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• No meeting with US Ambassador Nancy Powell, says Mamata Banerjee

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today denied that she was scheduled to meet US Ambassador Nancy Powell in her office in Kolkata this afternoon, hours after her party's website went public with the information.

• Clinton praises Mamata for electoral victory

  Terming her trip to Kolkata as remarkable, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was all praise for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee saying despite being a women she successfully ended 34-year-old Left rule in the state.

• Clarify Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) not discussed: Mamata govt to US

  Did Mamata Banerjee and Hillary Clinton discuss FDI in retail? Or did they not? An unseemly row has erupted between the West Bengal government and the US consulate in Kolkata on this issue. The consulate, in a press release yesterday, said investment in the retail sector was discussed. But finance minister Amit Mitra shot off an angry rejoinder sa...

• NDTV Exclusive: Hillary Clinton on FDI, Mamata, outsourcing, and Hafiz Saeed - Full transcript

  US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata to explore investment opportunities in the state. Before the meeting, Mrs Clinton was at a session at the La Martiniere School for Girls meeting with a cross-section of the people of Kolkata. The session was moderated by NDTV's Group Editor Barkha Dutt.

• Clarify FDI was not discussed, says Mamata govt to US

  US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's much-hyped visit to Kolkata today ended with the Americans stating that the issue of US investments in retail sector had come up during her meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee which she and her government denied.

• Did Mamata just snub Hillary on FDI? Left alleges 'interference' by US

  After a handshake and a namaste were exchanged, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, both on Time's list of the world's 100 most influential people, met for over an hour at the Writers' Building in Kolkata.

• Mamata and Hillary Clinton discussed Shah Rukh too

  From the legendary Rabindranath Tagore to Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee discussed the state's 'brand ambassadors' then and now when they met in Kolkata on Monday.

• US to treat West Bengal as partner state for investment, says Mamata Banerjee after meeting Hillary Clinton

  The US has agreed to treat West Bengal as a partner state for investment in the changed political situation, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said here today.

• Hillary meets Mamata, FDI not discussed says chief minister

  After a handshake and a namaste were exchanged, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met one on one for over an hour at the Writers' Building in Kolkata this morning. Later, Ms Banerjee said Ms Clinton praised her "passion for work" and promised investment for West Bengal at the meeting, which the Ben...

• FDI on agenda with Mamata: Clinton

  The US, which has high stakes in gaining entry into the huge Indian retail market, is actively pursuing opening up of the sector to FDI.

• Hillary Clinton has promised investment in Bengal, says Mamata Banerjee after meeting

  After a handshake and a namaste were exchanged, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met one on one for over an hour at the Writers' Building in Kolkata this morning. Later, Ms Banerjee said Ms Clinton praised her "passion for work" and promised investment for West Bengal at the meeting, which the Ben...

• NDTV Exclusive: Hillary Clinton on FDI, Mamata, Hafiz Saeed and outsourcing

  US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata to explore investment opportunities in the state. Before the meeting, Mrs Clinton was at a session at the La Martiniere School for Girls meeting with a cross-section of the people of Kolkata. The session was moderated by NDTV's Group Editor Barkha Dutt.

• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): Can Hillary convince Mamata Banerjee?

  US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has arrived to meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata to explore investment opportunities in the state. Will she be able to persuade Ms Banerjee to help push the policies she has firmly resisted, chief among them Foreign Direct Investment in multi-brand retail?

• Kolkata fortified for Hillary Clinton's visit

  Tight security was in place as US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton arrived in Kolkata today, with even outbound and incoming flights from the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport halted from the time her plane came on the radar till the point the former first lady and her long convoy left the tarmac.

• Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali, a scarf among Mamata's gifts for Hillary

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will gift visiting US secretary of state Hillary Clinton Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali and Gitabitan, and the collected works of Swami Vivekananda during a meeting with her on Monday.