Somnath Chatterjee
-
Jaising says there was no overzealousness on part of SC
India | Dec 15, 2013, 09:00 PM ISTKolkata: Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising, who has written to the Prime Minister seeking removal of Justice (retd) A K Ganguly from the post of WBHRC chairman, today claimed there was no overzealousness on the
-
Food bill not being passed worries Somnath
National | Aug 18, 2013, 02:21 PM ISTKolkata: Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee Sunday expressed grave concern over the non-passage of the Food Security Bill, and blamed political parties for rendering parliament "non-functional" and stalling the bill."It's a matter of grave
-
All parties should respect parliament, legislatures: Somnath
National | Jul 08, 2013, 08:26 PM ISTKolkata, July 8: Regretting the repeated disruption of parliament and legislative assembly proceedings, former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee Monday called upon all political parties to hold such institutions in high esteem in order to
-
Somnath Chatterjee praises govt on Kasab hanging
National | Nov 21, 2012, 08:12 PM ISTBurdwan (WB), Nov 21: Former speaker Somnath Chatterjee praised the secret hanging of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab at Yeravada jail in Pune today saying the government had taken the ‘right step'.“There might have been trouble
-
Somnath for Pranab as unanimous choice as President
National | Jun 22, 2012, 10:54 AM ISTKolkata, Jun 17: Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Saturday said he would be happy if Pranab Mukherjee is elected President unanimously and that A P J Abdul Kalam should not contest considering his
-
Somnath surprised at his name figuring in Presidential race
National | Jun 21, 2012, 06:56 PM ISTLondon, Jun 14: Surprised at his name being proposed for the Presidential post, former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has said he will consider the move if there is a large consensus on it.“If there
-
Cong no to sparing PM for Prez post, rebuffs SP-TMC
National | Jun 21, 2012, 06:56 PM ISTNew Delhi, June 14: In a rebuff to SP and TMC, Congress today ruled out sparing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the Presidential race as it rejected the three names proposed by the two allies,
-
Cong, TMC-SP on confrontation path
National | Jun 21, 2012, 06:55 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 14: The Congress and its allies TMC and Samajwadi Party today appeared set for a confrontation, with the ruling coalition rejecting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's candidature for the President's post while the
-
Achtung! Mamata To Remove Marx, Engels From Bengal Textbooks
India | Apr 06, 2012, 06:51 PM ISTKolkata, Apr 6: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels— founders of Marxism—may be out of history syllabus in government schools in West Bengal following a recommendation by a state education panel.The move by the Mamata Banerjee
-
Cash-For-Vote: Law Will Take Its Own Course: Somnath
National | Sep 06, 2011, 10:18 PM ISTKolkata, Sep 6: Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, who presided over the 2008 trust vote, today hoped law will take its own course though he felt the investigation process into the cash-for-vote scam was
-
Somnath Campaigns For CPI-M
National | Apr 23, 2011, 10:14 PM ISTKolkata, Apr 23: Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee today campaigned for the candidates of CPI(M), which had expelled him about three years ago, in West Bengal assembly elections.Initially spurned by the party, Chatterjee had
-
I Am Still A Marxist And Will Campaign For Left, Says Somnath
National | Apr 23, 2011, 09:24 AM ISTBirbhum (West Bengal), Apr 23 : Putting behind the bitterness over his expulsion from CPI(M), at least for now, former Speaker Somnath Chatterjee plans to campaign for the party in the Assembly elections as he
-
Somnath Free To Campaign For LF Candidates: Bose
National | Apr 17, 2011, 06:48 PM ISTKolkata, Apr 17 : Left Front chairman Biman Bose today said that former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, who was expelled from CPI(M), was free to campaign for LF candidates, while defending the charges made
-
Somnath Chatterjee Declines Congress Offer For RS Seat
India | Oct 24, 2009, 05:47 PM ISTFormer Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has declined Congress party's offer for a nominated member seat in Rajya Sabha saying that he would not give his critics a handle to criticize him on this account.