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Loading image. Please wait NCTC unacceptable to states: Mamata New Delhi: Slamming the Centre for taking a unilateral decision on formation of NCTC, key UPA ally and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said such institutions "upset" the federal structure of the country and was "not acceptable"…
Loading image. Please wait Yet to finalise stand on Prez polls:CPI New Delhi: CPI(M), which is seeking an overall consensus on the issue of election of the next President, said it has not finalised its stand on the poll as yet and would consult other parties before doing so.…
Loading image. Please wait Prez polls: Congress eyes on Mamata New Delhi: The Congress is hoping for the support of the Trinamool Congress in the presidential polls when West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee meets party chief Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh later on Thursday. …
Loading image. Please wait 1.4 lakh jobs in railways next year Suri (WB): Railway minister Mukul Roy on Sunday said that 1.4 lakh people would be recruited in the railways next year…
Loading image. Please wait CPM retains Buddhadeb in state committee Kolkata : Buddhadeb Bhattacherjee, who was the Chief Minister when the CPI (M) was decimated in West Bengal, was on Sunday retained in the state secretariat, the policy-making body of the party's state unit. …
Kolkata Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday exerted pressure on the Congress-led UPA government at the centre by demanding an interest moratorium for her cash-strapped state. According to reports, the Trinamool chief is seeking an interest moratorium for a period of three years…
Lalgarh On her first visit to this former Naxal hotbed as chief minister, Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday decried the Maoists’ cult of violence and killing but did not offer talks with them. Addressing a rally in Lalgarh, she also criticised a section of intellectuals in Kolkata for indulging Maoists…
Kolkata In a stern warning to the Congress-led union government, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said it has to accept West Bengal’s demand for a tax moratorium for the next three years. …
Kolkata The AMRI Hospital authorities are planning to reopen a portion of their complex in Dhakuria, sealed off by Kolkata Police after a major fire choked 94 people to death in a hospital building in December 2011. …
Kolkata After banning certain English dailies and high circulation Bengali newspapers from the state-funded and state-aided libraries, Mamata Banerjee has advised people not to watch some TV channels, alleging that they are spreading false propoganda against the Trinamool government. “No one can deter Mamata Banerjee in serving you. I…
New York West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the world. Banerjee joins a club of “people who inspire us, entertain us, challenge us and change our world,” that includes US President Barack Obama, billionaire…
