In what caused acute embarrassment to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, governor M.K. Narayanan on Monday termed incidents of farmer suicides unfortunate. “Farmer suicides are unfortunately taking place and we need to find the ways and means so that it does not happen. I suppose they were deeply in debt,” Mr Narayanan said.

Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee directly accused chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of engineering rigging in his Jadavpur constituency.
“He has always won through rigging and even today, his party cadres have indulged in rigging,” she said, adding that she was not making these allegations without evidence. The Trinamul Congress would lodge a complaint with the Election Commission, she added.

AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s recent visit to the state seems to have galvanised the beleaguered Congress with his “self-respect” mantra but it has also triggered some excitement in the demoralised CPI(M) camp. Initially, the CPI(M) satraps were stung by Rahul’s “communism is a failed ideology” barb, but in the wake of

Using the People’s Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCPA)’s announcement of support to Mamata Banerjee’s Lalgarh rally on August 9 as a stick to beat her opponent, chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said that anti-Left forces could go to any length to remove the CPI(M) from power. “Our opponents launch

Railway minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday came in for strong critcism from CPI(M) for the Uttar Banga Express-Vananchal Express collision at Sainthia station in Birbhum district. Senior CPI(M) leader Shyamal Chakraborty went so far as to brand her as the “most incompetent” railway minister in the history of the