Trinamool

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha calls for indefinite shutdown in Darjeeling hills

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday May 24, 2013

The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) has called for an indefinite shutdown in north Bengal's Darjeeling hills from Sunday to protest the arrest of an elected member of the hill development body for alleged involvement in arson and violence.

Centre says Mamata Banerjee's govt can't acquire Saradha-owned TV channels

Reported by Monideepa Banerjie and Sunil Prabhu; Edited by Sindhu Manjesh (with inputs from IANS) | Friday May 24, 2013

Mamata Banerjee's plans for her West Bengal government to acquire Tara Musik and Tara News, two of the 13 media outlets that the now-defunct Saradha Group ran, on "grounds of humanity," might just come to naught.

UPA dinner diplomacy: Who sat where

Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 22, 2013

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, who was the cynosure of all eyes at the UPA anniversary function last year, was conspicuous by his absence tonight.

At UPA-II's report card release, Sonia Gandhi backs Prime Minister, slams BJP

Edited by Mala Das | Wednesday May 22, 2013

Through the day today, his government's fourth birthday, Dr Manmohan Singh's performance as Prime Minster was under intense scrutiny. The BJP questioned his leadership and a minister suggested he had had his run as PM.

UPA-II set to release its report card, Samajwadi Party will skip PM's dinner

Edited by Prasad Sanyal (with inputs from IANS) | Wednesday May 22, 2013

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to present UPA's fourth report card tomorrow

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday May 21, 2013

Under attack from the opposition over corruption and lack of governance, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will present the fourth and last report card of the UPA-II government tomorrow, sources said on Tuesday.

No timely action by West Bengal government in Saradha case: Sebi

Sreenivasan Jain | Tuesday May 21, 2013

Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) chief UK Sinha today told NDTV that despite the regulator informing the West Bengal government, no timely action was taken against chit-fund companies like Saradha that allegedly cheated thousands of inve...

BJP appoints Amit Shah in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, Varun Gandhi gets West Bengal

Edited by Mala Das (with inputs from PTI) | Monday May 20, 2013

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's close confidant and BJP General Secretary Amit Shah has been appointed as the person in charge of the politically-crucial state of Uttar Pradesh. BJP president Rajnath Singh, in a reorganisation of the party's p...

Calcutta High Court orders CBI probe into alleged custodial death of Trinamool activist

Reported by Monideepa Banerjie; Edited by Mala Das | Tuesday May 14, 2013

In a setback to the Mamata Banerjee government, the Calcutta High Court has ordered a CBI probe into the death of a Trinamool activist allegedly in police custody in the Hooghly district earlier this year. The court pulled up the Criminal Investigati...

Calcutta High Court orders CBI probe into death of Trinamool worker

Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Monday May 13, 2013

The Calcutta High Court today ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the death of a Trinamool Congress worker, who allegedly died due to police torture in West Bengal's Dhanekhali village four months ago.

Setback for Mamata Banerjee, Calcutta High Court says announcement of panchayat elections illegal

Reported by Monideepa Banerjie; Edited by Mala Das | Friday May 10, 2013

In a huge setback for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Calcutta High Court has ruled that the state government's announcement of dates for the panchayat polls was illegal. Ms Banerjee's government had first announced that the elections...

West Bengal chit fund scam: Saradha chief Sudipta Sen, his aide sent to nine-day police custody

Monideepa Banerjie | Thursday May 9, 2013

Sudipta Sen, the millionaire whose Saradha group collapsed last month, and his associate Debjani Mukherjee were today sent to nine-day police custody by a Kolkata court.

In call for 'parivartan', Mamata Banerjee says no UPA-III in 2014

Monideepa Banerjie (With PTI inputs) | Monday May 6, 2013

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has issued a slogan for the forthcoming general election: no third UPA government. At a rally at Panihati near Kolkata on Saturday, she exhorted regional parties to come together and give the country a stabl...

West Bengal: The Trinamool's 'cheat' fund nexus

Reported by Sreenivasan Jain (with inputs from Alok Pandey, Niha Masih) | Sunday May 5, 2013

The Mamata Banerjee government is facing an escalating crisis, with fresh proof emerging every day of Trinamool's links to the fraudulent chit fund company, run by the Saradha Group.

Bribery scam: Pawan Kumar Bansal meets PM, offers to resign, say sources

Edited by Mala Das | Saturday May 4, 2013

A day after his nephew was arrested in a bribery scandal, Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today and has reportedly offered to resign, sources have told NDTV.