TMC MPs on Thursday tore papers and flung them into the air, throwing the Rajya Sabha into bedlam as IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw read a statement on the alleged snooping using Pegasus.
Lashing out at the Bengal government, Suvendu Adhikari said, "the post-poll violence in West Bengal has left behind the Calcutta killings, and the Noakhali (in Bangladesh now) riots of 1946, and the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The more the inaction of government machinery during the post-poll violence is criticized, the less it is."
The Pegasus snooping controversy rocked the Lok Sabha proceedings on Tuesday, leading to continued disruptions and repeated adjournments of the House. Soon after the House assembled at 3 pm, the opposition members again started raising slogans on the Pegasus snooping issue, forcing the chair to adjourn the House for the day. Several members carried placards and sought the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. The House will now meet on July 22.
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) will stage a sit-in protest across West Bengal rising fuel prices in the country on July 10 and 11.
Congress MP Abhijit Mukherjee, the son of former president Pranab Mukherjee, joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Kolkata on Monday. He was inducted into the party at a press conference in the city in the presence of senior TMC leaders.
A committee constituted by the NHRC had on Wednesday submitted a report before the High Court on cases of alleged human rights violations in post-poll violence in West Bengal.
Uttar Pradesh's Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, while speaking to ANI expressed his concern over the NHRC attack on West Bengal and slams over the lawless conditions of state, adding on this he said, "West Bengal has no law and order, only Trinamool Congress goons can rules the state.
A fake Covid vaccination drive for transgenders, specially-abled persons was busted in Kolkata, says Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mimi Chakraborty. The accused who was running the drive has been arrested. "I was approached by a man who introduced himself as an IAS officer and said he was running a special drive for transgenders & specially-abled persons and requested for my presence," Mimi Chakraborty said.
Recently, six BJP workers shaved off their hair when they swapped party flags in Hooghly.
Nusrat Jahan, who is dating actor-politician Yash Dasgupta in recent times, had earlier said that her marriage is invalid in India.
Apart from Mamata Banerjee's high-profile election petition against BJP's Suvendu Adhikari, four other election petitions of TMC candidates who lost to BJP candidates in the recent Assembly elections were heard by Calcutta High Court on Friday.
Bharatiya Janata Party has sought the disqualification of party turncoat Mukul Roy from the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.
Two women allegedly gangraped by Trinamool Congress workers during post-poll violence in West Bengal have moved to the Supreme Court.
BJP national Vice President Mukul Roy along with son Subhranshu, re-joined Trinamool Congress on Friday
Roy, the former second-in-command of the TMC who joined the saffron party in November 2017, has been distancing himself from the BJP for the last several days.
Mukul Roy was once considered the closet aide of Mamata. He quit the TMC in 2017 and joined the BJP.
Fire broke out at TMC MLA Madan Mitra's residence in the Bhabanipur area in south Kolkata on Tuesday morning.
TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday elevated MP Abhishek Banerjee as the party's all India general secretary, a senior leader here said.
Mamata Banerjee was sworn in as West Bengal CM on May 2 for the third time in a row. The basic income support scheme will benefit around 1.6 crore families.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and scores of Trinamool Congress workers reached the CBI's office in Kolkata to protest against the arrested of four party working including two ministers.
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