Kolkata: Day one of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Assembly test has been deferred. The West Bengal Assembly has been adjourned for the day after an obituary reference. A special 2-day session had been called by Governor MK Narayanan to discuss the chit fund scam.
It has not just wiped away crores of investor money but also put several TMC and Congress ministers under scrutiny. The government is hoping to tighten laws relating to chit funds in the special assembly session.
Also, the Association of Protection of Democratic rights has moved the state human rights commission against Mamata's decision to impose 10 per cent tax on tobacco products to raise part of the money investors lost in the scam.
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12:23 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is getting ready to face the Opposition fire in the state Assembly. A special 2-day session has been called by Governor MK Narayanan from Monday to discuss the chit fund scam in the state. It has not just wiped away crores of investor money but also dragged the Trinamool Congress and Congress ministers into the mess. The scam is also getting bigger with...
10:44 AM, Apr 29, 2013
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan has called a special session of the state Assembly next week beginning April 29 to discuss the chit fund scam. Speaker Biman Banerjee, in fact, has called an all-party meeting at 3 pm on Friday to discuss the special session. But the TMC wants the West Bengal Protection of Depositors' Interest in Financial Institution Bill to be returned by the Centre so that it...
12:43 PM, Apr 26, 2013
The Trinamool Congress won English Bazar (Malda), the Congress bagged Rejinagar (Murshidabad) while Nalhati went to Forward Block in the by-elections held on February 23. ...
09:23 AM, Feb 28, 2013
The West Bengal assembly on Wednesday plunged into darkness when state Power Minister Manish Gupta was replying during the Question Hour. Congress member Asit Mitra asked about the progress of Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyut Yojana in the state when the lights went off as soon as Gupta stood up and started to answer. ...
03:42 PM, Dec 12, 2012
Fearing insecure after Tuesday's violence inside the West Bengal Assembly, Congress legislators including women members Wednesday entered the house wearing helmets. ...
03:19 PM, Dec 12, 2012
Ruling Trinamool Congress MLAs were involved in a fistfight with their Left Front counterparts inside the West Bengal Assembly on Tuesday. ...
02:14 PM, Dec 11, 2012
Kolkata: A motion moved by the ruling Trinamool Congress to protest FDI in multi-brand retail and hike in prices of diesel and fertiliser was today passed in the West Bengal Assembly amidst walkout by the opposition Left Front. Trinamool Congress has made history with the state assembly the first to pass a motion against FDI in retail, which she hoped other states would follow suit and jointly request the Centre...
11:55 PM, Sep 27, 2012
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Friday retained the Bankura and the Daspur Assembly seats in West Midnapore district, the two places where by-elections were held on June 12. The party won Bankura seat by more than 15,000 votes and and defeated the CPM at Daspur by 18,919 votes. Election Commission sources said that TMC candidate Minati Mishra won the Bankura seat by a margin of 15,139 votes defeating her nearest...
01:51 PM, Jun 15, 2012
New Delhi: As Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee readies to present the Rail Budget 2011-12 on Friday, expectations are high that the budget could be high on populism and low on reforms, as the minister has set her eyes on the Writers' Building in Kolkata. The cash-trapped Railways is unlikely to carry out any major changes in passenger fares in the Budget for the eighth year in succession, even as more...
08:41 AM, Feb 25, 2011
New Delhi: This year's Railway Budget could be high on populism and low on reforms as Mamata Banerjee's interests is in Writers' Building in Kolkata. The Railway Minister, who flagged off over 30 new trains in West Bengal in the last six months alone, would wait till the state assembly elections get over to increase fares in June or July 2011. The cash-trapped Railways is unlikely to carry out any...
01:38 PM, Feb 24, 2011
New Delhi: During the 2010-11 Railway Budget speech Mamata Banerjee was in a tearing hurry. "Please listen or I will forget. I have too much to say and there is very little time. I am speaking like Rajdhani because there is very little time left," she told the Lok Sabha. Mamata Express is on a one-way journey to West Bengal. She was absent from Rail Bhawan, and sometimes from Parliament...
10:32 AM, Feb 24, 2011
Banerjee's remark comes in the wake of Opposition's criticism of her of neglecting duty as Railway Minister. ...
12:56 PM, May 18, 2010
Speaking to CNN-IBN, the Railways Minister also said that she never blamed people for Delhi stampede. ...
09:08 AM, May 18, 2010
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01:42 PM, May 17, 2010
Budget may also see more Duronto trains being launched. ...
08:15 AM, Feb 24, 2010
Troubles don't seem to end for the Left Front in West Bengal. ...
01:58 AM, Nov 13, 2009
The 72-year old politician was suffering from oral cancer. ...
10:01 AM, Nov 14, 2008
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee termed the Nandigram violence as unfortunate, while speaking in the state Assembly. ...
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