Didi ultimatum: No interest in paying
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday warned that she would go on the warpath if the Centre did not accept within 15 days her demand for a three-year moratorium on interest payments a
Trivedi issue: Mamata Banerjee to fly to Delhi
In an apparent bid to mount pressure for the removal of Dinesh Trivedi as Railway Minister, Trinamool Chief Mamata Banerjee is reaching Delhi on Sunday night for discussions on the issue with Prime Mi
Dinesh Trivedi decides to quit as Railway Minister
Dinesh Trivedi on Sunday night decided to resign as Railway Minister bringing the curtain down on the five-day drama after he incurred the wrath of Trinamool Congress for hiking passenger fares in the
Mamata drops Punjab, UP visits after Congress anger
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday dropped plans to attend the swearing-in ceremonies of the new chief ministers of Punjab and Uttar Pradesh later this week after the Congress convey
Budget can be on normal date, say pranab, CEC
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said in Kolkata on Sunday that there should be no problem in placing the Union Budget in Parliament on February 29 as scheduled despite Assembly elections then being
PM calls Mamata, but gets a firm 'no' on FDI
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday told Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that though she did not want the government to fall, supporting it on the issue of foreign equity in the retail
Blow to Maoists: Kishenji killed in jungle encounter
The country’s most wanted Maoist leader, Koteswara Rao, better known as Kishenji, was killed by joint forces in the biggest operation launched since the new West Bengal government assumed office in May. The development is a major shot in the arm for the Mamata Banerjee government,
Mamata on 4-day visit to Delhi
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee arrived in New Delhi on a four-day visit on Tuesday evening. The main purpose of her visit is to address a seminar “Rising Bengal” at the India International Trade Fair (IITF). Ms Banerjee is expected to be joined at the seminar by Union finance minister Pranab
Trinamul to meet PM tomorrow
Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamul Congress, upping the ante against the Congress-led coalition over the recent petrol price hike, has now demanded a UPA-2 coordination committee which would hold regular meet
Trinamool Congress asks MPs to camp in Delhi, put pressure on Centre
The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress has reportedly asked its 18 Members of Parliament (MPs) to camp in national capital New Delhi to step up pressure on the UPA Government at the Centre to roll