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Mamata issues model code

Dos and don’ts for Trinamul ranks

Mamata Banerjee today asked her supporters not to “beat up anybody” and laid down a code of behaviour, seeking to allay one of the biggest fears the mammoth mandate has triggered amid sporadic instances of vendetta in the districts. ... | Read..

Mamata to take over as WB CM on Friday

Updated 18:55hrs (IST)

Set to take over as Chief Minister of West Bengal on Friday, Trinamool Congress leader Mamata ... | Read..

Rangasamy sworn in Puducherry CM

Updated 15:55hrs (IST)

N Rangasamy, who ended the reign of his former party Congress in a stunning electoral debut for ... | Read..

Mamata Banerjee to meet PM, Sonia today

Updated 15:30hrs (IST)

Fresh from her landslide victory in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will today meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ... | Read..

Achutanandan, Mishra likely to be Oppn Leaders in Kerala, WB

Updated 15:10hrs (IST)

CPI(M) today zeroed in on V S Achutanandan and Surjya Kanta Mishra as Leaders of Opposition in Kerala and West Bengal ... | Read..

IMF chief to appear before court to answer assault charges

Updated 14:50hrs (IST)

International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was today set to appear before a court here to answer charges of sexually assaulting a ... | Read..

Jayalalitha sworn in as TN Chief Minister

Updated 14:35hrs (IST)

AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa was today sworn in as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister for a third time along with 33 ministers ... | Read..

Sonia consults Congress leaders on West Bengal

Updated 13:55hrs (IST)

Ahead of Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's meeting with her, Congress President Sonia Gandhi held consultations with senior colleagues on the issue of her party ... | Read..

Naidu condoles Tikait's demise

Updated 14:45hrs (IST)

Telugu Desam Party President N Chandrababu Naidu today expressed grief over the death of farmers' leader Mahendra ... | Read..

Hunt for AG, friends no bar

The Trinamul leadership has started approaching senior lawyers as it scouts for a new advocate-general, the shortlist suggesting that proximity to political rivals need n ... | Read..

Scramble at top to halt Buddha ripples

The CPM central leadership is trying to persuade Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to remain in the politburo and the central committee, the undeclared effort reflecting the manoeu ... | Read..

IMF boss in sex shocker

The sensational detention of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, for alleged sexual assault on a New York hotel maid has revived spe ... | Read..

Rules ready for panchayats

Elected five months ago, panchayat members of the state can finally look forward to carrying out development work in their respective areas with the state cabinet appro ... | Read..

Rebels scorch NH-33 project

In a fresh pointer to rebel resurgence after the May 4 Lohardaga killings, armed Maoists last night torched 47 heavy vehicles, harnessed for four-laning a 71.5km stretch of N ... | Read..

Mamata Banerjee asks a supporter not to touch her feet at her residence on Sunday as actress Indrani Haldar looks on. Picture by Amit Datta
Mamata issues model code

If the CPM attacks us, we will not retaliate
Mamata Banerjee

‘Messiah’ for farmers who laid siege to capital
Mahendra Singh Tikait, the Jat farmer “messiah” famous for paralysing Delh ... | Read..

President’s rule punch at Yeddy
The Karnataka governor today recommended President’s rule in the state claimi ... | Read..

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'Keen' Cong MLAs play for portfolios
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Dash of colour to bus ride
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North Bengal	More..
Storms strike two districts
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The wide edge
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Chawla brilliant: Gilly
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Image of ladies' man clouds 25-year experience in politics
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Reforms wait for Mamata
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Jharkhand	More..
Milk crisis in marriage hour
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Mahanta blames defeat on EVMs
Allegations of EVM tampering gained ground today after a large number of candidates defeated in the... \| Read..

Orissa	More..
Palaspalli cries civic neglect
Just a few metres away from the chief minister's residence ' Palaspalli Housing Scheme, with 198 hi... \| Read..