Shutdown hits life in West Bengal (Second Lead)
July 5th, 2010 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 5 (IANS) Normal life was hit in West Bengal as road and rail services were disrupted and markets and offices were shut during a nationwide shutdown called by non-Congress ... Read more...
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Life paralyzed in West Bengal (Lead)
July 5th, 2010 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 5 (IANS) Normal life was hit in West Bengal Monday as road and rail services were disrupted and markets and offices were shut during a nationwide shutdown called by ... Read more...
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Mamata says Congress will jump into CPI-M boat
May 15th, 2010 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) Taking potshots at the Congress with whom her party failed to strike up an alliance for West Bengal civic polls, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Friday said ... Read more...
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Congress-Trinamool alliance for civic polls jeopardised
May 1st, 2010 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 1 (IANS) The alliance between West Bengal's anti-Left Front opposition for the May 30 Kolkata civic polls was jeopardised Saturday after the Congress released a list of 88 candidates ... Read more...
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Socialist Unity Centre of India protests against price rise in Orissa
April 24th, 2010 - 11:24 pm ICT by ANI
Bhubaneshwar, April 24 (ANI): Socialist Unity Centre of India (communist party) (SUCI) held a protest rally on Saturday here against the price rise of essential commodities to highlight the common man's plight ... Read more...
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Congress ally’s shutdown fails to impact life in West Bengal
November 24th, 2009 - 1:18 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 24 (IANS) Normal life remained virtually unaffected in West Bengal Tuesday despite a dawn-to-dusk shutdown called by the Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI), an ally of opposition Congress-Trinamool Congress ... Read more...
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Bangaloreans unite to help Karnataka’s flood victims
October 5th, 2009 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 5 (IANS) At a time when north Karnataka has witnessed large-scale loss of human lives and property due to floods, a motley group of people from state capital Bangalore have ... Read more...
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CPI, SUCI activists protest against fuel price hike
July 3rd, 2009 - 9:38 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 3 (ANI): Activists of Communist party of India and Socialist Unity Centre of India staged demonstrations against the increase in prices of petrol and diesel here on Friday.Shouting slogans ... Read more...
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Left Front crumbles in West Bengal’s civic polls
July 1st, 2009 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) Continuing their electoral success, West Bengal's opposition parties Trinamool Congress and Congress Wednesday crushed the ruling Left Front (LF) in the urban civic body polls, winning 10 of ... Read more...
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Trinamool legislators walk out over Lalgarh ‘atrocities’
July 1st, 2009 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) The legislators of West Bengal's main opposition Trinamool Congress Tuesday walked out of the state assembly, protesting against "atrocities" by the joint security forces on innocent villagers of ... Read more...
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Voting in West Bengal’s municipal polls peaceful
June 28th, 2009 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 28 (IANS) Voting was held Sunday for 16 municipal bodies in West Bengal in polls seen as the first trial of strength between the ruling Left Front and the opposition ... Read more...
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West Bengal police in dilemma after poll results: minister
June 17th, 2009 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 17 (IANS) A top leader of West Bengal's Left Front (LF) government Wednesday said a section of the police was in dilemma after the ruling combine's Lok Sabha debacle as ... Read more...
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CPI blames poll debacle on Left Front ‘blunders’
June 14th, 2009 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 14 (IANS) The Communist Party of India (CPI) Sunday blamed the debacle of West Bengal's ruling Left Front in the Lok Sabha polls on "some blunders" of the state ... Read more...
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Karat says Third Front still relevant, wants to remodel it
June 12th, 2009 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) Conceding that the Third Front experiment has failed, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat Friday said there was a need to remodel it as ... Read more...
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Now, two trains a day to tourist hotspot Digha
June 6th, 2009 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 6 (IANS) Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday announced two pairs of daily trains between Howrah and Digha, a popular coastal hotspot in West Bengal that she aims to transform into ... Read more...
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Trinamool-Congress used money power: LF
May 31st, 2009 - 12:27 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 30 (IANS) West Bengal's ruling Left Front Saturday alleged that the Trinamool Congress-led alliance bagged majority of the Lok Sabha seats from the state by distributing money among voters.
"I am ... Read more...
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Arrogance, rampant corruption led to defeat: Left minister
May 21st, 2009 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) Arrogance of the leaders and rampant corruption led to the defeat of West Bengal's ruling Left Front in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, a senior minister said here ... Read more...
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Mamata game to talk to Tatas on Nano…if they want
May 19th, 2009 - 12:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee is game to talk to the Tatas if they want to speak to her on setting up the Nano plant in Singur, ... Read more...
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Mamata woos Left Front partners of the CPI-M
May 19th, 2009 - 11:23 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) After leaving the Left Front battered in the Lok Sabha polls, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee is now eyeing its constituents, the Forward Bloc and Revolutionary Socialist Party ... Read more...
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Buddha mum on resignation offer, Yechury denies he is quitting (Second Lead)
May 18th, 2009 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) Has West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee offered to step down after the CPI-M's disastrous performance in the polls? While he Monday refused to confirm or ... Read more...
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Mamata demands Buddha’s resignation
May 18th, 2009 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) After handing West Bengal's ruling Left an electoral drubbing, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Monday demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, saying it was democratic ... Read more...
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Left isn’t bad, CPI-M-led front is: Mamata
May 18th, 2009 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Monday said all Left parties are "not bad", in what is seen as an overture to some partners of West Bengal's ruling Left ... Read more...
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West Bengal’s red fort falls (Roundup)
May 16th, 2009 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) After 32 years, West Bengal's seemingly impregnable red fort collapsed Saturday with the opposition Trinamool Congress tasting victory in two thirds of the seats alongside its allies ... Read more...
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People have taught us a lesson: Left Front
May 16th, 2009 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) West Bengal's ruling Left Front admitted defeat in the polls Saturday and said that the people of the state had taught them a lesson.
"We are accepting the results ... Read more...
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Karat should step down: Chatterjee
May 16th, 2009 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat should consider quitting the post owning responsibility for the party's dismal show in the Lok Sabha polls, ... Read more...
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West Bengal results show no confidence in Left government: Mamata (Lead)
May 16th, 2009 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) Describing the poor showing of the ruling Left front in West Bengal as a "no confidence" vote by the people and eager to capitalise on its own spectacular ... Read more...
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W.Bengal poll verdict is vote against Left: Mamata Banerjee
May 16th, 2009 - 6:54 pm ICT by ANI
By Ajitha MenonKolkata, May 16 (ANI): Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said that the verdict in the 2009 general elections in West Bengal was a vote against the continuance of ... Read more...
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Polling begins in West Bengal
May 13th, 2009 - 9:09 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) Polling began Wednesday morning for 11 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal in the final phase of the general elections, which will decide the fate of Trinamool Congress ... Read more...
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Rahul lavishes praise on Mamata Banerjee, wants to meet her
April 25th, 2009 - 2:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 25 (IANS) Describing her as a "lady of the people" and "genuine grassroots person", Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Saturday lavished praise on Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee and ... Read more...
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Left Front faces tough battle in West Bengal: Karat (Lead)
April 14th, 2009 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 14 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat Tuesday conceded that West Bengal's ruling Left Front (LF) will face a tough battle in the Lok Sabha polls ... Read more...
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Mukherjee supports Nayachar chemical hub
April 12th, 2009 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 12 (IANS) In a statement that may not exactly be music to the ears of the Trinamoool Congress, its alliance partner Congress' senior leader Pranab Mukherjee has supported the proposed ... Read more...
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Congress will campaign jointly with Trinamool Congress: Pranab Mukherjee
March 21st, 2009 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) In a show of electoral harmony, senior Congress leader and External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Saturday said his party would campaign jointly with the Trinamool Congress at ... Read more...
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SUCI with Trinamool, but will oppose Congress
March 13th, 2009 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 13 (IANS) The Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) has joined hands with the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal but that will not deter it from fielding candidates against the ... Read more...
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CPI-M demands action against SUCI for provocative campaign
March 6th, 2009 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 6 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Friday lodged a complaint with West Bengal's chief electoral officer seeking action against the Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) for unleashing ... Read more...
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Shutdown causes widespread disruption of services in West Bengal
January 22nd, 2009 - 2:59 pm ICT by ANI
West Bengal, Jan 22 (ANI): A 12-hour shutdown called by the opposition party Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) on Thursday has disrupted train and road transport services in West Bengal.The ... Read more...
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