SRINAGAR, JULY 17, KDC: The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir has accorded sanction for the establishment of the Lieutenant Governor’s Sainik Sahayta Kendra (LGSSK), a dedicated institutional mechanism to assist and address civilian grievances of serving soldiers from the Indian Armed Forces and Central Armed Police Forces. The Kendra, constituted under Government Order No. … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Thiruvananthapuram, July 4 (IANS) Kerala Education Minister V. Sivankutty on Friday said that a lesson on the “constitutional powers of the Governor” has been included in Class 10 textbooks in the state from the current academic year. Announcing this decision, Sivankutty said that the textbooks will reach the students very … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chennai, May 18 (IANS) In a sharp rebuke to what he described as an attempt to undermine India’s federal structure, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has written to the Chief Ministers of eight non-BJP ruled states, urging a united stand against the Union Government’s recent Presidential reference to the … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) The West Bengal government and the ruling Trinamool Congress have received unprecedented support from its arch-political rival CPI(M) on the issue of the Governor C.V. Ananda Bose suggesting the Union government consider provisions of Article 356 of the Indian Constitution in his report on the communal … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kochi, April 25 (IANS) Two Governors, state ministers, actors and hundreds of people with tears in their eyes bid goodbye to 68-year-old Ramachandran, who was shot dead by a terrorist in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on April 22. Goa Governor P.S. Sreedharan Pillai, Kerala Governor Rajendra Viswanath Arlekar, State Ministers … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chennai, April 21 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi has convened a conference of Vice-Chancellors on April 25 and 26 in Udagamandalam (Ooty), Nilgiris district, drawing sharp political reactions from the DMK. Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar has been invited as the special guest for the event. The move comes amid … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, April 14 (IANS) In a shocking case, a techie tried to commit suicide near the Governor’s residence here after alleging that he was unable to bear the torture of his wife. The incident was reported on Sunday, and the techie was identified as Junaid Ahmad. According to police, Junaid … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) After the Supreme Court set timelines for both the President and Governors to act on Bills, senior advocate Kapil Sibal on Saturday termed it a historic judgment. “This is a historic judgment. Now, several issues pending before the Supreme Court related to the governor’s discretion … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Thiruvananthapuram, April 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court’s ruling on Tuesday, holding Tamil Nadu Governor Dr R.N. Ravi’s withholding of assent to 10 Bills as “illegal”, drew rare consensus from traditional political rivals in Kerala. The apex court declared that the 10 Bills, re-passed by the Tamil Nadu Assembly and sent … Read more
