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Indian boys dressed as Swami Vivekananda participate in a parade during the north Bengal festival 'Uttarbanga Utsav' in Siliguri on February 10, 2012. The North Bengal festival was inaugrated by the Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee to... View Photo »
Indian tribal people participate in a parade during the north Bengal festival 'Uttarbanga Utsav' in Siliguri on February 10, 2012. The North Bengal festival was inaugrated by the Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee to promote tourism in the... View Photo »
Indian boys and girls participate in a parade holding balloons in the colours of the Indian flag during the north Bengal festival 'Uttarbanga Utsav' in Siliguri on February 10, 2012. The North Bengal festival was inaugrated by the Chief Minister of West... View Photo »
Indian girls perform in a parade during the north Bengal festival 'Uttarbanga Utsav' in Siliguri on February 10, 2012. The North Bengal festival was inaugrated by the Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee to promote tourism in the region. View Photo »
Indian footballer Baichung Bhutia (C) is greeted by chief minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee (R) during the first day of the north Bengal festival 'Uttarbanga Utsav' in Siliguri on February 10, 2012. The North Bengal festival was inaugrated by the... View Photo »
Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee greets the crowd as she inaugrates the north Bengal festival 'Uttarbanga Utsav' in Siliguri on February 10, 2012. The North Bengal festival was inaugrated by the Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee... View Photo »
Trinamool Congress leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee waves to her supporters during an election campaign rally, in Langjing, on the outskirts of Imphal, India, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. The state assembly election will be held on... View Photo »
A security personnel stands guard as supporters of Trinamool Congress leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wait for her arrival during an election campaign rally, in Langjing, on the outskirts of Imphal, India, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. View Photo »
Ashok Ghosh (C) the veteran leader of All India Forward Bloc, a leftwing nationalist political party, greets the Chief Minister of the state of west Bengal Mamata Banerjee (R) during the birth anniversary celebration of Subhas Chandra Bose, in Kolkata,... View Photo »
Trinamool Congress Party leader and Chief Minister of the state of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee gestures as she arrives to pay tribute to Subhash Chandra Bose during his birth anniversary in Kolkata, India, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. Bose, who is called... View Photo »
The chief minister of the state of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, hods a candle as she pay her respects to the people who lost their lives in the recent fire at the Advanced Medicare And Research Institute (AMRI) hospital in Kolkata, on December 12, 2011. View Photo »
West Bengal's Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee salutes a memorial to the victims of last Friday's hospital fire in Kolkata December 12, 2011. The fire tore through the seven-storey private hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata before dawn on... View Photo »
Chief Minister of West Bengal state Mamata Banerjee sits outside a morgue where bodies of victims of a fire are kept, in Kolkata, India, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. Medical staff at a hospital abandoned their patients and fled for safety early Friday as fire... View Photo »
Chief Minister of West Bengal state Mamata Banerjee , second right, speaks to the press after a fire broke out at a private hospital in Kolkata, India, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. Medical staff at an Indian hospital abandoned their patients and fled for... View Photo »
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee (R) speaks with relatives of victims and firefighters after a fire engulfed Amri hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on December 9, 2011. More than 60 people were killed when a fire engulfed a... View Photo »
India's West Bengal state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (R) talks with Sachin Tendulkar (L) as captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C, top) and V.V.S. Laxman (R) look on after the second Test match between India and West Indies at The Eden Gardens in... View Photo »
Chief Minister of the state of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, presents the man-of the match medal to India's V.V.S.Laxman after the second Test match between India and West Indies at The Eden Gardens in Kolkata on November 17, 2011. India won by an... View Photo »
A member of the Lepcha tribe in traditional headgear attends a public rally in Siliguri on November 16, 2011. Thousands of Lepchas from the Himalayan hills of Darjeeling, many clad in traditional attire, gathered in gratitude to West Bengal Chief... View Photo »
Indian Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee (C) arrives to meet the victims after a bridge collapsed at Bijonbari village of West Bengal's Darjeeling district on October 23, 2011. A bridge packed with festival crowds collapsed in northeast... View Photo »
Chief Minister of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee arrives for the inauguration of the 56th meeting of the National Development Council (NDC), in New Delhi on October 22, 2011. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed... View Photo »
Mamata Banerjee (Bengali: মমতা ব্যানার্জী)(born January 5, 1955) is a Indian politician from the State of West Bengal.She is the founder and chief executive of the All India Trinamool Congress Party, now known as the Trinamool Congress Party (Grassroots Congress Party). Full Article
Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee greets the crowd as she inaugrates the north Bengal festival 'Uttarbanga Utsav' in Siliguri on February 10, 2012. The North Bengal festival was inaugrated by the Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee to promote tourism in the region.
View Photo »Ashok Ghosh (C) the veteran leader of All India Forward Bloc, a leftwing nationalist political party, greets the Chief Minister of the state of west Bengal Mamata Banerjee (R) during the birth anniversary celebration of Subhas Chandra Bose, in Kolkata, on January 23, 2012. Bose was an...
View Photo »Indian boys dressed as Swami Vivekananda participate in a parade during the north Bengal festival 'Uttarbanga Utsav' in Siliguri on February 10, 2012. The North Bengal festival was inaugrated by the Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee to promote tourism in the region.
View Photo »Indian tribal people participate in a parade during the north Bengal festival 'Uttarbanga Utsav' in Siliguri on February 10, 2012. The North Bengal festival was inaugrated by the Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee to promote tourism in the region.
View Photo »Indian boys and girls participate in a parade holding balloons in the colours of the Indian flag during the north Bengal festival 'Uttarbanga Utsav' in Siliguri on February 10, 2012. The North Bengal festival was inaugrated by the Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee to promote...
View Photo »Indian girls perform in a parade during the north Bengal festival 'Uttarbanga Utsav' in Siliguri on February 10, 2012. The North Bengal festival was inaugrated by the Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee to promote tourism in the region.
View Photo »The chief minister of the state of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, hods a candle as she pay her respects to the people who lost their lives in the recent fire at the Advanced Medicare And Research Institute (AMRI) hospital in Kolkata, on December 12, 2011. Nearly 90 people were killed...
View Photo »West Bengal's Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee salutes a memorial to the victims of last Friday's hospital fire in Kolkata December 12, 2011. The fire tore through the seven-storey private hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata before dawn on December 9, 2011, killing at least 84...
View Photo »West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee (R) speaks with relatives of victims and firefighters after a fire engulfed Amri hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on December 9, 2011. More than 60 people were killed when a fire engulfed a hospital, with many victims believed to...
View Photo »India's West Bengal state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (R) talks with Sachin Tendulkar (L) as captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C, top) and V.V.S. Laxman (R) look on after the second Test match between India and West Indies at The Eden Gardens in Kolkata on November 17, 2011. India won...
View Photo »Indian Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee (C) arrives to meet the victims after a bridge collapsed at Bijonbari village of West Bengal's Darjeeling district on October 23, 2011. A bridge packed with festival crowds collapsed in northeast India killing at least 32 people, an...
View Photo »Chief Minister of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee arrives for the inauguration of the 56th meeting of the National Development Council (NDC), in New Delhi on October 22, 2011. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed concern over the slowing economy but...
View Photo »Trinamool Congress leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee waves to her supporters during an election campaign rally, in Langjing, on the outskirts of Imphal, India, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. The state assembly election will be held on January 28 2012 in Indian eastern...
View Photo »A security personnel stands guard as supporters of Trinamool Congress leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wait for her arrival during an election campaign rally, in Langjing, on the outskirts of Imphal, India, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. The state assembly election will...
View Photo »Mamata Banerjee, chief of the regional Trinamool Congress party, speaks during a protest rally in front of Tata Motors' new small car project at Singur in this August 24, 2008 file photo. Unfinished car shells rusting in a deserted factory in India's West Bengal state lie testimony to...
View Photo »Trinamool Congress Party leader and Chief Minister of the state of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee gestures as she arrives to pay tribute to Subhash Chandra Bose during his birth anniversary in Kolkata, India, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. Bose, who is called Netaji, founded the Indian National...
View Photo »West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, center, walks in a rally with school children to pay respect to the first Indian Nobel laureate and poet Rabindranath Tagore on his 70th death anniversary in Kolkata, India, Monday, Aug. 8, 2011.
View Photo »Trinamul Congress party leader and West Bengal state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, left, introduces family members of martyr's at a rally in Kolkata, India, Thursday, July 21, 2011. The rally was held to commemorate a 1993 police firing which killed 13 activists as well as to...
View Photo »West Bengal state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses supporters during a mass rally organised by the Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) at the Brigade Parade ground in Kolkata on July 21, 2011. The Trinamool Congress recently won state elections and pushed out the the world's...
View Photo »A cut-out of India's West Bengal state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is seen fashioned in the likeness of Hindu goddess Durga during a mass rally organised by the Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) at the Brigade Parade ground in Kolkata on July 21, 2011. The Trinamool Congress recently...
View Photo »Gorkha People's Liberation Front (GJM) supremo Bimal Gurung (background L) and India's West Bengal state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee background 3rd L) look on as West Bengal Home Secretary G.D. Gautama (foreground C), Union Home Ministry Joint Secretary K.K. Pathak (foreground L)...
View Photo »(L to R) West Bengal state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Gorkha People's Liberation Front (GJM) supremo Bimal Gurung, and Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram wave to the crowd at Pintail village in the outskirts of Siliguri on July 18, 2011. India signed an 'historic' deal July 18...
View Photo »Indian state chief minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee (R) holds a cup of tea served by a village woman in Gulma village on the outskirts of Siliguri on July 17, 2011. Banerjee on July 18 is set to sign the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) treaty with Gorkha People's...
View Photo »Indian state chief minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee (R) interacts with children in Gulma village on the outskirts of Siliguri on July 17, 2011. Banerjee on July 18 is set to sign the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) treaty with Gorkha People's Liberation Front (GJM) in...
View Photo »Indian state chief minster Mamata Banerjee looks on during a function in Kolkata on June 30, 2011. The state government organised the program for the remembrance of the historical tribal mutiny against the British rule. Mamata Banerjee announced some special facilities for the tribal...
View Photo »Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee greets the crowd as she inaugrates the north Bengal festival 'Uttarbanga Utsav' in Siliguri on February 10, 2012. The North Bengal festival was inaugrated by the Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee to promote tourism in the region.
View Photo »For 30 long years they have ignored the State’s tourism potential
In September, I was given cottage and small scale after I found no role for myself in parliamentary affairs. I have given not 100 percent, but 200 percent as minister. And if performance is the criterion, the fact is people are raising questions about Mamata Banerjee's performance
Reports about farmers' suicide in a section of media are not correct
It is the vindictive politics of Mamata Banerjee. She cannot stand criticism. Both Congress ministers had spoken out against the government.
I want to take strong action against those manufacturing and selling illegal liquor... but this is a social problem also, and this has to be dealt with socially.
We were trying hard to get these speed boats, jet skis and parasailing boats to Digha for the last one and a half years. Thing only happened with Mamata Banerjee coming to power. The prospects for such sports are great out here. The State has a huge maritime culture and we are expecting to have good bus...
We are also checking whether it is the handiwork of political opponents or not
I am a loyal soldier of the Trinamool Congress. I will work with honesty and sincerity to work for the people in turning Mamata Banerjee's dream of a new Bengal into reality.
If the police fired, then it might be that the situation had warranted them to do so. But we do not know whether the person has died due to police firing or not. If it is due to police firing, we will investigate the matter
it is certainly a big responsibility. I am grateful to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for considering me eligible for ministerial responsibility.
They (read Trinamool) didn't let us put polling agents in 13 booths in Joka number 1 gram panchayat (under Behala East). The same in KMC ward number 116 which has five booths. Even in Joka number 2 gram panchayat, Trinamool's men and miscreants are gathering near polling booths trying to intimidate vote...
We are trying to meet chief minister Mamata Banerjee
There are many small and big shops which are fed by the shops. If all these things stop where will they go, I would like to see colourful things but these things can be done after arranging food in your home
We will contest more than 100 seats in Uttar Pradesh alone. Our objective is to establish our party’s presence at the national level, particularly the Hindi heartland projecting our leader Mamata Banerjee’s image of integrity and honesty
I am going to talk about FDI. Applied 51 per cent traders, small and big shops has been done, it hasn't been consulted with us. We will protest that too. I don't want that the pension money goes to stock market. I don't want in the name foreign funds retailer shops are ruined
My leader Mamataji (West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee) has mentioned time and again and I don't think so there is any ambiguity about it as the things are very clear. We support whatever is good for the country; we talk about the common man. So, we are talking about common man, we are talking a...
I asked them what happened and how it happened. Didn't you give a chance to him to surrender? They (security officials) said we gave them three days. We kept telling them on a loudspeaker that we will give safe passage and to maintain peace. They ignored it and started firing. 1000 round bullets were fi...
We have about 3,000 acres of port-related properties in Kolkata and 7,000 acres in Haldia (in East Midnapore district). A proposal came from the state government for the commercial use of 100 acres of vacant land in the metropolis. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has sought Centre's approval for that
The Maoists, led by Kishenji, were given three days time to surrender, but they did not listen to the call by the Joint Forces
Our rallies had been planned much in advance. The intention is to inform people about Mamata Banerjee government development initiatives in Jangalmahal. But some people are trying to stall that. If we sit idle on such bandhs called by banned organisations, wouldn't we be supporting them?
Five crore people in Bengal are engaged in retail and farming. They have to be protected. I am against FDI
It was a long-standing public demand to change the name of the Puri-New Delhi Express as Nandankanan Express. The chief minister had also written to former railway minister Mamata Banerjee to rename the train
The Naxals fired a total of 1,000 rounds. It could have caused the death of at least 500 people who live in adjoining villages. The police told me they had given them three day but they did not pay heed. So our policemen had no other option but to fire back.
Operations can become viable in the long-term only if ATR flights operate. For that, the runway has to be extended from 3,200 to 4,500 ft but we have land for only 3,800 ft. To stretch further, additional land will be required. Given the Mamata Banerjee government's approach on land acquisition, the run...
There is no point in bloodshed. That will not lead to development. I appeal to you, lay down arms. We will give you all help.
