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Relief work gets political colour

Wednesday 3 June '09

In AILA country, government relief has been given political colour. In remote parts of West Bengal...
In Aila's wake, saline for Rs 70 a bottle, lives are much cheaper

Tuesday 2 June '09

Nine-year-old Sandeepa Gharami survived Cyclone Aila, but succumbed in its aftermath. She died on an embankment near Lahiripur....
In Aila’s wake, saline for Rs 70 a bottle, lives are much cheaper

Tuesday 2 June '09

Nine-year-old Sandeepa Gharami survived Cyclone Aila, but succumbed in its aftermath. She died on an embankment near Lahiripur on Friday...
Aila anger: Mob roughs up BDO, Buddha leaves in a hurry

Monday 1 June '09

Amid complaints of shoddy distribution of relief among victims of cyclone Aila, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had to face angry mobs today at Gosaba in South 24-Parganas...
After cyclone, oneupmanship over relief work storms affected areas

Sunday 31 May '09

The CPM and the Trinamool Congress continued with their efforts on Saturday to outdo each other in the relief work in the cyclone-hit areas.
Days on, Sunderbans still under the weather

Sunday 31 May '09

The devastation caused by cyclone Aila in West Bengal was discussed at the meeting of the Union Cabinet in New Delhi on Saturday.
Rail minister takes boat to nail Left in backwaters

Wednesday 27 May '09

Very much aware of the sensitivity of the situation arising out of the cyclone Aila’s large-scale devastation, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee lost no time to signal that her new responsibility as the country’s Railway Minister would not distract her from Bengal.
Bolstered Trinamool to ‘wait no more’, take violent route in Singur

Wednesday 27 May '09

Bolstered by its Lok Sabha polls success, the Trina-mool Congress is planning an aggressive agitation in Singur....
Mamata 1st day: Passes for poor, train renamed, visit to cyclone-hit

Wednesday 27 May '09

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday assumed charge as the Railway Minister at a brief programme organised at the Sealdah station....
Old storm gathers over Singur again

Tuesday 26 May '09

Emboldened by Trinamool’s success in the Lok Sabha polls, a local committee to save farmland in Singur that enjoys the support of Mamata Banerjee’s party has drawn up plans to storm the area...
Mamata fastens saddle to rein in Buddha govt

Monday 25 May '09

After decimating the Left Front to its worst defeat in over 30 years in Bengal, a confident Trinamool Congress is set to encircle the CPM-led government in the state on various issues.
T for Tapasi not Tata, Singur says no to Left

Monday 25 May '09

The tragedy of Tapasi Malik’s murder in the compound of the Nano car factory, it appears, played a bigger role than the exit of the Tatas from Singur....
Victor Mamata lands home; Singur to take off again

Sunday 24 May '09

With half-a-dozen assured portfolios in the Union Cabinet, apart from the Railways for herself, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee returned home today...
Team Didi

Sunday 24 May '09

Doctors, lawyers, actors, all joined Mamata - some as recent as when they were given a Lok Sabha ticket.
Bengal hopes a windfall of ministers

Saturday 23 May '09

As the new government took oath in Delhi on Friday evening, Bengal may set a record of sorts in having its representatives at the Central government.
Didi busy, Didi special, Cong sends plane to fly her in

Wednesday 20 May '09

While the Congress’s former alliance partners sulk and its electoral allies reconcile themselves to their diminished clout in the new government, one ally has pride of place.
Reborn Trinamool tugs at 5 berths

Tuesday 19 May '09

The Trinamool Congress parliamentary party today announced Mamata Banerjee as its parliamentary party leader and officially declared its support to the next Congress-led government at the Centre.
Polls over, all roads lead to Delhi

Tuesday 19 May '09

The Trinamool Congress on Monday announced Mamata Banerjee as its parliamentary party leader and declared its support to the next Congress-led...
Cong concedes: Trinamool will call shots now

Monday 18 May '09

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee is likely to have the upper hand in determining the nature of the Opposition in West Bengal.
Mamata razes red fort in bengal

Sunday 17 May '09

Mamata Banerjee’s two-decade-long unwavering struggle against the Communists finally bore fruit in the Lok Sabha results today.
‘Storm of change’: Mamata seeks early Assembly polls

Sunday 17 May '09

Mamata Banerjee’s two-decade-long unwavering struggle against the Communists finally bore fruit in the Lok Sabha results today....
Left allies dig in heels against Cong, BJP

Saturday 16 May '09

Even as the Congress desperately hunts for new allies and woos the estranged ones a day before the counting of votes begins, the news from West Bengal could be unsettling for the Grand Old Party of India.
Mamata counts future options as Left sings to Cong in retro parade

Friday 15 May '09

The latest remarks by senior CPM leaders in which they have expressed their willingness to help Congress form the next government at the Centre in the event of BJP being able to cobble up an alliance, has made the Trinamool wary.
With CPM in deep water over SEZ, ‘outsider’ hopes to drop anchor

Wednesday 13 May '09

For Somen Mitra, the battle for Diamond Harbour LS constituency is a battle for political survival....
Mamata vows to stay away from Left and Right

Monday 11 May '09

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said she will maintain an equidistance from both the CPM and the BJP after the elections.
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