In response to the notice served by the Lok Sabha Speaker to the 20 rebel Trinamool Congress MPs who merged with NCPI, the MPs have written separate letters to the Speaker’s office seeking more time to submit their replies.
Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee was summoned by the Kolkata Police in connection with a clash that broke out during the removal of an alleged illegal billboard from the party’s office on Camac Street. The development has sparked a fresh political controversy in West Bengal, with the TMC leader alleging political vendetta after being questioned by the police.
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari Saturday announced that internal procedures are underway to refund ticket money to roughly 33,000 spectators who attended the Lionel Messi event in Kolkata last year.
A fight broke out at Diamond Harbour Trinamul Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee’s office in the city on Thursday when a team of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) officials and Kolkata Police personnel raided the address and forcibly removed the party’s billboard there amidst resistance.
Five months after constituting 19 appellate tribunals to hear appeals arising from the special intensive revision (SIR) in West Bengal, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (August 25, 2026) found that public information regarding these proceedings remains sparse or speculative, even as upcoming municipal elections draw near in the State.
In connection with Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee’s petition in the Supreme Court against rebel (now NCPI) MPs seeking their disqualifications, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has issued notices to the 20 MPs, seeking their response within seven days.
Rebel Trinamool Congress MLA Ritabrata Banerjee will continue as the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly for the time being, after the Calcutta High Court declined to interfere with his appointment. The court has, however, made it clear that his position will remain provisional for two months, giving the legal battle over the post a temporary pause.
“I was never involved in corruption. It was a blunder to join politics,” states the suicide note of the deceased former deputy speaker of West Bengal Assembly and ex-Trinamool Congress MLA from Rampurhat in Birbhum district, Asish Banerjee, who was found hanging at an office of the party on Sunday morning, police sources said.
Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday (August 11, 2026) held a protest next to a statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in Kolkata’s Shyambazar area over controversial remarks made against Bose by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha MP.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission (EC) to provide details of the cases decided and pending before appellate tribunals dealing with appeals against the deletion of names from West Bengal’s electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
