Teesta Water Treaty

If India and Bangladesh fail to revive momentum on Teesta, the dispute risks evolving into a far larger geopolitical contest — one which China would seek to exploit

Bangladesh could be ready to revisit the Teesta Water Treaty’s terms as the ruling Awami League faces growing political heat but Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee’s intractable opposition is stalemating all efforts to ink the pact.

The Centre on Wednesday was found wanting in giving a befitting reception for Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina, who visited Teen Bigha, the enclaves on the Bengal-Bangladesh border.

The Teesta Water Treaty with Bangladesh that fell through on Monday — a day before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leaves for Dhaka — has marked a new low in the Congress and Trinamool Congress (TMC) ties.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Mamata Banerjee will represent India when they meet at Dhaka on June 6 to renew an international agreement with Bangladesh.

Calcutta University has invited Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina to deliver it’s convocation address.

About a year later, Dhaka seems confident of the Teesta water sharing treaty coming through and is ready to wait out the time that it takes for the finalization of the deal. That is a huge change in the mood in Bangladesh from 2012 when the agreement was blocked by West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee.

As electric fences, ditches and mines block the animals’ traditional migratory routes to Nepal, Jharkhand and Odisha, they are forced to raid human settlements and fields

A host of strategic bilateral issues, including extradition treaty, Teesta Water Treaty and boundary implementation agreement are expected to be high on the agenda in the first Indo-Bangla joint consultative commission meeting to be held here tomorrow.

The CPM on Thursday decided to field its student wing general secretary Ritabrata Banerjee against Trinamool's Subrata Bakshi in the Kolkata South Lok Sabha bypolls to be held on November 30.

In yet another step towards reviving the Southern Silk Trade Route that linked India and China prior to World War II, officials of India and China have inked the Kolkata declaration that calls for setting up of industrial zones in Bengal and Yunnan province of China.

After the king of Bhutan, it's now time for Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to deliver the convocation address at Calcutta University.

For the first time since the Teesta Water Treaty between India and Bangladesh fell through, both countries are moving ahead on this front again.

The BJP has claimed that if Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister, India’s relations with its neighbours, including China and Pakistan, could improve as was seen during under Atal Bihari Vajpayee regime.

Relations between India and Bangladesh have never been better than at present, according to Bangladeshi foreign minister, Dr Dipu Moni.

Trinamool Congress, an estranged UPA ally, has decided to extend support to Centre’s stand on the US-sponsored resolution on Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today.

Stalled since September last year, a constitutional amendment to ratify the India-Bangladesh boundary agreement got the nod from the Cabinet committee on security (CCS) on Thursday and is likely to be placed before Parliament in the monsoon session.

The Teesta water sharing treaty remains the main bilateral issue between India and Bangladesh six months after the accord was called off at the last minute.

BJP claimed that Narendra Modi as the next Prime Minister will only improve relations with the neighbouring countries as he is a "disciple of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee," during whose regime India had developed close ties with all its neighbours including China and Pakistan.

After months of prolonged confrontation between them over a host of issues, tension between Congress and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee appeared to be de-escalating after her meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday.

In a queer twist to the tale of TMC taking stands with regard to the Centre, Mamata surprised many by coming out in support of Centre on the Sri Lanka issue.

Congress stopped short of calling Trinamool Congress brass a liar, rebuffing the Bengal ally’s claims of the Centre not giving a single penny to the state .

Panchayat polls will be held in Bengal next year. Mamata is hoping to squeeze out Cong by then, so that Trinamool can put up candidates across the state.

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During his two-hour stay in Burdwan, 40 minutes of which were spent at the Khagragarh blast site, national security adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval drove home a chilling message — a much bigger terror module than what was initially guessed has managed to set up base in Bengal.

After testing the nerves of Trinamool boss Mamata Banerjee for four days, railway minister Dinesh Trivedi on Sunday night resigned from the Union Cabinet.

There is the obvious reason - the US secretary of state was flying in from Bangladesh and Kolkata was the logical first stop.