West Bengal Chief Minister
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CPI(M) calls Bengal violence brutal gangrape of democracy
National | Jan 11, 2013, 12:45 PM ISTNew 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 | Jan 11, 2013, 10:47 AM ISTKolkata, 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 | Jan 10, 2013, 09:50 AM ISTKolkata, 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 | Jan 06, 2013, 07:26 AM ISTMidnapore, 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 | Sep 22, 2012, 03:23 PM ISTKolkata, 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 | Apr 30, 2014, 04:17 PM ISTOne 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 | Jul 28, 2012, 02:59 PM ISTBolpur (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, 09:40 PM ISTNew 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 | Jan 07, 2012, 04:04 PM ISTKolkata, 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
Nov 24, 2011, 02:31 PM ISTNew 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 | Jul 14, 2011, 02:48 PM ISTKolkata, 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 | Jul 13, 2011, 06:31 PM ISTSarenga (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 | Jul 07, 2011, 02:00 PM ISTSiliguri, 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 | Jul 06, 2011, 08:56 AM ISTKolkata, 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 | Jun 15, 2011, 09:19 AM ISTKolkata, 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, 04:25 PM ISTKolkata, 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 | Apr 18, 2011, 08:14 AM ISTKrishnagar (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