West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday expressed her condolence to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that "your mother is our mother".
The meeting will be held to assess the preparedness of the West Bengal hospitals in tackling Covid 19 in case of a possible fourth wave across the country.
The West Bengal Government led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has planned to organise Ganga Aarti in the ghats of the city. The area from Babu Ghat in Kolkata, up to Millenium Park, is the government's first choice for the purpose.
War of words has broken out between the BJP and TMC on Twitter over the "saffron" colour after Mamata Banerjee's party leader Riju Dutta shared a purported old video of Union Minister Smriti Irani wherein she is seen walking at 'Femina Miss India 1998' show with the saffron coloured cloth
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Thursday demanded that veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan should be honoured with the Bharat Ratna award for his contribution to Indian cinema.
According to the Information and Cultural Affairs Department, Government of West Bengal, Thursday's inauguration ceremony will be graced by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and actors Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan and Jaya Bachchan and filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt.
After Calcutta High Court on Thursday stayed proceedings in criminal cases filed against him, Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday said that all the FIRs were filed after he defeated West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Assembly elections.