Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee and her new Council of Ministers were sworn-in today at Raj Bhavan at 1:01 p.m. Governor M.K. Narayanan administered the oath of office and secrecy.

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The swearing-in ceremony of the Trinamool Congress-Congress ministry in politically polarised West Bengal here on Friday presented a rare sight - new Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sharing the same pu

Mamata Banerjee, who ended the uninterrupted 34-year reign of the Left in West Bengal, on Friday made history when she was sworn in as the first woman chief minister of the state at the head of a 38-member Trinamool Congress-Congress coalition government.

Eighteen years after she vowed never to set foot again in Writers' Building from where she was forcefully evicted while on dharna with a rape victim before Jyoti Basu's chamber, Mamata Banerjee on Fri

Ms Mamata Banerjee will be happy if Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee attends her swearing-in ceremony at Raj Bhavan, a Trinamul Congress MLA said on Wednesday. Ms Banerjee will take oath as the new chief minister at 1.01 pm on Friday.

Is it the shock effect of the poll drubbing? In an “upside down world”, the Marxist party is really in a quandary over choosing a leader of the Opposition in West Bengal Assembly. With all the bigwigs, including party two politburo members Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Nirupam Sen, losing the election, the CPI(M) mandarins are left with only one option: to choose between party central committee member Suryakanta Mishra and state committee member Abdur Rezzak Mollah.

Left red-faced by Abdur Rezzak Mollah’s outburst against outgoing chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and state industry minister Nirupam Sen, the CPI(M) leadership on Tuesday censured the former land and land reforms minister and party state committee member. The action was taken in the state committee meeting which was held to review the Left Front’s electoral debacle in the polls. The meeting was chaired by senior leader Benoy Konar.

The Congress will seek at least five ministerial berths in Ms Mamata Banerjee’s Cabinet. This was disclosed by a WBPCC office-bearer although AICC general secretary and in-charge of Bengal Shakeel Ahmad said that the party had not yet decided whether it would join the government.

Displaying political courtesy and graciousness which seemed to have vanished from Bengal, Trinamul Congress chief and chief minister designate Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday called on expelled CPI(M) leader and former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee.

Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee was on Tuesday formally appointed chief minister of West Bengal by governor M.K. Narayanan.
Till she is sworn in, she will be referred to as CM designate. A day after Mr Narayanan invited her to form the new government, a four-line statement was issued from Raj