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  Mamata Defends Decision Not To Support Cong In RS Polls

  India | March 17, 2012 18:05 IST

  Kolkata, Mar 17: Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee today defended her party's decision not to support Congress nominees in the Rajya Sabha elections from West Bengal.As the Trinamool Congress gave a seat to the Congress

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  Trivedi's Resignation Will Be Decided By PM, Sonia, Mamata

  India | March 17, 2012 17:21 IST

  Bangalore, Mar 17: Minister of state in PMO's office V Narayanasamy today said a decision on replacing Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi would be taken by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and TMC

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  Congress Core Group Meets On Mamata's Demand To Sack Trivedi

  India | March 15, 2012 7:23 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 15: The Congress core group met at the Prime Minister's residence here late on Wednesday night and weighed options to deal with the demand made by Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee to

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  Congress Agrees To Mamata's Demand

  India | March 15, 2012 7:23 IST

  Kolkata, Mar 15: TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee spoke to Congress leadership in Delhi to press for removal of Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi and is said to have been assured that

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  Mamata Wants Trivedi Sacked As Railway Minister

  India | March 14, 2012 22:52 IST

  Kolkata, Mar 14: Angry over the hike in passenger fares in the Railway Budget, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee tonight asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to remove her party nominee Dinesh Trivedi from the post

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  Mamata Says, We Won't Allow Rail Fare Hike

  India | March 14, 2012 17:49 IST

  Nandigram (West Bengal), Mar 14: West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee today ruled out accepting railway fare hike. Addressing a gathering here Banerjee said: " We didn't know railfare was going

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  Mamata's Warning On Eve Of Strike, Left Says No One Can Foil

  February 27, 2012 19:09 IST

  Kolkata, Feb 27: West Bengal government and the Left geared up for a showdown during the nationwide general strike tomorrow with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee warning state employees today that absence from duty will be

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  Mamata, Police Find Discrepancies In Statement Of Anglo-Indian Rape Victim

  India | February 16, 2012 23:00 IST

  Kolkata, Feb 16: The claim of a Anglo-Indian woman that she was raped in a car in a posh locality here took a political hue today when Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee termed the incident as

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  CPI-M Slams Mamata For Inaction Against Campus Violence

  India | January 13, 2012 18:34 IST

  Kolkata, Jan 13: Opposition Leader in the Assembly Suryakanta Mishra of the CPI-M today accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of taking no action against growing campus violence in West Bengal and alleged ‘blatant political appointments'

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  I Am Not Scared Of Anyone, Says Mamata In Junglemahal

  India | January 12, 2012 16:19 IST

  Jhargram (WB), Jan 12: Calling upon the people in the Maoist-hit Jangalmahal not to get scared, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today asked them to help her government carry out development work in the

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  Thousands March With Mamata In Kolkata Against Illicit Liquor

  India | December 30, 2011 18:45 IST

  Kolkata, Dec 30: With hooch claiming over 170 lives in the state, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today walked in a padayatra to create social awareness against the evils of illicit liquor.“Even as administrative

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  Opposition Not Convinced About Mamata Claim On FDI On Hold

  India | December 03, 2011 21:36 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 3: BJP and the Left today appeared far from convinced that the government had put the FDI in retail decision on hold and asked the UPA dispensation to make a formal announcement

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  Nothing Substantial In Meeting With Pranab : Mamata

  India | November 08, 2011 22:31 IST

  Kolkata, Nov 8: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today expressed disappointment about the outcome of a meeting with Union Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on the financial condition of the cash-strapped state.  “Nothing substantial came

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  Trinamool Delegation Minus Mamata To Meet PM

  India | November 07, 2011 21:17 IST

  New Delhi/Kolkata, Nov 7: Mounting pressure on the government after threatening to pull out over petrol price hike issue, Trinamool Congress leaders will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tomorrow on a day when West Bengal's

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  Trinamool Won't Compromise On Price Rise : Mamata

  India | November 07, 2011 21:11 IST

  Kolkata, Nov 7: Ahead of her party MPs' meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Delhi tomorrow over fuel price hike, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today said her party would not compromise on the

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  Pranab Downplays Mamata Pullout Threat

  India | November 05, 2011 19:01 IST

  Kolkata, Nov 5: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today sought to downplay the threat by key UPA constituent Trinamool Congress to withdraw support to the Government over the petrol price hike, saying it was “perfectly legitimate”

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  Allies Slam Petro Price Hike, A Rollback Possible

  India | November 04, 2011 18:37 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 4: Congress' allies today slammed the steep hike in the petrol price with a key UPA constituent Trinamool Congress talking in terms of pulling out of the government as indications emerged that

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  Mamata A Respected And Important Ally Of UPA : Soni

  Politics | September 16, 2011 22:13 IST

  Kolkata, Sep 16: Despite Trinamool Congress' protest against the petrol price hike and stiff opposition to any increase in LPG price, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni today described it as “an important and respected

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  Teesta Barrage Project To Be Commissioned As Per Schedule

  India | September 08, 2011 22:59 IST

  Kolkata, Sep 8: Blaming the erstwhile Left Front for “delay” in executing the ambitious Teesta Barrage Project, the Mamata Banerjee government today said it is committed to the “long-standing” venture's completion as per schedule.  “Chief

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  Mamata's Decision Has Tarnished Country's Image: CPI-M

  Politics | September 06, 2011 22:11 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 6: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's “sudden” decision to pull out of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's delegation to Bangladesh has “tarnished” the country's image internationally, the CPI-M today said.  “Her sudden