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  Day-Night Test: BCCI felicitates Bangladesh PM, West Bengal CM

  Cricket | November 22, 2019 21:58 IST

  BCCI president Sourav Ganguly handed over mementoes to Hasina and Banerjee in the presence of sporting greats like Sachin Tendulkar, Sania Mirza and Mary Kom among others.

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  Those coming from Hyderabad with money bags are biggest allies of BJP: Mamata

  National | November 20, 2019 15:36 IST

  Banerjee urged the Muslim community not to trust leaders visiting from outside and only repose faith on leaders from the state as they can only fight for the cause of the people of West Bengal

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  Bengal to construct building to mark Guru Nanak's 550th birth anniversary

  India | November 11, 2019 19:59 IST

  Speaking before a congregation of Sikhs on the eve of Guru Nanak's birthday, Banerjee said she had told city mayor Firhad Hakim to identify land for the building in the south-eastern fringes of the city

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  Bengal to construct building to mark Guru Nanak's 550th birth anniversary

  India | November 11, 2019 19:59 IST

  Speaking before a congregation of Sikhs on the eve of Guru Nanak's birthday, Banerjee said she had told city mayor Firhad Hakim to identify land for the building in the south-eastern fringes of the city

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  Will focus on issues related to West Bengal during meeting with the PM

  India | September 17, 2019 16:11 IST

  Talking to reporters at city airport before leaving for the national capital, Banerjee said she would also raise issues like name change of the state as well matters like merger of public sector banks during the meeting.

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  TMC will not allow implementation of NRC in West Bengal : Mamata Banerjee

  India | September 06, 2019 18:34 IST

  The implementation of the NRC as nothing but a political vendetta of the BJP-led central government. she told the Assembly.

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  Centre should have shown Chidamabaram some respect : Mamata Banerjee

  India | September 06, 2019 17:03 IST

  The central government should have shown him "minimum respect", she told the state assembly here.  

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  Bengal rolls out free crop insurance scheme for farmers

  India | June 28, 2019 18:25 IST

  The crop insurance scheme would be "free of cost for the farmers" as the government would pay the entire premium and the insurable crops are Aman and Aus paddy, jute and maize.

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  Row rages in Bengal over Mamata's directive to build dining halls in schools with over 70% minority students

  India | June 28, 2019 18:50 IST

  However, senior TMC leader and Minister of State for Minority Affairs, Giasuddin Mollah dismissed the allegations as baseless and defended the decision by saying the ongoing project will benefit all students.

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  Impasse to end as Mamata, doctors term meeting 'positive'

  India | June 17, 2019 20:25 IST

  While Banerjee termed the over one-and-a-half-hour long meeting as "positive and productive" and urged the doctors' to immediately end the strike for the sake of the ailing patients, the young doctors said they were eager to get back to work, calling the deliberations a "move towards the positive direction".

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  Mamata Banerjee, KCR and Amarinder Singh skip Niti Aayog meet

  India | June 15, 2019 17:30 IST

  Three chief ministers, including Mamata Banerjee and K Chandrashekhar Rao, gave it a miss to the fifth meeting of the Governing Council of Niti Aayog chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Saturday.

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  Mamata Banerjee blinks, invites agitating doctors again to meet her today

  India | June 15, 2019 6:45 IST

  The doctors, who struck work for the fourth day Friday, refused to meet the chief minister, demanding an unconditional apology from her.  

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  Won't let West Bengal become Gujarat: Mamata Banerjee on Bengal doctors’ protests row

  India | June 14, 2019 16:54 IST

  Hours after over 100 doctors in West Bengal resigned on June 14, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she 'won't let West Bengal become Gujarat’.

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  Amid saffron surge, Mamata's residence, TMC headquarters wear deserted look

  India | May 23, 2019 18:35 IST

  As trends showed a saffron surge in Bengal, the residence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in South Kolkata's Kalighat wore a deserted look on Thursday with just a handful of Trinamool Congress supporters gathered outside.

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  TMC busy with post-poll calculations after exit polls

  India | May 20, 2019 13:37 IST

  A senior party leader said, "We do not have to worry about these exit poll reports, which in most cases do not match."

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  Bengal LS polls: Tribal belt, Midnapore ready for phase 6

  May 11, 2019 17:03 IST

  A gritty fight between state BJP chief Dilip Ghosh and Manas Bhunia, a seasoned politician who jumped ship form the Congress to the Trinamool Congress in 2016, and a father-son duo contesting from two neighbouring seats laden with the memories of 'Quit India' movement also headline the polling scene on the morrow.

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  Fully within rights to transfer officials during polls: EC tells Mamata

  April 07, 2019 15:24 IST

  Responding to Banerjee's letter, the poll panel said Saturday that "It is the ECI and the governments of states/UTs who are jointly responsible to electors of the largest democracy and are bound to act strictly in the letter and spirit of the respective roles set forth by the founding fathers of the Constitution."

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  Mamata Banerjee dares PM to prove she took money for paintings

  India | January 30, 2019 15:56 IST

  The TMC chief's strong reaction comes after BJP president Amit Shah on Tuesday alleged Banerjee's paintings were bought by chit fund owners for crores of rupees.

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  Amit Shah's huge rally has worried Mamata, says BJP after vehicles carrying party workers attacked in Bengal

  January 29, 2019 23:49 IST

  BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra claimed the state's ruling Trinamool Congress had targeted vehicles carrying BJP workers after Shah's rally.

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  Bengal govt to pay Rs 2 lakh in case of farmer's death: Mamata Banerjee

  India | December 31, 2018 21:05 IST

  The money will be paid to the family in death case of any peasants aged between 18-60 years under 'Krishi Krishak Bandhu' scheme, which will come into effect on January 1.