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Pension Bill deferred again, after Mamata's party puts its foot down
The Pensions Bill has been deferred. Once again. The Bill, which has been stalled for years as political parties squabble over its provisions, was expected to be discussed by the Cabinet today, but it did not take it up. Sources say, with the Trinamool Congress still dead opposed to it, the government decided not to bring out an issue that would ...
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In Mamata Banerjee's absence, Mulayam Singh takes centre stage at UPA-II dinner
If the dinner party at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence on Tuesday night was about who's who in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), then Mulayam Singh Yadav being seated right next to Congress president Sonia Gandhi at her table for dinner was a telling statement.
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How UPA can survive without Mamata
Mamata Banerjee might have cried wolf once too often and a weary Congress is said to be looking at other options to include in the UPA coalition that it leads. Mamata Banerjee has precipitated crisis after embarrassing crisis for the central government, based entirely on the certitude that her 19 MPs are crucial for the survival of the Congress-led...
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Will Congress re-boot the UPA with Mulayam Singh Yadav and without Mamata Banerjee?
Mamata Banerjee may have done irreparable damage to her relationship with the Congress by forcing the government to dismiss her own party's Dinesh Trivedi as Railways Minister.
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Dinesh Trivedi stays till March 30: Congress' firm message to Mamata
The Congress has told Mamata Banerjee that her party man, Dinesh Trivedi, who she wants sacked, will not be asked to exit the Railways Ministry till the end of March. The government wants to minimise the damage caused by Ms Banerjee's request till the union budget is presented and cleared. Mamata Banerjee has reportedly refused to wait till the end...
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Will Mamata vote against the government today? Unlikely, say sources
Mamata Banerjee's commitment to her fight against the National Counter Terrorism Centre could be tested tomorrow in Parliament. The head of the Trinamool Congress has field-marshalled a group of ten chief ministers who have opposed the centre's new anti-terror agency on the grounds that it erodes the autonomy of state governments.
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Trinamool is BJP's B-team, says angry Congress in Bengal
Hitting back at the Trinamool Congress for alleging it was colluding with the Marxists, the West Bengal state Congress leadership on Wednesday termed its alliance partner as the 'B-team' of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Left Front.
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Snubbed by Mamata, Govt puts up a brave front
It was yet another embarrassment for the government at the hands of its ally, the Trinamool Congress when Mamata Banerjee's party moved amendments against the Lokpal Bill in the Rajya Sabha yesterday. But the government is trying to put up a brave front. "There are differences with allies, but won't say Trinamool Congress's approach is confrontatio...
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Pension Bill deferred again, after Mamata's party puts its foot down
The Pensions Bill has been deferred. Once again. The Bill, which has been stalled for years as political parties squabble over its provisions, was expected to be discussed by the Cabinet today, but it did not take it up. Sources say, with the Trinamool Congress still dead opposed to it, the government decided not to bring out an issue that would ...
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In Mamata Banerjee's absence, Mulayam Singh takes centre stage at UPA-II dinner
If the dinner party at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence on Tuesday night was about who's who in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), then Mulayam Singh Yadav being seated right next to Congress president Sonia Gandhi at her table for dinner was a telling statement.
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How UPA can survive without Mamata
Mamata Banerjee might have cried wolf once too often and a weary Congress is said to be looking at other options to include in the UPA coalition that it leads. Mamata Banerjee has precipitated crisis after embarrassing crisis for the central government, based entirely on the certitude that her 19 MPs are crucial for the survival of the Congress-led...
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Will Congress re-boot the UPA with Mulayam Singh Yadav and without Mamata Banerjee?
Mamata Banerjee may have done irreparable damage to her relationship with the Congress by forcing the government to dismiss her own party's Dinesh Trivedi as Railways Minister.
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Dinesh Trivedi stays till March 30: Congress' firm message to Mamata
The Congress has told Mamata Banerjee that her party man, Dinesh Trivedi, who she wants sacked, will not be asked to exit the Railways Ministry till the end of March. The government wants to minimise the damage caused by Ms Banerjee's request till the union budget is presented and cleared. Mamata Banerjee has reportedly refused to wait till the end...
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Will Mamata vote against the government today? Unlikely, say sources
Mamata Banerjee's commitment to her fight against the National Counter Terrorism Centre could be tested tomorrow in Parliament. The head of the Trinamool Congress has field-marshalled a group of ten chief ministers who have opposed the centre's new anti-terror agency on the grounds that it erodes the autonomy of state governments.
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Trinamool is BJP's B-team, says angry Congress in Bengal
Hitting back at the Trinamool Congress for alleging it was colluding with the Marxists, the West Bengal state Congress leadership on Wednesday termed its alliance partner as the 'B-team' of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Left Front.
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Snubbed by Mamata, Govt puts up a brave front
It was yet another embarrassment for the government at the hands of its ally, the Trinamool Congress when Mamata Banerjee's party moved amendments against the Lokpal Bill in the Rajya Sabha yesterday. But the government is trying to put up a brave front. "There are differences with allies, but won't say Trinamool Congress's approach is confrontatio...
