Bengal intellectuals happy with regime change
May 13th, 2011 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) Prominent intellectuals Friday expressed their happiness over the defeat of the 34-year-old Left Front government in the state and said the result was most expected ... Read more...
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Congress seeks judicial probe into Greater Noida violence (Lead)
May 10th, 2011 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The Congress Monday sought a judicial probe into the violence involving farmers in Uttar Pradesh and said the amended Land Acquisition Bill should be ... Read more...
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CPI-M questions poll panel’s arrangements
May 3rd, 2011 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 3 (IANS) West Bengal's ruling Left Front Tuesday accused opposition Trinamool Congress of terrorising voters during the fourth phase of assembly polls, and said that the "incidents" have ... Read more...
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High turnout in Bengal; Singur, Nandigram vote (Roundup)
May 3rd, 2011 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 3 (IANS) Former volatile spots Singur and Nandigram voted Tuesday as millions exercised their franchise in 63 constituencies of four districts in the fourth phase of West ... Read more...
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Voting for fourth phase ends, 84.55 percent polling
May 3rd, 2011 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 3 (IANS) Voting came to an end Tuesday in 63 constituencies spread over four districts in the fourth phase of the West Bengal assembly elections, with 84.55 percent ... Read more...
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Peaceful voting in fourth round of West Bengal polls (Third Lead)
May 3rd, 2011 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 3 (IANS) Singur and Nandigram voted peacefully Tuesday as 58 percent polling was recorded till 1 p.m. in the fourth phase of West Bengal assembly elections for ... Read more...
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Fourth round of Bengal polls: Spotlight on Singur, Nandigram
May 2nd, 2011 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
Nandigram/Singur, May 2 (IANS) Synonymous with intense peasant protests against the acquisition of farmland, Singur and Nandigram go to polls Tuesday in the fourth phase of West Bengal assembly ... Read more...
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Trinamool misled rural Bengal: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
April 30th, 2011 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
Nandigram, April 30 (IANS) Two days after arch rival Mamata Banerjee stormed the area, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Saturday campaigned in this rural belt and charged the ... Read more...
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Mamata promises her own global Nandigram
April 29th, 2011 - 3:16 pm ICT by ANI
Nandigram, Apr 29 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee has promised to transform Nandigram into an industrial park that would create thousands of jobs.Addressing her first election rally in ... Read more...
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Once close to Left, Bengal’s thinkers seek change
April 29th, 2011 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 29 (IANS) There was a time when the Left Front had a mighty following among writers and artists of West Bengal. But today its intellectuals are ... Read more...
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Where will Bengal’s Muslim votes go?
April 25th, 2011 - 4:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 25 (IANS) West Bengal's Muslims, once a loyal vote bank of the ruling Marxists, appear noncommittal in the ongoing assembly polls even as the Left Front and ... Read more...
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Bengal’s ‘red fort’ faces challenge as voting begins Monday
April 17th, 2011 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 17 (IANS) Will West Bengal's 34-year-old "red fort" crumble in a combined Trinamool Congress-Congress charge? Over 56 million voters will provide the answer when the state ... Read more...
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Maoists call for poll boycott
April 11th, 2011 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) Describing the electoral process as a 'farce', the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) Monday gave a call to boycott the elections in West Bengal and ... Read more...
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Mamata Banerjee wants peaceful polls in West Bengal
April 7th, 2011 - 12:58 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Apr 7 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee has called for peaceful elections in West Bengal.Addressing media here, Banerjee said: "We want peace should be maintained, violence should be ... Read more...
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Polls in Singur, Nandigram cometh, notification Thursday
April 6th, 2011 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 6 (IANS) Notification for the fourth phase of polls in West Bengal will be issued Thursday, and these include crucial areas like Singur, Nandigram and some other Marxist ... Read more...
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Train kills three in Maharashtra
March 30th, 2011 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Yavatmal (Maharashtra), March 30 (IANS) Three people were Wednesday crushed to death by a train at an unmanned rail crossing in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district, police said.The dead were identified as ... Read more...
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Mamata promises new land policy for West Bengal
March 26th, 2011 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 26 (IANS) Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Saturday said her party will simultaneously make a new land policy for West Bengal, along with the ... Read more...
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CPI-M accepts erosion of support in West Bengal
March 25th, 2011 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) As West Bengal prepares for assembly polls, the Communist Party of India-Marxist Friday accepted that there was an erosion of support for the party ... Read more...
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Will form government, not worried by alliance: Buddhadeb (Lead)
March 23rd, 2011 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Wednesday said he was confident about the formation of the eighth Left Front government in the state and was not ... Read more...
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Land acquisition only after consensus: Buddhadeb (Lead)
March 23rd, 2011 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) While affirming that industry will come up in Singur, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Wednesday said careful measures have to be taken while acquiring ... Read more...
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Land acquisition only after consensus: Buddhadeb
March 23rd, 2011 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Wednesday said industrialisation was the only path along which the state could develop and careful measures have to be taken ... Read more...
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Agriculture, industry to go hand in hand: Trinamool manifesto (Lead)
March 21st, 2011 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) In a bid to shed its anti-industry image, the Trinamool Congress, in its manifesto for the April-May West Bengal assembly polls, promised that industry and ... Read more...
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Artists, singers, actors in Trinamool list
March 18th, 2011 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress's list of candidates for West Bengal's 228 assembly seats has its own share of singers, actors and artists who have been an ... Read more...
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‘Land reforms, industrialisation key issues in Left Front manifesto’
March 12th, 2011 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) Creation of land banks, measures for land reforms and industrialisation will feature prominently in the election manifesto of West Bengal's ruling Left Front for the ... Read more...
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Trinamool not for FDI in retail market
February 26th, 2011 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 26 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress will not allow Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail market if it comes to power in West Bengal, senior party leader and leader of ... Read more...
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Mamata’s railway measures to boost West Bengal economy
February 25th, 2011 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 25 (IANS) Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, whose Trinamool Congress is the largest opposition in West Bengal, Friday proposed in her railway budget a slew of new initiatives to boost ... Read more...
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Jayalalithaa disappointed with Rail Budget
February 25th, 2011 - 8:02 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, Feb 25 (ANI): All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) supremo J Jayalalithaa has said that Tamil Nadu has gained little from the Rail Budget, as Mamata Banerjee has announced ... Read more...
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Railway budget aims to serve local political ends: Jayalalithaa
February 25th, 2011 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 25 (IANS) AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa Friday said that Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has "hijacked national resources" through her railway budget to serve local political ends.Reacting to the ... Read more...
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Will probe Left’s mass killings: Mamata
February 20th, 2011 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 20 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Sunday said she will conduct a proper enquiry into various "mass killings" during the three-decade long Left rule in West Bengal if ... Read more...
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Poll panel verifies list of homeless after violence
February 13th, 2011 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 12 (IANS) Members of the high-level Election Commission team touring poll-bound West Bengal Saturday made a door-to-door survey to verify the list of people forced to stay away from home ... Read more...
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Dooars firing: Maoists call for shutdown Friday
February 10th, 2011 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 9 (IANS) Strongly condemning the police firing in north Bengal's Dooars area which killed two Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) activists, the Maoists Wednesday called for a 24-hour shutdown in three ... Read more...
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Poll panel team visits Bengal’s trouble spots
January 19th, 2011 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 19 (IANS) A high-level team of Election Commission observers Wednesday toured political trouble spots in West Bengal, interacting with villagers and officials while assessing the law and order situation in ... Read more...
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Central forces killing civilians in Bengal: Trinamool minister
January 19th, 2011 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) State-sponsored terrorism was a reality in West Bengal and central forces were killing innocent people rather than protecting them, Minister of State for Tourism Sultan Ahmed ... Read more...
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West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee organise a silent protest in Kolkata
January 11th, 2011 - 2:20 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Jan 11 (ANI): Protesting against the killing of eight people in firing in Lalgarh village, members of West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee organised a massive silent protest here on Monday.Manas ... Read more...
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Mukherjee expresses concern over West Bengal law and order situation
January 10th, 2011 - 5:32 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Jan 10 (ANI): Expressing concern over a deteriorating law and order situation in West Bengal, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said it is very unfortunate and totally unacceptable that ... Read more...
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