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Left Front accuses Trinamool of doublespeak

August 31, 2009 India

Accusing West Bengal’s principal opposition Trinamool Congress of double standards, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Monday said the party was blaming his government for price rise but keeping mum in Delhi where it was part of the coalition government. “This opposition party says the state’s Left Front government should answer why prices of food items have [...]

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Railways belittling Bengal’s great men: Buddha

August 23, 2009 India

Ridiculing Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee for introducing new trains “every day”, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Sunday alleged that the railways in the country was in a “very bad state”. The chief minister also attacked the railways for belittling Bengal’s great personalities by printing their pictures in its advertisements. “The railways have come out [...]

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Fever keeps Buddhadeb from internal security meet

August 17, 2009 India

West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee cancelled his trip to New Delhi for the internal security conference of chief ministers convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday due to ill-health. The chief minister was down with fever for the last few days and was still very weak, said an official in his secretariat. Despite his [...]

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Youth Congress activists show Buddhadeb black flags

August 11, 2009 India

Youth Congress workers Tuesday staged a black flag demonstration against West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who was on a day’s visit to West Midnapore district as part of his regular mass contact programme. Bhattacharjee, who inaugurated a college in Debra named after India’s freedom struggle martyr Khudiram Bose and also unveiled his bust there, [...]

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Bedlam in West Bengal assembly, Buddhadeb admits police failure

July 17, 2009 India

The West Bengal assembly Thursday plunged into bedlam amid walkouts by opposition Congress and Trinamool Congress members as Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee admitted that the police had failed to anticipate the situation that led to an attack on eight legislators a day earlier in Burdwan district. Making an impromptu statement in the house after Leader [...]

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West Bengal to boost archaeological research

July 10, 2009 Tech

The West Bengal government will set up a specialised centre for carrying out research and training on archaeology and heritage management, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has said. The centre will also house the state heritage commission, Bhattacharjee said Thursday while moving a demand for grants for the information and cultural affairs department in the assembly. [...]

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Trinamool trying to play down Maoist problem: Buddhadeb

July 10, 2009 India

Accusing the main opposition Trinamool Congress of trying to play down the Maoist menace in West Bengal, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Thursday said the need of the hour was for a unified political stand against the Leftwing guerrillas. “The Trinamool has the tendency to play down the Maoist problem. This is borne out of a [...]

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126 instances of police firing in three years in West Bengal

July 10, 2009 India

There were 126 instances of police firing in West Bengal between 2006 and 2008, while 129 political activists died in clashes during the same period, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said Thursday. Replying to the discussion on the home department’s budget in the state assembly, Bhattacharjee said 80 workers and leaders of his party Communist Party [...]

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We will decide how to enforce Maoist ban: Buddhadeb

June 23, 2009 India

West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Tuesday admitted that the central government’s decision to ban the Communist Party of India-Maoists applies within the state too, but asserted that the state will decide how to enforce it. “This act is applicable in the whole country. Thus, it is applicable in West Bengal also,” Bhattacharjee told reporters [...]

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Kolkata police to have specialised anti-terrorist unit

June 23, 2009 India

The West Bengal government will raise a new specialised force to deal with terrorism in Kolkata, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said here Tuesday. The crack unit, to be trained by instructors from the army and the Border Security Force (BSF), will be attached to the Kolkata police. “We already have three battalions of a specialised [...]

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