Trinamool Minister Quits Upa

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  Coming to Bengal to Form Government, BJP Chief Amit Shah Warns Mamata Banerjee

  BJP chief Amit Shah landed in West Bengal today amid buzz that four ministers in the Mamata Banerjee government and one party lawmaker may quit her Trinamool Congress to join the BJP.

• I can always hiss if can't bite: Mamata Banerjee

  A day after six of her six of her ministers quit the UPA government on FDI and other 'people' related issues, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said, "I can always hiss if I can't bite."

• Mamata Banerjee's out, says she'll live like a tigress; UPA says it's safe on numbers

  The divorce is final and the UPA is a minority government. The President of India has accepted a letter, signed by the Trinamool Congress' Mukul Roy, withdrawing support from the government. As he emerged from Rashtrapati Bhawan, Mr Roy said his party did not want a trust vote to prove the Government's majority, but wanted a vote in Parliament on t...

• Mamata Banerjee exits UPA today, Congress ministers to quit her cabinet in tit-for-tat reaction

  At about 4 pm today, when Mamata Banerjee's ministers meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi to hand over resignation letters, the Congress' six ministers in the West Bengal government were hoping to resign in Kolkata. However Ms Banerjee has given time till tomorrow 5 pm to these ministers for the submission of their resignation letters. ...

• 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...

• Centre, Left to blame for Bengal's financial mess: Amit Mitra

  West Bengal's finance minister Amit Mitra on Wednesday blamed the Centre for allowing the previous Left government to borrow without control, which put the state's finances in huge debt. He was asked to explain why West Bengal can't cut taxes to reduce the cost of diesel and raise the cap on subsidised LPG cylinders.

• Will Mamata Banerjee quit UPA? Crucial meeting in Kolkata, decision soon

  Mamata Banerjee has arrived for a meeting with top party leaders, where she is expected to make what she has described as "hard decisions"- the West Bengal chief minister will consult her partymen to finalise whether she should quit the Prime Minister's coalition over a menu of splashy reforms announced last week. A 72-hour deadline that Ms Banerj...

• Will Mamata Banerjee ditch UPA over FDI, diesel hike? 10 Latest Developments

  West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will consult her party leaders this evening to finalise whether she should quit Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's coalition over reforms - the hike in diesel prices, restriction on subsidised gas cylinders and the Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in multi-brand retail announced l...

• Mamata Banerjee likely to withdraw ministers from UPA: Sources to NDTV

  Sources have told NDTV that Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to withdraw ministers from the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre over the introduction of Foreign Direct Investment in multi-brand retail and hike in diesel prices. The Trinamool Congress is now likely to give only outside support t...

• Will Samajwadi Party join the UPA Govt at Centre?

  It's a war that has been playing out in the political arena between two allies for quite some time. While the Trinamool Congress and its chief have been more livid in expressing her displeasure over different issues - removal of Railways Minister Dinesh Trivedi over passenger fare hike being the latest - the Congress too is not ready to back down.

• Not quitting over this petrol price hike, will do if there's a next time, warns Mamata

  A little after her MPs had emerged from an hour-long meeting with the Prime Minister in Delhi, Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee said in Kolkata, "If there is another hike in price of petrol or petroleum products, we will pull out of the government."

• We'll have alliance with Trinamool: Pranab to NDTV

  Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee spoke exclusively to NDTV on a host of issues. The Finance Minister and UPA's trouble shooter said his government's performance in its first year is quite okay.