Kolkata: Several party workers of the Trinamool Congress and the CPI(M) clashed on Sunday as five municipalities across the state went to polls. The police had to resort to a mild lathicharge to control the situation. The Trinamool Congress and the Congress are contesting separately in these polls. The civic polls are a testing ground for both parties for the larger panchayat elections next year. The virtual split in the...
01:35 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Kolkata: Warning that "politics of destruction" would not be tolerated, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said her government was considering bringing in a law to penalise political parties indulging in vandalism. "We can't tolerate vandalism, hooliganism and politics of destruction. We can't accept the destruction of public property during shutdowns and strikes by political parties," Mamata told reporters here on a day an opposition-sponsored shutdown saw sporadic...
02:02 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shah Rukh Khan, also the state's brand ambassador, on Tuesday said there was "nothing wrong" in the grand felicitation organised by the state government for his IPL-5 winning team. As Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee organised the fete involving Governor M K Narayanan and spent lavishly on the champions KKR side by giving them golden lockets, many ridiculed the move as it had been organised for...
08:41 AM, May 30, 2012
Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shah Rukh Khan, also the state's brand ambassador, on Tuesday said there was "nothing wrong" in the grand felicitation organised by the state government for his IPL-V winning team. As Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee organised the fete involving Governor M K Narayanan and spent lavishly on the champions KKR side by giving them golden lockets, many ridiculed the move as it had been organised for...
11:38 PM, May 29, 2012
Kolkata: The City of Joy accorded a grand welcome to Kolkata Knight Riders for their IPL triumph, with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee felicitating the players and co-owners Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla in front of the Writers' Buildings in Kolkata on Tuesday. "We have been waiting for this day so long. Thank you Didi. Thank You Kolkata. Thank you West Bengal on behalf of every member of the team....
03:11 PM, May 29, 2012
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seems to be cashing in on Kolkata Knight Riders' recent victory. On Tuesday morning the team will be having a victory procession in the city thanking the people of Bengal for their love and support. The team alongwith Khan is in Kolkata for a roadshow that will culminate at the Writers' building where Khan will present the cup to Mamata on Tuesday. Mamata...
08:22 AM, May 29, 2012
Dankuni: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wishes to set up a factory at 600 acres of land in Singur-the site of abandoned Tata Nano car plant, even as she on Monday attacked the central government for not providing West Bengal the much needed financial aid. "We had already acquired the land in Singur. But the matter is sub-judice right now. But after we get the verdict we would like a factory...
04:30 AM, May 29, 2012
Kolkata: Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said the UPA is trying to build a consensus on contentious issues like Goods and Services Tax and FDI in retail which faced strong opposition from Mamata Banerjee. "We are working to build a policy consensus on a number of pending issues such as introduction of Goods and Services Tax, further liberalisation of FDI, including in retail, and deepening and strengthening of...
10:00 PM, May 27, 2012
BJP leader Sushil Modi said that since Mamata was once part of the NDA, the BJP would want her to come back. ...
03:29 PM, May 27, 2012
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will lead her party Trinamool Congress,the second largest ally of the UPA government at the Centre, in Kolkata on Saturday to protest against the steep hike in petrol price. Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress supremo, will lead the procession from Jadavpore to Hazra crossing, covering a distance of 5 km in south Kolkata, senior party leader and panchayat minister Subrata Mukherjee said. "It will...
04:49 AM, May 26, 2012
Mumbai: Virtually inviting Mamata Banerjee to rejoin the NDA, the BJP on Friday said she should "take a call" on the issue, considering her "suffocation" in the UPA. "As far as Mamata Banerjee is concerned, I can only say that she has worked with us, has been a minister in the Vajpayee government." "She has seen the working of the NDA, the respect, consideration we gave (her). And she has...
04:38 AM, May 26, 2012
New Delhi: The government on Friday ruled out any immediate rollback of the fuel price hike. Oil Minister Jaipal Reddy, defending the move, said the government would wait and watch for a few days and that the country could not be run on popular sentiment alone. The Congress, however, is pushing the government for at least a partial rollback. Meanwhile, with the Opposition and allies announcing a street fight in...
09:43 PM, May 25, 2012
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee will undertake a protest march against the steep petrol price hike of more than Rs 7.50 per litre. Mamata will lead a rally from Hazra to Jadhavpur in south Kolkata on Saturday evening protesting against the hike. Mamata's party had skipped the Union Cabinet meeting at Prime Minister Manmohan SIngh's residence on Thursday. She claimed on Wednesday evening after...
04:50 PM, May 25, 2012
Coimbatore: CPI(M) Politburo member Brinda Karat on Thursday came down heavily on Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and some other UPA allies terming them as 'hyprocrites' on various issues, including the petrol price hike. If Mamata was really concerned about the well-being of the people, why was she not withdrawing support to the Centre, Karat asked on the sidelines of a demonstration organised by CPI-M's...
12:20 AM, May 25, 2012
Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee has said that she shares good relations with the PM and Sonia Gandhi and will not leave the UPA till she is asked to. ...
08:39 AM, May 23, 2012
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