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Want to end it with Didi, writes West Bengal Congress to Delhi
The West Bengal Congress has written to its leadership in Delhi to ask for a divorce from Mamata Banerjee. Local leaders say they cannot continue to partner with Ms Banerjee's Trinamool Congress after she refused to support Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee for President of the country.
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UPA meet on presidential polls: Congress warns allies against Mamata-Mulayam, say sources
With Mamata Banerjee announcing this evening, after her meeting with Mulayam Singh Yadav, that former president APJ Abdul Kalam was their first choice for the next President of India, sources say the Congress has warned all its allies that Ms Banerjee and Mr Yadav are trying to topple the government.
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President elections: Mamata Banerjee firm on Kalam, Mulayam Singh Yadav distances himself a little
Mamata Banerjee met Mulayam Singh Yadav for the third time in 48 hours this evening and said that former president APJ Abdul Kalam is her first choice for the next President of India. "And he will win the election," she said. Ms Banerjee, who partners with the Congress at the centre and in Bengal, also dared the Congress to sack her from the UPA. ...
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Mamata vs Congress worsens, Pranab Mukherjee still not official candidate
Pranab Mukherjee still not official candidate for President: Cornered over the presidential election by allies who turned on it with full force, the Congress is trying to rally its troops. The core group of the party is meeting this evening to discuss its candidate for President. Congress chief ministers have been asked to come to Delhi to share th...
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Mamata meets Sonia, says Pranab Mukherjee is Congress' first choice for President
Will it be Pranab Mukherjee after all? Sources say the Congress is still undecided on whether it should send its chief trouble shooter, Finance Minister and Leader in the Lok Sabha to the Rashtraptai Bhawan next month. It is a dilemma that seemed unsolved when a meeting between Congress president Sonia Gandhi and important UPA ally Mamata Banerjee ...
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Pranab for President? Mamata meets Sonia today
Congress President Sonia Gandhi will meet her party's toughest ally Mamata Banerjee this evening as she seeks to build consensus on the UPA's candidate for President.
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Dinesh Trivedi wants marching orders in writing from Mamata
Dinesh Trivedi has refused to resign as Railways Minister till he receives orders in writing from his party chief, Mamata Banerjee. "Till the time the matter is absolutely clear, I have suggested I do not want to take anything verbal. For me, Parliament has more sanctity than anything.
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Is Dinesh Trivedi Railways Minister or not? Opposition asks govt to explain
Like much of the country, the opposition today asked if Dinesh Trivedi is still the country's Railways Minister. Mr Trivedi's party, in a complete turnaround, said in Parliament today that it has not asked for Mr Trivedi's removal.
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Mamata keeps Congress on edge, will send emissaries to swearing-in ceremonies
After putting the Congress in an embarrassing position by reportedly committing to go to the swearing-in ceremonies of Parkash Singh Badal and Akhilesh Yadav, West Bengal Chief Minister and UPA's most troublesome ally at the Centre, Mamata Banerjee, today changed her mind. The Trinamool Congress was reportedly "keen to attend" the swearing-in cerem...
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Mamata Banerjee to meet PM today; terror hub row on agenda?
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrived in Delhi last night for a meeting with Prime Minister later today.
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Counter-terror body: Chief ministers step up pressure; Sibal says 'need dialogue, not strident statements'
The clamour against the National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC) seems to be intensifying with chief ministers opposing the new counter-terror body taking round two of their protest to the Prime Minister.
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Row over new counter terror body: Mamata absent at function inaugurated by Chidambaram
A day after she took on the Centre against its move to set up a new counter terror body under the Ministry of Home Affairs, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today skipped an NSG hub inauguration function in her state that was attended by Home Minister P Chidambaram.
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Want to end it with Didi, writes West Bengal Congress to Delhi
The West Bengal Congress has written to its leadership in Delhi to ask for a divorce from Mamata Banerjee. Local leaders say they cannot continue to partner with Ms Banerjee's Trinamool Congress after she refused to support Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee for President of the country.
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UPA meet on presidential polls: Congress warns allies against Mamata-Mulayam, say sources
With Mamata Banerjee announcing this evening, after her meeting with Mulayam Singh Yadav, that former president APJ Abdul Kalam was their first choice for the next President of India, sources say the Congress has warned all its allies that Ms Banerjee and Mr Yadav are trying to topple the government.
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President elections: Mamata Banerjee firm on Kalam, Mulayam Singh Yadav distances himself a little
Mamata Banerjee met Mulayam Singh Yadav for the third time in 48 hours this evening and said that former president APJ Abdul Kalam is her first choice for the next President of India. "And he will win the election," she said. Ms Banerjee, who partners with the Congress at the centre and in Bengal, also dared the Congress to sack her from the UPA. ...
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Mamata vs Congress worsens, Pranab Mukherjee still not official candidate
Pranab Mukherjee still not official candidate for President: Cornered over the presidential election by allies who turned on it with full force, the Congress is trying to rally its troops. The core group of the party is meeting this evening to discuss its candidate for President. Congress chief ministers have been asked to come to Delhi to share th...
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Mamata meets Sonia, says Pranab Mukherjee is Congress' first choice for President
Will it be Pranab Mukherjee after all? Sources say the Congress is still undecided on whether it should send its chief trouble shooter, Finance Minister and Leader in the Lok Sabha to the Rashtraptai Bhawan next month. It is a dilemma that seemed unsolved when a meeting between Congress president Sonia Gandhi and important UPA ally Mamata Banerjee ...
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Pranab for President? Mamata meets Sonia today
Congress President Sonia Gandhi will meet her party's toughest ally Mamata Banerjee this evening as she seeks to build consensus on the UPA's candidate for President.
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Dinesh Trivedi wants marching orders in writing from Mamata
Dinesh Trivedi has refused to resign as Railways Minister till he receives orders in writing from his party chief, Mamata Banerjee. "Till the time the matter is absolutely clear, I have suggested I do not want to take anything verbal. For me, Parliament has more sanctity than anything.
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Is Dinesh Trivedi Railways Minister or not? Opposition asks govt to explain
Like much of the country, the opposition today asked if Dinesh Trivedi is still the country's Railways Minister. Mr Trivedi's party, in a complete turnaround, said in Parliament today that it has not asked for Mr Trivedi's removal.
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Mamata keeps Congress on edge, will send emissaries to swearing-in ceremonies
After putting the Congress in an embarrassing position by reportedly committing to go to the swearing-in ceremonies of Parkash Singh Badal and Akhilesh Yadav, West Bengal Chief Minister and UPA's most troublesome ally at the Centre, Mamata Banerjee, today changed her mind. The Trinamool Congress was reportedly "keen to attend" the swearing-in cerem...
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Mamata Banerjee to meet PM today; terror hub row on agenda?
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrived in Delhi last night for a meeting with Prime Minister later today.
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Counter-terror body: Chief ministers step up pressure; Sibal says 'need dialogue, not strident statements'
The clamour against the National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC) seems to be intensifying with chief ministers opposing the new counter-terror body taking round two of their protest to the Prime Minister.
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Row over new counter terror body: Mamata absent at function inaugurated by Chidambaram
A day after she took on the Centre against its move to set up a new counter terror body under the Ministry of Home Affairs, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today skipped an NSG hub inauguration function in her state that was attended by Home Minister P Chidambaram.
