Striking West Bengal jewellers to meet Pranab Mukherjee

October 14th, 2009 KOLKATA - Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday made it clear at a press conference at the WBPCC headquarters here that Arunachal Pradesh was an integral part of India and that the assembly elections held there under the Indian Constitution on Tuesday proved it beyond doubt. He also rejected China's objection to the Prime Minister, Dr.

July 19th, 2009 KOLKATA - Union Finance Minister and West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday ruled out any possibility of further division of West Bengal. Mukherjee said this while commenting on the indefinite bandh that has been called by Gorkha Janamukti Morcha(GJM) in the Darjeeling Hills, which has been demanding for creation of a separate state of Gorkhaland.

July 18th, 2009 KOLKATA - Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Saturday said the West Bengal government should make efforts to restore peace and normalcy in violence-affected Mongolkote region of Burdwan district. "Many of our party workers have fled Mongolkote and they are now staying outside.

June 12th, 2009 KOLKATA - West Bengal's jewellers, who went on a 72-hour strike earlier this week in protest against alleged harassment by income-tax authorities, say they have been assured by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee that he would look into their complaint. "We are very satisfied with the meeting.

June 10th, 2009 KOLKATA - Jewellers in West Bengal, whose 72-hour strike to protest alleged excesses by income tax authorities entered its final day Wednesday, plan to meet Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi Thursday. "We will take a deputation to Delhi to meet the finance minister tomorrow (Thursday)," Balu De, president of one of the striking bodies, told IANS.

June 8th, 2009 KOLKATA - About 40,000 jewellers in West Bengal started a 72-hour strike Monday in protest against alleged harassment by income-tax (IT) department officials. The strike, called by two trade-related organisations, is in support of putting a stop to "inhuman IT raids" that protesters said often went on for more than 24 hours.

June 6th, 2009 KOLKATA - An eleven-member Central team led by Ashok Lavasa, arrived here on Saturday to assess the damage caused by recent cyclone Aila in West Bengal. During their visit, the officials visited the areas hit by the cyclone in West Bengal's South and North 24 Parganas districts and the Darjeeling hills.

May 29th, 2009 KOLKATA - Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee held a 45-minute meeting here Friday night but they did not speak to the media. The duo met at the NSC Bose International Airport, where Mukherjee flew in after a day's visit to his Lok Sabha constituency of Jangipur in Murshidabad district.

May 28th, 2009 KOLKATA - Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Thursday refused to accept felicitation from Congress workers in view of the devastation triggered by cyclone Aila in large parts of West Bengal early this week. "This is not the time to accept any felicitation as many people are badly affected by the cyclone Aila in a number of West Bengal districts.

May 16th, 2009 KOLKATA - External Affairs Minister and Congress veteran Pranab Mukherjee was Saturday re-elected from Jangipur in Murshidabad district of West Bengal. Mukherjee won by a margin of 128,149 votes over his nearest rival, Mriganka Bhattacharya of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M).

April 20th, 2009 KOLKATA - In a move to could indicate future Trinamool Congress alliance with Congress, party chief Mamata Banerjee and Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee and Trinamool Congress have shared a platform for the first time. Addressing an election rally Dinajpur region of West Bengal, both the leaders harshly criticized ruling left parties.

April 13th, 2009 KOLKATA - Senior Congress leader and Minister for External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee Monday filed his nomination from the Jangipur constituency in West Bengal's Murshidabad district for the Lok Sabha elections. The 74-year-old Congress veteran, who made his maiden entry to the Lok Sabha in 2004, will have Mriganka Bhattacharya of West Bengal's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) as his main rival.

April 12th, 2009 KOLKATA - Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will share the campaign platform with Congress president Sonia Gandhi April 27 at a rally in West Bengal's Jangipur, from where External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee is seeking re-election to the Lok Sabha. This was decided at a late Saturday meeting between Mukherjee and Mamata at the former's south Kolkata residence.

March 22nd, 2009 KOLKATA - External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee hopes of popular mandate in the ensuing elections to the Lok Sabha. After meeting with Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee here on Saturday, Mukherjee asserted that the people of West Bengal would give their support to the alliance in the parliamentary elections.

March 2nd, 2009 KOLKATA - External Affairs Minister and senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee Sunday welcomed the electoral victory of the Trinamool Congress in Bishnupur (West) assembly by-election. 'We welcome Trinamool Congress' win in the Bishnupur assembly by-election.