Mamata Banerjee Upa

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  UPA No More, Opposition Leadership Must Change: Trinamool's Derek O'Brien

  Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien on Thursday followed up on his colleague and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's "there is no UPA" comment by demanding leadership change in opposition parties.

• Cabinet likely to approve pension, insurance bills: 10-point cheat sheet

  The government is all set for its next round of big-ticket reforms; the Cabinet is expected to approve a proposal today to hike the cap on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the insurance sector from 26 per cent to 49 per cent and to open up the pension sector to FDI. If okayed, these will be brought in Parliament in the Winter Session in December ...

• Mamata Banerjee quits UPA: 10 latest developments

  The Trinamool Congress has withdrawn its letter of support to the UPA government after a week of dramatic political twists and turn.

• Post-Mamata Banerjee, government says it will focus on less-controversial reforms

  Tonight at 8, the PM will explain on television the economic measures for which he has staked his government, which is now in a minority. Sources say he will point out that the reforms are crucial to jumpstart the economy and to create employment. "Lots of distortion is going on...some misinformation campaign is going on," said V Narayanasamy, Mi...

• Mamata Banerjee out, but we have the numbers, says UPA after Mulayam Singh Yadav bail-out

  Mamata Banerjee's ministers will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh around 4 pm today to resign from his government over the new reforms he cleared last week. They will then head to Rashtrapati Bhawan where they will formally withdraw their letter of support to the ruling UPA coalition in which Ms Banerjee's Trinamool Congress was the second-larges...

• Mamata Banerjee exits today, PM likely to explain economic reforms on TV tonight

  Mamata Banerjee's ministers will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh around 3 pm today to resign from his government over the new reforms he cleared last week. They will then head to Rashtrapati Bhawan where they will formally withdraw their letter of support to the ruling UPA coalition in which Ms Banerjee's Trinamool Congress was the second-larges...

• PM likely to address the nation tomorrow, explain decision on FDI in multi-brand retail

  On a day that Mamata Banerjee is likely formally withdraw support to the government, Prime Minister Manmohan Sigh will address the nation. Sources say that the PM wants to personally put across to the country his point of view as an explanation for the tough economic decisions the government has taken last week.

• Mamata Banerjee's party ready to meet President tomorrow to officially quit UPA

  Time, it seems, has run out for the Congress-Mamata Banerjee alliance, with neither side willing to give in. The Press Trust of India reports the Trinamool Congress chief has asked for an appointment with President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday to give him a letter formally withdrawing support to the UPA government, which will make the UPA government...

• Congress ministers skip Mamata Banerjee's cabinet meeting

  Three Congress ministers in Mamata Banerjee's cabinet skipped a meeting chaired by the Chief Minister today, as the junior coalition partner in West Bengal awaited directions from the central leadership on the future course of action after the Trinamool pulled out at the Centre.

• Congress-ruled states to relax LPG subsidy cap from six to nine cylinders

  Congress-ruled states will give three extra subsidised cooking gas cylinders, the party announced today. The Congress-led UPA government had announced an annual six-cylinder cap on subsidised cylinder for every family last week.

• I stand by my remarks on Mamata Banerjee: Digvijaya Singh

  Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has said he stands by his remarks on his party's estranged ally Mamata Banerjee. Mr Singh had recently called the Trinamool chief "immature" and "irrational." His comments came in the wake of Ms Banerjee refusing to back Pranab Mukherjee as the UPA's choice for President of India.

• Will NDA back Pranab Mukherjee? BJP core group meets today, final decision likely tomorrow

  At a meeting on Friday evening at the Prime Minister's house, the UPA finally declared Mr Mukherjee as its candidate for President of India.

• UPA-II's three years: Mamata Banerjee, Karunanidhi to skip PM's dinner, A Raja may attend

  Mamata Banerjee will not be there, M Karunanidhi has cried off, but A Raja might just be present at a dinner being hosted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to mark the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's three years in office tonight.

• UPA-II's three years: Mamata Banerjee, Karunanidhi to miss PM's dinner; A Raja may attend

  Mamata Banerjee will be missing at dinner when the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) celebrates three years in office of its second term tonight at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence. And unlike another ally, the DMK's M Karunanidhi, who has said he is too ill to attend, the Trinamool Congress chief has not really made a strong excuse for he...

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  Three years of UPA 2: Govt may fall anytime, says BJP

  As UPA 2 completes three years in office, BJP claimed the government may fall anytime as coalition partners were unhappy and were not even ready to break bread together. While referring to Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee's refusal to attend the dinner hosted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tonight, BJP said the three years of UPA regime ...