My relationship with Pranabda between summer and autumn: Mamata
December 15th, 2011 - 1:41 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 15 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday described her relationship with senior Congress leader and union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee as "somewhere between summer and ... Read more...
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Rubbish to say Kishanji died in fake gunbattle: Mamata
December 15th, 2011 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 14 (IANS) Rebutting allegations that top Maoist leader Kishanji was killed in a "fake encounter", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said the security forces took ... Read more...
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Mamata defends fire department inaction on AMRI
December 14th, 2011 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 14 (IANS) Defending the fire department's inaction after the AMRI hospital failed to honour an affidavit for removing combustible material from its basement, West Bengal Chief Minister ... Read more...
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Rest required for Dhoni before Australia tour: Sourav
October 7th, 2011 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 7 (IANS) Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly says incumbent Mahendra Singh Dhoni should get adequate rest before the upcoming tour of Australia as he has to be ... Read more...
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Peeved Mamata hits out at UPA (Lead)
July 31st, 2011 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 30 (IANS) Apparently peeved over the central government not yet providing money to bail out cash-strapped West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday hit out at the ... Read more...
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Mamata attacks Pranab for ‘Tughlaq’ remark
July 30th, 2011 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 30 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday attacked union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's reported comment against giving funds to her government by going beyond constitutional ... Read more...
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Mamata gets ‘best among great Bengalis’ award
July 20th, 2011 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was Wednesday presented the "Serar Sera Bengali" (the best among the great Bengalis) award by Bengali news channel Star ... Read more...
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TV channels got it right on Bengal poll outcome
May 13th, 2011 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Television channels got a reason to cheer Friday with their poll surveys getting it right on Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress ending the 34-year Left ... Read more...
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Change in Bengal, close fight in Kerala, Tamil Nadu: Exit polls
May 10th, 2011 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Election surveys by three television channels Tuesday gave a unanimous clean sweep for Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, predicting the end of ... Read more...
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We will scrap Haripur nuclear project: Mamata
April 25th, 2011 - 1:15 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 24 (IANS) Hours after West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said his government would review the proposed nuclear plant at Haripur, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Sunday ... Read more...
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Bengal polls: Crackling commentators dish out poetic justice
March 17th, 2011 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 17 (IANS) Amid the shrill campaigning and political bravado in the run up to the West Bengal assembly polls, a certain 'poet Cockatoo' and 'Mr. Parrot, the ... Read more...
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Priority to more foodgrain production to curb inflation: Pranab
March 1st, 2011 - 1:41 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata/New Delhi, March 1(IANS) Pointing to the existence of a supply-demand gap in foodgrain which is causing prices of essentials to soar, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday said he has given ... Read more...
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Rs.34,000 crore in taxes from money kept abroad: Pranab
March 1st, 2011 - 1:31 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday said the government has received Rs.34,000 crore (Rs.340 billion/$7.5 billion) this year from levies on Indians who had kept their money ... Read more...
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I am against forcible land acquisition: Mamata
November 4th, 2010 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 4 (IANS) Railways Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has said she is against forcible land acquisition but in favour of amicable settlement with regards to land requirement ... Read more...
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Mamata advises Buddhadeb to change his spectacles
November 4th, 2010 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 4 (IANS) Railways Minister and Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee has slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattcharjee for allegedly spreading "rumours" about lack of jobs in railways and ... Read more...
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Let Rahul Gandhi first learn politics: Mamata Banerjee
November 4th, 2010 - 2:45 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 4 (IANS) Railways Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Wednesday brushed aside queries on Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's recent visit to West Bengal to strengthen his party, ... Read more...
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West Bengal housing minister threatened me: Mamata
November 4th, 2010 - 2:01 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 4 (IANS) Railways Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Wednesday alleged that West Bengal Housing Minister Goatam Deb had threatened her over phone during her anti-land acquisition agitation ... Read more...
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I have offered chief minister’s post to Pranab: Mamata
November 4th, 2010 - 1:46 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 4 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said she would have no problem if Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee takes the post of West Bengal chief minister if ... Read more...
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Top Trinamool leaders have links with Maoists: Buddhadeb
May 22nd, 2010 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) Alleging that a section of the top Trinamool Congress leadership was hand-in-glove with the Maoists, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Friday charged the opposition activists with helping ... 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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Jyoti Basu asked me to preside over Lok Sabha trust vote: Somnath
January 17th, 2010 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee Sunday said he had rushed to Jyoti Basu for advice during the July 22, 2008, parliament trust vote when the Communist ... Read more...
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Mamata defends high salaries to intellectuals in rail panels
November 23rd, 2009 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 23 (IANS) Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has defended her decision to rope in intellectuals and theatre personalities into railway committees and their so-called hefty salaries that have come under ... Read more...
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Speak to employees before selling any state-owned firm: Mamata
November 23rd, 2009 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 23 (IANS) While ruling out divestment of any unit under her ministry, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has asked the government to consider giving shares of state-run companies it planned ... Read more...
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Mamata urges PM to convene all-party meeting on price rise
November 23rd, 2009 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 22 (IANS) Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, whose Trinamool Congress is the second largest constituent in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to ... Read more...
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I want to resign from Lok Sabha, says Trinamool’s singer MP
November 17th, 2009 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 17 (IANS) Noted Bengali singer Kabir Suman, who is a Trinamool Congress MP, Tuesday said that he wanted to resign from the Lok Sabha.
"I would like to submit my ... Read more...
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Mamata now wants to have rail coach factory in Singur (Lead)
November 13th, 2009 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 13 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee now wants to build a rail coach factory jointly with the West Bengal government on the Singur plot abandoned by Tata Motors, ... Read more...
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Mamata game for joint venture with West Bengal in Singur
November 13th, 2009 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 13 (IANS) A day after state-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) officials visited the abandoned Tata Motors land in West Bengal's Singur, Trinamool Congress chief and Railway Minister Mamata ... Read more...
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Maoists threaten to kill abducted police officer in West Bengal
October 22nd, 2009 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 22 (IANS) A senior Maoist leader Thursday threatened to kill a police officer in West Bengal who was abducted by the leftwing ultras during an attack on Sankrail police station ... Read more...
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No postal order for minority, women candidates in railway exams
October 10th, 2009 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 10 (IANS) Women, as well as minority and economically backward candidates appearing for railway recruitment exams will soon be exempted from postal order charges, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said ... Read more...
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Lalgarh operation was a mistake: Mamata
October 10th, 2009 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 10 (IANS) Deploying paramilitary forces in West Bengal's violence-hit Lalgarh was a "mistake" committed by the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata ... Read more...
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Congress breached faith by aligning with CPI-M in Siliguri: Mamata
October 1st, 2009 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 1 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Thursday accused the Congress of breaching the rules of alliance politics, hours after the latter formed the civic board in the Siliguri ... Read more...
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Swine flu cases in West Bengal reach 19 (Lead)
August 13th, 2009 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 13 (IANS) The total number of confirmed swine flu cases in West Bengal rose to 19 Thursday night, with six new cases during the day, officials said.
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10-day camps in West Bengal for swine flu awareness
August 13th, 2009 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 13 (IANS) The union health ministry will carry out 10-day medical camps across West Bengal to create awareness among people about the swine flu infection, Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee ... Read more...
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Ganguly denies making allegations against BCCI
July 25th, 2009 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata/New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Under fire from the Indian cricket board, former captain Sourav Ganguly Saturday went back on his allegations about the board having different rules for different players, ... Read more...
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BCCI has different rules for different people: Ganguly
July 24th, 2009 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 24 (IANS) Retired Indian cricket captain Soruav Ganguly Friday took pot shots at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), saying its rules were not the same ... Read more...
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