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Topic: Trinamool Congress

Why BJP has dropped NRC from Bengal pitch a year after Amit Shah’s big push

BJP says it's focusing on implementing CAA, amid worries that an NRC push may backfire. But CM Mamata Banerjee is making it a poll issue.

Amit Shah’s Bengal rally sees big-ticket defections from Mamata’s TMC, 7 MLAs jump ship

Suvendu Adhikari was among the MLAs who joined BJP. At the rally, Shah said TMC has gone from a party of Ma, Mati, Manush to one of extortion, appeasement and nepotism.

Political tussle plays out in SC with 6 BJP leaders claiming TMC filed bogus FIRs against them

Top court issues notices after the BJP leaders file plea seeking transfer of their cases to an 'independent investigative agency'. 

Trinamool crisis deepens as 2 more leaders quit after Suvendu, flurry of resignations likely

Amit Shah's Friday rally in Midnapore will see more resignations from Trinamool Congress as many senior leaders are set to join BJP, a top party leader said.

Why Mamata’s nephew, Bengal’s ‘rajkumar’ is targeted by Trinamool members too, not just BJP

BJP leaders and disgruntled Trinamool leaders call Abhishek Banerjee names like ‘prince’ & ‘nephew’, slam his ‘entitlement’ and power as party’s de facto No.2.

Once Mamata’s top aide, Suvendu Adhikari quits as TMC MLA, likely to join BJP in 2 days

Suvendu Adhikari had quit as a state cabinet minister two weeks ago, and is likely to join the BJP in Delhi or in West Midnapore district on 19 December. 

These are the 3 IPS officers ‘caught’ in new Centre-Mamata row over attack on Nadda convoy

The officers were in-charge of BJP chief’s security when he was attacked in Bengal last week, and have been called by home ministry for central deputation.

Act like govt official, not Amit Shah’s servant, Trinamool MP tells home secretary Ajay Bhalla

TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee wrote to Bhalla, questioning his authority to summon Bengal’s chief secretary & DGP after BJP chief JP Nadda’s convoy was attacked earlier this week.

‘A party can’t run like this’ — rumblings within Mamata’s Trinamool get louder ahead of polls

Ever since party veteran Suvendu Adhikari quit the state cabinet, many Trinamool leaders have expressed displeasure over being 'sidelined'.

Subhendu Adhikari exit sends ‘wrong message’ before West Bengal polls, say TMC leaders

Subhendu Adhikari's exit from Mamata Banerjee's cabinet is crucial to the BJP since he holds clout in at least 9 Lok Sabha and 63 assembly seats.

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MBBS guidelines for students with disabilities reduce a life to a limb

The guidelines ask whether a student can climb stairs, but not whether the college has a ramp. They ask whether a student can bear weight, but not whether the system can bear the weight of its own prejudice.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.