Politician Promise

KOLKATA: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday stressed the importance of infrastructure development for generating employment and asserted that the commitments made by her in the Railway budget would be speedily implemented. Speaking on the occasion of the flagging off the Eastern Railway’s first ladies special train at Howrah, she said: “People think that announcements made [...]

KOLKATA : Imagine Kolkata with disciplined traffic — buses using speed limiters, public vehicles replacing their worn-out tyres, drivers not in a mad rush to move ahead. If these are among your wish list, then transport minister Subhas Chakraborty promises all these and more at one go. Do not question the minister’s inaction till now. Do not [...]

Former railways minister Lalu Prasad Tuesday said the demands by MPs for railway stations in their constituencies and the railways minister’s assurance was all hogwash. Lalu Prasad’s comment came when BJP leader Ananth Kumar said most of the projects and rail budget proposals had been given to West Bengal. An embittered Kumar was quick to retaliate. ‘If [...]

CHINSURAH: Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has promised to make Singur an industrial zone to reckon with in the coming days. He met a slew of CPM leaders along with government officers for a marathon meeting at the Chinsurah circuit house on Sunday. This was part of the CM’s “districts recce” that started with Nadia on Saturday. [...]

Lalgarh (WB): Hinting at a State within a State, tribal leader Chhatradhar Mahato said his organisation could build infrastructure in just eight months in restive Lalgarh, which the State Government could not do in 32 years. “If the State Government had done 10 per cent of the work we did, the situation would have been different,” [...]

Mamata Banerjee salutes during a guard of honour at Howrah station. (Pabitra Das) Calcutta, June 14: Mamata Banerjee today promised Janata Khana at stations and complained that Rs 7 for a plate of puri-sabzi on a train was too much. Flagging off a Howrah-Digha train, the railway minister also promised a janata package for holidayers to the [...]

Mamata Banerjee salutes during a guard of honour at Howrah station. Kolkata, June 14: Mamata Banerjee today promised Janata Khana at stations and complained that Rs 7 for a plate of puri-sabzi on a train was too much.Flagging off a Howrah-Digha train, the railway minister also promised a janata package for holidayers to the seaside town. Kandari [...]

Kolkata After Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was heckled in Gosaba and Hingalganj by disgruntled locals, it was now the turn of the Kolkata Mayor to face public ire. At a function organised by the Kolkata Environment Improvement Project (KEIP), Mayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya faced public fury for his failed promises. Minutes after the inaugural function [...]