The Trinamool Congress on Friday said it supported the issues raised by political parties that had called for a nationwide shutdown on September 10, adding that it will however hold protest rallies in West Bengal as it is against strikes since these lead to waste of working hours.

West Bengal Congress President Adhir Chowdhury on Monday said his party has no political understanding either with the state ruling party Trinamool Congress or BJP.

A Trinamool Congress activist was found dead at Bhangar in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district on Sunday after being missing since Saturday night, police said.

A three-year-old child was critically injured in West Bengal's Malda district as violent political clashes over the formation of Panchayat boards continued on Thursday.

Three persons were killed and at least 15 injured in West Bengal as violent political clashes over the formation of the state Panchayat boards continued, police said on Wednesday.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accused the BJP-led central government of tying to evict people from the country in the name of the NRC in Assam and dared it to launch a similar exercise in Bengal.

West Bengal's BJP unit on Sunday said the party was ready to join hands with other political outfits in the state at the grass roots level to stop the Trinamool Congress (TMC) from forming gram panchayat boards.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday termed the Supreme Court verdict on the recently held state panchayat polls as "a victory of democracy" and claimed the joint efforts of BJP, CPI-M and Congress to malign Bengal over the issue of uncontested seats during the election, have fallen flat.

Two persons were killed and six others were injured in an explosion at a Trinamool Congress party office in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said on Friday.

Senior All India Forward Bloc leader and former West Bengal Minister Mortaza Hossain on Thursday joined the state's ruling Trinamool Congress along with his supporters.