Opposition protest at Parliament: Of the 19 MPs suspended from Rajya Sabha, seven belong to the Trinamool Congress, six are from the DMK, three from the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), two from the Communist Party of India (Marxist), and one from the Communist Party of India (CPI).
Monsoon Session: TMC MPs Sushmita Dev, Dr Santanu Sen and Dola Sen among other Rajya Sabha MPs suspended for remaining part of the week for "misconduct" by entering well of the House and sloganeering.
Yashwant Sinha, 84, also said that he is yet to decide on what role he wants to play in public life going ahead.
West Bengal SSC Scam: In this case, Chatterjee, who's the state Commerce and Industries Minister as well as the party's Secretary General, mentioned the name and mobile number of Mamata Banerjee, which were subsequently added to the arrest memo.
ED officials have recovered Rs 20 crore in cash from one of the properties of Chatterjee's close associate Arpita Mukherjee in south Kolkata.
TMC's Martyrs Day: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that BJP is trying to break the government everywhere, this has become their job. In West Bengal, they tried to defeat us but could not succeed.
The ruling Trinamool Congress, which has been opposed to the Act, said it would never allow its implementation in the state and noted that such utterances by BJP leaders are aimed at deflecting attention from the Centre's "failure in managing the economy".
Several Shiv Sena MLAs led by Eknath Shinde have revolted against the party, plunging the MVA government in Maharashtra into a crisis.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee danced hand-in-hand with tribal women on Adivasi music during a mass wedding at Alipurduar district on Wednesday.
President election: Yashwant Sinha's name came up after Sharad Pawar, Gopalkrishna Gandhi and Farooq Abdullah opted out of the race.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to opposition leaders, requesting them to attend a meeting convened by her on June 15 in New Delhi to prepare a joint strategy for the upcoming presidential poll.
Braja Kishore Goswami, the Trinamool Congress legislator from Santipur assembly seat, told reporters that he was "requested" by the principal to take her seat during a recent visit to Santipur College.
Speculations about the growing distance between BJP parliamentarian Arjun Singh and the party had cropped up last week, as the heavyweight party MP from Barrackpore was again vocal against the style of functioning of the leadership.
According to the saffron party, the worker was kidnapped and murdered by the TMC miscreants on Tuesday night. His body was dumped in a gutter later.
BJYM worker Arjun Chourasia's body was found hanging in the Ghosh Bagan area of Kolkata inside an abandoned building last week.
In the latest development, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is now engaged in discussions with other Opposition parties, leaving aside the Congress, on the possible strategy for the Presidential elections.
The deceased BJP leader has been identified as Arjun Chowrasia (27). He was a BJP Yuva Morcha activist.
Addressing a public rally in Siliguri town of North Bengal, he also said that the saffron party would continue to fight against the ‘cut-money' culture (extortion), corruption and political violence.
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's comment came in contradiction with Bengal Global Business Summit's theme "Bengal Means Business".
Quitting Congress, Ripun Bora in his resignation letter said that Instead of fighting against BJP, a section of senior post leaders of Assam Congress have been maintaining secret understanding with BJP.
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