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  Narendra Modi wants to be PM of the Hindus only: Congress

  Politics | August 05, 2014 17:55 IST

  New Delhi: Opposition members in the Lok Sabha today sought to rake up an issue accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not greeting Muslims on the occasion of Eid while noting that he had offered

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  Mamata Banerjee's Operation Pig against encephalitis or hogwash?

  Politics | August 03, 2014 14:13 IST

  Kolkata: 'Dirty' pigs are now a harried lot in West Bengal after drawing the ire of none other than Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has ordered they be packed off following the outbreak of encephalitis

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  Clamour for his head grows as Tapas Pal gets an unlikely ally

  Politics | July 04, 2014 15:57 IST

  Kolkata: Even as protests and calls for his arrest continue to gain ground, Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal - facing the heat over his rape and violence remarks - Thursday found an unlikely ally in

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  Adhir Chowdhury's assets multiply, so do his criminal cases

  Politics | April 22, 2014 15:01 IST

  Kolkata: Along with his assets, the number of criminal cases pending against union minister and West Bengal state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury - fighting to retain his Baharampur Lok Sabha seat - have multiplied

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  Sonia, Rahul, Advani to hit campaign trail in Bengal

  Politics | April 15, 2014 18:42 IST

  Kolkata: Congress president Sonia Gandhi, party vice president Rahul Gandhi, senior BJP leader L.K. Advani and party president Rajnath Singh will hit the campaign trail for the Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal.According to a

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  Facing rigid EC, Mamata agrees to transfers, attacks poll official again

  Politics | April 09, 2014 11:44 IST

  Kolkata: With the Election Commission toughening its stand, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday agreed to its direction to transfer eight officials as a "constitutional obligation" but also demanded a top "tainted" poll panel

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  Rahul Gandhi to hold workers meeting in Kolkata March 25

  Politics | March 21, 2014 10:51 IST

  Kolkata: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will address party workers at the city's Shahid Minar Maidan Tuesday, West Bengal Pradesh Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said.Gandhi was likely to attend a second rally on the

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  MoS Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury seeks bail in Bengal

  India | October 23, 2013 12:37 IST

  Berhampore (West Bengal): Accused in a 2012 case of attacking the District Magistrate's bungalow in Murshidabad, Minister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has applied for an anticipatory bail.The appeal was made yesterday at

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  Railways minister blames Bihar govt for train tragedy

  Politics | August 20, 2013 15:06 IST

  New Delhi: The Railways today blamed the Bihar government for the train disaster at Dhamara Ghat in Khagaria district and said that actually 28 persons died in the accident, instead of 37 put by Chief

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  Mamata announced railway projects without survey, says new Railway minister

  Politics | December 25, 2012 10:52 IST

  Kolkata, Dec 25: Minister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Monday questioned the feasibility of a number of projects announced by then railways minister Mamata Banerjee, saying no survey was conducted before making the

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  Can't give railway jobs to all, says Minister Chowdhury

  India | November 26, 2012 17:47 IST

  Kanchrapara (WB), Nov 26:  Union Minister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury today spoke against granting employment as a rule to all those giving land for rail projects as it would pose difficulty in

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  Sever ties with Trinamool, demand Congress MPs from Bengal

  Politics | July 09, 2012 18:46 IST

  Kolkata, July 9: With the Trinamool Congress still undecided on whom to support in the July 19 presidential election, two influential Congress MPs today urged the Congress high command to break the alliance with Mamata

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  Talk less, work more, says Congress to Trinamool

  Politics | May 17, 2012 14:47 IST

  New Delhi, May 17: The achievements of the Mamata Banerjee Government in West Bengal today came in for question with key ally Congress asking it to “talk less and work more”, saying it was not