| 'Don't go with Naxalites', Buddha to TMC | 17-NOV-09 |
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| West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today claimed that he had got specific information on Trinamool Congress’ link with the Naxalites and warned the party not to join hands with it to put the CPI(M) in trouble. |
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| Mamata gets 'culture' shock | 17-NOV-09 |
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| Embarrassed by the surprised attack by her party MP Kabir Suman on the working culture of the TMC, Mamata Banerjee tried to diffuse the situation by giving him a ‘guest’ status in her party. “He is not a member of our party, he is a man from the cultural world. He is a honored guest of our party,” said Mamata. |
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| Bypoll results show people want TMC-Cong alliance | 12-NOV-09 |
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| The results of the 10 assembly by-elections in West Bengal once again proved that the people wanted the Trinamool Congress-Congress alliance and the ruling Left Front was losing popularity, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here today. |
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| 'We' 1, 'they' 8 | 11-NOV-09 |
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| The outcome of the by-elections in 10 assembly seats has dealt a blow to the sagging morale of the Left Front in West Bengal as they fared poorly. Keeping with the trend set by the recent general elections, the Left lost all but one seat of the 10 that went to polls on last Saturday. |
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| CM, home secretary differ on TMC-Naxalite 'link' | 10-NOV-09 |
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| On the conclusion of his two-day visit to the Naxalite affected area of Paschim Medinipur yesterday, the chief minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, had reiterated his allegation that the Naxalites in the state were getting active support from the TMC. Today, the home secretary, Ardhendu Sen, has contradicted him saying that so far the administration had got no such information of the Naxalites getting support from the TMC at the grassroot level. |
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| Truce in Visva-Bharati, for now | 06-NOV-09 |
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| Visva-Bharati, founded by Rabindranath Tagore and now a Central university, which had been closed since September 24, reopened today. It took an appeal from the Prime Minister, who is also the chancellor of the university, to coax all the striking elements on the campus to return to work. |
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| TMC creating lawlessness in West Bengal: CPI(M) | 06-NOV-09 |
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| The ruling Left Front in West Bengal today took a swipe at Union Home Minister P Chidambaram for telling the state government to ensure law and order, saying it was the Trinamool Congress which was responsible for "lawlessness". |
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| Bungalow in Lutyen's Delhi may flare up Congress-TMC face off | 02-NOV-09 |
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| Real estate in Lutyen’s Delhi zone has the latest reason for rattle between the Congress and its biggest ally of the second UPA—the Trinamool Congress. According to top Trinamool sources, mercurial Mamata Banerjee is again angry with the Congress—even before the previous contentious issues could subside—over non-allocation of a preferred bunglow for her party office in the capital. Banerjee had zeroed in on bungalow number 14 on Bishamber Dass Marg as the ideal place to house her party office in Delhi. |
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| Railways avoid blaming PCPA for Rajdhani crisis | 30-OCT-09 |
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| The Railways might like to play down the Maoists’ role byfiling an FIR against “unknown persons” for holding up the Bhuvaneswar Rajdhani Express, heckling passengers and preventing staff from discharging their duties, the CRPF officials did not take it lightly. |
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| TMC stages dharna at Writers', chaos reigns | 17-OCT-09 |
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| Four Trinamool Congress MLAs were arrested today for staging a dharna at the state secretariat, a protest described by Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee as a “circus”, sparking another confrontation with the ruling Left Front in West Bengal. |
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| Congress, TMC agree on seat sharing for bypolls | 15-OCT-09 |
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| WBPCC chief Pranab Mukherjee today said the Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress had reached an understanding to fight the upcoming Assembly byelections in West Bengal together. |
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| TMC supremo calls for talks with Naxalites | 12-OCT-09 |
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| The Naxalites have stubbornly refused to lay down arms as a pre-condition to a dialogue with the government. In response to the call given by the Union home minister, P Chidambaram, to the Naxalites to lay down arms and come to the negotiating table, one of their top leaders, Koteswar Rao alias Kishenji, has proposed to have a ceasefire. In an interview to a local TV channel, he ruled out the possibility of laying down of arms. |
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| Bengal by-elections may see battle of nerves between Congress, TMC | 08-OCT-09 |
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| Though the Congress is keen on keeping its alliance with Trinamool Congress intact for next month's by-election to 10 assembly seats in West Bengal, a few constituencies like Goalpokhar and Kalchini in northern parts of the state may become irritants for the two parties. |
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| Bikash warns parties and media | 06-OCT-09 |
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| The Communist Party of India (Maoist) has criticised the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the CPI(M) for corruption and nepotism. In a press release, a CPI (Maoist) leader said the TMC was dreaming of getting power in the state after winning 19 seats in the last Lok Sabha elections. |
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| Tata Memorial Centre gets land in Vizag | 06-OCT-09 |
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| Chief minister, K Rosaiah, has approved allotment of 80 acres of land at Aganampudi village in Visakhapatnam district for the Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) where it proposes to set up its second campus. |
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