Trivedi And Mamata

Dinesh Trivedi, a former Railway Minister and top West Bengal BJP leader, slammed Mamata Banerjee for her "Dal mein kuch kaala hai" comment on the Odisha train accident.

After Trinamool Congress leader Dinesh Trivedi resigned from Rajya Sabha, Congress MP Pradip Bhattacharya on Saturday he was very upset with the functioning of the Mamata Banerjee-led party and was feeling suffocated.

After his shock resignation from the Trinamool Congress on Friday, Dinesh Trivedi said he "did not need an invitation to join the BJP" and added there was "nothing wrong" if he did end up in that party. He pulled no punches when it came to his soon-to-be-ex party boss Mamata Banerjee.

Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday announced the names of Arpita Ghosh, Mausam Noor, Dinesh Trivedi and Subrata Bakshi as the party candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls.

The cautious stance of Bengal's Trinamool Congress about Congress slipped today when Mamata Banerjee took the stage at a party meeting. Talking of the political situation in the state, Ms Banerjee lumped the Congress with the BJP, the Left and the Maoists as the "darkest underbelly of society".

Glasnost is perhaps yet to come, but perestroika hit the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal today as never before and left out in the cold Mamata Banerjee's right hand man till the other day, Mukul Roy.

BJP chief Amit Shah landed in West Bengal today amid buzz that four ministers in the Mamata Banerjee government and one party lawmaker may quit her Trinamool Congress to join the BJP.

After 16 years as a top leader of the Trinamool Congress, Dinesh Trivedi has developed new loyalties. Amid reports that his entry into the BJP is imminent, Mr Trivedi, 64, told NDTV, "I won't predict anything but I want to change the DNA of Indian politics - and for that, I will do whatever it takes."

Is there a fresh rebellion brewing in the Trinamool Congress? Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh, who had recently slammed his own party, is claiming that, while he is loyal to Mamata Banerjee and has not met anyone from the Congress, three other Trinamool MPs have, with Sonia Gandhi's political secretary.

The government is now said to be considering a partial roll back of Wednesday's petrol price hike.

In an oblique criticism of the arrest of a Jadavpur University professor in West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said his government will run out of prison space if he arrests everyone making cartoon and fun of him.

"The railways need money," says JN Shukla, a portly, bespectacled India Railways official who is travelling as a passenger this day.

As the Kalka Mail train pulls into Delhi railway station at dawn, it is every man, woman and child for themselves. Before the train has stopped, crowds elbow and jostle into packed compartments destined for Kolkata, 1,500 km and 25 hours away on one of the largest, most decrepit and dangerous rail networks in the world.

Mamata Banerjee has met with the Prime Minister after he allegedly upset her by stating in Parliament that he regrets the departure of Dinesh Trivedi from his cabinet. Mr Trivedi is from Ms Banerjee's party, the Trinamool Congress, which is a key member of the ruling coalition at the centre. Ms Banerjee asked for him to be removed as soon as he p...

Mamata Banerjee says the Prime Minister regretting Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi's resignation is his "personal view" and has defended her demand for a reversal of the train fare hike that he announced in his budget last week.

Dinesh Trivedi, a former Railway Minister and top West Bengal BJP leader, slammed Mamata Banerjee for her "Dal mein kuch kaala hai" comment on the Odisha train accident.

After Trinamool Congress leader Dinesh Trivedi resigned from Rajya Sabha, Congress MP Pradip Bhattacharya on Saturday he was very upset with the functioning of the Mamata Banerjee-led party and was feeling suffocated.

After his shock resignation from the Trinamool Congress on Friday, Dinesh Trivedi said he "did not need an invitation to join the BJP" and added there was "nothing wrong" if he did end up in that party. He pulled no punches when it came to his soon-to-be-ex party boss Mamata Banerjee.

Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday announced the names of Arpita Ghosh, Mausam Noor, Dinesh Trivedi and Subrata Bakshi as the party candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls.

The cautious stance of Bengal's Trinamool Congress about Congress slipped today when Mamata Banerjee took the stage at a party meeting. Talking of the political situation in the state, Ms Banerjee lumped the Congress with the BJP, the Left and the Maoists as the "darkest underbelly of society".

Glasnost is perhaps yet to come, but perestroika hit the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal today as never before and left out in the cold Mamata Banerjee's right hand man till the other day, Mukul Roy.

BJP chief Amit Shah landed in West Bengal today amid buzz that four ministers in the Mamata Banerjee government and one party lawmaker may quit her Trinamool Congress to join the BJP.

After 16 years as a top leader of the Trinamool Congress, Dinesh Trivedi has developed new loyalties. Amid reports that his entry into the BJP is imminent, Mr Trivedi, 64, told NDTV, "I won't predict anything but I want to change the DNA of Indian politics - and for that, I will do whatever it takes."

Is there a fresh rebellion brewing in the Trinamool Congress? Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh, who had recently slammed his own party, is claiming that, while he is loyal to Mamata Banerjee and has not met anyone from the Congress, three other Trinamool MPs have, with Sonia Gandhi's political secretary.

The government is now said to be considering a partial roll back of Wednesday's petrol price hike.

In an oblique criticism of the arrest of a Jadavpur University professor in West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said his government will run out of prison space if he arrests everyone making cartoon and fun of him.

"The railways need money," says JN Shukla, a portly, bespectacled India Railways official who is travelling as a passenger this day.

As the Kalka Mail train pulls into Delhi railway station at dawn, it is every man, woman and child for themselves. Before the train has stopped, crowds elbow and jostle into packed compartments destined for Kolkata, 1,500 km and 25 hours away on one of the largest, most decrepit and dangerous rail networks in the world.

Mamata Banerjee has met with the Prime Minister after he allegedly upset her by stating in Parliament that he regrets the departure of Dinesh Trivedi from his cabinet. Mr Trivedi is from Ms Banerjee's party, the Trinamool Congress, which is a key member of the ruling coalition at the centre. Ms Banerjee asked for him to be removed as soon as he p...

Mamata Banerjee says the Prime Minister regretting Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi's resignation is his "personal view" and has defended her demand for a reversal of the train fare hike that he announced in his budget last week.