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What women want - from Mamata
May 14, 2011
Many women in Bengal see themselves in her, clad in a simple cotton sari and chappals and hair tied in a loose knot. And now that Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has done the impossible, they... Read More
Mamata tsunami sweeps away 34 years of Left rule in Bengal
May 13, 2011
Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress and its allies swept the assembly polls in West Bengal Friday ending the Left Front's unprecedented 34-year rule.... Read More
26 Bengal ministers lose in elections
May 13, 2011
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and 25 of his ministerial colleagues were humbled by opposition nominees - some of them first time contestants - as the Left Front was routed Friday ... Read More
Mamata: the single-woman army who crushed the mighty Left
May 13, 2011
There was a time when poverty forced her to become a milk vendor. That was the only way she could help her widowed mother bring up her younger siblings. Those difficult years steeled Mamata Banerjee, ... Read More
Green gulaal, tears of joy at Mamata's residence
May 13, 2011
Slogans rang out, green 'gulaal' hung in the air and some cried with joy at Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's residence Friday, with poll trends indicating a landslide victory for the party i... Read More
Left accepts defeat in West Bengal
May 13, 2011
Communists Friday accepted defeat in West Bengal as the Trinamool Congress was poised to crush 34 years of Left Front rule in one of the most stunning verdicts in India's electoral history.... Read More
Vote count begins in West Bengal
May 13, 2011
Counting of the millions of votes polled in staggered elections in West Bengal began Friday morning, with the ruling Left Front widely tipped to be crushed by the Trinamool Congress.... Read More
Maoists blow up railway track in Jharkhand
May 12, 2011
Maoist guerrillas blew up a railway track in Jharkhand's Bokaro district Thursday, police said.... Read More
Maoists blast JMM MP's house
May 11, 2011
Maoists have blown up Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) MP and former rebel leader Kameshwar Baitha's ancestral house in Palamau district in Jharkhand, police said Wednesday.... Read More
Polling ends in Bengal, 83.48percent votes cast in phase six
May 10, 2011
At least 83.48 percent voting was recorded in 14 constituencies that went to the polls Tuesday in the sixth and the last round of the West Bengal assembly elections, an Election Commission (EC) offici... Read More