West Bengal Chief Minister
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Bangladesh PM blames Mamata for Teesta treaty failure
World | May 11, 2014, 07:49 PM ISTDhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday blamed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for India and Bangladesh failing to sign the Teesta water sharing treaty.Bangladesh and India were all set to ink a
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India will change if Mamata at its helm, says Anna Hazare
India | Feb 19, 2014, 07:19 AM ISTNew Delhi: After an hour-long dinner meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the national capital, social activist Anna Hazare Tuesday praised her for leading a simple life and said he believed the
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Power tariff to be slashed in West Bengal
India | Feb 18, 2014, 08:41 AM ISTKolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said the power tariff in areas served by the state electricity board would be reduced following surplus earnings to the tune of Rs 15 crore during 2013-14.
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Mamata says, Modi is indulging in politics of drama
National | Feb 16, 2014, 06:41 AM ISTDurgapur (West Bengal): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday emphasised she will remain in state politics and dismissed as 'politics of drama' Narendra Modi's suggestion that she could realise her dream of West
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Cameron invited me to Britain, says Mamata
India | Nov 15, 2013, 06:52 AM ISTKolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said she had a "positive and fruitful" meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron, who also invited her to his country.Banerjee said there was significant scope for
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Mamata angry at Centre calling GTA official
India | Jul 28, 2013, 07:20 AM ISTKolkata, July 28: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tonight took serious exception to union government calling a team of Gorkha Territorial Administration in Darjeeling to New Delhi in the backdrop of a talk of
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Mamata rejects India-Bangladesh Teesta water sharing treaty
India | Jul 22, 2013, 11:23 PM ISTMathabhanga, West Bengal, Jul 22: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today made it clear that her government would agree to the India-Bangladesh Teesta water sharing treaty only after getting nod for it from the
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US Envoy Nancy Powell meets Mamata
India | May 20, 2013, 11:15 PM ISTKolkata, May 20: US Ambassador to India Nancy Powell on Monday met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a visit to the city.Though it was just a “courtesy call”, the meeting between the two
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Trinamool MP was only an employee of Saradha Group, says Mamata
National | Apr 23, 2013, 09:44 AM ISTKolkata, April 23: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday tried to defend a party MP who headed the media operations of the chit fund-funded Saradha Group which has gone bust, but said "the law
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A little pain, but Mamata's body parameters normal: Doctors
National | Apr 13, 2013, 02:59 PM ISTKolkata, April 13: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is undergoing treatment at a private nursing home in the city, is in some pain, though other body parameters were normal, a doctor attending on
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Mamata's condition improving
India | Apr 12, 2013, 06:37 PM ISTKolkata, Apr 12: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's condition was improving with relief from pain and slight improvement in blood pressure, a medical bulletin said today.Her pulse rate continued to be low and she
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Mamata cancels meet with PM, says unwell
India | Apr 09, 2013, 11:22 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 9: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday cancelled her meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, citing ill health, highly placed sources said here."She was supposed to meet the prime minister. But
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Mamata fetes Manna Dey
National | Apr 05, 2013, 09:26 AM ISTBangalore, April 5: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday met legendary singer Manna Dey at the latter's daughter's residence in Bangalore and presented him the "Vishesh Maha-Sangeet Sammaan".Banerjee feted Dey with a medallion carrying
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Outrage as thousands join Left student's funeral
India | Apr 03, 2013, 10:22 PM ISTKolkata, Apr 3 : Thousands of Leftists Wednesday joined the funeral procession of an SFI activist, whose death in police custody here triggered outrage cutting across the political divide.Even West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
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Mamata links rise in rape cases to population increase
India | Mar 22, 2013, 05:18 PM ISTKolkata, Mar 22: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today linked rising cases of rapes to increase in the population, while claiming that there were only 45 such cases till November 2012 in Kolkata in
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Opposition attacks Mamata for Darjeeling situation
National | Jan 30, 2013, 12:23 PM ISTKolkata, Jan 30: With the GJM activists raising the demand for Gorkhaland in presence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, opposition parties Tuesday lost no time in blaming her for the "state of affairs"
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Should investors come to Bengal to witness lunacy, asks Buddhadeb
National | Jan 28, 2013, 09:32 AM ISTKolkata, Jan 28: In an apparent dig at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's attempts to attract investment, CPI-M leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Sunday wondered whether investors would come to the state to witness "lunacy"."Under her
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Influx of patients from Bihar a problem: Mamata
India | Jan 23, 2013, 06:55 AM ISTKolkata, Jan 23: Attributing crib deaths to underweight and malnourished babies, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said the influx of patients from neighbouring Bihar was a problem."You know what our problem is? Many
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May be one or two incidents of crime against women: Mamata
National | Jan 19, 2013, 10:28 AM ISTHaringhata(WB), Jan 19: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday said that there might have been "one or two incidents" of crime against women in the state and criticised political rivals and the media for
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At business summit, Mamata makes investors sing
National | Jan 16, 2013, 11:21 AM ISTHaldia (West Bengal), Jan 16: An industrialist climbing the dais at an investors' summit to sing a popular Rabindra Sangeet. The perhaps unseen scene was made possible Tuesday courtesy West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.Impressed