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Trinamool’s Dhupguri win is historic, says Mamata

TMC wins Dhupguri by-poll in WB, defeating BJP by 4,309 votes. INDIA team wins big, with BJP losing in four of seven by-elections. TMC's success attributed to "patron-client" model and cash incentive schemes. Poor performance of Left-Congress alliance indicates bipolar contest in 2024 LS polls.

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Mamata pitches into ‘India vs Bharat’ row, claims it is blatant attempt to distort history

Reacting to the controversy over a G-20 dinner invite in the name of ‘President of Bharat’, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday questioned the need to “suddenly use only Bharat” while referring to India in official communiques.

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INDIA bloc resolves to hold seat-sharing talks

Mumbai summit of Opposition INDIA bloc resolves to start seat-sharing talks immediately”; but sources said the meeting also witnessed differences over caste census

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Congress-backed CPI(M) candidate to face Trinamool in Dhupguri bypoll

CPI(M) & Congress to hold joint rally in Dhupguri, West Bengal on Sept 1, to oppose BJP & RSS. CPI-M to field candidate against TMC in bypoll.

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Asaduddin Owaisi raises issues of minorities, flags ‘atmosphere of hate’, mob lynchings

AIMIM’s Asaduddin Owaisi talks of minorities issues, Trinamool Mahua Moitra says no-trust motion not to bring down anything ‘but to resurrect Constitutional values’

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Trinamool Congress holds State-wide protests demanding release of funds from Union government

TMC protests across West Bengal for release of MGNREGA and PM Awas Yojana funds. Senior TMC leaders, including MLAs & Ministers, participated.

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Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) targets CPI(M) and Trinamool at mega rally in Kolkata

The SUCI(C) had organised its gathering at the Brigade Parade Grounds after a gap of 35 years

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Four opposition panchayat candidates allegedly abducted in West Bengal return home

four Opposition candidates who won the Krishnachandrapur gram panchayat seats from Mathurapur in South 24 Parganas district and were allegedly abducted a few days ago returned home on July 30.

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Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day after spat between Dhankhar, Derek O’Brien

The Rajya Sabha functioned for less than 30 minutes on July 28 and was abruptly adjourned for the day after an altercation between Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien.

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Trinamool Congress Tripura president Pijush Kanti Biswas quits post, party

Pijush Kanti Biswas, the chief of the Trinamool Congress’ Tripura State unit, who had switched over from the Congress in 2022, resigned from the party

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Not interested in any chair, INDIA will defeat BJP in 2024, says Mamata

“INDIA will fight and Trinamool Congress will stand beside it with its flag like a soldier. I have said that we want nothing, all we want is for INDIA to win, BJP to lose... Hindustan, Bharat jitega, Modi harega [India will win, PM Narendra Modi will lose],” Mamata Banerjee said addressing her…

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Seven elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from West Bengal

A number of ministers and ruling party MLAs, including Ministers Aroop Roy and Tapas Roy accompanied the Trinamool nominees to the State Assembly. Read more details on The Hindu

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West Bengal poll violence | Death toll rises; crude bombs seized in several places

More than 40 people have lost their lives so far in the month-long violence, which started with the notification of the elections on June 8.

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West Bengal local polls | Bombs and ballot boxes

A report on the month-long panchayat poll-related violence in West Bengal which claimed 40 lives and left hundreds injured

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Trinamool team visits Nandigram to counter BJP’s fact-finding team

The development comes at a time when a BJP fact-finding team led by former Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is visiting West Bengal.

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Six Opposition members file dissent notes on Forest Conservation Bill

At least six out of the 31 members of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, have filed dissent notes on the controversial Bill which is expected to be tabled in Parliament in the monsoon session

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Derek O'Brien, Saket Gokhale among 6 candidates named by TMC for Rajya Sabha polls

The Trinamool Congress has announced the names of six candidates, including party spokesperson Derek O’Brien, for the forthcoming Rajya Sabha elections.

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West Bengal Governor visits violence-affected Cooch Behar in north Bengal

West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose visited State’s Cooch Behar district which had witnessed clashes between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party during the ensuing panchayat polls.

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The changing economy of rural West Bengal

How the upcoming panchayat elections in West Bengal will be affected by the changing economic and political shifts

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Trinamool MLAs turn rebels in support of Independent candidates in West Bengal panchayat polls

Several MLAs of the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal have come out openly in support of the independent candidates in the State’s panchayat polls, prompting questions about factionalism in the ruling party.

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Indian Secular Front poses a tough challenge to ruling Trinamool in Bhangar

ISF leader and Bhangar MLA Naushad Siddique on Monday sprang a surprise when he said the ISF was ready to withdraw candidates from Bhangar panchayat polls for the sake of peace if the Trinamool Congress was willing to come to the discussion table.

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West Bengal Governor sets up control room for panchayat poll grievances

West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose has set up a control room at Raj Bhavan where representation from the people will be received on threats and intimidation ahead of the panchayat election in the State.

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Trinamool files highest number of nominations for West Bengal panchayat polls, followed by BJP and CPI(M)

“We appeal to Trinamool workers to not contest elections as Independent candidates.”

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Mamata Banerjee defends Abhishek’s ‘well-deserved’ rise in Trinamool

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on June 16, 2023 and defended her nephew Abhishek Banerjee’s rise to the helm of Trinamool Congress

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Two killed on final day of nomination filing for panchayat polls in West Bengal

There was no respite from violence on the final day of filing of nominations for the West Bengal panchayat elections on June 15, with a supporter of the Indian Secular Front (ISF) and activist of Trinamool Congress (TMC) being killed in two separate incidents at Bhangar in South 24 Parganas district.

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