Panaji: The Congress on Monday compared the newly-emerged Trinamool Congress in Goa to a mushroom growing in the monsoon, saying the party had just come up at the height of the electoral season and would not have much impact. "The Trinamool Congress (TC) is in a nascent stage... It is like a mushroom which springs up only in the rainy season," Congress state working president Francisco Sardinha told reporters here....
07:18 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is also an acknowledged painter and poet, is now turning lyricist for a film on girl trafficking by cinestar-turned-MLA Chiranjit. The popular actor, who won the last Assembly election on a Trinamool Congress ticket, said 'Didi' had expressed readiness to pen the lyrics for one of the songs of the film. "Let's see how things progress," Chiranjit told PTI. Asked what made...
06:27 PM, Feb 12, 2012
Siliguri: Ahead of her meeting with Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) top leaders on Saturday on the Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said she did not support separatists. "We do not want any division (between the hills and the plains). But we want unity among the hills and the plains. I do not support separatists," Banerjee said while inaugurating the week-long North Bengal Utsav. GJM...
02:27 AM, Feb 11, 2012
New Delhi: The running battle between Congress and Trinamool Congress-led West Bengal government intensified on Wednesday with the AICC declaring that the Centre has released Rs 23,695 crore to the state, dismissing as a "complete error" state Finance Minister Amit Mitra's statement that not a paisa has been received. Besides, Rs 6754 crore worth of proposals from West Bengal stand approved by the Empowered Committee in the Planning Commission, party...
08:51 PM, Feb 08, 2012
Krishnagar (WB): The debt burden bequeathed by the erstwhile Left Front government in West Bengal could be more than Rs 2.3 lakh crore, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday hinted. "The debt of Rs 2.3 lakh crore is to our knowledge only, but the amount can be more, which we do not know, as many papers are missing," Mamata said while launching some local trains here in Nadia district. Painting...
07:30 PM, Feb 07, 2012
New Delhi: Jailed CPI(M) leader, Sushanto Ghosh, was released from the Alipore Central Jail, Kolkata, on Tuesday. He was jailed in August last year after 7 skeletons were recovered from near his ancestral house in West Midnapore. CPI(M) party cadres gathered in large numbers to welcome Ghosh and garlanded him with flowers and chanted slogans once he was out. The Supreme Court granted Ghosh interim bail last week. He has...
03:25 PM, Feb 07, 2012
New Delhi: CPI(M) leader Sushanto Ghosh is set to walk free from Alipore Central jail in Kolkata on Tuesday. He was jailed in August last year after 7 skeletons were recovered from near his ancestral house in West Midnapore. The Supreme Court granted him interim bail last week. Ghosh has been in custody since August 11 last year after his arrest by the state CID for his alleged complicity in...
02:18 PM, Feb 07, 2012
Kolkata: In a blunt message to its ally Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, Congress on Sunday made it clear it will not stay away from making constructive criticism of the functioning of the administration, asserting that "if there is lack of governance, voices will be raised". "Our objective is to improve administrative decision making and ensure better governance in West Bengal which got itself freed from the tyranny of more...
05:49 PM, Feb 05, 2012
Kolkata: In what could be called a controversial move, the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal is planning to drop the 'Right to Strike' clause for the state government employees. The state government is considering withdrawal of the clause from the Service rule, which empowers government employees to go on a strike. This is being seen as an attempt to ensure discipline and depoliticising workers' bodies. This has drawn sharp...
09:37 AM, Feb 01, 2012
Malda: Days after blaming the West Bengal government for farmer suicides in the state, Congress said on Monday it did not want to bring disrepute to the ruling Trinamool Congress. "Our intention is not to defame them. We will be very happy if the government works properly," West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee president Pradip Bhattacharya told reporters in Malda. Relations between the two allies have soured in the last few...
12:11 AM, Jan 31, 2012
New Delhi: JD(U) has claimed that it was in talks with the Trinamool Congress for seat-sharing in the coming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections and has already reached an understanding with the fledgling Socialist Party of India. "We held the second round of talks with Trinamool leader Sultan Ahmed who has gone to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee with the inputs," JD(U) General Secretary K C Tyagi, who is involved...
09:41 AM, Jan 26, 2012
Kolkata: With the recent strain with ally Trinamool Congress fresh in mind, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday said the Congress would respect "coalition dharma" in West Bengal, but would continue its 'legitimate' political activities without hurting any party. "We are part of a coalition. It involves following the coalition dharma ... We intend to respect the coalition. We will not do anything to hurt it. But this...
11:29 PM, Jan 25, 2012
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is younger than her official age. How! The devil lay in a fake certificate, procured by her father, which put five more years to her age to help her appear in the school leaving examination. In her recently published memoirs 'My Unforgettable Memories', the politician revealed the truth about her age, which was so far believed to be 57. "I was not even...
03:55 PM, Jan 25, 2012
Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused the CPI(M) of launching a false campaign against her government over the issue of farmers' death. "Whenever anyone is committing suicide, he is being claimed to be a farmer. If anyone commits suicide, can it be called a farmer's suicide. As per the reports I have during the tenure of the present government only one farmer had died, the rest...
03:11 AM, Jan 24, 2012
New Delhi: Slamming the UPA government for its "authoritarian" approach towards states, BJP veteran LK Advani on Sunday said all those who believe in strong Centre-state relations should come together on it even as he praised Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa for highlighting the issue. "Making states strong does not lead to making the Centre weak. We need a strong Centre, but the Centre cannot become strong unless the...
03:01 PM, Jan 22, 2012
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