Mamata Kalam

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  Plan B, If We Don't Agree With Centre On Next President: Mamata Banerjee

  The opposition parties will field a candidate in the Presidential election if the nominee suggested by the government is not acceptable to them, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said on Friday.

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  Singles Who Mingle With Power: Yogi Adityanath Is The Club's Newest Entrant

  Priest-turned-politician Yogi Adityanath, 44, who took oath today as the 32nd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, joins the singles' club of political leaders.

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  Abdul Kalam Drafted 2 Contrasting Speeches On '12 Prez Poll Decision

  APJ Abdul Kalam took quite some time to make up his mind on whether to contest the presidential elections in 2012 despite the numbers stacked oddly against him as he greatly wished to fight corruption at the grass roots and had drafted two contrasting speeches to justify his decision, says his aide.

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  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Invites British PM David Cameron to Kolkata

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has invited British Prime Minister David Cameron to revisit Kolkata soon, describing the city "a true getaway to the east".

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

  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.

• Mamata Banerjee and Dr APJ Abdul Kalam exchange letters of mutual admiration

  Mamata Banerjee may not have been able to persuade former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam to run for another term, but she gave it her best shot. Her aggressive efforts on Facebook, and offline in the social network of coalition politics, have won her rich praise from the nuclear scientist. In a letter to her, Dr Kalam thanks her for her "graceful pol...

• Dr APJ Abdul Kalam writes to Mamata Banerjee, who wanted him for President

  Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, who ruled himself out of the race for the next President, today wrote to West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Chief Mamata Banerjee, thanking her for proposing his name.

• Mamata Banerjee's ministers 'will quit if forced', Congress says let's stick together

  Mamata Banerjee's ministers, who met with her in Kolkata this evening, said that though they are ready to resign if forced, they plan to stick with the UPA. "Many channels are saying that Trinamool ministers have submitted resignations to Mamata Banerjee.

• Mamata ministers 'ready to resign if forced': 10 developments

  Mamata Banerjee is holding a meeting in Kolkata of her MPs and MLAs which could decide if she's divorcing the ruling coalition at the centre, the UPA.

• Presidential polls: With Dr APJ Abdul Kalam out, will Mamata Banerjee abstain? Top 10 developments

  The BJP has failed to persuade Dr APJ Abdul Kalam to run for a second term as a President.

• Mamata Banerjee's Facebook campaign for Dr APJ Abdul Kalam: Top 5 posts

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is campaigning furiously on Facebook for a new term for Dr APJ Kalam for President of India. Ms Banerjee has rejected Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who is the candidate of the UPA, the coalition that she participates in with considerable friction. On Saturday, Ms Banerjee launched a Facebook page in s...

• Mamata calls Jayalalithaa for support to Kalam; she says back Sangma instead

  An isolated Mamata Banerjee is trying all that she can to garner support for APJ Abdul Kalam as President. The Trinamool Congress chief, on Sunday night, called up AIADMK boss and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, asking her to back Dr Kalam for the country's top job. Ms Jayalalithaa, however, asked Ms Banerjee to support former Lok Sabha s...

• Mamata Banerjee says 'thank you' for 'overwhelming' response to Facebook appeal for APJ Abdul Kalam

  Appreciating an 'overwhelming' response to her Facebook appeal for supporting former President APJ Abdul Kalam in the Presidential election, Mamata Banerjee today in another post expressed her thanks.

• Mamata Banerjee launches Facebook page, says APJ Abdul Kalam is the choice of millions

  Taking up the campaign for APJ Abdul Kalam online, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today said her choice of the Presidential candidate was the choice of millions of Indians.

• Trinamool calls Mulayam a 'traitor'

  Terming Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav a "traitor" after his party's about-turn in extending support to union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's candidature for president, the Trinamool Congress leadership on Friday said they are still hopeful about having a consensus on A.P.J. Abdul Kalam as the next president of India.