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TMC’s Derek O’ Brien suspended from Rajya Sabha for remainder of monsoon session

Trinamool Congress member Derek O’ Brien was on Tuesday suspended from Rajya Sabha for the remainder of the monsoon session for “unruly behaviour and disregarding the directions of the Chair”. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Rajya Sabha disrupted, Derek O’Brien escapes suspension

Piyush Goyal moved a motion for Derek O’Brien’s suspension “for continuously disturbing the proceedings of the House, disobeying the Chair and continuously creating disturbance in the House.”

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Trinamool Congress holds State-wide protests demanding release of funds from Union government

TMC protests across West Bengal for release of MGNREGA and PM Awas Yojana funds. Senior TMC leaders, including MLAs & Ministers, participated.

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Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) targets CPI(M) and Trinamool at mega rally in Kolkata

The SUCI(C) had organised its gathering at the Brigade Parade Grounds after a gap of 35 years

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BJP, TMC question Stalin for not taking up the Cauvery issue with Congress

TN BJP, TMC accuse CM Stalin of lethargic attitude towards Cauvery issue due to alliance with Congress. BJP State President Annamalai says DMK reaching out to PM Modi to complain about alliance partners. TMC President Vasan alleges Karnataka govt continuing efforts to construct dam at Mekedatu without clearance. Urges TN…

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Trinamool MP Nusrat Jahan denies allegations of financial wrongdoing

Amidst allegations of being associated with a real estate company that duped several investors, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Nusrat Jahan on Wednesday denied any allegation of wrongdoing and said that she had resigned from the firm in March 2017.

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Bengal Governor opens anti-corruption cell at Raj Bhavan

West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose inaugurated an ‘anti-corruption cell’ at the Raj Bhavan which he said would help common people forward their complaints to competent authorities

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Bengal panchayat polls | Opposition alleges kidnap by TMC supporters

Four candidates who won the panchayat elections in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district alleged that they were kidnapped by supporters of the TMC.

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Opposition’s Manipur visit a political tour: Thakur

Anurag Thakur alleged that violence in West Bengal during the recently concluded panchayat elections was carried out by TMC activists as per instructions of Chief Minister and party supremo Mamata Banerjee.

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Newly elected TMC panchayat member shot dead in Bengal

Newly elected TMC panchayat member Maimur Gharami was shot dead on Friday night by unidentified gunmen in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas

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West Bengal: Winning TMC panchayat candidate killed in Magrahat

A Trinamool Congress leader, who contested and won the recent panchayat elections, was killed and another person injured in a shootout at Magrahat in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Read further on Dynamite News:

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SC orders withdrawal of Look Out Circular against TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee and wife

Supreme Court on July 28 ordered withdrawal of the Look Out Circular (LOC) issued against TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee and his wife Rujira in connection with the money laundering cases against them linked to an alleged coal smuggling scam in West Bengal.

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BJP to move adjournment motions in Bengal Assembly against panchayat poll violence, atrocities on women

BJP to move two adjournment motions in West Bengal Assembly this week to discuss alleged violence during rural poll and atrocities against women. TMC claims allegations are "lies" and BJP wants Speaker to allow motions to debate issues. TMC to table motion on Manipur violence, BJP opposes. All parties united…

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TMC accuses BJP of stalling Parliament, demands PM Modi open debate on Manipur

TMC MP Derek O'Brien accuses BJP of stalling Parliament, demands PM Modi open debate on Manipur issue. PM Modi has promised to initiate discussion & Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has assured Opposition of same. PM has expressed pain & anger over incident & promised no guilty will be spared. #Parliament…

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Questioning PM on Manipur is not “unparliamentary”: Derek O’Brien

TMC MP Derek O’Brien has written to the Rajya Sabha Chairman demanding that his entire speech on July 20 in the House be put on record, alleging that the act of declaring words used to criticise the government in power as “anti-union” or “unparliamentary” is a blatant attempt at muzzling…

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Amit Shah's remarks on West Bengal rural polls distasteful, insensitive: Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien

West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) has dubbed Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on violence in the State’s panchayat polls as “distasteful and insensitive”, and wondered about the role of his Ministry in restoring peace in strife-torn Manipur.

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Four more killed in post-poll violence in West Bengal; Mamata appeals for peace

Violence linked to the West Bengal panchayat elections is showing no signs of abating, with four more deaths reported on July 12, prompting Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to appeal for peace.

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In Rajya Sabha pick for West Bengal, BJP seeks to push for North Bengal support

BJP nominates Ananta Maharaj for Rajya Sabha from West Bengal, to gain support of Rajbanshi community. TMC announces 6 candidates, including one from North Bengal, to counter BJP's inroads.

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Bengal panchayat polls | BJP fact-finding team to visit violence-hit areas

BJP fact-finding team visits WB to assess poll violence; TMC mocks team, calls it an attempt to divert attention from its defeat. Team led by Ravi Shankar Prasad to visit north & south Bengal districts. 33 people have died in poll-related violence, with TMC suffering 60% of deaths. TMC poised…

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TMC to send five-member fact-finding team to Manipur on July 14

The Trinamool Congress said a five-member party delegation will visit the ethnic strife-torn Manipur on July 14 to reach out to the affected people of the northeastern State.

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Trinamool Congress is poised to sweep violence marred West Bengal panchayat polls

Here are the updates on the West Bengal panchayat poll results.

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The race to defend or delay deep-sea mining

The UN’s International Seabed Authority (ISA) has begun a crucial round of negotiations in Jamaica to try to reach agreement on the rules governing deep-sea mining, a day after companies were allowed to file for permits to mine the oceans. Defenders of the deep are also ramping up their efforts…

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W.B. teacher scam: SC refuses to halt probe against TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee

The Supreme Court on July 10 refused to interfere with the CBI and Enforcement Directorate probe against TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee in the alleged West Bengal teacher recruitment scam, saying it cannot stultify the investigation in the case.

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Derek O'Brien, Saket Gokhale among 6 candidates named by TMC for Rajya Sabha polls

The Trinamool Congress has announced the names of six candidates, including party spokesperson Derek O’Brien, for the forthcoming Rajya Sabha elections.

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Bengal violence: IE editorial points to ‘TMC bombs’, Telegraph says central forces ‘invisible’

The violence in West Bengal seems to be unrelenting with reports of fresh clashes amid repolling for the single-phase panchayat polls in several areas on Monday. At least 19 have been killed during the election, and 22 in the run-up to it, despite the deployment of nearly 60,000 central security…

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