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  Mamata should agree to CBI probe in Saradha scam: Nitin Gadkari

  India | April 27, 2014 7:29 IST

  Kolkata: Keeping open the possibility of a post-poll tie-up with the Trinamool Congress, senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should agree to a CBI probe into the

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  Will BJP send Advani, Lalu, Mamata to Pakistan, asks Congress

  Politics | April 20, 2014 17:57 IST

  New Delhi: After BJP leader Giriraj Singh said those opposing Narendra Modi will be sent to Pakistan, the Congress Sunday wondered if the party would also send L.K. Advani and some other leaders to the

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  Modi's gas balloon will burst, says Mamata

  Politics | April 16, 2014 17:39 IST

  Kumarganj (West Bengal):  The projection by certain quarters that Narendra Modi will become the prime minister is like a gas balloon which will burst when the gas leaks, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today said

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  Mamata facilitating BJP's growth in Bengal: CPI-M

  India | March 24, 2014 7:24 IST

  Kolkata : Attacking the Trinamool Congress government over a host of issues, CPI-M leader Surjya Kanta Mishra Sunday accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of facilitating BJP's growth in West Bengal."Her government is characterised by corruption

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  Modi, Kejriwal, Mamata, Lalu to chat with Facebook users

  Politics | February 20, 2014 13:24 IST

  Kolkata: In the run up to Lok Sabha polls, Facebook users would now be able to discuss the electoral agenda of country's top politicians including Narendra Modi, Mamata Banerjee, Akhilesh Yadav, Arvind Kejriwal among others

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  Jalpaiguri blast method alarming, says Mamata

  India | January 01, 2014 7:59 IST

  Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday condemned the blast in Jalpaiguri which claimed six lives, and said the way the explosion was carried out was alarming."The way the people were killed and the

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  Mamata attacks centre over communal violence bill

  India | November 30, 2013 23:23 IST

  Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday accused the central government of "unnecessary interfering in the activities of the state governments" after a bill on preventing communal violence was revived."Just a few months before

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  Committed to make Bengal self-reliant: Mamata

  India | November 27, 2013 7:03 IST

  Kolkata:  Blaming the erstwhile Left Front government for making West Bengal "dependent", Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday asserted her government was working towards making the state self-reliant in terms of food produce.Speaking at a public

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  Mamata plans a razzmatazz at Eden for Sachin Tendulkar's 199th Test

  Cricket | October 23, 2013 17:10 IST

  Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee will be going the whole hog to make Sachin Tendulkar's 199th Test at Eden Gardens a memorable one. Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kamal Haasan will

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  Kamduni case: Kin of murdered victim meet Mamata

  India | September 28, 2013 18:59 IST

  Kolkata: Family members of the murdered Kamduni gangrape victim today met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to demand a speedy trial in the case.  “They (the family members) met the CM and demanded a

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  Mamata meets President at Raj Bhavan

  India | September 14, 2013 20:26 IST

  Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today met President Pranab Mukherjee at the Raj Bhavan here.A Raj Bhavan source said that Banerjee was with the president for about an hour, but it was not

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  Bengal school ragging: Principal resigns, Mamata assures action

  India | September 12, 2013 22:10 IST

  Kolkata: Angry protestors - mostly parents and guardians - laid siege of a West Bengal school Thursday forcing its principal to resign for the death of a minor girl student after being "ragged".The Mamata Banerjee

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  Mamata tries to bring back slain author Sushmita's body from Afghanistan

  India | September 07, 2013 19:07 IST

  Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has taken an initiative to bring back the body of slain author Sushmita Banerjee to Kolkata from Afghanistan.State government officials have already in touch with External Affairs Ministry

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  Gurung hits back at Mamata on deadline, threatens janta curfew

  India | August 10, 2013 18:46 IST

  Darjeeling, Aug 10: With West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asking the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha to call off its indefinite bandh in Darjeeling within 72 hours, its chief Bimal Gurung threatened a ‘janta curfew' if

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  Mamata talks tough, 72-hr deadline to GJM to call off stir

  India | August 10, 2013 17:24 IST

  Kolkata, Aug 10: Armed with a Calcutta High Court order to maintain normalcy in Darjeeling hills, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today gave a 72-hour deadline to the GJM to call off its indefinite

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  2.3 tonnes of 'Ganja' seized along Bangla border

  India | July 15, 2013 19:09 IST

  Kolkata, July 15: In one of the major drug seizures along Indo-Bangladesh border in recent times, security agencies recovered 2.3 tonnes of 'Ganja' suspected to be a consignment for smuggling.The incident occurred yesterday afternoon when

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  Trinamool boycotts poll meet, Mamata wants to take revenge

  India | July 06, 2013 22:50 IST

  Kolkata, July 6: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday accused the State Election Commission of taking decisions at its "whims and fancies" and vowed to take revenge "democratically", hours after her Trinamool Congress boycotted

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  Are you afraid of stepping out, Mamata asks Bengal women

  India | June 26, 2013 22:47 IST

  Jamboni (West Bengal), Jun 26: Amid growing clamour over rise in crime against women in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today asked women at a Panchayat election rally whether they were afraid of stepping

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  Mamata dares Maoists to target her

  India | June 26, 2013 18:53 IST

  Gopiballlabhpur (WB),June 26: Claiming that Maoists were planning to kill her, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today dared them to touch her, saying they can't scare her with guns."When I was planning to visit

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  Are all women in Bengal getting raped, asks Mamata

  India | June 24, 2013 8:01 IST

  Kolkata, June 24: Faced with all-round criticism over the rising instances of crime against women, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday sought to defend her government by counter-posing: "Are all women in the state