Transport minister and senior TMC leader Madan Mitra said that he was never the president of any employees association of the Saradha Group. ...
06:58 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Kolkata: West Bengal Sports Minister Madan Mitra on Wednesday alleged that gold medal winning athlete Pinki Pramanik was involved in a land scam as she had illegally sold a plot leased to her by the state government free of cost. But the former athlete denied any wrongdoing. "The land was given to Pinki for building her personal residence and not for making profit. If she has sold it for making...
07:44 AM, Jul 12, 2012
Kolkata: West Bengal Sports and Transports Minister Madan Mitra on Friday defended the arrest of a Jadavpur University professor and his neighbour for allegedly spreading "anti-Mamata Banerjee" cartoons on the Internet. "Those who call themselves professors, if they do such ugly things, will never be forgiven. People of Bengal will give a fitting reply," said Mitra. Ambikesh Mahapatra, a teacher with the Chemistry Department of the University, and his neighbour,...
04:36 PM, Apr 13, 2012
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday asked the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to commission the new International Terminal of the NSC Bose International Airport here by June to boost the state's development programmes. Banerjee said this after an unscheduled visit to the under construction terminal building before taking a flight to Delhi to attend a meeting with the Planning Commission. Transport Minister Madan Mitra, who accompanied...
12:52 AM, Apr 10, 2012
Kolkata: For the first time in three-and-a-half decades, West Bengal's ministers have openly joined in organising Durga Puja celebrations, shedding the political diffidence of the previous leftist government, some of whose members were avowed atheists. Puja organising committees are witnessing the ministerial presence in a big way, with many legislators of the ruling Trinamool Congress giving them company. The leaders say their association spreads a message of religious harmony. Trinamool...
11:39 AM, Oct 01, 2011
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has trumped corporate India it seems. If India Inc rates itself through quarterly statements, Didi has decided she will settle for nothing less than a monthly report card from her own ministers. At the end of every month each minister will be assessed, and marks handed out for performance The line is simple - perform or perish. Sports Minister Madan Mitra said, "Yes ...
08:45 AM, Jun 03, 2011
Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee was on foot again to the Writers' Buildings - and this time she caused a flutter by turning up for work on a Saturday - something the staff at the state secretariat are not used to. Apart from holding meetings with her ministers, Banerjee utilised the day touring the different blocks of the building and seeing things for herself at the State's power citadel. The West Bengal...
06:49 AM, May 22, 2011
