Not pulling out but will protest: Mamata (Lead)
May 23rd, 2012 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 23 (IANS) Miffed over the steep rise in petrol prices, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Wednesday that she would protest but not pull out of ... Read more...
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Not pulling out but will protest petrol hike: Mamata
May 23rd, 2012 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 23 (IANS) Miffed over the steep rise in petrol prices, announced Wednesday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said her Trinamool Congress would protest against the hike ... Read more...
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Seven Maoists surrender in Bengal (Lead)
May 23rd, 2012 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 23 (IANS) Seven members of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), including a body guard of slain rebel leader Kishenji, Wednesday surrendered with weapons in West Bengal's ... Read more...
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ISI, North Korea plotting to kill me: Mamata
May 23rd, 2012 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 23 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee says that Marxists and Maoists are plotting to kill her in league with the Pakistani intelligence, North Korea, Venezuela ... Read more...
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Mamata government rates itself, gives top marks: CPI
May 22nd, 2012 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 22 (IANS) Taking pot shots at West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee government, veteran Communist Party of India (CPI) leader A.B. Bardhan Tuesday said it has on its own ... Read more...
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Mamata, Karunanidhi to skip UPA dinner
May 22nd, 2012 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee and DMK chief M. Karunanidhi will not be present at the third anniversary dinner of the United Progressive Alliance-II ... Read more...
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President race: Mamata hedges on Pranab, backs Meira (Second lead)
May 21st, 2012 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Ruling UPA's alliance partner, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Monday said she would "be happy" with Meira Kumar, Gopal Gandhi or A.P.J. Abdul Kalam ... Read more...
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President race: Mamata hedges on Pranab, backs Meira, Kalam (Lead)
May 21st, 2012 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Breaking her silence over the presidential race, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Monday said she would "be happy" with Meira Kumar, Gopal Gandhi or ... Read more...
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Mamata hits out against ‘vested interests’, ‘influential media’ (Lead)
May 21st, 2012 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) Claiming that her government was being constantly pressurised to change its stand on many issues, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has accused "vested interests" ... Read more...
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Mamata slams central government for non-cooperation
May 21st, 2012 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) Accusing the central government of "rigid non-cooperation", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has alleged that it could not shirk its responsibility in allowing the ... Read more...
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Vested interests running malicious campaign: Mamata
May 21st, 2012 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) Lashing out at her detractors, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has alleged that her government has been subjected to "relentless and baseless malice" and ... Read more...
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Mamata backs Meira, Kalam or Gopal Gandhi as president
May 21st, 2012 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday said she would "be happy" with Meira Kumar, Gopal Gandhi or A.P.J. Abdul Kalam as president but ... Read more...
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Suchitra Sen, Leslie Claudius conferred ‘Banga Vibhusan’ award
May 20th, 2012 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) Legendary Bengali actress Suchitra Sen, hockey player Leslie Claudius and painter Jogen Choudhury were among the 13 luminaries from various fields who were awarded the ... Read more...
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Mamata government’s ad blitz on anniversary
May 20th, 2012 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee government marked its one year in office Sunday with an advertisement blitzkrieg in local and national dailies.Virtually emulating Tamil nadu Chief ... Read more...
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Didi emulates Amma in tom-tomming her achievements (West Bengal newsletter)
May 19th, 2012 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) After crying hoarse about the West Bengal government's poor finances, the Mamata Banerjee government is now splurging money to highlight its achievements on its first ... Read more...
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Mamata begins second year - with bouquets, brickbats
May 19th, 2012 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee begins her second year in office Sunday after a tumultuous year when the former firebrand opposition leader exhibited her ... Read more...
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Mamata asks MCA to reconsider ban on SRK (Lead)
May 18th, 2012 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) Terming the ban on Shah Rukh Khan as "undemocratic and unwarranted", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday batted for the Bollywood superstar and urged ... Read more...
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Mamata asks MCA to reconsider ban on SRK
May 18th, 2012 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) Standing by Shah Rukh Khan, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday appealed to the Mumbai Cricket Association to reconsider its five-year ban on the ... Read more...
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No religion-based reservation, says Mamata
May 18th, 2012 - 12:48 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday rubbished demands of reservation for Muslims on the basis of religion and said the idea cannot work as ... Read more...
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Jayalalithaa pilloried for publicity blitzkreig
May 16th, 2012 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa was Wednesday pilloried by her political rivals after she carpet-bombed Delhi and Chennai with four full-page advertisements in ... Read more...
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Trinamool celebrates poll victory anniversary
May 13th, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) With Rabindra Sangeet and other age-old popular Bengali songs playing in the background, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday led a huge, colourful procession ... Read more...
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Nobody expecting mid-term poll: Karat
May 13th, 2012 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) CPI-M General Secretary Prakash Karat Sunday said that nobody is expecting mid-term Lok Sabha elections, reacting to Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's comment that there ... Read more...
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PCI chief Katju praises Mamata
May 12th, 2012 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) Describing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as a "person of outstanding quality" and very honest, Press Council of India chairman Markandeya Katju Saturday ... Read more...
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Mamata, CAB felicitate golden boy Sachin (Lead)
May 12th, 2012 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) With the crowd roaring "Sachin, Sachin", and leaflets and cut-outs saluting him, batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar was Saturday felicitated by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata ... Read more...
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Early polls? Mamata says she didn’t say that (Lead)
May 12th, 2012 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 12 (IANF) Shortly after the Congress rebutted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's reported comment that India may see early Lok Sabha elections, the Trinamool Congress denied ... Read more...
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Mamata, CAB felicitate golden boy Sachin
May 12th, 2012 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) With the crowd roaring "Sachin, Sachin", and leaflets and cut-outs saluting him, batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar was Saturday felicitated by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata ... Read more...
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No mid-term polls, Congress retorts Trinamool
May 12th, 2012 - 1:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Ruling out a mid-term poll, the Congress Saturday reacted to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's claim that the Lok Sabha polls would be ... Read more...
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Toongate: Mamata lashes out against professor, calls it cyber crime
May 12th, 2012 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday lashed out against the professor who had been arrested last month for allegedly circulating a "cartoon" defaming her, ... Read more...
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Reports that Lok Sabha poll may be advanced: Mamata
May 11th, 2012 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) Claiming that she has got information that a certain political party held an internal meeting in Delhi on advancing the Lok Sabha polls to 2013, ... Read more...
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Controversial cartoons: From arrests to murder attempts
May 11th, 2012 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) A cartoon on Dalit icon Dr. B.R. Ambedkar printed in a textbook created a storm Friday forcing the Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal ... Read more...
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Sachin to be presented 100 guineas, golden bat by Mamata
May 11th, 2012 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 10 (IANS) Sachin Tendulkar will be presented a golden bat, ball and 100 guineas for scoring a century of international hundreds by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata ... Read more...
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Bloomers in Hillary’s gift raises hackles
May 9th, 2012 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) A mat presented by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with two lines from a song of Rabindranath ... Read more...
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Biman takes a dig at Mamata over FDI issue
May 9th, 2012 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) Left Front chairman Biman Bose Wednesday took a dig at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for reportedly discussing the issue of FDI in retail ... Read more...
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Tagore’s birth anniversary celebrated across Bengal
May 8th, 2012 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 8 (IANS) Rabindrasangeet was played at traffic intersections, in schools and colleges, events were held across the state and television channels competed with one another to air ... Read more...
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Idli, vada breakfast for Clinton, Krishna
May 8th, 2012 - 1:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) A sumptuous breakfast of idli, vada and other south Indian delights was laid out for US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Indian External ... Read more...
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