Mamata to talk to Pranab over price rise

Expressing concern over rise in the prices of essential commodities, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today said she would discuss the issue with the Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in Delhi tomorrow.

"I will talk to Mukherjee on some issues in Delhi tomorrow during which I will also raise the price rise issue," Banerjee said here before leaving for the capital.

Besides the price rise, she would also take up with Mukherjee the problems faced by the Primary Teachers Training Institute (PTTI) and the problems of jute industry.

The PTTI students wanted an assurance from the Left Front government that they would be recruited for 57,000 vacant post of primary teachers in the state.