A 43-member ministerial council, led by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, was sworn,  eight days after the Trinamool Congress stormed back into power for the third consecutive term following a landslide victory in the state assembly elections.

Two of the four former ministers of the Mamata Banerjee ministry took oath on Monday - hours after Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar accorded sanction for prosecution to the CBI in the alleged Narada sting tapes cases where several politicians and a high-ranked police officer accepting cash bribes in exchange for providing unofficial favours to a company.

 The sanction attracted controversy after Dhankhar, on a request by the CBI, sanctioned the prosecution of Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee, Madan Mitra and Sovan Chatterjee, all of them ministers during the time of the alleged commission of a crime that came to light in the purported Narada sting tapes. Subrata Mukherjee and Firhad Hakim have been sworn in as cabinet ministers in the newly formed Mamata Banerjee government.

Another accused Madan Mitra has won the election and Sovon Chatterjee has left the TMC to join the BJP and then left the BJP too following differences with the party leadership.

Kerala: Legendary Communist leader K R Gouri Amma passes away

Telangana: Cabinet meeting to be held on Tuesday to take decision on Lockdown

Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar instructed officials to ensure no shortage of medical supply