Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy on Sunday shocked many with his choice of words at a party rally where he said that the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has "gone to hell" and would not be able to return from there. Roy used a Bengali slang to indicate that the CPI(M) had lost its spine and gone to hell. ...
10:08 AM, Jan 28, 2013
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has called an emergency high level meeting at Writers' Buildings to review the worsening law and order situation in the state following clashes between Trinamool Congress and Communist Party of India (Marxist) supporters. The meeting is being attended by the state chief and home secretaries as well as the state DGP and senior police officers. ...
03:01 PM, Jan 08, 2013
Kolkata: Ruling Trinamool Congress MLAs were involved in a fistfight with their Left Front counterparts inside the West Bengal Assembly on Tuesday. The shameful incident took place when the Left Front moved an adjournment motion over the state government's alleged failure to curb chit funds in the state. After West Bengal Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee rejected the Left Front's plea for an adjournment motion, MLAs from the two sides came...
02:14 PM, Dec 11, 2012
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress, which had earlier been ambiguous on the rule under which Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) debate should take place, on Tuesday moved a motion in Rajya Sabha seeking discussion with voting. "This house disapproves the entry of FDI in multi-brand retail...," read the motion moved by Trinamool members D Bandopadhyay and Vivek Gupta under Rule 168 which entails voting. The United Progressive Alliance's estranged ally has nine...
03:15 PM, Dec 04, 2012
New Delhi: Under fresh attack from Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on FDI in multi-brand retail, the Congress on Monday advised her to "evolve from a street fighter to a statesman" pointing to 'divergence' in her party's stand. "There comes a time in the life of every political party and politician when you have to evolve from an agitator to an administrator...from a street fighter to a statesman. These are...
07:06 PM, Oct 01, 2012
New Delhi: 'There is something special about Bengal.' A new video - starring Shah Rukh Khan, showcases various historic, cultural and industrial landmarks in the state of West Bengal, and is set to Rabindranath Tagore's song 'Banglar Mati Banglar Jol' - sung by Shaan. In an bid to attract big ticket investments and promote Bengal as a tourist destination, a promotional film featuring Khan - who is also the state's...
12:09 PM, Oct 01, 2012
New Delhi: Congress leader and Union Law & Justice and Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has taken on Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee over her protest at Janatar Mantar in New Delhi against foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail. Claiming that Mamata's support base is limited to West Bengal, Khurshid said that her views on economic reforms are different from those of the Congress's. "There was stress on us when...
11:33 AM, Oct 01, 2012
Kolkata/New Delhi: Taking a dig at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for saying that the government is doing what is "good for the country" and that the reform process should continue, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that the government is looting the country in the name of 'aam admi' and reforms. "Reforms are meant to usher development for the people. Now-a-days, the trend is whenever any anti-people decision is...
08:42 PM, Sep 29, 2012
New Delhi: With the Trinamool Congress ministers pulling out of the government on Friday, a cabinet reshuffle is likely to take place over the next few days, the Congress sources said. They said the reshuffle could be take place by the next week to fill vacancies in the cabinet and reallocate work among ministers. Some ministers may be drafted for party or given responsibilities in the party along with those...
11:02 AM, Sep 22, 2012
India will go into the Commonwealth Bank Series match against Australia at Brisbane on Sunday with a lot of confidence – probably the first time on the tour. All of a sudden, everything has changed for the Indians. Courtesy, their...
12:01 AM, Sep 21, 2012
New Delhi: It seems that both the Congress and the Trinamool Congress are prepared for a life without each other. While the Congress now hopes that the road to reforms will be easier, the Trinamool Congress has upped the ante asking for the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Ironically, with communication between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the Congress having broken down, it is the missed calls...
11:05 PM, Sep 19, 2012
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh says the party is ready for early elections following the withdrawal of support by the Trinamool Congress to the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government. Singh sounded confident that the UPA would complete its term but added that the Congress was not afraid of facing an early Lok Sabha election. "People elect a government for five years. If the government does not complete...
12:08 PM, Sep 19, 2012
Kolkata/New Delhi: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday decided to withdraw support to the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre, and also ruled out outside support. Following a meeting, which went on for over three hours, with her party leaders, the West Bengal Chief Minister said that her ministers would resign on Friday. The decision by the Mamata Banerjee's party, which was the second largest constituent of the UPA...
11:33 PM, Sep 18, 2012
New Delhi: After her 72-hour deadline and an over three-hour long meeting in Kolkata with Trinamool Congress MPs and leaders, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday finally walked out of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government. Mamata Banerjee took the decision to pull out of the UPA after meeting her party leaders, which was attended by all the MPs including the six ministers belonging to the Trinamool Congress...
08:35 PM, Sep 18, 2012
Kolkata: The BJP on Saturday once again sought the support of Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on the alleged coalgate scam and urged her to quit the UPA as she has a 'clear image'. "Mamataji's clear image which is known in the country does not match the corrupt image of the Congress. The UPA ship will sink in 2014," BJP spokesperson Syed Shahnawaz Hussain told a press conference in Kolkata....
08:43 PM, Sep 01, 2012
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