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Kolkata: Ahead of the presidential election, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Droupadi Murmu’s chances of winning the election are better because of developments in Maharashtra. “Now we know Droupadi Murmu’s chances are better because of developments in Maharashtra. We’ll go by what opposition parties say,” […]
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By Amitava Mukherjee Kolkata: Sharad Pawar’s refusal to become the unanimous opposition candidate for the post of the next President of India should be seen as a setback for Mamata Banerjee who had tried to hog the limelight by organising a joint meeting of opposition parties at New Delhi. Although some vernacular dailies of Kolkata […]
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New Delhi: After attending the meeting called by Trinamool Congress leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Jharkhand Lok Sabha MP Vijay Hansdak on Wednesday confirmed that Banerjee mentioned two more names besides Sharad Pawar for the presidential elections. “Mamta Banerjee mentioned two more names besides Sharad Pawar, which include the names of Farooq […]
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New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday began the consultation exercise on evolving a consensus name for the presidential election with senior party leader Rajnath Singh speaking to a number of key opposition leaders including Mallikarjun Kharge, Mamata Banerjee and Akhilesh Yadav, sources said on Wednesday. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has authorised Singh and party’s […]
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New Delhi: A crucial meeting of opposition parties convened by Mamata Banerjee to build consensus on fielding a joint candidate against the NDA in the presidential election began here on Wednesday with leaders of at least 17 parties in attendance. Leaders of the Congress, Samajwadi Party, NCP, DMK, RJD and the Left parties attended the […]
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New Delhi: The process to file nominations for the presidential election began on Wednesday with the Election Commission issuing a notification calling upon the electors to fill the vacancy. The election is scheduled to be held on July 18. The nomination process began on a day when various opposition parties are meeting in Delhi to […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has decided not to attend the meeting called by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday to discuss the opposition’s strategy for the Presidential election in New Delhi. Telangana Chief Minister and TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao took the decision after consultations with senior party leaders. The TRS is unhappy […]
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New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met Sharad Pawar at his residence in Delhi on Tuesday ahead of the Opposition leaders’ meeting tomorrow to discuss Presidential polls. “Our honorable chairperson @MamataOfficial met Shri @PawarSpeaks today. Two stalwart leaders set the stage for the meeting of all progressive opposition forces; set to happen tomorrow […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has complete clarity and was heading in the right direction, equipped with a well-researched agenda to prevent the country from falling into a deep abyss of communal politics, said former MP Vundavalli Arun Kumar. He felt that only a handful of Chief Ministers like Mamata Banerjee, Chandrashekhar Rao […]
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Kolkata: With an eye on the forthcoming Presidential polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has convened a meeting of the leaders of all opposition parties and chief ministers of the opposition ruled states, in New Delhi on June 15. The meeting will be held at the Constitutional Club. She has forwarded a letter to […]
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Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo, Mamata Banerjee, on Monday, demanded total autonomy for all the central probe agencies to free them from political influences. “The manner in which the central probe agencies are utilised by the Union government and the ruling party against opposition leaders for political vendetta is against the […]
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Siliguri (West Bengal): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday slammed the Trinamool Congress for spreading rumours about the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and said that the Central government will implement it once the COVID-19 pandemic ends. The Home Minister, who is on a two-day visit to West Bengal, said that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wants that […]
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Kolkata: Amid reports that Maoists were trying to regroup in Junglemahal area of West Bengal, their former stronghold, with posters having resurfaced in some pockets, political parties in the state have taken to blame game, maintaining that fears were being unnecessary fuelled by rival camps for individual gains. The Centre had warned of Maoist activities […]
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Kolkata: Speaking at the inaugural session of the 27th Kolkata International Film Festival, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday appealed to potential investors to invest in Bengali cinema and television programmes. “Bengali cinema and television segment have tremendous growth potentials. So, I appeal to the potential investors to invest in these two segments,” […]
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Hyderabad: Crop procurement is the responsibility of the Central government and it cannot come up with any excuses, said Bharatiya Kisan union (BKU) national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait. He was addressing TRS party leaders and cadre at Telangana Bhavan in New Delhi on Monday. The Centre cannot adopt one procurement plan for North and other for […]
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Varanasi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was shown black flags amid chants of “Jai Sri Ram” in Varanasi on Wednesday when she was on the way to take part in Ganga Aarti. Banerjee sat on the stairs of the Dashashwamedh Ghat to watch ‘Ganga Aarti’ in an apparent protest against the showing of the […]
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Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee spoke to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar and expressed support after the arrest of Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik in connection with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim money laundering case. Earlier in the day, the Enforcement Directorate arrested NCP leader Malik in connection with a money-laundering probe linked […]
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Mumbai: A day after Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao met his Maharashtra counterpart Uddhav Thackeray, his cabinet ministers and NCP chief Sharad Pawar in Mumbai in a bid to stitch an anti-BJP alliance, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Monday said that a political front will never be formed without the Congress. This meeting […]
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao arrived in Mumbai for a rousing welcome, ahead of the meeting with his Maharashtra counterpart and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray at the latter’s residence ‘Varsha’ in Malabar Hills. Days after giving a call to Opposition parties to unite against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he is slated to […]
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Hyderabad: In yet another step towards unification of like-minded forces in the fight against the BJP at the Centre, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will be meeting his Maharashtra counterpart Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai on Sunday. Thackeray had recently extended his full support to Chandrashekhar Rao’s fight for the federal justice, denouncing the anti-people policies […]
