Mamata Ultimatum To Government

Nearly 300 doctors resigned from government hospitals in West Bengal on Friday as their protest against an attack on a colleague earlier this week in Kolkata escalated. Doctors across the country will boycott work on Monday to express solidarity with their Bengal counterparts whose strike continued for the fourth day. Junior doctors in several stat...

The daughter of the Kolkata's Mayor, who is a doctor, has sharply criticized the Mamata Banerjee government's handling of the junior doctors' strike. In a Facebook post, Shabba Hakim - the daughter of Firhad Hakim - wrote the doctors have a right to "peaceful protest" and "safety at work" .

Striking junior doctors of Kolkata's government hospitals today defied Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's 2 pm deadline to get back to work, saying that won't happen until they get better security. They also met Governor Kesari Nath Tripathi to discuss the situation. Mamata Banerjee has accused the BJP and the CPM of engineering the strike and playin...

Mamata Banerjeee has given a 15 day deadline to the Centre on her demand for a 3 year moratorium on paying interest on huge loans taken during the tenure of the previous Left governments in the state. "It will have to be done. We are unable to pay. I have waited for one year and I will wait for another 15 days and then....," the chief minister tol...

Mamata Banerjee has created an unprecedented political controversy - her party today vowed to fight the nominal hike in train ticket fares announced, a decision made by its own minister Dinesh Trivedi. Not only is Mr Trivedi a senior leader from Ms Banerjee's party, the Trinamool Congress (TMC), but he is also her nominee to the union cabinet. The ...

Mamata Banerjee has warned the Congress that if it doesn't withdraw the petrol price hike introduced last night, she may have to opt out of the government. Other allies like the NCP and the National Conference want the hike reviewed and the ruling Congress has joined that expression of concern. Party spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi said his party h...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said that the government is ready to talk to the Maoists if they shun violence.

Nearly 300 doctors resigned from government hospitals in West Bengal on Friday as their protest against an attack on a colleague earlier this week in Kolkata escalated. Doctors across the country will boycott work on Monday to express solidarity with their Bengal counterparts whose strike continued for the fourth day. Junior doctors in several stat...

The daughter of the Kolkata's Mayor, who is a doctor, has sharply criticized the Mamata Banerjee government's handling of the junior doctors' strike. In a Facebook post, Shabba Hakim - the daughter of Firhad Hakim - wrote the doctors have a right to "peaceful protest" and "safety at work" .

Striking junior doctors of Kolkata's government hospitals today defied Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's 2 pm deadline to get back to work, saying that won't happen until they get better security. They also met Governor Kesari Nath Tripathi to discuss the situation. Mamata Banerjee has accused the BJP and the CPM of engineering the strike and playin...

Mamata Banerjeee has given a 15 day deadline to the Centre on her demand for a 3 year moratorium on paying interest on huge loans taken during the tenure of the previous Left governments in the state. "It will have to be done. We are unable to pay. I have waited for one year and I will wait for another 15 days and then....," the chief minister tol...

Mamata Banerjee has created an unprecedented political controversy - her party today vowed to fight the nominal hike in train ticket fares announced, a decision made by its own minister Dinesh Trivedi. Not only is Mr Trivedi a senior leader from Ms Banerjee's party, the Trinamool Congress (TMC), but he is also her nominee to the union cabinet. The ...

Mamata Banerjee has warned the Congress that if it doesn't withdraw the petrol price hike introduced last night, she may have to opt out of the government. Other allies like the NCP and the National Conference want the hike reviewed and the ruling Congress has joined that expression of concern. Party spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi said his party h...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said that the government is ready to talk to the Maoists if they shun violence.