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Mamata promises to back UPA on Sri Lanka vote issue
Kolkata, March 20 : Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, whose party quit the ruling UPA last year, Wednesday extended support to it on any decision it took on the Sri Lankan issue at the UNHRC in Geneva, but said the concerns and sentiments of the people must be kept in view.
Centre wants poor to go hungry: Mamata
Jhilimili/Kolkata, March 20 : Lashing out at the central government for stopping allocation of additional food grain in backward areas and some targeted groups at cheap rates in the coming fiscal, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said her government would continue the schemes ...
Mamata sees centre's hand in banks denying loans to poor
Jhilimili (West Bengal), March 20 : Accusing some banks of refusing loans to the poor and workers of self-help groups in her state at the behest of the central government, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said it was shameful such people were being "harassed" for their political ...
DMK crisis: Mamata backs Congress
New Delhi, Mar 20 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said that her Trinamool Congress (TMC) party will support the Congress-led Central government's decision on Sri Lanka.
Mamata on mission to save fair-price medicine shops (West Bengal ...
By Sirshendu Panth, Kolkata, March 16 : "If you don't cooperate with patients, we won't tolerate that. We will cancel your licence," the stern warning from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee left the middle-aged chemist trembling on the other side of the sales counter.
Mamata pulls up party legislators for skipping assembly
Kolkata, March 15 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday admonished party lawmakers for their poor attendance in the state assembly and directed the chief whip to prepare a list of those who stay away from the house.
No forced land takeover for infrastructure, says Mamata
Kolkata, March 15 : Asserting that her government would not acquire land forcibly for industries or roads or power plants, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday said consultations could be held with the people on taking land for infrastructure projects.
CPI(M) MLA tenders apology for comment on Mamata
Kolkata, Mar 12 : Senior CPI(M) MLA and former state minister Anisur Rahaman today tendered an apology in the Assembly for his adverse remarks against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a public meeting in December last year.
CPI(M) MLA tenders apology for comment on Mamata
Kolkata, Mar 12 : Senior CPI(M) MLA and former state minister Anisur Rahaman today tendered an apology in the Assembly for his adverse remarks against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a public meeting in December last year.
Mamata lauds Bengal budget
Kolkata, March 11 : Praising the West Bengal budget presented Monday, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee termed it as an effort to "grow trees in a desert".
BJP also demands special package for Bengal
Kolkata, March 11 : The BJP Monday supported West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's demand for a special central package for the debt-ridden state, but called for a "proper monitoring" mechanism to ensure that the funds are utilised properly.
Public services law to punish unscrupulous officials: Mamata
Kolkata, March 9 : Defending the West Bengal's government's decision to introduce a law penalising government employees for their failure to render timely services, Chef Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday said the move was aimed at weeding out unscrupulous elements.
Left accuses Mamata of violating parliamentary norms
Kolkata, March 8 : Accusing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of violating parliamentary norms by announcing government schemes outside the legislature, the Left Front Friday said she would be "guilty" of leaking budget provisions if such announcements figured in the coming state budget.
Left accuses Mamata of violating parliamentary norms
Kolkata, March 8 : Accusing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of violating parliamentary norms by announcing government schemes outside the legislature, the Left Front Friday said she would be "guilty" of leaking budget provisions if such announcements figured in the coming state budget.
Mamata predicts Lok Sabha polls by June, opposition ridicules
Kolkata, March 8 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday claimed that the next Lok Sabha polls would be held in the next two to three months instead of 2014 as scheduled, drawing ridicule from the opposition with the Congress wondering whether she has turned into an astrologer from a ...
Lok Sabha polls in next two-three months, says Mamata
Kolkata, March 8 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday claimed that the next general elections would be held in the next two to three months, instead of 2014 as scheduled.
West Bengal for quota in higher education
Kolkata, March 6 : Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday announced that her government will introduce reservation for Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) in institutions of higher education in West Bengal.
Mamata announces scholarship for girl students
Kolkata, March 6 : All girl students in West Bengal studying in Class eight and whose parents' annual income is less than Rs.50,000 will get an annual scholarship of Rs.500, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced here Wednesday.
Defamation case against Buddha admitted
Kolkata, Mar 6 : The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday admitted a defamation complaint filed against veteran Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee for his alleged comments against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with regard to her honesty in a TV ...
Disgruntled Trinamool lawmaker seeks new portfolio
Kolkata, March 5 : Disgruntled Trinamool Congress lawmaker and former West Bengal agricultural minister Rabindranath Bhattacharya Tuesday expressed his desire to rejoin the Mamata Banerjee ministry if offered a different portfolio.
Bengal's comrades still have miles to go (West Bengal Newsletter)
By Sirshendu Panth, Kolkata, Mar 2 : Only a month ago, they seemed to be rejuvenated and enthused after a series of flip-flops by the Mamata Banerjee administration. But the results of the recent assembly by-elections have come as a reality check for West Bengal's once invincible Left Front.
Bengal to hire more doctors for rural areas
Kolkata, Feb 27 : Conceding that there was an "acute shortage" of doctors in rural West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said the government would soon issue advertisements to hire more doctors.
Kolkata fire kills 19, Mamata visits spot
Kolkata, Feb 27 : At least 19 people, including a woman, were killed as fire broke out in a six-storey shopping complex in Kolkata's Sealdah area on Wednesday morning even as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited the spot and assured assistance to the victims and kins.
Hilsa research centre coming up in Bengal
Kolkata, Feb 26 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said the government was planning to set up a facility for doing research on the hilsa fish whose numbers are fast dwindling in Indian waters.
Film 'ridiculing' Mamata denied clearance, director cries foul
Kolkata, Feb 25 : The censor board has denied approval to a Bengali film for "distorting history" by ridiculing the swearing-in ceremony of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as well as her Singur movement which caused Tata Motors exit from the state.
Mamata is willing to set up NCTC, says Shinde
Kolkata, Feb 25 : Claiming that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had a positive view on the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Monday said the central government was trying to break the deadlock over the proposed anti-terror hub.
No approval for film 'mocking' Mamata
Kolkata, Feb 25 : Triggering a fresh controversy, the Central Board of Film Certification here denied approval to director Suman Mukhopadhyay's Bengali film 'Kangal Malsat' (War Cry of Beggars) for allegedly being criticial of West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata ...
Mamata flags off BCIM Car Rally
Kolkata, Feb 22 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday flagged off the BCIM Car Rally at Salt Lake Stadium here amid bonhomie and fanfare as the tunes played by military band instilled everyone with a keen desire to strengthen partnerships between Bangladesh, China, India and ...
Mamata government punishing strike supporters: Left Front
Kolkata, Feb 21 : Amid allegations of Trinamool Congress workers resorting to violence against the supporters of the nationwide strike, the Left Front asked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to restrain them.
Nobody's ear was cut by TMC workers: Derek
Kolkata, Feb 21 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Thursday said its workers did not attack or chop off the ear of a panchayat employee in the state's Murshidabad district as he failed to report for work on the first day of the nationwide strike called by ...