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Kolkata police book Mamata’s TMC over road block during Martyrs' Day meeting

July 23, 2026 4:45 pm

According to the Kolkata police, thousands of TMC party supporters spilled onto both sides of the Calcutta Cathedral Road, in violation of the High Court order.

Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress July 21 Martyrs' Day rally in Kolkata last year. (Express)

Mamata's Trinamool gets nod for Martyrs' day rally, but with change in venue

July 16, 2026 4:20 am

Court cites traffic pangs: ‘Earlier, city used to come to standstill on July 21’

Booth-level data from the West Bengal Assembly elections highlights the extent of the TMC’s decline, with several senior leaders losing in their own wards and many failing to dominate even traditional strongholds. (File Photo)

Bengal booth data lays bare scale of TMC collapse: 9 senior leaders lost from home booths

May 30, 2026 12:36 pm

In Bhabanipur, where Mamata Banerjee lost to CM Suvendu Adhikari, the TMC chief managed to win just 62 of the 270 polling booths, including 54 booths with more than 50% of the vote share.

The TMC’s poor performance in the West Bengal Assembly elections and the Falta repoll has sparked debate over whether a united Congress-Left alliance can emerge as the main Opposition to the BJP in the state. (PTI Photo)

As TMC shrinks in Bengal, can a united Congress, Left fill opposition vacuum?

June 03, 2026 2:24 pm

The Assembly election verdict has raised speculations over realignment in state politics, even as the recent Falta repoll outcome saw TMC finishing fourth behind winner BJP, runner-up CPI(M) and Congress.

WB polls: CM Mamata Banerjee campaigns in Kolkata

‘Scripted, staged drama’: Mamata pokes ‘holes’ in PM’s viral jhalmuri moment

April 21, 2026 8:03 am

CM Mamata Banerjee asks how come a camera was fitted inside the shop when PM Narendra Modi made an unscheduled stop during a campaign

EC targeting Bhabanipur with 40,000 voter deletions... yet I will win: Mamata

April 02, 2026 2:45 am

Tells party candidates to be cautious while filing their nomination papers

Hitting out at the CM over the SIR issue, he said, “ Before Bengal, SIR was carried out in Bihar where close to 80 lakh names were removed out of which 22 lakh were infiltrators.”

Hooliganism in Bengal similar to Bihar under RJD: Samrat Choudhary at Parivartan Yatra

March 09, 2026 7:30 pm

Flagging off BJP’s Parivartan Yatra from Mal Assembly constituency in North Bengal, Choudhary said, “India was once called sone ki chidiya (golden bird) and Kolkata was its capital. For 33 years, the Left government looted Bengal and now it’s Mamata didi."

End of a literary era: Bengali author ‘Shankar’ passes away at 92

February 20, 2026 9:30 pm

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, BJP Union Minister Sukanta Majumder condole the death of the literary stalwart.

She said the issue would be raised with the Chief Election Commissioner during her upcoming visit to New Delhi.

'EC deleted voters' names intentionally in my constituency': Mamata in TMC BLAs' meeting

January 31, 2026 8:01 am

Asks BLAs and councilors to be cautious about ‘malpractices’.

Kolkata, Jan 09 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee leads a protest rally against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raid on the IPAC office, in Kolkata on Friday. (ANI Photo)

‘Nothing seized’: How Mamata Banerjee turned an ED raid into a political win

January 16, 2026 5:27 pm

By the time the court’s paperwork was finalised, TMC had already won the political round. They successfully turned a potentially damaging raid into a political opportunity – and shored up the 'Didi' brand

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In Pictures: Chaos at Salt Lake Stadium after Lionel Messi’s brief appearance sparks fan anger

December 13, 2025 4:21 pm

Thousands of fans gathered at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata for a Lionel Messi–linked event that ended in cunfusion, chaos and unrest after the football icon made only a brief appearance, triggering crowd disorder and official intervention