Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) Veteran Trinamool Congress legislator Sovandeb Chattopadhyay on Friday moved a division bench of the Calcutta High Court, challenging the order of the single-judge bench of Justice Krishna Rao of the same court, upholding the decision of the West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose accepting expelled Trinamool legislator Ritabrata Banerjee as the leader of the new majority bloc of the party in the House as well as the official Leader of Opposition (LoP). Although, in t…
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Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Friday served contempt of court notices to former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress’ general secretary and Lok Sabha member.The notice pertains to the Trinamool Congress annual Martyrs’ Day rally in central Kolkata on July 21, 2025, which contravened the Calcutta High Court’s 2018 order that prohibited political parties from obstructing any major or important road junctions in…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Trinamool Congress National General Secretary and Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee on Friday extended birthday greetings to Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, wishing him good health, happiness and success. Abhishek Banerjee took to social media ‘X’ and said, “Warm birthday wishes to @RahulGandhi Ji. Wishing you good health, happiness and continued success in every endeavour. Keep shining.”Rahul Gandhi, a senior Congress leader and Member of Pa…
Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) The Diamond Harbour Police in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal has filed an FIR against Mitun Kumar Dey, an influential former officer from the district, who is considered a close associate of Abhishek Banerjee, the general secretary of the Trinamool Congress and a three-time Lok Sabha member, during the previous administration led by Mamata Banerjee.The FIR against Dey, sources aware of the development said, has been registered following a complaint lodged b…
Kolkata, June 18 (IANS) Separate sitting arrangement have been made within the floor of the West Bengal Assembly for the two blocs of Trinamool Congress’ Legislative Party, the first being the rebel and majority bloc led by expelled Party Legislature led by official Leader of the Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee, and the other minority block with continued allegiance towards party supremo Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, which is led by Sovandeb Chattopadhyay, who is currently the …
Kolkata, June 18 (IANS) West Bengal’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officers on Thursday once again raided Harish Chatterjee Street in south Kolkata’s Kalighat area. This time, CID officers visited the residence of Mamata Banerjee’s sister-in-law, who is also the aunt of Trinamool Congress National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee.The raid started from 2 p.m. onwards. The CID team left the house before 3 p.m. The detectives were present at the residence of Abhishek Banerjee’s aunt f…
Kolkata, June 14 (IANS) West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officials on Sunday questioned Trinamool Congress National General Secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee for around eight-and-a-half hours in connection with the Assembly signature mismatch case.Banerjee left the CID headquarters at Bhabani Bhawan at around 8.20 p.m.By then, Trinamool Congress MLA from Beleghata, Kunal Ghosh, had already left Bhabani Bhawan after being questioned for around four hours.After co…
New Delhi/Kolkata, June 14 (IANS) The rebel and majority bloc within the Trinamool Congress Parliamentary team in the Lok Sabha, under the leadership of two four-time Lok Sabha members, Dr Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and Satabdi Roy, has decided to join the Tripura-based Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) instead of pursuing the much-discussed possibility of forming a separate bloc of the Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party in the Lower House of Parliament.The rebel MPs made an official req…
Kolkata, June 14 (IANS) West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officials on Sunday questioned Trinamool Congress National General Secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee and party MLA Kunal Ghosh face to face in connection with the Assembly signature mismatch case.After around four hours of questioning, Kunal Ghosh came out of the CID headquarters at Bhabani Bhawan and said that he had cooperated with the investigation. It was Ghosh who revealed that he had been questioned …
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) Trinamool Congress leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay’s sudden arrival in the national capital and his open rebellion against party leadership is making headlines since he has been known as a close confidante of party Chairperson Mamata Banerjee and a staunch supporter of his leader in Parliament for decades. However, he is also known to have gone against his supremo on earlier occasions as and when he considered it appropriate for himself and his constituency. In September 2…