Mamata Banerjee

It may pale in comparison to the figure involved in the Sahara OFCD case, but the Saradha chit fund scam may run into a lot more than what Mamata Banerjee is provisioning for.

In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Prabhu Chawla, Editorial Director of New Indian Express spoke about the current political uncertainty and where things are headed in terms of an early election.

The government is confident of a fruitful winter session. Parliamentary affairs minister Kamal Nath said the parliament will take up 25 bills for passage and introduce 10 new bills in the house.

The UPA government is not worried about the proposed no-confidence motion and is confident of the support of over 300 MPs in the Lok Sabha, say sources.

Brace for a stormy Winter Session of Parliament. That's the message from Mamata Banerjee to the central government. The Trinamool Congress plans to move a no-confidence motion against the government on the first day of the Winter Session.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday claimed that there was no threat to the UPA Government despite Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress deciding to pull out.

Mamata Banerjee has pulled out of the UPA. In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Shekhar Gupta, editor in chief, The Indian Express says Mamata‘s departure is a resolution. "With her presence in the government, absolutely nothing was happening. The few good people, who want to do a few things right, will have some time and some space," he adds.

In an interview with CNBC-TV18, AK Bhattacharya, Editor of Business Standard believes the TMC chief might carry out the threat of withdrawing its support. In that case, there will be some problems for the government because it has to immediately look for a new ally who will help them to maintain the required majority of 272 seats.

After her 72-hour deadline and an over three-hour long meeting in Kolkata with Trinamool Congress MPs and leaders, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday finally walked out of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government.

Mamata Banerjee has threatened to take a tough decision and Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-In-Chief of CNN IBN feels TMC may want to send a strong signal but cannot quit UPA.

CNBC-TV18's Rituparna Bhuyan reports that the crucial UPA coordination committee meeting ended after discussions on a wide range of issues. The UPA has announced that it was willing to discuss any issue on the floor of the House.

CNBC-TV18's Rituparna Bhuyan reports, quoting sources, that the UPA's coordination meet on Wednesday would be dominated by the CAG reports and attendance by TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee.

UPA's Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee on Friday rejected his competitor PA Sangma's debate for a debate. Speaking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Pranab said, "I love Sangma, but where is the question of a debate?"

Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has been backing Dr APJ Kalam's candidature for the President's post is expected to make a formal announcement to her party on Monday evening. A meeting will be held on Monday evening.

The battle for President heated up in the past few hours, turning a routine presidential election into a fight for survival for UPA-II.

Aditi Phadnis, columnist, Business Standard, explains to CNBC-TV18 that whatever the outcome of this Presidential election, the nation should be prepared to face the Lok Sabha elections in the next couple months, because this government not going to be tenable at all. It‘s just too unstable.

Mamata Banerjee and Mulayam Singh on Wednesday proposed three new names for President: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, former Speaker Somnath Chatterjee and former president APJ Abdul Kalam.

West Bengal Chief Minister and UPA ally Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hit out at the government over the sharpest ever petrol price hike of Rs 7.50 per litre, calling it a burden on the common man.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee celebrated one year in power on Sunday, a year that began with many promises, of which only some have been kept. However, there is one promise not fulfilled that has even didi upset, reports CNBC-TV18's Amrita Panja.

In a TV18 exclusive, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has finally broken her silence on the crucial question of whom the Trinamool will support for the president's post.