Now call West Bengal as Paschimbanga

All-party meeting in West Bengal on Friday approved to rename West Bengal as Paschimbanga, presided over the chief minister Mamata Banerjee.

The meeting was attended by the leaders of Trinamool Congress, Congress, Left Front constituents CPM , Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist), CPI, RSP, Forward Bloc and other parties.

Earlier, the name of the capital was renamed to Kolkata from Calcutta. The new name of the state will give more advantages, as leaders have been believing.

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Telangana Issue: Tough Time for Congress?

Another tough time for the Congress party in India. This time own party MPs and MLAs from Telangana region went against the party and even resigning from their posts.

Telengana has been the serious issue and this would cost more to party in future elections. The top brass leaders, like Ghulam Nabi Azad and Chidambaram were meeting with the resigned MPs and MLAs.

The strike called by the Telangana Political Joint Action Committee has entered the second day paralyzing the normal life there in the 10 districts of the Telangana region.

The agitation will move further in coming days, as the protestors would go for disruption of railway services from tomorrow or day after tomorrow.

The capital city of Andhra Pradesh has already sparked with the violence over the Telegana issue and the clash with police by the students at Osmania University in Hyderabad, was the latest issue in the state.

In Andhra Pradesh state, the Congress party has been facing the tough challenge from Jagan, the son of late YSR, the former chief minister. Now the agitation from Congress MPs and MLAs brought another trouble for the party, which need the earliest address from the party high command.

Finally, the Congress party may clear its stand on the 'Telegana' issue.

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