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Mamata Banerjee woos India Inc ahead of business summit
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KOLKATA: With just a month left for the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS 2018), chief minister Mamata Banerjee is going the whole hog to get high-profile names like Mukesh Ambani, Sajjan Jindal and LN Mittal to attend the event. While government ...and more »
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Mamata Banerjee woos India Inc ahead of business summit - Economic Times
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