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November 22nd, 2009 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
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Tamluk (West Bengal), Nov 22 (IANS) Attacking the opposition Trinamool Congress on the development plank, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Sunday alleged that all work has come to a halt in ...
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November 11th, 2009 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
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By T.G. Biju
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) The All India Forward Bloc, a major Left Front partner, is likely to review its decades-old association with the Communist Party of India-Marxist ...
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October 28th, 2009 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) The Congress Wednesday slammed the Maoists for unleashing "mindless violence" against the common man, whose interests the rebels claim to espouse, and called for all political ...
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October 10th, 2009 - 12:27 am ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Oct 9 (IANS) The Maoists are getting foreign funds through some non-governmental organisations, a top official of the West Bengal Police claimed here Friday.
"A portion of foreign funds routed through some ...
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October 5th, 2009 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Oct 5 (IANS) As the West Bengal police interrogated top tribal leaders of Lalgarh and suggested their links with some city-based intellectuals and human rights activists, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata ...
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September 23rd, 2009 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
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India launches Oceansat-2, six European satellites - Third Lead moved at 1600
India goes to G20 with confidence, will oppose protectionism: PM - Moved at 1206
Army major among eight killed in ...
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September 23rd, 2009 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
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NATIONAL
India launches Oceansat-2, six European satellites - Third Lead moved at 1600
India goes to G20 with confidence, will oppose protectionism: PM - Moved at 1206
Congress list of 68 Haryana candidates out, ...
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September 23rd, 2009 - 2:02 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Sep 23 (IANS) A 12-hour shutdown was observed Wednesday in West Bengal's Nandigram following the killing of a local Trinamool Congress leader by a group of unidentified persons.
"The shutdown is peaceful. ...
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September 22nd, 2009 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Sep 22 (IANS) High drama prevailed at the annual general meeting of the Bengal National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BNCCI) Tuesday, when union Minister of State for Shipping Mukul ...
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September 12th, 2009 - 10:01 am ICT by IANS
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By Amulya Ganguli
Venal and irresponsible politicians, acting in concert with anti-social elements masquerading as cadres, have ensured that the faint hopes of reviving West Bengal's industrial sector have again been dashed.
First, ...
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August 23rd, 2009 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Aug 23 (IANS) A fresh political confrontation is brewing in West Bengal with a union minister, owing allegiance to Trinamool Congress, Sunday declaring that an eco-tourism project will be implemented across ...
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August 21st, 2009 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Aug 21 (IANS) Singur, Nandigram seemed passe, as leading industrialists from West Bengal vied with one another Friday in showering encomiums on Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee for initiating various development ...
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August 20th, 2009 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Aug 20 (IANS) Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday evening gave away awards to eminent writers and artists of the city, including those who supported her in the anti-land acquisition movements ...
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August 11th, 2009 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
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Mangalkote (West Bengal), Aug 11 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief and Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday challenged West Bengal's Left Front government to get the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe ...
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August 9th, 2009 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Aug 9 (IANS) Continuing its attack on West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi, the state's ruling communists Sunday called him "partial" in his remarks on important political issues.
"I am not saying softly ...
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July 25th, 2009 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, July 24 (IANS) Fast moving consumer goods major ITC Ltd., which has been scouting for land in West Bengal for quite some time has expressed its discontent over not getting land ...
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July 24th, 2009 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, July 24 (ANI): Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee is understood to have raised serious objections to a bill relating to land acquisition for industrialisation and rehabilitation of the land losers ...
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July 17th, 2009 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
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By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) There is no end to the struggle to save pieces of "our land and the people who live on them, own them and till them", ...
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July 16th, 2009 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, July 16 (IANS) After its land acquisition for industry went wrong twice, and with adverse consequences for it, the West Bengal government Thursday said henceforth the industrialists will have to directly ...
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July 16th, 2009 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, July 16 (IANS) The West Bengal assembly Thursday plunged into bedlam amid walkouts by opposition Congress and Trinamool Congress members as Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee admitted that the police had ...
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July 10th, 2009 - 1:37 am ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) Accusing the main opposition Trinamool Congress of trying to play down the Maoist menace in West Bengal, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Thursday said the need of the ...
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July 9th, 2009 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) There were 126 instances of police firing in West Bengal between 2006 and 2008, while 129 political activists died in clashes during the same period, Chief Minister Buddhadeb ...
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July 9th, 2009 - 8:04 pm ICT by ANI
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Kolkata, July 9 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Budhadeb Bhattacharjee announced today in the West Bengal state assembly that his government would see to it that the Unlawful Activity Prevention Act (UAPA) ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 10:45 am ICT by
Nksagar
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2009-07-04 05:29:45 - Mamata's Only Ladies' EMU train services to be
introduced in Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata suburban routes on the
pattern of Mumbai suburban lines. She is soon to bring white paper on
Railways
The ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 12:10 am ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, July 3 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief and Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday lost no opportunity to needle West Bengal's ruling Left Front when she proposed a new rail line from ...
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June 25th, 2009 - 12:40 am ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, June 24 (IANS) Hoping that West Bengal will maintain the highest environmental standards at the petroleum, chemicals and petrochemical investment region (PCPIR) on Nayachar island off Haldia port, the central government ...
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June 22nd, 2009 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Monday said it was against a ban on the Leftwing outfit Communist Party of India-Maoist and the rebels should be tackled ...
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June 20th, 2009 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, June 20 (IANS) West Bengal's principal opposition party Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Saturday said Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee "is a bigger Maoist" and threatened a stir if allegations that ...
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June 20th, 2009 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
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By Amulya Ganguli
The CPI-M's troubles seem to be brimming over. As if its worst-ever electoral performance wasn't enough, the party has now become embroiled in two other critical situations in its ...
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June 19th, 2009 - 11:31 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, June 19 (ANI): While security persons continued their operations to flush out Maoists from Lalgarh in West Bengal on Friday, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Politburo held a detailed ...
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