GOODWILL HUNTING

When Manipur governor La. Ganesan, who now holds additional charge of West Bengal, invited Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to his elder brother’s 80th birthday celebrations in Chennai, she promptly agreed. A two-day visit to the city also gave the Trinamool Congress chief the welcome opportunity to break bread with her

Tamil Nadu counterpart

M.K. Stalin and his sister Kanimozhi. Didi seems to be tapping the southern states for an anti-BJP alliance as northern leaders such as Delhi chief minister and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav have shown little interest. Will her southern sojourn yield results?