New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is on a one-day trip to Kolkata, where he will be attending two events - one at the Bose Institute, and the other at Calcutta University, where he's set to share the dais with West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee. This will be the leaders' first meeting after the petrol price hike, which the TMC chief has been protesting against....
09:21 AM, Jun 02, 2012
Jaunpur: The Doon Express on Thursday got derailed near Mahrawa station in Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh, killing at least three people died and injuring 15 other. Union Railways Minister Mukul Roy ordered an enquiry into the accident, saying sabotage cannot be ruled out. The Railway Minister, who is mostly absent from New Delhi, ordered the routine enquiry in Kolkata. A crowded Doon Express was en-route to Dehradun from Howrah when...
08:53 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday said it had no information on the claim by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that the CPM had hatched a conspiracy to assassinate her with help from abroad. At the presentation of the monthly report card of Ministry of Home Affairs, Home Minister P Chidambaram was asked by a reporter about the details of threats being faced by the Trinamool Congress supremo as...
07:29 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: Union Railway Minister Mukul Roy has said that sabotage cannot be ruled out in the Doon Express accident near Mahrawa station in Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh. A total of five bogies of the 18-coach Doon Express derailed killing at least five people and injuring 12 others. The Railway Minister also ordered a high-level enquiry into the incident, terming the accident as unfortunate. "Relief and rescue operations are...
04:42 PM, May 31, 2012
Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Wednesday put in place several measures to prevent Thursday's NDA-sponsored 12-hour 'Bharat Bandh' against petrol price hike while issuing a circular warning government employees against any leave on Thursday. "All state government offices will remain open and all government officers and employees should report for duty. Government employees will not be granted any leave on May 31," Chief Secretary Samar Ghosh said in a...
10:51 PM, May 30, 2012
Kolkata: A day after courting controversy for saying "true paribartan" (change) had touched West Bengal, Governor MK Narayanan on Wednesday said his words referred to Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) win. "After trying for four years, it (KKR) finally won (the Indian Premier League). It is obviously a change. 'Paribartan' means change. It has nothing to do with the state government," he told reporters. While addressing the KKR felicitation ceremony at...
08:13 PM, 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-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
The West Bengal government hosted a massive celebration for the KKR as Mamata Banerjee played the Master of Ceremonies. ...
11:26 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
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
Chennai: Amid the mounting pressure for rollback of petrol price hike, Minister of State in the PMO V Narayanasamy has said states could reduce the Value Added Tax on petroleum products to provide relief to the people. "The states can lower the VAT and that can help reduce the petrol price," he told reporters at the airport. The latest hike in petrol price by Rs 7.50 has come under flak...
01:35 PM, May 27, 2012
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday launched her protest rally in Kolkata demanding a rollback on the petrol price hike. The rally began in Jadavpore and stopped at Hazra, covering a distance of 5 km. Mamata had earlier expressed her displeasure at the petrol price hike but had clarified that her party would not pull out of the UPA. The Trinamool Congress is the second largest ally...
07:42 PM, May 26, 2012
Kolkata: The CPI(M) on Saturday carried out a road blockade across Kolkata, bringing the traffic to a grinding halt, in protest against the fuel price hike. The youth wing of the party, Democratic Youth Federation of India, organised 'chakka jams' at major intersections across the city. The Left parties are allegedly holding a six-day protest, which will culminate in rallies on May 31. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is also...
05:33 PM, May 26, 2012
Kolkata: As West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee gets ready to launch her protest against the petrol price hike, the Congress has hit back saying that the Trinamool Congress is free to withdraw support. Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said, "The TMC is free to withdraw support from the UPA if it has problems." He also said that if Mamata had issues with rising petrol price, she may follow the...
12:27 PM, May 26, 2012
According to sources, the Congress wants the petrol hike rollback to be in the range of Rs 3-5. ...
11:51 PM, May 24, 2012
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