West Bengal governor M.K. Narayanan on Monday said that he thought that the new Singur bill did not require President of India’s assent. “I thought that we did not require President’s approval.

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee is determined to foil the bandh on February 28 and she is adopting a two-pronged strategy for this purpose. On the one hand, her government has on Tuesday issued a circular cancelling leaves of all government employees on that day and on the other, her party Trinamul Congress has decided to take to the streets to actively oppose the bandh. The Trinamul Congress apprehends that a successful bandh will further consolidate the CPI(M)’s position which has already got a shot in the arm by the huge success of its Brigade Parade Ground rally on Sunday.

After going on a confrontation course by organising street protests against Mamata Banerjee government over the renaming of Indira Bhavan and denial of support price for paddy to the farmers, the Cong

Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee made history on Friday afternoon, taking the oath of office as the first woman chief minister of West Bengal. It was exactly a week after she had dethroned the CPI(M)-led Left Front, which ruled the state for the past 34 years. Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who succeeded the iconic Jyoti Basu as