Mamata Banerjee

Chief Minister of Indian state of West Bengal

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Mamata Banerjee is an Indian politician who has served as the 8th and current Chief Minister of West Bengal since 2011 being the first woman to hold the office. She founded the party All India Trinamool Congress in 1998 after separating from the Indian National Congress, and became its chairperson. She is often referred to as Didi.

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Mamata: The Left-slayer who failed to stop BJP roar in her den

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Crumbling Left, depleted Cong help saffron surge in Mamata's Bengal

BJP's sharp focus on the state, and efforts of PM Modi and Amit Shah seem to be paying the desired dividends. The party has increased its vote share to nearly..

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Bengal sees saffron surge, Mamata congratulates winners

West Bengal seems to be headed for a saffron surge, with the BJP leading in 19 seats and the ruling All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) ahead in 22 out of 42 Lok..

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Mamata congratulates winning candidates

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BJP leads from Mamata's anti-land acquisition launch pad

BJP candidate Locket Chatterjee is leading from Hooghly constituency, where TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee launched her anti-land acquisition agitation in Singur,..

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Undaunted by exit polls, Chandrababu Naidu continues unity bid

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief Chandrababu Naidu met Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee . The two leaders discussed opposition strategy. Naidu’s initiative..

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Naidu meets Mamata, top opposition leaders to huddle Tuesday to decide post-result strategy

As part of his efforts to unite the opposition, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP leader N Chandrababu Naidu held a meeting with his West Bengal counterpart,..

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'Modi is a senior Mamata, Mamata is a junior Modi': Somen Mitra

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#VerdictWithTimes: Chandrababu Naidu calls on Mamata Banerjee, discusses formation of non-BJP govt in case of hung verdict

Naidu held a 45-minute-long meeting with Banerjee on the future strategies of the "Mahagatbandhan" (Grand Alliance), sources said. The leaders also discussed..

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Exit Poll 2019: Chandrababu Naidu to meet Mamata Banerjee for post-poll alliance talks in Kolkata

Chandrababu Naidu had a marathon meeting with Gandhis, Sharad Pawar, and Sitaram Yechury on Sunday. Ms. Banerjee dubbed the exit polls as "gossip".

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BJP wants central forces in Bengal till MCC ends

BJP leader and Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman told reporters that elections in six of the nine seats, which have undergone elections on Sunday, were marred by..

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'Substantiate claim or will drag you to court': Mamata's nephew after sending defamation notice to PM Modi

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee said, "Whatever he (PM) said in meeting on 15th May in Diamond Harbour, he has to substantiate those..

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Mamata Banerjee asks EC to ensure peaceful and impartial voting in Bengal

Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday wrote to the Election Commission to ensure "peaceful and impartial" elections..

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Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency: Candidates for 2019 LS poll, past results, all updates

Is fielding Nusrat Jahan prove to be Mamata's masterstroke?

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Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency: Candidates for 2019 LS poll, past results, all updates

Can lotus bloom in Mamata's home turf?

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Can Mimi Chakraborty do a Mamata of 1984 in Jadavpur?

The prestigious Jadavpur parliamentary constituency in West Bengal has never blessed a political party for a third consecutive term. Can the Trinamool Congress..

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Mamata Banerjee prepones two rallies after Election Commission diktat

The EC took an unprecedented step of invoking Article 324 to curtail the campaign period in West Bengal in view of the violence