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Newly sworn-in West Bengal ministers were allocated portfolios on Wednesday, with Swapan Dasgupta placed in charge of the finance department and Tapas Roy appointed as industries minister. Dasgupta was elected from the Rashbehari assembly constituency and is a former Rajya Sabha member. The allocation covered 13 Cabinet ministers and 22 ministers of state, including three with independent charge.
Ironic twist: Humayun offers Mamata route back to Bengal assembly
In a dramatic political twist, AJUP founder Humayun Kabir on Thursday offered former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee a route back to the state Assembly from Rejinagar, just months after breaking away from the Trinamool Congress and campaigning against her government. Kabir, who won both the Nowda and Rejinagar seats in Murshidabad district in the 2026 Assembly elections, said he was willing to vacate Rejinagar and support Banerjee's entry into the legislature through the ensuing...
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Trinamool lost control of Mekhliganj municipality in Cooch Behar after its chairman, who defected to Congress on Friday, said six councillors would follow him into Congress. This will be the first civic body to be managed by Congress since the change of govt in West Bengal. Chairman Prabhat Patani received the party flag from state Congress president Shubhankar Sarkar at the Pradesh Congress office in Kolkata, in the presence of Congress politician Debaprasad Roy.
Winds of change in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu may steady NDA's ship in Parliament
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Sushmita Dev on the move again: Why her exit comes as a bigger blow to TMC than it appears
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More trouble brewing for Mamata's TMC? Expelled MLA Ritabrata makes fresh claim
Expelled Trinamool Congress leader Ritabrata Banerjee on Friday exuded confidence that support for the rebel TMC faction he is leading will continue to "increase". Ritabrata's remarks came amid turmoil within Mamata Banerjee's party. The expelled TMC leader claimed to have the backing of a sizeable section of MLAs from the party's strength in the West Bengal assembly.
NIA raids ex-TMC MLA's house in Bengal pre-poll bomb blast probe
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday conducted searches and questioning at the residence of former Trinamool Congress MLA Saokat Molla in the South Bamunia area of Bhangar as part of its probe into a bomb blast that took place shortly before the West Bengal assembly elections and claimed one life. The investigation was transferred to the NIA following demands for a central inquiry into the explosion. Since assuming charge of the case, the agency has arrested several people,...
From TMC insider to rebel leader: Who is Ritabrata Banerjee, man at the centre of turmoil
In a major escalation of the crisis within the Trinamool Congress (TMC), expelled party leader Ritabrata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed that Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose had recognised him as the leader of the opposition in the West Bengal Assembly and accepted the rebel camp's claim to legislature party status. Addressing a press conference, Banerjee said the rebel faction represented the "real and main opposition" in the Assembly and announced a new leadership structure. He named Javed...
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As the country’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh — with 80 Lok Sabha seats and 403 assembly constituencies — is widely seen as the “gateway to Delhi.” Riding high on its sweeping victory in the recently concluded West Bengal assembly elections, which brought the party to power in the state for the first time, the BJP has now shifted its focus to UP. When Uttar Pradesh goes to the polls early next year, the saffron party will have completed nearly a decade in power in the state.
'We are real opposition': Expelled TMC leader Ritabrata claims speaker's nod to rebel group
In a major setback for Mamata Banerjee, expelled Trinamool Congress leader Ritabrata Banerjee claimed on Wednesday that assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose had appointed him as the leader of the opposition in the state assembly. Ritabrata further claimed that the Speaker has accepted the rebel group's claim for legislature party status "We are real and main opposition in West Bengal assembly according to parliamentary norms," Ritabrata said. "Javed Khan, Sandeepan Saha, Sabina Yasmin, Shiuli...