As the curtains came down Tuesday night on campaigning for the second phase of the Bengal election, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee played one final card - telling voters she belonged to the 'Shandilya gotra' - one of the eight highest Brahmin 'gotras'. | Read more|
West Bengal Forest Minister Rajib Banerjee today resigned from his position. The cabinet minister did not cite any reasons for his decision and comes amid a recent string of exits from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress as the state heads for Assembly elections in March-April. | Read more|
Union Home Minister Amit Shah welcomed high-profile Trinamool Congress rebel Suvendu Adhikari to the BJP on Saturday at a mega rally in West Bengal's Midnapore, sparing no shot at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. | Read more|