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Mamata slams Centre for proposed divestment from LIC
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Feb 1 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday slammed the central government for proposing to sell a part of its shares in LIC, saying that it is a plan to "ambush the heritage and legacy of the public institutions".
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CII DG optimistic about maintaining GDP growth rate
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Hours before the tabling of the Union Budget, CII's Director General Chandrajit Banerjee on Saturday expressed hope that India would be able to achieve required Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate by carrying out reforms and creating jobs in the market
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SC refuses to hear plea seeking Mamata Banerjee's removal as West Bengal C
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday refused to hear the petition filed by a journalist, seeking a direction to West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar to remove the state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for demanding the United Nation-monitored referendum on the controve
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Mamata Banerjee launches her book on CAA, NPR, NRC
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 28 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday launched her book 'Why We Are Saying No CAA, No NRC, No NPR' at 44th International Kolkata Book Fair.
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Abhijit Banerjee conferred with D Litt by Calcutta University
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 28 (ANI): Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee on Tuesday was conferred with honorary D Litt by the Calcutta University.
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WB govt announces decision on posting teachers in their respective home di
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 28 (ANI): Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government on Tuesday announced a policy decision whereby all teachers in the state would be posted in their respective home districts.
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Ready for talks with PM, first withdraw CAA, says Mamata Banerjee
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 28 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that she is ready for talks with Prime Minister Modi but first the PM will have to withdraw the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
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WB Guv hails Abhijit Banerjee, says 'touched by his modest approach'
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 28 (ANI): Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday hailed Nobel laureate Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee saying Banerjee is a "man of sterling qualities and disarming grace" and he is "greatly touched by his modest approach."
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Anti-CAA protests meant to create '1947-like' situation, says Union minist
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 28 (ANI): Senior BJP leader and Union minister Giriraj Singh on Tuesday claimed that the protests against the CAA are being organised across the country to "create 1947-like conditions" when India was partitioned, and alleged that the Congress, West Bengal Chief Minist
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'Did you eat air while growing up?' Mamata Banerjee hits out at BJP over '
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 27 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday hit out at senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya's "poha" remark and demanded to know if the BJP leaders "ate air while growing up".
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Mamata govt to table resolution against CAA in WB Assembly today
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 27 (ANI): The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) government will table a copy of the resolution against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 in the State Assembly today.
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Opposition has factions, not created strong pressure on government: Abhij
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Jan 26 (ANI): Laying stress on the need of a strong opposition, Nobel Prize winner economist Abhijit Banerjee on Sunday said parties opposed to Modi government were "disunited" and have not been able to create pressure that comes from "a stable opposition".
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