Mamata Govt

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  Mamata Banerjee Announces 18 Per cent DA Hike For Bengal Government Staff

  The West Bengal government has decided to give an additional 18 per cent Dearness Allowance (DA) to state government employees from January next year. The announcement came on Jamai Shashti --- or 'Day of the Son-in-Law' --- when married men employed by the state government have been given half a day's paid leave in line with the perk announced fiv...

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  BJP Protests Against Trinamool Congress Leaders Seen In Narada Sting

  The BJP in Kolkata on Wednesday hit the streets demanding the resignation of Trinamool Congress lawmakers and ministers who were allegedly seen on tape accepting bribes for favours. The Narada sting was released just before the assembly elections in West Bengal last year but last week the Calcutta High Court said prima facie it seemed to be a cogni...

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  Mamata Banerjee Government Directs All Staff To Report For Work On Friday Despite Nationwide Strike

  Taking a tough stand, West Bengal government today directed all its employees to report for work on September 2, when central trade unions have called a countrywide strike.

• Bengal unsafest for women, shows report; not true, says Mamata Banerjee's govt

  In the wake of increasing number of rape incidents in West Bengal, a group of women activists from the state held protests outside Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's house in Kolkata today and demanded better security for women.

• Centre says Mamata Banerjee's govt can't acquire Saradha-owned TV channels

  Mamata Banerjee's plans for her West Bengal government to acquire Tara Musik and Tara News, two of the 13 media outlets that the now-defunct Saradha Group ran, on "grounds of humanity," might just come to naught.

• West Bengal State Election Commission moves High Court to cancel panchayat poll dates set by govt

  The West Bengal Election Commission today moved Calcutta High Court seeking cancellation of dates announced by the state government for panchayat polls.

• Mamata Banerjee supports Govt stand in Geneva: Full statement

  Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who quit the ruling coalition last year, has shown support for the government on whatever stand it takes at Geneva, where a resolution on alleged war crimes by Sri Lanka will be put to vote tomorrow.

• Mamata govt shifts Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's birth anniversary venue, runs into controversy

  The Mamata Banerjee government courted controversy on the 116th birth anniversary celebrations of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose today by changing the traditional venue and proposing to erect a monument to him, which was slammed by the All India Forward Bloc (AIFB), the party founded by the freedom fighter.

• Mamata government to restore Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's ancestral home

  The West Bengal government has planned to restore Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's ancestral home at Kodalia in South 24 Parganas. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said today that the govt will give it heritage status and erect a monument to him.

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  Govt wins FDI vote in Lok Sabha with Mulayam, Mayawati's help

  After two days of stormy debate, lawmakers in the Lok Sabha voted in favour of the government's big policy decision to open up the country's highly-protected retail industry to foreign chains such as Walmart. 471 of the Lok Sabha's 545 members voted; 253 MPs voted against the BJP motion that challenged the policy and 218 voted for it.

• FDI row: Parliament paralysed on Day1 of winter session; govt calls for all-party meet on Monday

  With battlelines drawn on the Foreign Direct Investment in multi-brand retail issue, a belligerent opposition has forced repeated adjournment of both Houses. Rajya Sabha has now been adjourned for the day and Lok Sabha is scheduled to reconvene at 2 pm.

• Govt talks tough on FDI; Mamata's 'no trust move' gets no eager takers

  Mamata Banerjee's plan to move a no-confidence motion against the Manmohan Singh government in the Winter Session of Parliament has been met with wariness by other opposition parties like the Left and the BJP. Instead of throwing their weight behind the idea, the two fronts, which have been relentlessly attacking the UPA, have issued caution notice...

• Mind the gap between party and govt, warns Sonia Gandhi at Congress summit

  On the outskirts of Delhi, Congress president Sonia Gandhi firmly called her party to order today. In the general elections scheduled for 2014, the Congress will ask voters for a third consecutive shot at government. Mrs Gandhi, who is the president of the party, said the party and the government need to reconcile their differences, ensure that pro...

• Mamata Banerjee's party plans vote against govt in Winter Session of Parliament

  After bitter separation with the Congress, the Trinamool Congress is mulling moving an adjournment motion or a censure motion that entails voting in the Winter Session of Parliament against the "anti-people" policies of the UPA government.

• Big bang reforms 2: Mamata Banerjee pushes for no-confidence motion against govt

  Mamata Banerjee is furious with the latest set of reforms that the Centre pushed last evening and has said she will meet the President with "an appeal to oust the UPA-II minority government". The Trinamool Congress chief said she would move a no-confidence motion against the government she plunged into a minority last month with her walkout and has...