Mamata Banerjee

Mamata slogan invades stage and screen

The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009

Mamata Banerjee's war cry has made it to the silver screen as well as the jatra stage.

Mamata wants 'order'

The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009

Calcutta, Nov. 23: Mamata Banerjee today asked Trinamul core committee members not to miss its weekly meetings if they were in Calcutta.

Mamata whips Surjya hecklers

The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009

... Deb. “We will probe further to find out under what circumstances the incident happened,” he added.Mamata Banerjee, keen to be seen as pro-development since joining the Union government, said she did not approve of the violence during the minister’s visit to discuss the upgrade of facilities at the hospital. When Mishra reached the hospital yesterday, a group led by Dutta and Sil blocked...

Speak to employees before selling any state-owned firm: Mamata

India eNews (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009

While ruling out divestment of any unit under her ministry, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has asked the government to consider giving shares of state-run companies it planned to disinvest to the employees.

Mamata defends high salaries to intellectuals in rail panels

India eNews (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has defended her decision to rope in intellectuals and theatre personalities into railway committees and their so-called hefty salaries that have come under criticism from the ruling Left Front in West Bengal.

Mamata expense defence

The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009

Calcutta, Nov. 22: Railway minister Mamata Banerjee today defended her right to appoint members of the culture clan to the utility's committees.

Mamata urges PM to convene all-party meeting on price rise

Sify (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, whose Trinamool Congress is the second largest constituent in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to convene an all-party meeting on the price rise issue.

Mamata urges PM to convene all-party meeting on price rise

India eNews (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, whose Trinamool Congress is the second largest constituent in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to convene an all-party meeting on the price rise issue.

• Mamata urges PM to convene all-party meeting on price rise - Sify

Railway exams in regional languages simultaneously: Mamata

Times of India (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

Against the backdrop of MNS attacking candidates from North India appearing in railway exams in Maharashtra, railway minister Mamata Banerjee said the tests will be conducted in regional languages simultaneously.

Rly exams in regional languages simultaneously: Mamata

Indian Express (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

Against the backdrop of MNS attacking candidates from North India appearing in railway exams in Maharashtra, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said the tests will be conducted in regional languages simultaneously.

Rising Naxal attacks on trains worry Mamata

Naxal Terror Watch (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009

... are on the Rajdhanis and Shatabdis. Looking at the increasing attacks on trains, Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee has asked the Government not to assign election duties to Railway Police Force (RPF) personnel and let them guard the trains. If this proposal is passed by the Government it would be the first concrete step in making trains safer for the passengers. NAXAL TERROR WATCH...

Culture shock for Mamata

The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

Calcutta, Nov. 20: Mamata Banerjee's plan of beating Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee at his own game by surrounding herself with artists and writers has been jolted by a sharp division in the culture clan.

Please, don't 'disturb' trains, Mamata to Maoists

Sify (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

'Please, don't disturb trains,' Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee appealed to Maoists Friday, a day after the rebels blew up track in Jharkhand derailing a passenger train and leaving a man dead.

Mamata Banerjee sends emissary to pacify Kabir Suman

Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

On Wednesday evening, Suman seemed to have resolved his issues with Mamata through talks, but on Thursday, he hardened his stand again. The singer-MP stayed back in Kolkata while his Lok Sabha colleagues went to New Delhi to attend the first day of the winter session of Parliament. "Unless the differences of opinion are settled, I will not accept the MP's allowance," Suman said on Thursday.

Great Bengal Divide

The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009

Mamata Banerjee asked on Sunday if Shaonli Mitra was 'bad' because she favoured change and Soumitra Chatterjee was 'good' because he was 'their friend', underscoring the seismic fissures in the Bengal 'culture' landscape that was once a Left preserve. The Telegraph maps the two sides of the divide