The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | yesterday
Calcutta, Dec. 1: Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has taken the most decisive step yet to free Presidency College from state control, getting the preliminary approval of the governor for a draft bill that will be placed in the current session of the Assembly.
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Calcutta, Nov. 30: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today told his colleagues that it was "natural" for police and administration not to act when they sniffed change but advised comrades not to retaliate against attacks by the Trinamul Congress and Maoists, according to Left leaders.
rediff News (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Monday said terror could not be countered by terror but by organising mass movements.
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
Calcutta, Nov. 29: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee did not attend the morning session of the CPM state committee when Prakash Karat spoke, prompting some leaders to wonder if the chief minister stayed away to dissociate himself from any criticism of the Centre on the eve of a Delhi team's tour of violence-hit areas in Bengal.
Times of India (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is in no mood to spare armed CPM cadres if they target police as they have been doing in Hooghly. The CM has asked police to book the culprits immediately.
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | yesterday
Calcutta, Dec. 1: The Calcutta chapter of the American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) waited for close to two months to meet Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee with a document outlining its aspirations and concerns but did not get a call from the chief minister's office.
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | yesterday
Calcutta, Dec. 1: In deciding to free Presidency College from state control, chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has finally defied his own party.
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Calcutta, Nov. 30: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee did not utter a word on the central team's visit at the CPM state committee meeting today, indicating the party's decision to avoid a clash with the Congress-led government.
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
Singur, Nov. 29: Mamata Banerjee today said she was willing to enter into a "joint venture" with Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's government for a railway coach factory in Singur, almost throwing to the state a challenge to show who wanted industry more.
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
Singur, Nov. 29: Mamata Banerjee today said she was willing to enter into a "joint venture" with Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's government for a railway coach factory in Singur, almost throwing a challenge at the state government to show who wanted industry more.
Times of India (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
The Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government’s bid to get Bhel to set up a 1,600-MW power plant on the abandoned Nano factory land in Singur has been dealt a blow with the PSU describing the proposed project as ‘unfeasible’ and ‘not viable’.
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
... vocal against the Morcha, had been refused permission to stage public shows in Darjeeling town.“If Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee can hold his rallies in Maoist-infested areas in south Bengal, why cannot we? What kind of law and order situation is prevailing here in Darjeeling?” ABGL president Madan Tamang asked. Tamang said his party would approach police tomorrow for a written copy of...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Kolkata: A letter has been received by the office of the West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee from the Prim Minister’s Office (PMO) on the Unique Identification (UID) Scheme launched by the UPA government, soon after it ...
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
... In the violence, Trinamul supporter Ananta Dolui, 40, was shot dead.Hours later, chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is said to have sought the arrest of those involved, irrespective of their party affiliations. The CPM, though, has not condemned the violence publicly.Sources said Bhattacharjee was also critical of some party leaders in Hooghly for “engineering the clash...
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
Prakash Karat, Buddhadeb BhattacharjeeCalcutta, Nov. 28: The CPM is not “unnecessarily unnerved” by the prospects of the Union home ministry sending a team to violence-hit Hooghly and other places as demanded by Mamata Banerjee as it does not foresee any “danger” from the Congress-led government now.“Let the central team come and check the reality. We hope they will do it impartially....
