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Tuesday, August 19, 2025
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Topic: Trinamool Congress

It’s official, BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari will take on once-mentor Mamata at Nandigram

BJP has announced Suvendu Adhikari as its Nandigram candidate, pitting the protégé against mentor Mamata in a poll battle that experts say will be a ‘war for political existence’.

Mamata from Nandigram, 28 MLAs dropped, 46 new faces — Trinamool list for 291 Bengal seats out

Among Trinamool's new faces are actors Kanchan Mullick & June Maliah, cricketer Manoj Tiwary and Mohun Bagan legend Bidesh Bose.

Mamata’s Trinamool to live up to its theme of ‘Bengal’s daughter’, plans to field 30-35% women

Trinamool Congress also plans a purge of sitting MLAs in constituencies where it trailed during 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Candidate list is likely Wednesday.

What is Bengal’s ‘syndicate raj’ that Modi-Shah are raking up to attack Mamata govt

At a rally this week, Modi talked of Bengal's 'cut-money culture', and said 'syndicates are ruling the roost not just in construction sector, but also while taking places on rent or lease'.

If TV news is to be believed, West Bengal election is Modi’s to lose, not Mamata’s

‘Tigress’ Mamata is being hunted by the fierce BJP pack led by Modi, as per TV channels who have a keen eye on the West Bengal poll.

When Mahua Moitra speaks in Parliament, Lok Sabha TV goes from low definition to Ultra HD

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra is like an urban Mamata Banerjee who knows how to speak the language of today’s youth.

CBI summons Mamata’s nephew’s wife in ‘coal theft’ case, party calls BJP ‘desperate’

Summons were issued to Rujira Naroola, the wife of Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee who BJP has made an election issue. Case is about illegal mining & transport of coal worth thousands of crores.

‘I was asked to condemn those chanting Jai Shri Ram’ — Trivedi lists his Trinamool troubles

In interview with ThePrint, former Trinamool MP Dinesh Trivedi says he was forced to leave the party due to a number of ‘humiliations’ he faced over the past six years.

‘Disillusioned with Mamata, Trinamool’, Bengal MLA & Ankhi Das’ father-in-law quits politics

Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay, father-in-law of Ankhi Das who was Facebook's public policy head in India, says he was hurt by some party leaders’ comments on Facebook row last year.

BJP is looking to win over Bengal’s Bhadralok with promise of development & no violence

The Bengali Bhadralok, a common term for the state’s mainly upper caste elite, traditionally voted for the Left parties before switching over to the Trinamool Congress.

On Camera

Why Modi, BJP should worry about bad blood between CEC Gyanesh Kumar and Rahul Gandhi

If there is bad blood between the CEC and the Opposition leaders, it will shake the people’s faith in election results. It’s the worst thing that could happen to Indian democracy.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

India provides Nepal with military equipment, medical supplies; PM Oli likely to visit next month

New Delhi: India has handed over military equipment, medical supplies, trained dogs and horses to the Nepalese Army Monday, ahead of Prime Minister K.P....

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?