Kabir Suman pens satirical song on Pinki case
July 10th, 2012 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) Rebel Trinamool Congress MP Kabir Suman has composed a song scathingly critical of the treatment meted out to Asian Games gold medallist Pinki Pramanik by ... Read more...
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As Left Front plans, quick-footed Didi acts (West Bengal Newsletter)
May 26th, 2012 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) Despite the negative publicity she has been receiving for her various antics as West Bengal chief minister, the feisty Mamata Banerjee's ability to lead lightning ... Read more...
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Mamata to march against petrol price hike Saturday (Second lead)
May 25th, 2012 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 25 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will lead a procession of the party activists and supporters in the city Saturday to ... Read more...
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Mamata to hit the road against petrol price hike Saturday (Lead)
May 25th, 2012 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 25 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will lead a procession of the party activists and supporters in the city Saturday to ... Read more...
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Mamata to hit road against petrol price hike Saturday
May 25th, 2012 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 25 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will lead a procession in the city Saturday to mount pressure on the central government ... Read more...
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As Mamata says ‘all cooked up’, Marxists hit road (West Bengal Newsletter)
March 4th, 2012 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 4 (IANS) With West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee drawing flak for her penchant to dub recent incidents of crime as "staged", bitter rival Communist Party ... Read more...
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Trinamool MP criticises Mamata, questions ‘change’ in Bengal
March 1st, 2012 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 1 (IANS) Once an ardent supporter, singer-turned-Trinamool Congress MP Kabir Suman has criticised Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the state of affairs in West Bengal, particularly political ... Read more...
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It’s Buddha versus Mamata again in Bengal
February 29th, 2012 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 29 (IANS) Former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Wednesday led a huge protest rally in Jadavpur against the alleged ransacking of a Communist Party of India-Marxist ... Read more...
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Low key birthday as Mamata turns 57
January 5th, 2012 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IANS) Mamata Banerjee turned 57 Thursday, marking her first birthday as West Bengal's chief minister, amid signs of a political storm brewing between her Trinamool Congress ... Read more...
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Mamata’s pet Lok Sabha seat goes to polls
November 29th, 2011 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 29 (IANS) The Kolkata South Lok Sabha constituency, which has elected West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee half a dozen times at a stretch, is all set ... Read more...
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Mamata: the single-woman army who crushed the mighty Left
May 13th, 2011 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) There was a time when poverty forced her to become a milk vendor. That was the only way she could help her widowed mother bring ... Read more...
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West Bengal CM files nomination papers in Jadavpore
April 5th, 2011 - 6:29 pm ICT by ANI
Jadavpore, Apr 5 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee filed his nomination on Tuesday as a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) candidate from the Jadavpore constituency for the state polls.Bhattacharjee went ... Read more...
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Buddhadeb in trouble after sound norm violation
February 27th, 2011 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 26 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Saturday allegedly violated the ban on using microphones in open spaces due to the ongoing secondary examinations in the state.Bhattacharjee attended ... Read more...
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Youth dupes elderly man of Rs.70,000
October 29th, 2010 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 29 (IANS) A young man duped an elderly man Friday of Rs.70,000 by offering to help him deposit it in a bank here - and promptly fled with the ... Read more...
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Ex-bank official held for sleazy e-mails
September 26th, 2010 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 26 (IANS) A former bank manager who sent sleazy e-mails to his sister-in-law was arrested Sunday, police said. This is the first arrest made by the cyber police station ... Read more...
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Kabir Suman not to resign
April 7th, 2010 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 7 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MP Kabir Suman Wednesday said he would not resign from the Lok Sabha or the party for the time being in deference to his mentor ... Read more...
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Kabir Suman’s resignation on hold at Mahasweta Devi’s behest
April 1st, 2010 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) After proclaiming his desire to quit the Lok Sabha and the Trinamool Congress, singer-turned-MP Kabir Suman now says he is putting his decision on hold for a ... Read more...
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‘Insulted’ Kabir Suman tells Mamata he is quitting Lok Sabha, party (Second Lead)
March 30th, 2010 - 2:10 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 30 (IANS) Complaining of insult by a section of party leaders, singer-turned-Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member Kabir Suman Monday night expressed a desire to resign from parliament and the ... Read more...
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Kabir Suman tells Mamata he is quitting Lok Sabha, party (Lead)
March 30th, 2010 - 1:13 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 29 (IANS) Singer-turned-Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member Kabir Suman Monday night expressed a desire to resign from parliament and the party in an SMS to Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee."I ... Read more...
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Issues with party have been resolved: Kabir Suman
November 20th, 2009 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 20 (IANS) Noted Bengali singer Kabir Suman, a Trinamool Congress MP, Friday said all issues with the party following his criticism had been resolved and described himself as a ... Read more...
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Both CPI-M, Trinamool misusing funds: Kabir Suman
November 16th, 2009 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 16 (IANS) Noted Bengali singer Kabir Suman, who is now a Trinamool Congress MP, has said that he did not see any difference between West Bengal's ruling Communist Party of ... Read more...
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Two held for funding Chhatradhar Mahto
October 6th, 2009 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 6 (IANS) Two members of the city-based Lalgarh Sanhati Mancha were arrested here for allegedly funding Maoist leader Chhatradhar Mahto, police said Tuesday.
Prasun Chattapadhyay and Raja Sorkhel of Lalgarh solidarity ... Read more...
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It’s Chak De! Kolkata in Lok Sabha polls
May 13th, 2009 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) The people of this eastern metropolis, known for their political orientation, have left far behind their counterparts from the other four metros in terms of the voting percentage ... Read more...
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Enthusiastic Kolkatans throng polling booths
May 13th, 2009 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) An elderly woman in a wheelchair, a patient laid up on a stretcher, a middle-aged man carrying his octogenarian mother...They were among Kolkata residents who voted in right ... Read more...
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West Bengal votes amid clashes, malfunctioning EVMs (Lead)
May 13th, 2009 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) Amid clashes that killed one man and delayed polling in some areas because of malfunctioning electronic voting machines (EVMs), the final phase of parliamentary elections in West Bengal ... Read more...
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Mamata Banerjee comfortably placed in Kolkata South
May 12th, 2009 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) Her constituency has been redrawn to include many new areas and axe old strongholds. But as Kolkata South readied for the elections Wednesday, Trinamool Congress chief and ... Read more...
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What’s cooking for Third Front? Ask Mayawati (Political Prattle)
March 15th, 2009 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) She may be stirring the political pot, but as far as Sunday's dinner here for Third Front leaders was concerned, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati wanted to ... Read more...
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Poll campaign begins in West Bengal with graffiti row
March 14th, 2009 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 14 (IANS) Political parties in West Bengal have kicked off the campaign for the coming Lok Sabha polls with their workers painting a wall of a government building with graffiti, ... Read more...
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