Amendments to Lokpal bill being considered, says Narayanasamy
February 11th, 2012 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) The government is committed to a strong Lokpal bill and is looking at amendments suggested by its allies as well as the opposition parties ... Read more...
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No let up in Congress-Trinamool war of words (Newsletter from Bengal)
February 11th, 2012 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 11 (IANS) The Congress and Trinamool Congress have again chosen to stay on the collision path over the release of central funds for the cash-strapped West Bengal ... Read more...
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Baichung gets inaugural Banga-Samman award
February 10th, 2012 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Siliguri, Feb 10 (IANS) Legendary Indian footballer Baichung Bhutia was among the 10 luminaries from diverse fields honoured with the inaugural Banga-Samman award by the West Bengal government Friday. ... Read more...
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Singhvi takes on Amit Mitra over central funds for Bengal
February 8th, 2012 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 8 (IANS) Firing a fresh salvo in the latest standoff with the Trinamool Congress over central assistance for West Bengal, the Congress Wednesday accused the state government ... Read more...
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Independent legislator set to join Trinamool
February 8th, 2012 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 8 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress is set to induct an independent legislator who defeated last year the Trinamool candidate with Congress backing.Hamidul Rehman won from Chopra in ... Read more...
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Congress looking for allies in Uttar Pradesh: BJP
February 8th, 2012 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 8 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley Wednesday said the Congress was trying to find allies in Uttar Pradesh as it was losing ... Read more...
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Another Maoist couple surrenders in Bengal
February 7th, 2012 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
West Midnapore (West Bengal), Feb 7 (IANS) A Maoist couple Tuesday surrendered before the police in West Bengal, becoming the third pair to do so since the Mamata Banerjee-led ... Read more...
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Left demands probe into farmer suicides
February 7th, 2012 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) West Bengal opposition leader Surya Kanta Mishra Monday demanded a probe into the farmer suicides in the state and compensation to the families of such ... Read more...
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Goa Trinamool promises to return farm land
February 5th, 2012 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 5 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress unveiled a populist Goa assembly election manifesto Sunday, promising stringent action against illegal mining and returning land "recklessly" acquired by government agencies.The manifesto, ... Read more...
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Congress rubbishes Mamata’s claim of financial neglect
February 5th, 2012 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IANS) The Congress Sunday dismissed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's claims of not getting enough financial support from the central government.The party also asserted that ... Read more...
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Not getting development funds, complains Trinamool MP
February 4th, 2012 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IANS) Singer-turned-Trinamool Congress MP Kabir Suman Saturday complained that the developmental work in his Lok Sabha constituency was suffering with his MP Local Area Development funds ... Read more...
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Guilty should be punished in 2G, says Trinamool
February 4th, 2012 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress Saturday refused to comment on the special CBI court's order declining to make Home Minister P. Chidambaram an accused in the 2G ... Read more...
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I proposed Kalam’s name for president: Mamata
January 30th, 2012 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) In what is being seen as a bid to reach out to Muslims ahead of the panchayat polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday ... Read more...
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Mamata lashes out at Congress, central government
January 30th, 2012 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) Lashing out at the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) for overlooking the financial interests of the state, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said her ... Read more...
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Bengal farmer suicides: Left calls rural strike Feb 28
January 29th, 2012 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 29 (IANS) Left-affiliated peasant bodies will go on strike across West Bengal's rural areas Feb 28 to protest against the alleged mismanagement of agriculture leading to farmers' suicides, ... Read more...
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Governor, chief minister spar - nothing new for Bengal (West Bengal Newsletter)
January 29th, 2012 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 29 (IANS) Facing flak from ally Congress and the Left on issues like farmers' suicides, poor health services and campus violence, West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee government now ... Read more...
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Kabir Suman mocks at Mamata’s visit to Irom Sharmila
January 28th, 2012 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 28 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MP Kabir Suman has mocked at his party chief Mamata Banerjee for promising voters in Manipur that the Trinamool will ensure withdrawal of ... Read more...
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Congress accuses Trinamool of violence on party workers
January 27th, 2012 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) The Congress' West Bengal unit Friday shot off a letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urging her to take proper steps to stop the violence ... Read more...
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JD-U, Trinamool yet to reach accord in UP
January 27th, 2012 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) The Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and the Trinamool Congress have not reached any final agreement for the Uttar Pradesh elections, JD-U general secretary Javed Raza ... Read more...
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Shutdown-plagued Manipur votes Saturday
January 27th, 2012 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal, Jan 27 (IANS) A total of 279 candidates, including 14 women, are in the fray for Saturday's polls to the 60-member assembly in Manipur, battling debilitating blockades and ... Read more...
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Buddha slams Mamata government for farmer suicides
January 22nd, 2012 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
Rishra (West Bengal), Jan 22 (IANS) Calling for a "new agricultural movement" in the wake of the ongoing farmer suicides in the state, former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb ... Read more...
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Trinamool takes on Congress in Manipur
January 22nd, 2012 - 4:01 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal, Jan 22 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress Sunday said it will field 47 candidates in Manipur and that unlike West Bengal, it has no alliance with the ruling Congress ... Read more...
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Bengal Congress raps Mamata government over farmer suicides
January 22nd, 2012 - 3:04 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 21 (IANS) Ruling alliance partner Congress Saturday attacked the Mamata Banerjee government over the spate of farmer suicides, alleging her comments on the issue were based on ... Read more...
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Bring amended Lokpal Bill in budget session: Karat
January 20th, 2012 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) Assailing the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for failing to bring in an effective Lokpal Bill, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) chief Prakash Karat Friday demanded ... Read more...
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Karat assails Mamata regime over ‘misrule’, farmers’ suicides
January 20th, 2012 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat Friday lambasted the eight-month old Mamata Banerjee regime in West Bengal for being "extremely intolerant to criticism" and for its ... Read more...
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Congress minister allowed to quit Mamata ministry
January 20th, 2012 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) The Congress Friday gave the go-ahead to the West Bengal Congress minister who wished to quit the Mamata Banerjee ministry after calling the chief minister ... Read more...
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CPI-M counters Mamata claim on farmer suicides
January 19th, 2012 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 19 (IANS) Contesting Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's claim that not a single farmer has committed suicide in West Bengal because of agricultural debt, the opposition Communist ... Read more...
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No farmer suicides due to agricultural debt: Mamata
January 19th, 2012 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 19 (IANS) Brushing aside criticism over farmer suicides in the state, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday denied that heavy agricultural debt was driving farmers to ... Read more...
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Parliamentary panel on food bill to meet Jan 23
January 18th, 2012 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The path-breaking National Food Security Bill, which is facing opposition from several states as well as Congress ally Mamata Banerjee, will be taken up ... Read more...
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Karat slams farmer suicides in Mamata rule
January 18th, 2012 - 1:00 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist Tuesday blamed the "anti-peasant neo-liberal polices" of the central and state governments for the spate of farmer suicides in India ... Read more...
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Coalition dharma does not permit unilateralism, Congress tells Trinamool
January 18th, 2012 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The Congress Tuesday expressed its displeasure with the Trinamool Congress, saying "coalition dharma does not permit unilateralism", after a Congress minister in West Bengal ... Read more...
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College principals are political recruits: Mamata
January 17th, 2012 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) In a bid to shield Trinamool Congress supporters accused of assaulting and harassing principals of several colleges, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday accused ... Read more...
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Mamata a dictator, says angry Congress minister
January 17th, 2012 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Ties between West Bengal's ruling alliance partners Trinamool Congress and Congress worsened Tuesday with a Congress minister launching a no-holds-barred attack on Chief Minister Mamata ... Read more...
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Congress seeking friends, not votes in Uttar Pradesh: Jaitley
January 15th, 2012 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 15 (IANS) A discordant relationship with Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress is forcing the Congress to hunt for "friends, instead of votes" in next month's assembly polls in ... Read more...
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Trinamool not to tie up with Congress in Goa
January 14th, 2012 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 14 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress will not enter into a poll tie-up with the Congress in Goa, a party leader said Saturday.Speaking to reporters, Trinamool's state unit ... Read more...
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