The West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) has formally appealed to Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee to support Pranab Mukherjee as the candidate for the country’s next President.

The elections to six civic bodies in West Bengal went off peacefully on Sunday with no major incident of violence reported from anywhere.

West Bengal has already got its first woman chief minister. Now the state is all set to receive its first woman chief secretary.

With an eye on the next panchayat elections, chief minister Mamata Banerjee reached out to the rural population, especially to the women by announcing a string of sops for them.

The Mamata Banerjee government has asked a section of doctors, teachers, professors and fire brigade officials to give up their allegiance to the CPI(M).

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee is going to New Delhi next week on a four-day visit.

The Mamata Banerjee government will make few amendments in the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955, in its bid to attract new investment in the state.

Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday praised chief minister Mamata Banerjee for her response to the expectations and aspirations of the people of the state.

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday insinuated that the Opposition CPI(M) and a section of media were trying to defame her government and mislead the people.

The Opposition Left Front on Thursday created an uproar in the House against the state government circular specifying only a few newspapers for subscription by state, state-sponsored and state-aided libraries, before staging a walkout. A delegation of the Left Front Legislature Party also called on governor M.K. Narayanan in the afternoon over the issue.