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Abhishek Banerjee appears before CBI in West Bengal school job scam

Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on May 20, 2023, appeared before the CBI in connection with the West Bengal school job scam.

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Abhishek Banerjee to form committee to look into people's issues that he has received during yatra

Senior Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee has decided to form a committee of party leaders who will look into the issues and complaints of the masses that he had received during his ongoing mass outreach campaign.

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Cash and jewellery worth crores seized during I-T raids on a politically active person in north Bengal

Along with searches at Mr. Kalyani’s house at Raiganj in Uttar Dinajpur district, raids were held at premises linked to his business partner in Malda district.

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Calcutta HC to hear Abhishek Banerjee‘s application in teacher recruitment case on May 15

The Calcutta High Court on May 12 said it will hear on Monday next an application by Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee in a teacher recruitment case by one Soumen Nandy, in which a judge had directed the CBI to not keep a public speech by him outside the ambit of…

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Disquiet at Santiniketan: protests at Visva-Bharati over eviction notice to Amartya Sen

Disquiet at Santiniketan: protests at Visva-Bharati over eviction notice to Amartya Sen. The controversy surrounding the Nobel laureate's ancestral home is part of a larger ideological battle to claim Bengali culture and politics

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Protesting government employees bring Opposition on one platform in West Bengal

While the police had denied permission for the rally, the Calcutta High Court allowed the same to the protesters.

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IT raids on West Bengal PAC chairman’s home sparks debate on MLA’s political affiliation

In October 2021, Krishna Kalyani joined the Trinamool Congress.

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Calcutta HC directs second post-mortem of BJP worker killed at Moyna

The BJP worker was allegedly killed at Moyna in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district in the early hours of Tuesday.

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BJP worker killed in Moyna, party observes ‘martyrs day’ to mark two years of Trinamool government

The murder of a BJP worker at Moyna in Purba Medinipur district on May 2, 2023 triggered a political row with parties in the Opposition targeting the ruling Trinamool Congress on the day it completed two years of governance in its third consecutive term

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Trinamool grappling with repeated Calcutta HC orders of probe by central agencies in West Bengal

The developments centering cases relating to West Bengal school job scam has brought the focus on the repeated directions by the Calcutta High Court ordering investigation by central agencies in scams, irregularities and incidents of violence in the State

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Trinamool struggles to keep game on in Birbhum in absence of strongman who popularised Khela Hobe

The arrest of Anubrata Mondal has made the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hopeful in the district.

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Trinamool caught in a political flux

The Trinamool leadership has launched ‘Trinamooler Nabo Jowar’ (Trinamool’s new wave), a two-month-long outreach programme led by the party general secretary and its second-most important leader Abhishek Banerjee.

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After Gandhi's conviction, signs of India's opposition uniting against Modi

For the first time in years, India's splintered opposition is sinking its differences to take on strongman Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which could extend to a substantial challenge in national elections due in 2024. That is if the disparate groups can stay united, which is far from certain.

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Why TMC’s Meghalaya fight may meet Goa fate

It has been two years since the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress pulled off a landslide victory in the West Bengal assembly elections, staving off a no-holds barred challenge from the BJP and the wider Sangh Parivar. Since then, the Trinamool has tried to expand outside West Bengal but with little…

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"I Will Call An Apple An Apple, Not An Orange...," Mahua Moitra Defends Her 'Unparliamentary Language' In Parliament

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra who sparked a furore by using "unparliamentary language" in Lok Sabha on Wednesday defended her usage of the word stating that she will call an apple an apple and not an orange. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Gujarat police arrest TMC spokesman over ‘fake news’

AHMEDABAD/JAIPUR: Gujarat Police arrested Trinamool Congress spokesman Saket Gokhale early on Tuesday for posting alleged fake news on Twitter that said Rs 30 crore was spent on PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Morbi town after its British-era suspension bridge collapsed and killed 135 people on October 30.

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Denied a second term as BCCI chief, Sourav Ganguly’s balancing act in Bengal could have run him out of favours from BJP

The former Indian cricket captain and sports icon is courted by both the BJP and TMC, yet has sought to remain on good terms with all parties, including in the Left

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CBI files charge sheet against Trinamool leader Anubrata Mondal

He was arrested by the CBI on August 11 in connection with cross-border cattle smuggling scam.

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Centre awaits Congress nomination to constitute two Parliamentary panels

Congress registers strong protest with heads of both Houses regarding the allocation of committees

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Trinamool’s Saket Gokhale sends Times Now legal notice for making ‘false and malicious statements’

Trinamool Congress spokesperson Saket Gokhale has sent a legal notice to Times Now accusing its editor, Rahul Shivshankar, of attributing “utterly false and malicious statements” to him on a show about the Hindu-Muslim tension in Leicester, UK.

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Congress slams Trinamool over Mamata Banerjee's clean chit to PM Modi over misuse of Central agencies

Congress party accused the Trinamool Congress of playing “hide and seek”

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Congress, Trinamool to lose chairmanship of parliamentary standing committees

Congress set to lose chairmanship of the committee on Home Affairs

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CPI(M) targets West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee for her remarks on RSS

The CPI(M) accused the Trinamool Congress of being a ‘springboard for the RSS and the BJP’

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Mamata soft on Modi as W.B. Assembly passes resolution against Central agencies

Mamata’s remarks that “all in RSS are not bad” also generated buzz in the political circles

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