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Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) Trinamool Congress councillor Arup Chakraborty on Thursday resigned from the post of party spokesperson.In an email to the party leadership, he said that he was resigning for personal reasons. However, he also expressed gratitude for the trust reposed in him by the party and for being given the responsibility.Earlier on Wednesday, Arup Chakraborty had resigned from the post of member of the Accounts Committee at the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC).On Thursday, Arup Cha…

Kolkata, May 27 (IANS) Two Trinamool Congress councillors on Wednesday resigned from their posts at the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). Sushanta Ghosh resigned as the chairman of borough number 12 of KMC. He submitted his resignation letter to KMC Commissioner Smita Pandey.He was accompanied by another Trinamool councillor, Arup Chakraborty, who resigned from the post of member of the KMC’s accounts committee. However, neither leader resigned as Trinamool councillors, but only from the post…

Kolkata, May 24 (IANS) Former Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member and doctor Santanu Sen has congratulated and thanked the new BJP government in the state and Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari. He posted on social media on Saturday night, congratulating the new government on the steps being taken in the health sector.Santanu was a Rajya Sabha member from Trinamool and was accused of making anti-party comments during the RG Kar movement. He was later suspended from the Trinamool. However, Santanu…

Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) A mild tension erupted at the premises of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday as Mamata Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress chief and former Chief Minister, was leaving the court premises after arguing as a counsel on a PIL filed at a division bench on the alleged post-poll violence in the state.The Chief Minister complained of being assaulted by a section of lawyers at the Calcutta High Court premises.As the former Chief Minister was leaving the court premises, a section of …

Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) A political slugfest has surfaced in West Bengal over the tension in Beldanga of West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Saturday after the alleged murder of a migrant worker from the district in Jharkhand.While all the opposition parties in the state, including Bharatiya Janata Party, CPI(M) and Congress have lashed out against the Mamata government and described the developments as a total administrative collapse in the state, the Trinamool Congress termed it as a result o…

Kolkata, Jan 11 (IANS) The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has sought a report on the alleged attack on the vehicle of Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly, sources in the BJP said on Sunday.The Union Home Ministry has asked for the report from the LoP’s office, and it has been learned that the office is sending video footage to the MHA.Meanwhile, BJP workers and supporters staged protests in several districts against the attack on Suvendu Adhikari’s …

Kolkata, Jan 4 (IANS) All India Trinamool Congress leadership has started distributing ‘Unnayoner Panchali’, the state government’s report card for the past 15 years in power, to prominent personalities across West Bengal as part of their Banglar Samarthane Sanjog (outreach) initiative.State Minister Shashi Panja and party MP Sharmila Sarkar presented the report card along with a letter from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to Professor Dr Manimoy Bandyopadhyay, Director of IPGMER and SSKM Hospita…