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  Mamata govt has done fairly well: Narayanan

  National | May 21, 2013 11:16 IST

  Kolkata, May 21: As the Trinamool Congress government completed two years in office yesterday, West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan said it had performed fairly well, though two years was too short a time to

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  Two years on, CPI-M seeks answers from Mamata

  National | May 21, 2013 8:43 IST

  Kolkata, May 21: As the Trinamool Congress Monday completed two years in power in West Bengal, the CPI-M has come out with a "charge-sheet" seeking answers from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on a host of

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  Mamata regime's two years a directionless sojourn: Congress

  National | May 19, 2013 7:16 IST

  Kolkata, May 19: Bringing out an assessment report of West Bengal's Trinamool Congress government, two days before it completes two years in office, the Congress Saturday alleged that the regime was moving in a negative

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  Mamata regime releases performance report on two years rule

  National | May 17, 2013 7:11 IST

  Kolkata, May 17: West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee led government Thursday released a performance report, claiming the state has clocked a growth rate higher than that of the overall country during the nearly two years it

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  Conspiracy to stall panchayat polls has failed: Mamata

  National | May 14, 2013 17:10 IST

  Kolkata, May 14: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said the opposition parties' conspiracy to stall the panchayat polls has failed with the Calcutta High Court paving the way for concluding the three-phase elections

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  Double whammy for Mamata government in court

  National | May 14, 2013 10:14 IST

  Kolkata, May 14: Delivering a double blow to West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee government, the Calcutta High Court Monday ordered CBI probe into a Trinamool Congress worker's death allegedly in police custody and refused to suspend

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  CPI-M on confrontation course with Banerjee over rally

  National | May 07, 2013 7:52 IST

  Kolkata, May 7: A standoff is brewing between the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government and the main opposition CPI-M over the administration's refusal to allow the Marxists to hold a public meeting at the very

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  Banerjee knew everything about chit fund scam: Buddhadeb

  National | May 06, 2013 10:46 IST

  Kolkata, May 6: Attacking West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, her predecessor and CPI-M leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Sunday termed as "lies" her statement that she knew nothing about the chit fund scam before the Bengali

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  Will publish posters against CPI(M) canards: Mamata

  India | May 05, 2013 10:46 IST

  Panihati, May 5: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday mocked her predecessor Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's comment that the former Left Front regime had kept chit funds at bay and promised to publish 'posters' against canards

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  Two Ponzi funds will be shut down, says Bengal government

  National | May 01, 2013 8:11 IST

  Kolkata, May 1: The West Bengal government would shut down by Wednesday two companies having four of five sister concerns engaged in 'Ponzi' or multi-level marketing schemes, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Tuesday and asserted

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  Mamata seeks to blame Centre for chit fund scam

  National | April 30, 2013 12:23 IST

  Kolkata, Apr 30: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has sought to blame the Centre for the chit fund scam, has claimed that the central government reducedt he rate of interest in small savings

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  CPI-M accuses Mamata's relative of amassing Rs.300 crore

  National | April 29, 2013 8:54 IST

  Kolkata, April 29: West Bengal's opposition CPI-M Sunday alleged that a close relative of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has amassed fortunes worth.Rs 300 crore in only three years and wondered whether he was

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  Five SFI activists arrested for heckling Mamata, minister

  National | April 22, 2013 13:38 IST

  New Delhi, April 22: Five activists of the Students Federation of India (SFI) were arrested Monday for heckling West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Finance Minister Amit Mitra in the national capital, a

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  UPA playing politics over funds for rural jobs: Mamta

  India | April 21, 2013 9:19 IST

  Kolkata, April 21: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday blamed the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in New Delhi for playing "sheer politics" by not yet releasing its share of the funds for

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  UPA playing politics over funds for rural jobs: Mamta

  National | April 21, 2013 9:16 IST

  Kolkata, April 21: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday blamed the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in New Delhi for playing "sheer politics" by not yet releasing its share of the funds for

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  Mamata returns to writers' building after SFI protest

  National | April 18, 2013 9:34 IST

  Kolkata, Apr 18:  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday returned to her office at Writers' Building after a gap of nine days looking tired and walking slowly after her recent illness."I will come to

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  Mamata govt refuses BJP permission to use Netaji stadium for Modi's civic reception

  India | April 03, 2013 9:15 IST

  Kolkata, Apr 3: A civic reception for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi planned by BJP at a stadium here during his visit on April 9 has been denied permission by the Mamata Banerjee government, the

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  Mamata govt refuses BJP permission to use Netaji stadium for Modi's civic reception

  National | April 03, 2013 9:13 IST

  Kolkata, Apr 3: A civic reception for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi planned by BJP at a stadium here during his visit on April 9 has been denied permission by the Mamata Banerjee government, the

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  Dhapa violence: Mamata orders arrest of TMC councillor

  National | March 21, 2013 9:33 IST

  Kolkata, Mar 20: One person was killed and another injured in a clash over a vacant piece of land in the eastern fringes of the metropolis yesterday prompting Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to order the

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  Mamata sees centre's hand in banks denying loans to poor

  National | March 21, 2013 7:34 IST

  Jhilimili (West Bengal), March 21: 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