Mamta Banerjee
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No apprehension of Bengal getting divided: Mamata
National | Jul 24, 2013, 07:45 AM ISTKolkata, July 24: At a time when the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) has declared it will renew its demand for a separate Gorkhaland, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said there was no apprehension
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Modi, Congress two faces of the same coin: Mamata
National | Jul 19, 2013, 07:10 AM ISTKolkata, July 19: Describing Congress and BJP's likely prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi as "brothers" and "two faces of the same coin", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said the two parties have joined
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Was mistake to align with Congress for 2011 polls: Mamata
National | Jul 17, 2013, 07:07 AM ISTKolkata, July 17: Stressing she had made a mistake by going with the Congress in the 2011 West Bengal Assembly polls, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday attacked the Congress for "colluding" with the CPI-M to
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Bengal Assembly to have one-day session on July 27
India | Jul 10, 2013, 05:21 PM ISTKolkata, July 10: A one-day session of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly would be convened on July 27 to pass the state budget, state parliamentary affairs minister Partha Chatterjee said here today."The session will be
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SEC seeks recording of Mamata, Madan's statements
India | Jul 08, 2013, 12:02 PM ISTKolkata, Jul 8: With West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her minister Madan Mitra launching verbal attacks on the state election commission, the statutory body yesterday sought video recordings of their statements."Let me first
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Mamata vows to take revenge 'democratically' against SEC
India | Jul 07, 2013, 10:49 AM ISTJainagar (WB), July 7: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday slammed the State Election Commission (SEC) saying it was taking whimsical decisions unilaterally without consulting the government.At a panchayat election meeting here in the
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Congress attacks Mamata for backing custodial death accused
National | Jul 01, 2013, 06:42 AM ISTKolkata, Jul 1: The Congress Sunday attacked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for backing a legislator of her Trinamool Congress who is now under the CBI scanner as an accused in a custodial death
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Are you afraid of stepping out? Mamata asks WB women
National | Jun 27, 2013, 08:34 AM ISTJamboni, Jun 27: Amid growing clamour over rise in crime against women in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday asked women at a Panchayat election rally whether they were afraid of stepping out on
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CPI-M, Congress, BJP have allied to scuttle panchayat polls: Mamata
National | Jun 27, 2013, 07:08 AM ISTKolkata, June 27: On a day the legal tussle between her government and the State Election Commission (SEC) on holding the rural (panchayat) polls reached the Supreme Court, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday
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Real change has come to West Bengal, claims Mamata
National | Jun 25, 2013, 07:06 AM ISTMograhat, West Bengal, Jun 25: Contesting Opposition parties' claim that no real 'paribartan' (change) had taken place in West Bengal after the new government took over, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday claimed things became
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Mamata now scared of entering any village: CPI-M
National | Jun 19, 2013, 09:02 AM ISTKolkata, June 19: Ridiculing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's visit to Kamduni village, the opposition Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Tuesday said she was now "scared" to enter a village in the state and
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Barasat gang-rape: Protests rock Kolkata after Mamata derides protesters
National | Jun 19, 2013, 06:54 AM ISTKolkata, June 19: People protested on the streets of Kolkata, women government staff took out a march at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's seat of power, while the web users poured scorn on her Tuesday, a
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Mamata asks why another union cabinet reshuffle
National | Jun 18, 2013, 07:39 AM ISTKolkata, June 18: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday questioned "yet another" cabinet reshuffle of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the centre."I am surprised to know that UPA-II has made yet another
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Mamata shouts at Barasat anti-rape protestors
India | Jun 18, 2013, 07:16 AM ISTKolkata, June 18: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's belated bid to soothe the family of a murdered gang-rape victim in North 24 Parganas Monday turned sour when she lost her cool after facing noisy
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Mamata faces protests, loses cool during visit to Barasat rape victim's home
National | Jun 17, 2013, 06:39 PM ISTKamduni (Barasat), June 17: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today lost her cool as she facedangry protests by villagers in Barasat district while visiting the family of a college student who was raped and
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Mamata assures death penalty for Barasat rapists
National | Jun 17, 2013, 05:56 PM ISTKolkata, June 17: Asserting that those who gang-raped and murdered a 20-year-old college student in North 24 Parganas district will be punished within a month, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday said the administration
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Anti-rape protest near Mamata's residence in Kolkata, 26 held
India | Jun 14, 2013, 09:23 AM ISTKolkata, Jun 14: As many as 26 students and women were arrested Thursday for demonstrating against the "apathy" of the West Bengal government towards the gangrape and murder of girl student at Barasat.Condemning Saturday's incident
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Nitish, Navin positive on federal front: Mamata
National | Jun 13, 2013, 08:31 AM ISTKolkata, June 13: Amid speculation that the JD-U may end its alliance with the BJP over the rise of Narendra Modi in the BJP, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said she has spoken
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Mamata seeks central security forces for rural polls
National | May 30, 2013, 10:04 AM ISTKolkata, May 30: Climbing down from its earlier stand of sticking to state forces for the upcoming panchayat polls, the West Bengal government Wednesday requisitioned 300 companies of central para-military forces for deployment.State home secretary
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Left asks Mamata to come clean on graft allegations
National | May 24, 2013, 08:33 AM ISTKolkata, May 24: The Left Front Thursday asked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to respond to allegations by a senior West Bengal IPS officer about "corrupt practices" when she was the railway minister."Serious allegations of corruption