Mamta Banerjee
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TMC govt trying to settle scores with Justice Ganguly:Adhir
India | Dec 07, 2013, 06:23 PM ISTKolkata: Union minister Adhir Chowdhury today criticised the Mamata Banerjee government for trying to ‘settle old scores' with WBHRC chairman A K Ganguly over the law intern case, but said that the former supreme court
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Vivekananda Chetna Utsav in Bengal from Jan 5 to 12
India | Nov 23, 2013, 04:37 PM ISTKolkata: To mark the closing of the year-long celebrations commemorating 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, West Bengal government will observe “Vivek Chetna Utsav” over a week-long programme from January 5 to 12 next year
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British Prime Minister to visit Kolkata on Nov 14
India | Nov 12, 2013, 09:15 PM ISTKolkata: British Prime Minister David Cameron will pay a short visit to the metropolis on November 14 amidst speculation whether he would meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.Cameron will attend a question-answer session with
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Kamal Haasan calls Mamta Banerjee his sister
Bollywood | Nov 11, 2013, 10:44 AM ISTKolkata: Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan, enthused by the start of the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), Sunday likened West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to a "sister" and said he was "surprised" by her dynamism."This is
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Mediclaim for Tollywood's artists and technicians
India | Nov 11, 2013, 07:28 AM ISTKolkata : West Bengal government yesterday said artists and technicians of the Bengali film industry would be covered under medical insurance facilities.Launching it after inaugurating the Kolkata International Film Festival here, Mamata Banerjee said mediclaim
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Bengal CM to meet industrialists on Oct 28
Oct 23, 2013, 10:32 PM ISTKolkata: Continuing with the tradition set four years ago, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would meet industrialists of the state and members of chambers of commerce on October 28, state's Industry Minister Partha Chatterjee
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Telangana is a political and an election decision: Mamata
National | Oct 05, 2013, 11:11 AM ISTKolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee last night dubbed the Union Cabinet's approval for the creation of Telangana, as a "political" and an "election decision"."Five years ago, at the time of last general election,
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Say no to religious bias: Mamata
National | Sep 12, 2013, 06:55 AM ISTKolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday cautioned people against indulging in religious discrimination."I request you to not indulge in Hindu-Muslim differentiation," Banerjee said in Diamond Harbour of South 24-Parganas district.Obviously referring to the
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Politics keeps doors open for re-alliance with Mamata: Manmohan Singh
National | Sep 08, 2013, 11:09 AM ISTOn board Air India One: With no permanent friends or foes in politics, a re-alliance with Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) is always open, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday."In politics there are no permanent
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UPA is dead, says Mamata after fuel price hike
National | Sep 01, 2013, 07:32 AM ISTKolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday pronounced the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) as "dead" following yet another hike in fuel prices."Yet again hike in petrol and diesel prices !!! Economy on Red
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Bengal assembly passes bill for time-bound services
India | Aug 27, 2013, 07:09 AM ISTKolkata: The West Bengal assembly Monday passed a legislation making it mandatory for the state to deliver services to the citizens within a stipulated period, in an effort to stop harassment of the public.The West
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Present India-Bangladesh land exchange pact not acceptable: Mamata
National | Aug 25, 2013, 06:39 AM ISTKolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday night virtually ruled out accepting the proposed Land Boundary agreement with Bangladesh in the present form under which 161 adversely held enclaves are to be exchanged between
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Mamata pulls up 'non-performing' ministers, bureaucrats
National | Aug 21, 2013, 07:48 AM ISTKolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday reviewed the performance of all departments and pulled up "non-performing" ministers and bureaucrats.She also said she would resume her district tours from Sep 10."We discussed the functioning
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Varun Gandhi reminds Mamata of BJP's help
National | Aug 13, 2013, 06:37 AM ISTKolkata: Reminding Mamata Banerjee of the political support she had received from the BJP with which she had allied in 1999, party national secretary Varun Gandhi on Monday asked West Bengal Chief Minister Banerjee to
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'Amra Bangali' demands arrest of Gurung and ban on GJM
India | Aug 02, 2013, 07:35 AM ISTKolkata, Aug 2: 'Amra Bangali' yesterday strongly criticised the renewed agitation for Gorkhaland state by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) in Darjeeling on the lines of Telangana, while demanding immediate arrest of GJM Chief Bimal
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Mamata keeps all political options open
National | Aug 02, 2013, 07:35 AM ISTMumbai, August 2: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Bannerjee Thursday gave clear indications that she is open to all kinds of political combinations ahead of the Lok Sabha elections next year."I love the federal front.
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No division of West Bengal: Mamata
India | Jul 31, 2013, 06:09 PM ISTKolkata, July 31: With GJM renewing the demand for Gorkhaland in Darjeeling following UPA unanimously endorsing creation of a separate Telangana state, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today ruled out division of West Bengal and blamed
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Strong response to hills shutdown, GJM cautions Mamata
National | Jul 30, 2013, 07:16 AM ISTDarjeeling, July 30: A Gorkha Janmukti Morcha-sponsored 72-hour shutdown to press for a Gorkhaland state Monday evoked strong response in West Bengal's Darjeeling hills with markets and educational institutions remaining shut and minimal vehicular movement.Police
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Trinamool sweeps Bengal panchayat polls, LF out of reckoning
National | Jul 30, 2013, 06:43 AM ISTKolkata, July 30: West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress marched towards a massive victory in the rural polls, regarded as a curtain raiser to the next general elections and the biggest test of Chief Minister Mamata
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Know interesting facts about Mamata Banerjee
National | Nov 22, 2013, 06:44 AM ISTNew Delhi: The current fiery chief minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee is constantly in the news for her forthright and controversial remarks. The founder of All India Trinamool Congress is often referred as ``Didi''