Mamata And Hillary

Controversy, it seems, will not leave the Hillary-Mamata meeting alone. First there was the row over Foreign Direct Investment or FDI. Now there is turbulence over the gift that the US Secretary of State gave to the West Bengal Chief Minister. The gift was a piece of cloth with Rabindranath Tagore's face embroidered on it. And the words of one of h...

Did Mamata Banerjee and Hillary Clinton discuss FDI in retail? Or did they not? An unseemly row has erupted between the West Bengal government and the US consulate in Kolkata on this issue. The consulate, in a press release yesterday, said investment in the retail sector was discussed. But finance minister Amit Mitra shot off an angry rejoinder sa...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata to explore investment opportunities in the state. Before the meeting, Mrs Clinton was at a session at the La Martiniere School for Girls meeting with a cross-section of the people of Kolkata. The session was moderated by NDTV's Group Editor Barkha Dutt.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's much-hyped visit to Kolkata today ended with the Americans stating that the issue of US investments in retail sector had come up during her meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee which she and her government denied.

After a handshake and a namaste were exchanged, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, both on Time's list of the world's 100 most influential people, met for over an hour at the Writers' Building in Kolkata.

From the legendary Rabindranath Tagore to Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee discussed the state's 'brand ambassadors' then and now when they met in Kolkata on Monday.

After a handshake and a namaste were exchanged, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met one on one for over an hour at the Writers' Building in Kolkata this morning. Later, Ms Banerjee said Ms Clinton praised her "passion for work" and promised investment for West Bengal at the meeting, which the Ben...

After a handshake and a namaste were exchanged, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met one on one for over an hour at the Writers' Building in Kolkata this morning. Later, Ms Banerjee said Ms Clinton praised her "passion for work" and promised investment for West Bengal at the meeting, which the Ben...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata to explore investment opportunities in the state. Before the meeting, Mrs Clinton was at a session at the La Martiniere School for Girls meeting with a cross-section of the people of Kolkata. The session was moderated by NDTV's Group Editor Barkha Dutt.

Tight security was in place as US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton arrived in Kolkata today, with even outbound and incoming flights from the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport halted from the time her plane came on the radar till the point the former first lady and her long convoy left the tarmac.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will gift visiting US secretary of state Hillary Clinton Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali and Gitabitan, and the collected works of Swami Vivekananda during a meeting with her on Monday.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today at the Writers' Building in Kolkata. Ms Clinton arrived in Kolkata on Sunday as part of her three-day visit to India - the last stop of her tri-nation South Asia tour that included trips to Beijing and Dhaka.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit India early next month as part of a three-nation Asia tour to consult with the Indian leadership on key regional and global issues including Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and Myanmar.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the world. She joins a club of "people who inspire us, entertain us, challenge us and change our world," that includes US President Barack Obama, billionaire investor Warren Buffet, Pakistan's first Oscar winner Sharmeen Obaid Chi...

Controversy, it seems, will not leave the Hillary-Mamata meeting alone. First there was the row over Foreign Direct Investment or FDI. Now there is turbulence over the gift that the US Secretary of State gave to the West Bengal Chief Minister. The gift was a piece of cloth with Rabindranath Tagore's face embroidered on it. And the words of one of h...

Did Mamata Banerjee and Hillary Clinton discuss FDI in retail? Or did they not? An unseemly row has erupted between the West Bengal government and the US consulate in Kolkata on this issue. The consulate, in a press release yesterday, said investment in the retail sector was discussed. But finance minister Amit Mitra shot off an angry rejoinder sa...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata to explore investment opportunities in the state. Before the meeting, Mrs Clinton was at a session at the La Martiniere School for Girls meeting with a cross-section of the people of Kolkata. The session was moderated by NDTV's Group Editor Barkha Dutt.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's much-hyped visit to Kolkata today ended with the Americans stating that the issue of US investments in retail sector had come up during her meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee which she and her government denied.

After a handshake and a namaste were exchanged, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, both on Time's list of the world's 100 most influential people, met for over an hour at the Writers' Building in Kolkata.

From the legendary Rabindranath Tagore to Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee discussed the state's 'brand ambassadors' then and now when they met in Kolkata on Monday.

After a handshake and a namaste were exchanged, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met one on one for over an hour at the Writers' Building in Kolkata this morning. Later, Ms Banerjee said Ms Clinton praised her "passion for work" and promised investment for West Bengal at the meeting, which the Ben...

After a handshake and a namaste were exchanged, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met one on one for over an hour at the Writers' Building in Kolkata this morning. Later, Ms Banerjee said Ms Clinton praised her "passion for work" and promised investment for West Bengal at the meeting, which the Ben...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata to explore investment opportunities in the state. Before the meeting, Mrs Clinton was at a session at the La Martiniere School for Girls meeting with a cross-section of the people of Kolkata. The session was moderated by NDTV's Group Editor Barkha Dutt.

Tight security was in place as US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton arrived in Kolkata today, with even outbound and incoming flights from the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport halted from the time her plane came on the radar till the point the former first lady and her long convoy left the tarmac.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will gift visiting US secretary of state Hillary Clinton Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali and Gitabitan, and the collected works of Swami Vivekananda during a meeting with her on Monday.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today at the Writers' Building in Kolkata. Ms Clinton arrived in Kolkata on Sunday as part of her three-day visit to India - the last stop of her tri-nation South Asia tour that included trips to Beijing and Dhaka.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit India early next month as part of a three-nation Asia tour to consult with the Indian leadership on key regional and global issues including Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and Myanmar.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the world. She joins a club of "people who inspire us, entertain us, challenge us and change our world," that includes US President Barack Obama, billionaire investor Warren Buffet, Pakistan's first Oscar winner Sharmeen Obaid Chi...