Tanmay Chatterjee has spent more than three decades covering regional and national politics, internal security, intelligence, defence and corruption. He also plans and edits special features on subjects ranging from elections to festivals.
Articles by Tanmay Chatterjee
Parties not amused by Tata’s letter to Bengal
Tata Motors chief Ratan Tata’s “open letter to the citizens of WB”, carried as an advertisement in some newspapers, has evoked angry reactions from WB’s Marxists, reports T Chatterjee & J Majumdar.
Updated on Oct 18, 2008 12:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee & Jaidev Majumdar, Kolkata
Mamata sees victory in Tata’s exit
Twenty-four hours after Tata Motors announced the pullout from Singur, the Trinamool Cong chief described the development as a victory for the Singur farmer, report HT Correspondents.
Updated on Oct 05, 2008 12:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Arindam Sarkar and Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Bengal govt now in retail trouble
The storm brewing over the Forward Bloc’s objection to Metro Cash & Carry’s agro-wholesale business in Bengal turned into a crisis for the ruling Left Front when the Bloc threatened to pull out of the coalition, reports Tanmay Chatterjee.
Updated on Sep 26, 2008 11:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Cloud over other projects
As the state government prepared itself to watch the Tatas pull out from Singur, Alimuddin Street mandarins were going through worse, reports Tanmay Chatterjee.
Updated on Sep 25, 2008 12:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Mamata-Buddha talks fail
The fate of the Nano continues to be uncertain with a hastily convened meeting between West Bengal CM and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee ended inconclusively, Tanmay Chatterjee and Sujit Nath.
Updated on Sep 13, 2008 01:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee and Sujit Nath, Kolkata
A day after, Mamata happy, CPM chary
With the movement at Singur suspended and the agreement signed at Raj Bhavan with the state government, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee seemed tired on Monday. But she looked relaxed, as her political rhetoric had no barbs for the government.
Updated on Sep 09, 2008 12:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Drimi Chaudhuri & Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Allies force Buddha hand
The emergency meeting of the Left Front and a meeting of the CPI-M state secretariat finally forced Bhattacharjee to compromise, reports Tanmay Chatterjee.
Updated on Sep 08, 2008 12:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Everybody loses if Nano leaves Bengal
Tata Motors chairman Ratan Tata’s final threat of pullout from Singur came at a time on Tuesday when all the dramatis personae were making frantic face-saving efforts, reports Tanmay Chatterjee.
Updated on Sep 03, 2008 01:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Guv suggests neutral mediation
West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi advises to involve a neutral mediator to break the Singur impasse, reports Tanmay Chatterjee.
Updated on Sep 01, 2008 12:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Buddha bows to party on bandhs
The Lok Sabha Speaker had to face summary expulsion for refusing to quit as the Speaker after his party withdrew support to the UPA. Tanmay Chatterjee reports.
Updated on Aug 29, 2008 11:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Buddha’s bandh remark makes CPM see red
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee found his party going all out after him for announcing his own perestroika. Tanmay Chatterjee reports.
Updated on Aug 28, 2008 12:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
CPM double standards on show
By taking action against Somnath Chatterjee, the CPM has displayed that it has different yardsticks for different party leaders, reports Tanmay Chatterjee.
Updated on Jul 24, 2008 11:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Action too harsh, feels Bengal CPM
Some of the senior state leaders make it clear that though they were anticipating “some form of action” against him, expulsion is way beyond their imagination, reports Tanmay Chatterjee.
Updated on Jul 24, 2008 01:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Speaker yet to decide on quitting office
Despite party pressure, Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Sunday night said he had not yet taken a decision on whether to resign the constitutional post, reports Tanmay Chatterjee.
Updated on Jul 14, 2008 12:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
CPM puts Centre on notice over price rise
Karat warns that more than 10 lakh volunteers will protest against the price rise outside govt offices across the country on May 15. Tanmay Chatterjee reports.
Updated on Apr 29, 2008 11:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Kerala told to do as Bengal does
With the 19th party congress laying out an economic policy guideline for its state Govt's, Kerala CM VS Achuthanandan will have to toe the Bengal line, report R Babu and T Chatterjee .
Updated on Apr 02, 2008 03:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Ramesh Babu/Tanmay Chatterjee, Coimbatore
Do as West Bengal does, says CPM
In the backdrop of the 19th party congress, this word of advice to the PM is a clear indication that it is advocating SEZs, reports Tanmay Chatterjee.
Updated on Mar 31, 2008 01:31 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee, Coimbatore
Cong names Subbirami Reddy, Nandi Yellaiah for RS
Congress has renominated Union Ministers T Subbirami Reddy and Dalit leader Nandi Yellaiah for the March 26 elections to the Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh, report Saroj Nagi and Tanmay Chatterjee.
Updated on Mar 14, 2008 03:15 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Saroj Nagi and Tanmay Chatterjee, New Delhi/kolkata
Bengal minister does a Raj Thackeray
The Rajasthan CM lambasts the minister who had accused Marwaris of indulging in unfair means, report KS Tomar and T Chatterjee.
Updated on Feb 23, 2008 10:05 AM IST
Hindustan Times | KS Tomar and Tanmay Chatterjee, Jaipur/kolkata
Jyoti Basu quit signal before CPM meet
The veteran said he wants to step down from his politburo and will not attend the 19th party meet, reports Tanmay Chatterjee.
Updated on Feb 23, 2008 01:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
CPM looking for alternative: Basu
Basu's statement came a day after Prakash Karat said Congress would have to seek fresh mandate from the people if it wanted to go ahead with the deal, reports Tanmay Chatterjee.
Updated on Feb 13, 2008 03:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Allies keep away from CPM rally
Leaders of the RSP, Forward Bloc and CPI stayed away from the rally at the Maidan in central Kolkata, reports Tanmay Chatterjee.
Updated on Jan 14, 2008 02:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Jyoti Basu sings capitalism tune for Bengal
CPM veteran Jyoti Basu pulls up Left Front allies for accusing his party of deviating from the socialist line in pursuit of industrialisation.
Updated on Jan 06, 2008 03:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Buddha questions Lord Ram's existence
The Bengal CM says, "Ram was born in the imagination of poets and Ram Sethu is a natural formation under the sea." Tanmay Chatterjee and Drimi Chaudhuri report.
Updated on Dec 08, 2007 02:51 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee and Drimi Chaudhuri, Kolkata
Threat e-mail casts shadow over Eden Test
Police receive an e-mail which says that Kolkata will be rocked by blasts, report Tanmay Chatterjee & Rahul Das.
Updated on Nov 27, 2007 12:31 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee and Rahul Das, Kolkata
Elections behind Taslima’s send-off
With panchayat polls due in a few months and Muslims certain to play a deciding role, the CPM can’t afford to take groups like the Jamait-e-Ulema Hind and Mili Ittehad Parishad lightly, reports Tanmay Chatterjee.
Updated on Nov 24, 2007 01:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Nandigram fallout: Muslim anger was waiting to erupt
The Taslima Nasreen issue is merely a pretext to give vent to the pent up anger over larger issues, reports Tanmay Chatterjee.
Updated on Nov 22, 2007 12:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Allies debate next step
A day after putting the CPM in the dock for letting loose its armed cadres to recapture Nandigram, the Left Front partners were in a dilemma on whether to move one step further, reports Tanmay Chatterjee.
Updated on Nov 13, 2007 01:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Left constituents blame CPI(M)
The Forward Bloc, the RSP and the CPI blame their ally for the continuing violence and killings in Nandigram, reports Tanmay Chatterjee.
Updated on Nov 12, 2007 01:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
CPM lashes out at WB Governor
The party issues a statement saying Gandhi had “out-stepped the Constitutional limit” of his office, report Tanmay Chatterjee & Saroj Nagi.
Updated on Nov 11, 2007 01:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Tanmay Chatterjee/Saroj Nagi, Kolkata/new Delhi
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