Mamata meets Sonia; asks Cong to be part of govt
Mamata Banerjee, set to become West Bengal chief minister, today invited ally Congress to be part of her government as she met Congress president Sonia Gandhi here.
Bangladesh daily objects to Hasina congratulating Mamata
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina “undermined her status and office” by calling up Mamata Banerjee, victor of the election in India's West Bengal state, a Dhaka daily said on Sunday.
Mamata elected TCLP chief, says Cong will join ministry
Mamata Banerjee was on Sunday formally elected Trinamool Congress Legislature Party leader and said pre-poll ally Congress would be part of her "small" ministry.
Buddhadeb trying to manipulate polls, says Mamata
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had tried to manipulate polling in his Jadavpur Assembly constituency.
Elections will end LF govt's misrule in Bengal: Mamata
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today exuded confidence that the coming election would "create history ending the 35-year-old Left Front government's misrule" as the Marxists would not be a
BJP blames Mamata, Mayawati for Arunima being thrown off train
Expressing shock at volleyball player Arunima Sinha being thrown out of a train in Bareilly, BJP on Thursday alleged that both railway minister Mamata Banerjee and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati should be held responsible for the incident.
Mamata will run Bengal well: Pranab
Brushing aside allegations by the state's ruling Marxists that the railways were being run inefficiently by Mamata Banerjee, union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said she will run West Bengal well if the Trinamool Congress-Congress alliance is voted to power in the Assembly elections.
Battle for Bengal: Mamata juggernaut rolls out
She waves at the crowds, shakes hands with the people and greets them either with a namaskar or an adab — depending on whether she is traversing a Hindu or a Muslim majority area.
"I am no painter," says Mamata after selling works for a crore
Although Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's collection of 95 paintings were sold out within three days for a staggering price of more than a crore, she refuses to be acknowledged as a paint
CPI-M plans road show after successful Mamata padayatras
With Mamata Banerjee’s 'padayatras' drawing thousands, the ruling CPI-M not to be outdone has also planned a similar roadshow on coming on Saturday by chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee in his Jadavpur constituency in the city's Southern part.