result will emerge. The Congress, whi...
Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of the state of West Bengal, declared that her party, the All India Trinamool Congress, UPA's biggest ally, withdrew support to the ruling alliance. The party's ministers will resign on Friday, Mamata Banerjee announced in K...