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The Election Commission of India has frozen the Trinamool Congress name and ‘Flowers & Grass’ symbol for the October 6 bypolls, assigning separate interim designations to factions led by Mamata Banerjee and Arup Roy. Amid an urgent Supreme Court challenge by the party supremo, an emerging Congress-Mamata alignment has prompted the resignation of Trinamool’s Nandigram nominee.
The upcoming October 6 by-elections in Nandigram and Rejinagar have turned into a crucial referendum on Bengal’s political ground reality. While the BJP seeks to consolidate its hold, the contest between Mamata Banerjee’s loyalists and Ritabrata Banerjee’s dissident bloc will decide who commands actual public support as the state’s true opposition voice.
The fight for control of the Trinamool Congress reached the Election Commission of India on Thursday as rival camps led by Mamata Banerjee and Leader of Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee staked claim to the party name and symbol. With high-profile by-elections in Nandigram and Rejinagar scheduled for October 6, the ECI’s imminent verdict will determine which faction enters the fray as the authentic TMC.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said on Tuesday that the party would undertake ‘Parivartan Rath Yatras’ in West Bengal as part of its campaigning for the upcoming Assembly polls.
Following a landslide victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Tarique Rahman was officially sworn in as Prime Minister on February 17, 2026, ending his 17-year exile and signaling a transformative political shift. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended a formal congratulatory message and held preliminary discussions with Rahman to stabilize ties, he was unable to attend the ceremony in person due to high-profile bilateral commitments with French President Emmanuel Macron and a major AI summit in New Delhi. Represented by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, India’s participation underscores a pragmatic effort to reset the “enduring friendship” with Dhaka and maintain regional stability under the new administration.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday signed a series of key files from his new…
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has secured a commanding two-thirds majority in the 2026 general elections, reshaping the country’s political direction after the 2024 uprising. With the Awami League absent and a constitutional reform referendum approved, the vote marks a decisive turning point in Bangladesh’s governance landscape.
History was made on 11th February 2026, as Ritu Tawde from the BJP officially took…
For 28 years, the Angamaly-Sabarimala railway line project via Erumeli, also known as Sabari Rail,…
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