Opposition boycott WB Assembly platinum jubilee closing ceremony

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 15:28

Congress and Left parties boycotted the closing ceremony of the platinum jubilee of West Bengal Assembly on Wednesday which led Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to slam the Opposition and decry the incident as against courtesy and democracy.

Congress MLA says he received threat to join TMC

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 22:53

Congress MLA Rabindranath Chattopadhyay today alleged that he was threatened over phone that he would be murdered if he did not join the ruling Trinamool Congress.

Congress demands CBI inquiry in Saradha group ponzi scam

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 19:26

Demanding a CBI inquiry into the Saradha group ponzi scam, the Congress on Thursday said the people need to know who took away the money involved in the swindle.

Bengal Cong VP Ajoy Dey suspended for anti-party activity

Last Updated: Monday, November 25, 2013, 00:06

WBPCC vice-president Ajoy Dey was on Sunday suspended for an indefinite period for making "objectionable" remarks against Congress President Sonia Gandhi.

Trinamool MP Somen Mitra to quit party, rejoin Congress

Last Updated: Saturday, November 2, 2013, 01:07

Dissident Trinamool Congress MP Somen Mitra today said he has decided to leave the party and go back to Congress, while stating he would resign from his Lok Sabha membership first.

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury seeks bail in DM bungalow attack case

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 13:18

Accused in a 2012 case of attacking the District Magistrate`s bungalow in Murshidabad, Minister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has applied for an anticipatory bail.

Bengal Congress to `wait and watch` on PM`s TMC tie-up hint

Last Updated: Sunday, September 8, 2013, 18:26

The West Bengal Congress will adopt a "wait and watch policy" on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh`s observation that an electoral alliance with TMC in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls is not ruled out.

Congress will not reach near forming government: Bardhan

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 20, 2013, 20:14

Claiming that neither Congress nor BJP will be near to forming the next government, CPI leader A B Bardhan said on Tuesday that Left parties and the regional forces would do much better in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

`It was wrong to ally with Congress in 2011 polls`

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 22:15

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said it had not been a correct decision to align with Congress in the 2011 Assembly elections.

Congress MLA beaten up at Howrah village

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 14:08

Congress MLA Asit Mitra was severely beaten up by suspected Trinamool Congress supporters when he visited a village in Howrah district on Wednesday.

Congress panchayat poll candidate missing in WB

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 17:40

A Congress candidate for the panchayat elections in Nadia district is missing since June 27, police sources said on Tuesday.

Congress wants central forces for Bengal panchayat polls

Last Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2013, 21:36

Congress on Thursday made a strong pitch for deployment of central security forces during the panchayat elections in West Bengal expressing apprehension of "huge amount of violence".