New Delhi, June 24 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the authorities have approved the building plan for Tata Consultancy Services' (TCS) new office campus, marking a significant step in the state's push for IT-led growth and job creation.

This project, upon completion, will create 25,000 direct employment opportunities, she said in a post on X (formerly Twitter), reported PTI.

The announcement came after a Supreme Court verdict in West Bengal scrapped 26,000 jobs of teaching and non-teaching staff in state-aided schools in April this year, leaving people jobless and agitated.

"To those who relentlessly malign Bengal and willfully ignore the strides we are making, let this be a reminder of our capacity to de...