Attacking the Bharatiya Janata Party government at the Centre, Mamata asked why should all the action be restricted to our National Capital Delhi alone and urged all parliamentarians to join her in the demand for four national capitals.

The Trinamool Congress has retained 75 percent of its seats from 2016 elections, while the BJP has made notable gains at the expense of the TMC.

While the unusual invitation has left several netizens perplexed, the family members of the couple-to-be have confirmed that the wedding invite is real.

This will be first formal inquiry into allegations that between 2017 and 2019 an Indian client of Israel's NSO Group used Pegasus to hack hundreds of phones of opposition leaders, journalists and government officials.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who had unsuccessfully contested the 2021 Assembly elections from the Nandigram constituency, will have to become an elected representative of the people by November 5 to retain her post.

Mamata Banerjee, who has met top Shiv Sena and NCP leaders over the past two days, indicated that she may be planning a fresh coalition of opposition parties. "What is UPA? There is no UPA," the TMC supremo told reporters.

Kishor’s comments come a day after West Bengal chief Mamata Banerjee's dig at Rahul Gandhi’s leadership.

Mamata Banerjee, during an administrative review meeting at Sagar Island, also said that schools and colleges might be shut down for some time if the situation so demands. Offices could be asked to function with just 50 per cent employee attendance, if necessary.

The Trinamool Congress’ outreach, allegedly curated by Prashant Kishor, is the biggest challenge the Congress faces of a serious internal erosion since 1989 

The ambition of going national is natural, but the Trinamool Congress will have to address the signs of discontent from the early days itself, because West Bengal is still the TMC’s nucleus 

The letter comes on a day when her nephew and TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee sought more time from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) which had summoned him on March 29 in a coal scam case

If Mamata Banerjee manages to get full control of the state’s universities, she will have an absolutely free hand to appoint and promote both academic and non-academic staff, and dictate syllabi.