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Kolkata, March 5 The ruling TMC and the opposition BJP filed nominations on Thursday for five Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal, setting the stage for a largely predetermined Upper House election, which nonetheless carries political symbolism ahead of the high-stakes assembly polls.Four...

Kolkata, February 28 West Bengal BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Saturday said that former state DGP Rajeev Kumar was rewarded with a Rajya Sabha candidature by Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee for "being with her in all crises".Asked about Kumar, who retired as the state's director...

Kolkata, February 23 Mukul Roy, a key strategist once hailed as the "Chanakya" of West Bengal politics, defined an era of silent political coups and shifting loyalties as a master of defection, yet ironically, he came to embody the very politics he perfected.With the passing of the founding...

Kolkata, February 23 Mukul Roy, a key strategist who was once hailed as the "Chanakya of West Bengal politics," died early Monday after a prolonged illness, bringing to an end a career marked by both engineering and participating in defections.One of the founding members of the Trinamool...

Kolkata, February 23 Former railway minister Mukul Roy, once considered Mamata Banerjee's most trusted lieutenant and the principal strategist of the TMC, died of a cardiac arrest at a private hospital here early Monday.He was 71 years old, and is survived by his son, Subhranshu Roy.He...