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  Mamata Banerjee acts tough against Congress's Bengal shutdown

  Politics | August 17, 2015 23:38 IST

  Kolkata: Taking a firm stand against the Congress call for a 12-hour shutdown in West Bengal on Tuesday, the Mamata Banerjee government on Monday issued a circular mandating all state government officials to report to

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  After Mulayam, now Mamata and Pawar want Parliament to function

  Politics | August 11, 2015 14:34 IST

  New Delhi: A day after Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav disagreed with  Congress over disruption of the proceedings of the Parliament, TMC supremo Mamta Banerjee today met NCP chief Sharad Pawar met in the

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  Water released from dam worsening flooding: Mamata Banerjee

  Politics | August 03, 2015 16:19 IST

  Kolkata:  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday blamed the release of water from barrages for the deterioration of the flood situation in two Bengal districts and expressed hope the situation in all the

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  West Bengal sets up panel to monitor flood situation

  Politics | July 26, 2015 17:58 IST

  Kolkata:  In the wake of flood-like situation in several parts of West Bengal following heavy rain, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said a three-member committee has been formed to monitor the situation and take

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  Will take on BJP-Congress-CPI-M in 2016: Mamata Banerjee

  Politics | July 21, 2015 16:17 IST

  Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday denounced the BJP for spreading the “poison of communalism” in the state and said her Trinamool Congress will take on the “unethical alliance” of the BJP,

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  BJP sends emissary as TMC, CPI-M support One Rank One Pension protest

  Politics | July 15, 2015 20:03 IST

  New Delhi: Political support poured in on Wednesday for ex-servicemen demanding the implementation of the 'One Rank One Pension' scheme, even as the BJP sent party leader Vijay Goel to assure the veterans on their

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  Arvind Kejriwal invites Mamata Banerjee for Iftar

  Politics | July 11, 2015 19:52 IST

  New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal invited West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for iftar which was accepted by the TMC chief today.Accepting Kejriwal's Iftar invitation, to be held here tomorrow, Mamata

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  Trained workforce will defeat Mamata Banerjee : Amit Shah

  Politics | July 08, 2015 8:03 IST

  Howrah: BJP National President Amit Shah yesterday said the party's trained workforce will win the 2016 assembly polls in West Bengal and its road to victory in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls will be through

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  BJP seeks Mamata Banerjee nephew's arrest for 'gouging eyes' remark

  Politics | June 23, 2015 18:36 IST

  Kolkata : Demanding West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee's immediate arrest, the BJP on Tuesday said it has filed a police complaint against him for threatening to "gouge out eyes and chop

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  Sister Nirmala Joshi, who succeeded Mother Teresa, dies

  India | June 23, 2015 10:49 IST

  New Delhi: Sister Nirmala, who took over after Mother Teresa as Head of Missionaries of Charity, died at an age of 81 today.Born in Ranchi in 1934 to a Brahmin soldier who came from Nepal,

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  10 most powerful female politicians of India

  Politics | June 12, 2015 18:34 IST

  New Delhi: Politics has always been male dominated like other fields in India. Participation of female in this complex world is not so desirable, but Females have come out  to be the super power of

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  Rahul Gandhi's dig at Mamata Banerjee's Bangladesh Visit

  Politics | June 07, 2015 7:27 IST

  Kolkata:  Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday raised questions over the "friendship" between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, joining him in the visit to Bangladesh."When our (UPA) government

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  mamta favours transgender rights bill

  Politics | April 24, 2015 19:19 IST

  Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday lauded the passage of a bill in the Rajya Sabha giving equal rights to transgenders.She envisioned "more power and independence" to the transgender community with the

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  Situation in country worse than emergency: Mamata

  India | April 09, 2015 7:50 IST

  Kolkata:Hitting the streets to protest against the land ordinance of the Narendra Modi government, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused the NDA regime of throttling the voice of the opposition and the

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  Nun gang-rape: Unaware of reason behind centre rejecting CBI probe, says WB govt

  India | March 28, 2015 15:50 IST

  Kolkata: With the Centre rejecting West Bengal government's request for a CBI inquiry into the nun gangrape case, the state administration on Friday said they do not know why the central agency would not be

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  West Bengal nun gang-rape: Centre rejects CBI probe

  India | March 28, 2015 12:40 IST

  New Delhi: West Bengal government's request for a CBI probe into the gangrape of 71-year-old nun at a convent school was rejected by the Centre.According to reports published in HT, a home ministry official told

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  Aamir Khan salutes Park Street rape victim's courage

  Bollywood | March 14, 2015 11:50 IST

  Kolkata:Condoling the passing away of the Park Street rape survivor, who died here of encephalitis, a “shocked” and “deeply distraught” Aamir Khan said he was “overwhelmed” by her “courage to stand up against all odds”.“I

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  Amitabh Bachchan: Not deserving of Bharat Ratna

  Bollywood | January 28, 2015 10:44 IST

  Megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Tuesday politely disagreed with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's suggestion that he should have been honoured with the Bharat Ratna instead of Padma Vibhushan.The 72-year-old actor, who is also the

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  Bengal gets investment proposals worth Rs 2.43 lakh crore

  January 08, 2015 17:58 IST

  Kolkata: West Bengal has received total investment proposals worth around Rs 2.43 lakh crore spread across sectors like education, health, mining, steel, infrastructure and financial services during the two-day Bengal Global Business Summit, which concluded

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  Sourav Ganguly's school and sports academy to come up in Batanagar

  Cricket | December 01, 2014 19:45 IST

  Kolkata: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly's school and sports academy will come up along with medical and film institutes at Batanagar in the southwestern fringes of the city.Apollo will develop the medical science and research