Archive for March, 2009

Trinamul members upset after deal gives Raiganj to Congress – The Statesman

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Trinamul members upset after deal gives Raiganj to Congress
The Statesman, India
RAIGANJ , March 12: A section of Trinamul Congress members in North Dinajpur have decided to remain inactive in election work with Congress after the Raiganj parliamentary seat was given to the Congress party. Mrs Dipa Das Munshi (file photograph on

Cong does as Mamata says – The Statesman

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Cong does as Mamata says
The Statesman, India
The Congress has been allotted North Malda, Jalpaiguri, Burdwan-Durgapur, Bolpur (SC), Purulia, Arambagh (SC), Jhargram (SC), Bankura apart from Darjeeling, Raiganj, Malda, Jangipur, Behrampore, and Murshidabad. The AICC leader in charge of West Bengal

Cong, TC agree on 14-28 seat sharing (Express India)

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Just when an impression was beginning to gain ground that the two main parties were not able to rustle up pre-poll alliances for the Lok Sabha elections…

Congress yields to Mamta in West Bengal (rediff.com)

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Bannerjee’s ultimatum of “48 hours” to finalise sharing of seats in West Bengal

Cong enters into pact with TC, to contest 14 seats in WB (The Times of India)

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Congress announced a seat sharing pact with the Trinamool Congress under which it would contest 14 out of the 42 seats in West Bengal.

Krishnagar ice-breaker in the air (The Telegraph)

Saturday, March 7th, 2009

Calcutta, March 5: Hectic efforts over the last 24 hours seem to have brought the Congress-Trinamul Congress alliance talks on the track.

Cong may field Dasmunshi’s wife for Raiganj LS seat – Expressindia.com

Saturday, March 7th, 2009

Cong may field Dasmunshi’s wife for Raiganj LS seat
Expressindia.com, India
Kolkata The Congress is set to field Deepa Dasmunshi from Raiganj Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal, currently held by her husband PR Dasmunshi, the Union minister who has been indisposed for the past five months. Deepa is a legislator in the state

All’s not well with Cong-TC affair in Bengal (The Economic Times)

Friday, March 6th, 2009

West Bengal Congress leaders have complained to their high command about the short-shrift being given to their party in the state.

All's not well with Cong-TC affair in Bengal – Economic Times

Friday, March 6th, 2009

All's not well with Cong-TC affair in Bengal
Economic Times, India
The Congress, interestingly, won six Lok Sabha seats from the state in the 2004 general election, including Darjeeling, Raiganj, Malda, Jangipur, Murshidabad and Berhampore, and all of them fall in north Bengal. The Trinamool Congress chief has decided
Sonia holds the key to Mahajot Times of India
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Woman & foster son murdered (The Telegraph)

Friday, March 6th, 2009

Raiganj, March 6: The headless bodies of a widow and her foster son were found in Malaharpur village of North Dinajpur, about 25km from here, late last night.