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  CPI(M) calls Bengal violence brutal gangrape of democracy

  National | January 11, 2013 12:45 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 11: Terming the attack against its leader Abdur Rezzak Mollah and party activists in Kolkata as ”a brutal gangrape of democracy”, CPI-M yesterday accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of directing the state

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  Don't pay heed to slander: Mamata

  National | January 11, 2013 10:47 IST

  Kolkata, Jan 11: With her government drawing flak from the governor, media and a section of the civil society over law and order issues, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday asked the people not

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  Mamata flays rail fare hike, terms it "anti-people"

  National | January 10, 2013 9:50 IST

  Kolkata, Jan 10: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee last night criticised the hike in rail fare terming it "anti-people" and questioned whether it was ethical for the government to do so before the budget."Railway

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  Mamata threatens to protest in Delhi if Centre refuses bail-out

  National | January 06, 2013 7:26 IST

  Midnapore, Jan 6: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today threatened to take her battle to New Delhi for a three year moratorium on interest payments to bail out the debt ridden state, but did

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  Will not bow before arrogance of power:Mamata

  National | September 22, 2012 15:23 IST

  Kolkata, Sep 22: In a veiled attack on the Congress, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday said she would never bow to those who showed arrogance of power."Maa, Maati, Manush (people, land mother) are

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  Who is Mamata Banerjee?

  National | April 30, 2014 16:17 IST

  One woman army – this is how Mamata Banerjee, the mercurial Chief Minister of West Bengal, can be described in short. Mamata has the distinction of achieving what was supposed to be next to impossible

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  Opposition to price hike does not mean we will leave UPA: Mamata

  National | July 28, 2012 14:59 IST

  Bolpur (WB), Jul 28: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that her opposition to hike in prices of essential commodities did not mean that her party the Trinamool Congress would quit the

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  Mamata's veiled warning to Centre on moratorium issue

  India | May 04, 2012 21:40 IST

  New Delhi, May 4: In a veiled warning to the Centre, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Bannerjee today said she will wait for a few days for her demand of a three-year moratorium on loan

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  Mamata Threatens To Break Off Alliance With Congress

  India | January 07, 2012 16:04 IST

  Kolkata, Jan 7: The widening rift between Congress and Trinamool Congress today came out in the open with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today lashing out at her ally at the Centre and said

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  FDI In Retail : Efforts On To Take Mamata On Board

  November 24, 2011 14:31 IST

  New Delhi,Nov 24: Efforts are on to convince West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee to support FDI in multi-brand retail which is coming up for consideration of the Union Cabinet this

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  Mamata Wants To Make Kolkata London

  National | July 14, 2011 14:48 IST

  Kolkata, Jul 14 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's promise to turn Kolkata into another London has received mixed response from the people of the city, with many appreciating it as a statement of

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  Mamata Declares Tribals In Junglemahal As BPL

  National | July 13, 2011 18:31 IST

  Sarenga (Bankura), Jul 13: After giving a call to Maoists to lay down arms, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today turned her attention to the poorest of the poor in ‘junglemahal' by announcing that

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  Rumblings About Gorkhaland In Darjeeling Again

  India | July 07, 2011 14:00 IST

  Siliguri, Jul 7: Exactly a month after the West Bengal government signed a bipartite agreement with the GJM, described as ‘historic' by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, rumblings about ‘Gorkhaland' are again being heard

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  Mamata Instructs Kolkata Police Not To Bother About Her Security

  India | July 06, 2011 8:56 IST

  Kolkata, Jul 6 :  West Bengal chief minister  Mamata Banerjee   has instructed Kolkata Police not to bother about her security any more, reports Times of India.  A senior official at Writers' Buildings said, “Madam has

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  Mamata Reopens Old Cases In West Bengal

  India | June 15, 2011 9:19 IST

  Kolkata, Jun 15 : Keeping her pre-election pledge to reopen old cases, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday  announced a judicial commission to probe the barbaric 1970 Sainbari killings in Burdwan district.  “A

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  Mamata's No To Bullet-Proof Car

  India | May 21, 2011 16:25 IST

  Kolkata, May 21: Mamata Banerjee, who took over as the new West Bengal Chief Minister on Friday  said she would not use a bullet-proof car."I will not take a bullet-proof car. I don't want a

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  No Development In Railways For Last Two Years: Buddhadeb

  National | April 18, 2011 8:14 IST

  Krishnagar (WB), Apr 17: No development has taken place in Railways in the last two years apart from renaming of some stations after Mamata Banerjee took over the Railway ministry, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb