The West Bengal chief minister’s knack for giving new names to the old and new alike has often caught the imagination of the masses.
...Full StoryWith her Muslim vote bank intact, Mamata is focused on not losing out on the goodwill of her Hindu voters.
...Full StoryThe TMC leader is using her Bengali connect against BJP's weapon of religious nationalism.
...Full StoryThe TMC chief had once raised a storm in the Lok Sabha over ‘illegal Bangladeshis’ in Bengal.
...Full StoryBut the job won’t be easy to say the least.
...Full StoryIn her attempt to woo the minorities, Didi has often, and quite symbolically, mixed State with religion.
...Full StoryIronically, the same doctor whose licence was suspended by MCI will now decide complaints of ethical violation.
...Full StoryHe has used the blockade to thwart anti-incumbency in the state to some extent.
...Full StoryThe Summit had no union government participation with finance minister Arun Jaitley skipping this year's event.
...Full StoryOn posters of a government-organised literary festival in Kolkata, lines by Jibanananda Das, an icon of modern Bengali poetry, have been attributed to the Nobel laureate.
...Full StoryThe state government's crackdown on protesters has only worsened the situation.
...Full StoryHis motto, perhaps, is: if you can't convince the audience, confuse them.
...Full StoryThe more important question is whether Mamata Banerjee's Bengal will be able to reclaim its position of glory.
...Full StoryWhy is Didi so eager to conduct a parallel investigation when both Calcutta High Court and Lok Sabha Ethics committee are doing the same anyway?
...Full StoryOnce considered invincible, the mighty front has now been reduced to a distant third at the end of the state Assembly elections.
...Full StoryThe war between the incumbent chief minister and the state's most powerful media mogul has peaked.
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