Sealdah-New Delhi Duronto Express flagged offSeptember 19th, 2009 KOLKATA - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee flagged off Sealdah-New Delhi Duronto express, the country's first point-to-point non-stop train in Kolkata. The Duronto express will cover the 1447-km distance between Sealdah and New Delhi in 16 hours and 20 minutes.
Mamata Banerjee lauds Rahul Gandhi's train rideSeptember 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has lauded Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi's train ride as part of his party's austerity drive. Mamata Banerjee, who inaugurated the newly spruced up terminal of New Delhi railway station in the capital along with Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday, lauded the austerity act.
Railways to start special train to promote GamesSeptember 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian Railways will launch a special train to promote the Commonwealth Games 2010, Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee said here Monday. The ministry of railways will join hands with the ministries of communication and IT and youth affairs and sports to launch the train, which will travel across the country to "glorify" the Games and promote sportsmanship among the youth, Banerjee told reporters.
Banerjee flags off women-only suburban special trainAugust 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday flagged off the the first "Ladies Special" train here for women commuters from Delhi to Palwal in Haryana and said the service would be extended to other nearby cities Sonepat, Aligarh and Ghaziabad soon. "More 'Ladies Special' trains will be provided in the other suburban areas like Sonepat, Aligarh and Ghaziabad," Banerjee said.
Mamata Banerjee flags off ladies special train in West BengalJuly 20th, 2009 KOLKATA - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee kept up her promise of a 'ladies special' for harried commuters in Kolkata on Sunday. Banerjee flagged off the ladies special EMU, which will run between Howrah and Bandel stations in Kolkata.
Railways has over 1.7 lakh vacancies: Mamata BanerjeeJuly 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian Railways has over 1.7 lakh vacancies for various grades, which will be filled in after reviving the existing recruitment process, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee informed the Rajya Sabha today. Replying to a question, Banerjee said the review of the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) would also examine regional aspirations and problems raised during the railway recruitment process in Maharashtra, Assam, and Karnataka.
Banerjee okay to railways land for IITsJuly 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said her ministry would look at providing infrastructure and land for setting up Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). "We might even look at building IITs in the future," Banerjee told the Lok Sabha in a discussion on the railway budget.
Mamata starts non-stop, long-distance trainsJuly 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee introduced non-stop train services between major cities as she unveiled her 2009-10 budget proposals in parliament Friday. The 12 services will be called 'Duronto' (spirited), she said.
New Scheme for poor to travel with dignityJuly 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today announced a new scheme 'Izzat' in the Railway Budget for 2009-10. Under the scheme, a uniformally priced monthly season ticket of Rs.
Lalgarh was all stage-managed by CPI-M, claims MamataJune 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said the whole Lalgarh incident was stage-managed by the ruling Left Front, and asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh not to side with the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M). "They (CPI-M) have created Maoists in the country and now they are using it to their own end to regain their lost ground," Banerjee told reporters here.
Mamata shows her humane side, orders lowering of food prices in new trainJune 14th, 2009 HOWRAH - Known for being the voice of the voiceless, Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday ordered officials to reduce the exorbitant price range of food available on board a new express train. Banerjee, who arrived here to flag off the Kandari Express between Howrah and the tourist resort of Digha in East Midnapore district, expressed annoyance over the price-chart, saying she "didn't agree with it".
Mamata wins Kolkata SouthMay 16th, 2009 KOLKATA - Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee registered her sixth consecutive victory from the Kolkata South Lok Sabha seat, trouncing her nearest rival, Rabin Deb of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) by 219,571 votes. Banerjee, who has been winning from this seat since 1991, had defeated Deb in 2004 also.
Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee, CPI (M) rival file their nominationsApril 22nd, 2009 KOLKATA - Trinamul Congress leader Mamata Banerjee filed her nomination for the South Kolkata parliamentary constituency on Wednesday. Her main CPI (M) opponent, Rabin Deb also filed his nomination today.
Mamata Banerjee says she will never ride a NanoApril 3rd, 2009 KOLKATA - Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has said that she will not ride Tata's Nano car because it was "manufactured with the people's blood."
"I will not ride the Nano which has been manufactured with the people's blood," Banerjee said in Kolkata. Mamta's party's anti-land acquisition agitation led to the shifting of Tata's Nano manufacturing factory from West Bengal.
BJP pits women's wing chief against Mamata in Kolkata SouthMarch 14th, 2009 KOLKATA - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday fielded a woman candidate against Mamata Banerjee for the Lok Sabha's Kolkata South seat after Trinamool Congress snapped ties with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to team up with the Congress in West Bengal. BJP sources here said the party's state Mahila Morcha (women's wing) president Jyotsna Banerjee has been nominated for the prestigious constituency.
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