Kolkata: Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising, who has written to the Prime Minister seeking removal of Justice (retd) A K Ganguly from the post of WBHRC chairman, today claimed there was no overzealousness on the
Kolkata: Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee Sunday expressed grave concern over the non-passage of the Food Security Bill, and blamed political parties for rendering parliament "non-functional" and stalling the bill."It's a matter of grave
Kolkata, July 8: Regretting the repeated disruption of parliament and legislative assembly proceedings, former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee Monday called upon all political parties to hold such institutions in high esteem in order to
Burdwan (WB), Nov 21: Former speaker Somnath Chatterjee praised the secret hanging of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab at Yeravada jail in Pune today saying the government had taken the ‘right step'.“There might have been trouble
Kolkata, Jun 17: Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Saturday said he would be happy if Pranab Mukherjee is elected President unanimously and that A P J Abdul Kalam should not contest considering his
London, Jun 14: Surprised at his name being proposed for the Presidential post, former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has said he will consider the move if there is a large consensus on it.“If there
New Delhi, June 14: In a rebuff to SP and TMC, Congress today ruled out sparing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the Presidential race as it rejected the three names proposed by the two allies,
New Delhi, Jun 14: The Congress and its allies TMC and Samajwadi Party today appeared set for a confrontation, with the ruling coalition rejecting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's candidature for the President's post while the
Kolkata, Apr 6: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels— founders of Marxism—may be out of history syllabus in government schools in West Bengal following a recommendation by a state education panel.The move by the Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata, Sep 6: Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, who presided over the 2008 trust vote, today hoped law will take its own course though he felt the investigation process into the cash-for-vote scam was
Kolkata, Apr 23: Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee today campaigned for the candidates of CPI(M), which had expelled him about three years ago, in West Bengal assembly elections.Initially spurned by the party, Chatterjee had
Birbhum (West Bengal), Apr 23 : Putting behind the bitterness over his expulsion from CPI(M), at least for now, former Speaker Somnath Chatterjee plans to campaign for the party in the Assembly elections as he
Kolkata, Apr 17 : Left Front chairman Biman Bose today said that former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, who was expelled from CPI(M), was free to campaign for LF candidates, while defending the charges made
Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has declined Congress party's offer for a nominated member seat in Rajya Sabha saying that he would not give his critics a handle to criticize him on this account.
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