Reports of massive political violence have emerged from India’s eastern state of West Bengal, where crucial local elections are taking place ahead of the general election slated to be held next year.

India: Bullets defeat ballots? 14 killed in West Bengal on local elections day

An Indian MP from the state of West Bengal has come under scrutiny for carrying a Louis Vuitton (LV) bag in Parliament while addressing the topic of inflation and commodity price rise.

Indian MP trolled for carrying a Louis Vuitton bag while addressing inflation & commodity price rise

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee took oath as chief minister of Bengal for the third time today. On Monday, she had met governor Jagdeep Dhankhar to stake claim to form the next government.

Mamata Banerjee takes oath as West Bengal CM for the third consecutive time

Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress is set to retain power in West Bengal, all exit polls, except two, indicated after the month-long, eight-phase Assembly polls ended on Thursday.

Hat-trick for Mamata in Bengal, indicate all exit polls save two

Congress, on Monday, called for the opposition parties for a meeting to discuss the political dynamics and current situation of the country which Aam Aadmi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and Trinamool Congress are not likely to attend.

Citizenship Act Protest: AAP, BSP not to attend today's opposition meeting called by Congress

Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to boycott the opposition meeting to be held on January 13, 2020, in New Delhi. “Congress and Left are jointly resorting to hooliganism in West Bengal.

Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee to boycott opposition meet in Delhi

After the Trinamool Congress (TMC) won the Kaliaganj Assembly by-polls and is currently leading in on the rest of the two seats, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said politics of arrogance won`t work, people have rejected the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Politics of arrogance won't work, people have rejected BJP: Mamata on by-poll trends

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) can never form a government in West Bengal, nor can it ever implement the National Register of Citizens (NRC) enumeration exercise here, said Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Madan Mitra on Saturday.

BJP can never come to power in West Bengal, nor can it implement NRC here: TMC's Madan Mitra

First-time parliamentarians Nusrat Jahan and Mimi Chakraborty have now gone viral all thanks to a video of them dancing that has reached social media. As a tribute to Goddess Durga, the two women parliamentarians can be seen dancing as West bengal gets ready to celebrate the most auspicious festival of Durga Puja next month.

West Bengal MPs Nusrat Jahan, Mimi Chakraborty's dance tribute to Maa Durga is a must-watch

West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee faced double blow when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) not only returned to power with a thumping majority in Lok Sabha elections, but also made inroads in the state by winning 18 seats out of 42 Lok Sabha seats.

Mamata Banerjee trying hard for image makeover

Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Sovan Chatterjee on Wednesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at party headquarters in New Delhi in presence of party leader Mukul Roy and its General Secretary Arun Singh.

Trinamool Congress MLA Sovan Chatterjee joins BJP

Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Kolkata on Friday. O'Brien was summoned by the agency in connection on July 26, 2019, to join the investigation in connection with the TMC mouthpiece 'Jago Bangla'.

Saradha chit fund case: Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien appears before CBI

MPs from the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday gave Zero Hour notices in the Rajya Sabha over several issues. SP MP Jaya Bachchan has given notice over 'plight of the entertainment industry in India' while another SP MP Ravi Prakash Verma gave the notice over 'need for legislation to prevent mob violence.

MPs from Samajwadi Party, Trinamool Congress give Zero Hour notices in Rajya Sabha

As the Trinamool Congress is set to organise its annual rally on July 21, West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh on Saturday said that TMC`s programme would be "Didi`s Circus".

Dilip Ghosh calls Trinamool Congress rally 'Didi's Circus', FIR lodged

Union Minister Babul Supriyo on Sunday hit out at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claiming that Trinamool Congress will be `swept away` from the state by 2021. Taking to Twitter, BJP leader Supriyo wrote: "They became half in 2019 and they will be swept away by 2021" (`19 mein `HALF` huye, `21 mein `SAAF` hojayenge (Trinamool Samabesh)".

Trinamool Congress to be swept away from West Bengal by 2021: Babul Supriyo

A special court on Thursday summoned Abhishek Banerjee, TMC MP and nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, to appear before it on July 25 in connection a case of false declaration about his educational qualification during the elections.

Special court summons Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek in fake degree case

Members of Parliament (MPs) from Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday gave Zero Hour notice in Rajya Sabha over two different issues about the Centre's recent proposals.

Trinamool Congress MPs give two Zero Hour notices in Rajya Sabha over Centre's proposals

BJP MP from Hooghly Locket Chatterjee has accused TMC leaders in West Bengal of taking cut-money. "Cut-money is taken by TMC leaders from birth till death. West Bengal Chief Minister has accepted that their leaders take it.

BJP MP accuses TMC leaders of taking cut-money

Iran says it has broken enriched uranium stockpile limit set by nuclear deal Iran has breached a 300kg (660lb) limit on its stockpile of low-enriched uranium set under a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.

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Veteran Communist leader Sudhakar Reddy on Thursday termed as "meaningless" the appeal of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to the Congress and Left parties to come together with her party -- the TMC -- to fight the BJP.

Mamata Banerjee's appeal for Left, Congress, TMC to join hands 'meaningless': Sudhakar Reddy

In a fresh jolt to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Biswajit Das, along with 12 party councillors have joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

More trouble for Mamata Banerjee as another Trinamool Congress MLA, 12 councillors join BJP

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday wrote to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi expressing her inability to attend Wednesday's meeting of leaders of political parties.

Mamata Banerjee not to attend all-party meeting on Wednesday

In the backdrop of Trinamool Congress lagging behind other political parties in more than 50% civic bodies in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, the party supremo Mamata Banerjee sounded the bugle for the 2020 civic body polls on Tuesday.

West Bengal: TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee addresses corporators and councillors ahead of 2020 civic body polls

A day after a Trinamool Congress legislator and 15 councillors of the party in West Bengal joined the BJP, chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said she doesn't want thieves in the party.

'I don't care if 15-20 leave the party after accepting cash,' says Mamata Banerjee

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