Kolkata
Over 1,200 candidates lost deposit in Bengal polls
Over 1,200 of 1,792 candidates contesting Assembly elections from West Bengal's 294 constituencies lost not just the polls but also their security deposits.
Bengal’s ‘initially small’ Cabinet almost ready
Chief minister-designate Mamata Banerjee who will take oath of office on Friday, has almost finalised her Cabinet. Sources said Amit Mitra may get finance, Partha Chatterjee industry, Purnendu Bose labour and Rabi Ranjan Chatterjee education. Advocate Biman Banerjee or former high court judge Noore Alam Chowdhury may be appointed the Speaker of the Assembly.
Mamata to contest from Bhowanipore?
Chief minister-designate Mamata Banerjee is likely to contest from Behala East Assembly constituency in a byelection. Sovan Chatterjee of the Trinamul Congress, who is also the city mayor, won this seat defeating Kumkum Chakraborty of the CPI(M) by 48,173 votes in the recently-concluded Assembly polls. Ms Banerjee, who was on
Buddha offers to quit party posts
Demolished by the Trinamul wave, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who resigned as the chief minister on Sunday offered to quit from both politburo and the central committee of the CPI(M).
Somnath writes to CM-in-waiting
Former Lok Sabha Speaker and expelled CPI(M) leader Somnath Chatterjee on Sunday sent a letter to Trinamul Congress chief and chief minister designate Mamata Banerjee, congratulating her on her victor
‘Small team, with minorities’
The newly-elected 184 Trinamul Congress MLAs on Sunday elected Mamata Banerjee as Trinamul Congress Legislature Party leader, paving the way for her coronation as the new chief minister of West Bengal
Mamata elected TCLP leader, says Cong will join her ministry
Mamata Banerjee was today formally elected Trinamool Congress Legislature Party leader and said pre-poll ally Congress would be part of her 'small' ministry.
Two days after her party stormed to power
Ghai launches 'Nouka Dubi' music on boat
Filmmaker Subhash Ghai launched the music of his forthcoming bilingual ‘Nouka Dubi’ in a unique way - he launched it on a boat in the Ganges river.
Directed by National award winner Rituparno Ghosh,
Cong set to join Mamata govt
The Congress is all set to join the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal.
Don’t skip session, Pranab tells MLAs
In an attempt to inculcate parliamentary norms among newly-elected Congress MLAs (half of them being new faces), Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said that he would take their classes.
