Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said the government had no role to play in the latest petrol price hike as the prices had been deregulated but virtually stood by the oil marketing companies’ decision, saying the crude rates have gone up by $42 per barrel in the last 11 months. "

Mamata Banerjee was on Sunday formally elected Trinamool Congress Legislature Party leader and said pre-poll ally Congress would be part of her "small" ministry.

The drubbing and debacles of the Marxist party in the polls seem to have completed a full circle with all the bigwigs in the previous Cabinet, including chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Nirupam Sen, Gautam Deb, Ashok Bhattacharjee ending up as big losers in the polls. The million dollar question which has now cropped up

When Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee became sanguine of dislodging the Left Front from power and taking over the reins of West Bengal, one concern still kept gnawing her: the sagging economy of the state. To salvage the sagging financial position of the state, she zeroed in on Amit Mitra. She thought that if any one could

The ouster from the red bastion, West Bengal, and defeat in Kerala has reduced the Left, particularly the CPI(M), to a near- irrelevance in the national politics. The Marxists now, hold power only in Tripura.

As the main Opposition leader in West Bengal Mamata Banerjee had spearheaded land movement in the state which had forced the Tata Motors to relocate its Nano factory at Sanand in Gujarat from Singur in West Bengal. Ms Banerjee’s consistent movement had also forced the state government to scrap its proposed chemical hub

So, Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has done the impossible: Removed the CPI(M)-led Left Front from power in West Bengal. The ruling CPI(M) which was considered invincible has been routed. One woman has demolished the Red Fort.

As the results for the Assembly elections in the Union Territory were announced on Friday, it became clear that the All-India N.R. Congress (AINRC) was heading for a huge victory.

The map of West Bengal has turned green with intermittent patches of red as the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress swept to power bulldozing the CPIM-led Left Front with a success rate of over 81 per cent.

FOR HER, it’s been a long, tortuous road travelled. But the path ahead seems even longer, and more testing, as Trinamul Congress leader Mamata Banerjee, Mamata Di to most, readies to take charge after virtually single-handedly demolishing the red bastion in West Bengal.