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  Jaising says there was no overzealousness on part of SC

  India | December 15, 2013 21:00 IST

  Kolkata: 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

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  Food bill not being passed worries Somnath

  Politics | August 18, 2013 14:21 IST

  Kolkata: 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

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  All parties should respect parliament, legislatures: Somnath

  Politics | July 08, 2013 20:26 IST

  Kolkata, 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

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  Somnath Chatterjee praises govt on Kasab hanging

  Politics | November 21, 2012 20:12 IST

  Burdwan (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

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  Somnath for Pranab as unanimous choice as President

  Politics | June 22, 2012 10:54 IST

  Kolkata, 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

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  Somnath surprised at his name figuring in Presidential race

  Politics | June 21, 2012 18:56 IST

  London, 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

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  Cong no to sparing PM for Prez post, rebuffs SP-TMC

  Politics | June 21, 2012 18:56 IST

  New 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,

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  Cong, TMC-SP on confrontation path

  Politics | June 21, 2012 18:55 IST

  New 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

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  Achtung! Mamata To Remove Marx, Engels From Bengal Textbooks

  India | April 06, 2012 18:51 IST

  Kolkata, 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

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  Cash-For-Vote: Law Will Take Its Own Course: Somnath

  Politics | September 06, 2011 22:18 IST

  Kolkata, 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

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  Somnath Campaigns For CPI-M

  Politics | April 23, 2011 22:14 IST

  Kolkata, 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

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  I Am Still A Marxist And Will Campaign For Left, Says Somnath

  Politics | April 23, 2011 9:24 IST

  Birbhum (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

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  Somnath Free To Campaign For LF Candidates: Bose

  Politics | April 17, 2011 18:48 IST

  Kolkata, 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

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  Somnath Chatterjee Declines Congress Offer For RS Seat

  India | October 24, 2009 17:47 IST

  Former 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.