Politics
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 Lok Sabha on Monday (August 10, 2026) passed The Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2026’, without discussion, amidst a heavy sloganeering by the Opposition MPs. The Rajya Sabha returned the The Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 through a voice vote.
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has ordered a fresh invitation into the rape and murder of the doctor at the RG Kar medical college and hospital in Kolkata.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that the concerns raised by Generation Z are genuine and should not be ignored. Speaking at a public event, he stressed that young people protesting for their rights should not be labelled as “anti-national.” Instead, he said their voices deserve to be heard in a democracy.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju met Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday (August 5, 2026) in an effort to break the parliamentary deadlock, with the two sides discussing the proposed delimitation Bill and the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment (FCRA) Bill, 2026.
The High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Abhishek seeking permission to travel abroad, bringing an end to his request at this stage. The court ruled that the reasons presented in support of the plea were not sufficient to justify relaxing the conditions imposed on him.
Former Deputy Chief Minister and MLA Udhayanidhi Stalin was detained for questioning by a joint team of Thanjavur and Neelankarai police from his residence on East Coast Road in Neelankarai at around 11 am on Tuesday in connection with multiple cases registered over his alleged derogatory remarks against women during a Cauvery protest in Thanjavur on Monday.
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