Kolkata: Days after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee turned down a FICCI request for her government's intervention in securing release of jailed AMRI directors, the state BJP on Friday complained to the Governor that the state government had acted in an 'improper manner' in the matter. A delegation of state BJP leaders, including its state president Rahul Sinha, met Governor MK Narayanan and submitted a letter which said, "The persons directly...
10:09 PM, Jan 06, 2012
Kolkata: West Bengal's Opposition Left Front on Friday accused the Trinamool Congress government of violating constitutional and legislative norms and requested Governor MK Narayanan to withhold his consent on the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Bill. "Several amendments to various clauses of the The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Bill 2011 were submitted by the opposition for consideration of the house. During debate on her deliberation in the house, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee agreed...
03:49 AM, Dec 17, 2011
Kolkata: The killing of top Maoist leader Kishenji in West Midnapore district was a setback for the ultras, but it would not solve the problem, West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan said on Monday. "It is a big setback to the Maoists, but killing one leader will not solve the Maoist movement," the Governor told reporters on the sidelines of a programme in Kolkata. Narayanan, a former national security advisor, however,...
05:09 PM, Dec 05, 2011
Kolkata: The Dalai Lama on Thursday admonished China during a public meeting in Kolkata, saying he was unnecessarily being made out to be a bad demon by the Communist nation. "Some Chinese officials have described me as a demon. I could be a demon with the horns, but I am not a bad demon," said the Dalai Lama while addressing a programme on Mother Teresa in Kolkata. Ignoring China's objections,...
05:06 PM, Dec 01, 2011
Kolkata: In an unprecedented move, West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan defended Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's storming of a Police station in Kolkata, says she intervened to prevent violence. But the opposition says her action was unbecoming of a chief minister. Mamata virtually stormed into the Bhowanipore police station in Kolkata and demanded release of two Trinamool members who had been arrested for rioting, arson and ransacking a police station on...
06:15 AM, Nov 10, 2011
Kolkata: A week after 27 infants died in two West Bengal government hospitals, there is political blame game underway, on pinning the responsibility of the deaths. Sudip Bandopadhyay, Minister of State, Health and Trinamool Congress MP, gave a clean chit to the West Bengal Health Department, and said that the government did its utmost best to save the children. However, West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan on Monday expressed concern...
02:06 PM, Oct 31, 2011
New Delhi: India and Pakistan had reached a 'back-channel' agreement on the Kashmir issue during the tenure of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had told a visiting US Congressional team. According to secret US embassy cables released by WikiLeaks, Singh told the Congressional delegation in April 2009 that India and Pakistan had made great progress prior to February 2007, when Musharraf ran into trouble. "We had reached...
09:01 PM, Sep 04, 2011
New Delhi: Former national security adviser MK Narayanan on Sunday came out in support of the UPA government saying that they were serious about extraditing 26/11 accused David Coleman Headley. He also told CNN-IBN that a chargesheet against Headley will be filed soon. Slamming criticism from the Opposition, Narayanan said that he could not comment on communications which took place between US officials with regard to Headley. "Ask these questions...
05:14 PM, Sep 04, 2011
New Delhi: New revelations in a US cable released by Wikileaks state that India was never really serious about 26/11 accused David Coleman Headley's extradition. The cable says that in December 2009, former national security adviser MK Narayanan had told the then US ambassador to India Timothy Roemer that New Delhi's demand for extraditing Headley was mere posturing. Narayanan is also reported saying that the government was just trying to...
10:05 AM, Sep 04, 2011
Kolkata: The Bill scrapping the previous Left Front government's deal with Tata Motors to return land to "unwilling" farmers in Singur will be challenged by the company in court. "We will move court tomorrow," Barrister S Pal, who is representing Tata Motors, told on Tuesday. Asked which part of the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Bill, 2011, would they will be challenging, he said, "We are challenging the whole act"....
10:51 PM, Jun 21, 2011
Kolkata: A day after inviting Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee to form the new government in West Bengal, Governor MK Narayanan on Tuesday issued an order appointing her as the chief minister. "The Governor, in exercise of the power conferred on him by Article 164 (1) of the Constitution of India has been pleased to issue the order appointing Mamata Banerjee the chief minister of the state of West Bengal,"...
05:29 PM, May 17, 2011
Kolkata: Opposition Trinamool Congress members on Monday abstained from the West Bengal Assembly during presentation of the vote-on-account on Monday and announced to boycott the entire budget session questioning the Left Front Government's right to place it before the assembly elections. The way the vote-on-account was presented, it violated the model code of conduct, Leader of the Opposition Partha Chatterjee told reporters."We are also opposing the way the ruling party...
11:29 AM, Mar 22, 2011
Kolkata: West Bengal is on the edge after political violence spills out of control with the deaths of seven Trinamool workers. Home Minister P Chidambaram has summoned West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya and Governor MK Narayanan to Delhi. Narayanan is rushing to the capital to brief Chidambaram, as political violence is spilling out of control in the state leaving 11 people dead in the last 48 hours. The battle...
06:54 AM, Jan 08, 2011
Kolkata: For the last few days, campus violence has spiraled out of control in West Bengal. It's crunch time before next year's assembly elections. The worried state governor MK Narayanan has stepped in - given the face-off between the ruling Left Front and opposition Trinamool Congress. It's time for some answers for West Bengal chief minister before the real test next year. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee called on Governor MK Narayanan on...
11:33 AM, Dec 22, 2010
Shiv Shankar Menon replaces MK Narayanan for the crucial post. ...
05:39 PM, Jan 21, 2010
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