West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee gestures during the inauguration of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) 85th Annual General Meeting on Economy, Enterprise and Employment in New Delhi on December 15, 2012. India's Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh,spoke at the meeting and said his government's reforms to spur the economy are 'only the beginning' as he lashed out at 'excessive pessimism' that he said was damaging the investment climate.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday defended her police in the wake of crowd violence during an I-League football match Dec 9, which left a player seriously injured, and blamed it on the embarrassingly low strength of the force.
The police are being blamed for the fracas where over a lakh spectators were present. What do people expect the police to do? Do they want a lakh of policemen for a lakh of spectators, said Banerjee at a city police function here.
The strength of the police when compared to the ten crore population of the state is embarrassingly low. It is not possible for the police to provide security to each and every house, she said.
Mamata Banerjee has always been a streetfighter. Put her in the middle of a war zone and she is likely to feel right at home. Her 'firestarter' ways have already earned her a place in the Time magazine's list of 100 most influential politicians. But now her martial brand of politics is getting more recognition.
Seoul-based KUKKIWON, the apex body of Korean martial art Taekwondo, will confer an honorary black belt on the chief minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee in February 2013 in a bid to honour her fighting spirit and enthusiasm for sports
Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today sought investments in West Bengal, which she said had a favourable climate for investment.
West Bengal has a favourable climate for investment. There can be some political disturbances because it is a democratic country. You cannot say that are so many problems that I cannot invest. Land bank was set up, power is surplus in the state, Banerjee told the PanIIT Global Conference
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, commenting on the victory of the UPA government in the Lok Sabha by a slender margin of 35 votes on the motion on FDI today said that it was a minority government.
The government is in a minority, Banerjee told reporters here.
Kolkata: The 18-month-old Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal was expanded Wednesday with the inclusion of eight new ministers, including two who quit the Congress recently.
Krishnendu Narayan Chowdhury and Humayun Kabir, both of whom resigned as legislators Tuesday, were drafted into the Trinamool Congress ministry, in what is being seen as Banerjee's efforts to weaken her former alliance partner in its strongholds in the state.
