Mamata loses cool, walks out of TV programme
May 19th, 2012 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, known for losing cool over uncomfortable questions, Friday walked out of an interactive TV programme following a barrage of ... Read more...
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Mamata begins second year - with bouquets, brickbats
May 19th, 2012 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee begins her second year in office Sunday after a tumultuous year when the former firebrand opposition leader exhibited her ... Read more...
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Mamata rule disappoints many women (One year of Mamata Banerjee)
May 18th, 2012 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) Many women saw themselves in her. Trinamool Congress firebrand Mamata Banerjee, always clad in a simple cotton sari and slippers, gave rise to huge ... Read more...
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No religion-based reservation, says Mamata
May 18th, 2012 - 12:48 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday rubbished demands of reservation for Muslims on the basis of religion and said the idea cannot work as ... Read more...
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Mulayam holds presidential cards close to his chest
May 17th, 2012 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 17 (IANS) While all eyes are on Mulayam Singh Yadav ahead of India's presidential election, mum is the word in his camp. The Samajwadi Party chief is ... Read more...
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Left has miles to go to regain lost ground (One year of Mamata Banerjee)
May 17th, 2012 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) As the Communists complete a year in opposition in their erstwhile citadel West Bengal, the road to regain lost ground seems long and bumpy.After 34 ... Read more...
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Reforms coming too slowly in Bengal: Investors (One year of Mamata Banerjee)
May 14th, 2012 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) A year after the Trinamool Congress-led West Bengal government promised to usher in industrial resurgence, investors and industry bodies say reforms are coming too slowly ... Read more...
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Trinamool celebrates poll victory anniversary
May 13th, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) With Rabindra Sangeet and other age-old popular Bengali songs playing in the background, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday led a huge, colourful procession ... Read more...
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Early polls? Mamata says she didn’t say that (Lead)
May 12th, 2012 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 12 (IANF) Shortly after the Congress rebutted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's reported comment that India may see early Lok Sabha elections, the Trinamool Congress denied ... Read more...
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No mid-term polls, Congress retorts Trinamool
May 12th, 2012 - 1:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Ruling out a mid-term poll, the Congress Saturday reacted to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's claim that the Lok Sabha polls would be ... Read more...
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Toongate: Mamata lashes out against professor, calls it cyber crime
May 12th, 2012 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday lashed out against the professor who had been arrested last month for allegedly circulating a "cartoon" defaming her, ... Read more...
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Reports that Lok Sabha poll may be advanced: Mamata
May 11th, 2012 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) Claiming that she has got information that a certain political party held an internal meeting in Delhi on advancing the Lok Sabha polls to 2013, ... Read more...
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Controversial cartoons: From arrests to murder attempts
May 11th, 2012 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) A cartoon on Dalit icon Dr. B.R. Ambedkar printed in a textbook created a storm Friday forcing the Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal ... Read more...
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Bengal teacher who dared ex-legislator granted bail
May 10th, 2012 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 10 (IANS) Bhangar College professor Debjani Dey, accused of misbehaving with former Trinamool Congress legislator Arabul Islam, was Thursday granted bail after she surrendered before a West Bengal ... Read more...
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Congress moves state election panel against Trinamool threats
May 8th, 2012 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 8 (IANS) In an apparent sign of strain, the West Bengal state Congress Tuesday shot off a letter to the state election commissioner complaining against the threats ... Read more...
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Parliament remembers Tagore
May 8th, 2012 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Parliament remembered Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on his 151st birth anniversary Tuesday.Among those who paid floral tributes to the "great son of India" in ... Read more...
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Trinamool MPs vote against government bill; Bansal calls Banerjee
May 7th, 2012 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Trinamool Congress members Monday voted against a government bill in the Lok Sabha, prompting Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal to take up ... Read more...
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‘Hillary visiting Kolkata as Mamata government US’ favourite’
May 6th, 2012 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) Former West Bengal chif minister and Marxist leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Sunday took a dig at US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to the city, ... Read more...
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Is Mamata wooing Muslims with panchayat polls in mind? (West Bengal Newsletter)
May 6th, 2012 - 2:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) With Muslims comprising nearly 30 percent of the state's 92 million population, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee continues to dole out largesse to ... Read more...
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Biman Bose may face suit
May 4th, 2012 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) Sabita Basu, wife of suspended CPI-M leader and former MP Anil Basu, Friday rubbished allegations of "corruption and nepotism" against her husband and threatened to ... Read more...
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Presidential poll: Mamata meets Sonia as Congress seeks UPA consensus (Lead)
May 3rd, 2012 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi met Trinamool supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday as part of the Congress's efforts to build consensus ... Read more...
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CPI-M suspends former party MP
May 1st, 2012 - 12:16 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) Former Lok Sabha member Anil Basu, who acquired infamy for his lewd comments against Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee ahead of the West Bengal assembly ... Read more...
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‘Powerful Hillary, influential Mamata’s meet significant’
April 30th, 2012 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's proposed meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, coming soon after the latter was named one of the ... Read more...
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Left Front announces candidates for Bengal by-polls
April 30th, 2012 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) The Left Front announced Monday its candidates for the Daspur and Bankura assembly seats in West Bengal where by-elections are scheduled on June 12.While Samar Mukherjee ... Read more...
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Trinamool member alleges party workers killed during Left rule
April 30th, 2012 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Trinamool Congress member Kunal Kumar Ghosh Monday alleged in the Rajya Sabha that human skeletons were being recovered of party workers killed during the Left ... Read more...
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Don’t speculate on presidential poll, Mukherjee tells media
April 30th, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) As the Congress is holding a series of meetings with allies to build consensus over the next president, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday cautioned ... Read more...
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Ex-Trinamool legislator surrenders over assault, gets bail
April 30th, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) Former Trinamool Congress legislator Arabul Islam, booked for several offences following complaints of physical assault by some college teachers, Monday surrendered before a West Bengal ... Read more...
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‘CPI-M, Maoists, teachers trying to stop development’ (Lead)
April 29th, 2012 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 29 (IANS) West Bengal Industries Minister Partha Chatterjee Sunday blamed the opposition Left Front and a section of teachers for trying to stop the developmental work in ... Read more...
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Now, Mamata government targets woman professor? (West Bengal Newsletter)
April 29th, 2012 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 29 (IANS) A woman professor who dared to take on a Trinamool Congress leader for allegedly throwing a jug at her inside the teachers' staff room now ... Read more...
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Trinamool warns against mixing politics with profession
April 27th, 2012 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress-led West Bengal government Friday warned the employees of institutions providing essential services against indulging in politics at the cost of their work."There is ... Read more...
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Trinamool leader flung jug at me, says Bengal professor
April 25th, 2012 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 25 (IANS) A woman college professor's allegation that a former Trinamool Congress legislator flung a jug full of water at her following an altercation over teachers' association elections ... Read more...
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By-polls in two Bengal assembly constituencies June 12
April 25th, 2012 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 24 (IANS) By-elections in two West Bengal Assembly constituencies - Daspur and Bankura - will be held June 12, the Election Commission announced Tuesday.Both the Assembly constituencies ... Read more...
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Mamata backtracks; says it was an appeal, not ultimatum
April 24th, 2012 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Apr 23 (IANS) Three days after issuing a 15-day ultimatum to the central government for accepting the state's demand for a moratorium on interest re-payment, West Bengal ... Read more...
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Railways is self-sufficient: Mukul Roy
April 23rd, 2012 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) The railway ministry had constraints but was financially self- sufficient unlike other ministries that look for central aid, Railway Minister Mukul Roy said Monday."The news ... Read more...
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Fresh cartoon row: Bengal professor complains to police
April 22nd, 2012 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 22 (IANS) Cartoons and professors in West Bengal continue to be in the news. This time a medical college professor has filed a police complaint against two ... Read more...
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