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| '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 faces singer MP's music, plays down issue | 17-NOV-09 |
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| Embarrassed by a surprise attack from her party MP, Kabir Suman, on the work culture in the Trinamool Congress (TC), party chief Mamata Banerjee tried to diffuse the situation by giving him a “guest” status in the party. |
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| Many Naxalites have joined us, says Mamata | 12-NOV-09 |
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| Welcoming the return of a section of Naxalites to main stream politics, Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee today said the role reversal would strengthen the democratic system in the country. |
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| Pranab Mukherjee says operations at Lalgarh to continue | 12-NOV-09 |
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| Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's reservations over anti-Naxalite operations in Paschim Medinipur district notwithstanding, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the drive to flush out Naxalites will continue till the situation was brought under control. |
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| TC steals show in Bengal; more cracks in red fort | 11-NOV-09 |
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| The outcome of the by-elections to 10 Assembly seats in West Bengal has dealt a further blow to the sagging morale of the ruling Left Front, which lost all but one of the total 10 seats that went to the polls. |
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| TC-Cong combine bags 5 seats, leading in 3 others | 10-NOV-09 |
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| The CPI(M)-led ruling Left Front in West Bengal appeared heading for another poll debacle after the Lok Sabha elections with the Trinamool Congress-Congress combine winning five of the 10 seats where by-elections were held last Saturday. |
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| Abode of turmoil | 08-NOV-09 |
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| It is an eloquent comment on the deplorable state of the country’s higher education system that Visva Bharati, a central university founded by none else than India’s first Nobel laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore, was allowed to remain shut for about six weeks from September 24. Worse, neither the education ministry at the Centre nor the government of West Bengal, where the university is located, intervened in any constructive manner to defuse the crisis. At the centre of the controversy was the university’s vice-chancellor (VC), Rajat Kanta Ray, an academician of repute. The striking employees and teachers had alleged corruption, financial mismanagement and nepotism in a few of the decisions Mr Ray had taken. The VC’s response to these charges was to call for an external inquiry not only into the allegations against his conduct, but also into the “activities” of some of the workers. |
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| Now, turf war moves to Nanur | 04-NOV-09 |
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| Widespread violence erupted today when armed supporters of the ruling CPI(M) and its main political adversary TMC got involved in fierce clash at Nanur in Birbhum district. |
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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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| Musical politics | 30-OCT-09 |
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| Kabir Suman, the maverick singer-cum-MP in Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress takes politics so seriously he manages to convert even his musical shows into mini-rallies. At his first performance in the capital after he became an MP, Suman chose not to sing his popular songs, and instead sang song to sympathise with the Maoists and slamming the West Bengal government. He also gave short speeches in between the songs. “Whatever I did in life, people said someone else had done it before. But I am the first singer to defeat CPI(M)”. As the winter chill set in on the open air stage, Suman said, “I am sure the CPI(M) is thinking that if I die in the cold there will be a by-election and they can win back the seat. But I will not die so easily.” He did announce though, that he would not contest the Lok Sabha election again. |
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| Mamata eyes Jharkhand votes | 25-OCT-09 |
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| Buoyed by the Trinamool Congress’ success in the just-concluded Arunachal Pradesh elections in which it won five seats, party chief Mamata Banerjee has decided to field candidates in the upcoming Jharkhand elections as well. Even as the Congress is irked by Banerjee’s zeal as her party eats into its votebank, Banerjee is determined to make the Trinamool a registered national party by increasing its vote share in other states. The two parties are partners in the United Progressive Alliance but Banerjee is yet to decide if the Trinamool will support the Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh or sit in the opposition. Banerjee is also looking at constituencies in the East Singhbhum area — with a considerable Bengali population — as her target constituencies in Jharkhand. |
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