WB to start own newspaper, TV channel: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday announced that the state's government would start its own newspaper and a television channel to “properly highlight" its activities.

Banerjee said that the newspaper, to be named 'Dainik Paschimbanga', would use the press of defunct Bengali daily Basumati, once a premier newspaper in the state.
 

The TV channel, to be named 'Paschimbanga', would be located at Roopkala Kendra which has infrastructure for
production of documentaries on development issues of different government departments.
 

"This (Roopkala Kendra) will be revived for highlighting the performance of various government departments," she said.
 

The announcement of the government having its own newsapaper and a TV channel came following sharp criticism of Mamata-led government on various issues by a section of the print and electronic media.
 

Earlier, speaking at a WBCS officers' convention here, she said "government work is not being highlighted properly.
We need our own news channel and paper to inform the people."
 

She said the media was more focused on "negative" news about the government and did not highlight the good work done.
 

She said a booklet on a year's performance of the government would be released by the state.