Governors
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Ashok Ganapathi Raju named new Goa Governor, Ashim Ghosh gets Haryana, Kavinder Gupta is Ladakh LG
India | Jul 14, 2025, 11:55 PM ISTAshok Gajapathi Raju, former Union Minister for Civil Aviation and TDP leader, has been appointed as the new Governor of Goa, replacing PS Sreedharan Pillai.
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Governors of five states meet Home Minister Amit Shah
India | Jun 10, 2019, 04:12 PM ISTThe governors met Shah separately and officials described the meetings as courtesy calls on the new Home Minister, who assumed charge about 10 days ago.
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Change of Governors in Mizoram 'unfortunate': Kiren Rijiju
National | May 26, 2015, 10:32 PM ISTAizawl: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju today described the perpetual change of Governors in Mizoram as "unfortunate". Talking to media after arriving here on the very day the new Governor was
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Four states get new Governors, two shifted
India | May 13, 2015, 07:32 AM ISTNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday filled up vacancies of governors in four northeastern states while shifting two governors.According to an Rashtrapati Bhavan comminique, V. Shanmuganthan has now been appointed as the governor of
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4 states get new Governors, two appointed by UPA govt shifted
National | May 12, 2015, 10:21 PM ISTNew Delhi: Four Governors were appointed today by Narendra Modi government and two others selected by the previous UPA dispensation were transferred including Lt Gen (retd) Nirbhay Sharma who has been shifted to Mizoram for
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Govt mulls appointment of new Governors after Budget session
India | Apr 26, 2015, 12:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: The NDA government is planning to fill up vacancies of governors in nine states after the Budget session of Parliament as one incumbent is holding the charge of four states while five others
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Expanding footprint of terror groups in Pakistan, a security challenge: Modi
India | Feb 13, 2015, 01:15 PM ISTNew Delhi: On the last day of the governor's conference, Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said that “expanding footprint of terror groups in neighboring Pakistan and their link with terror activities is a major security
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CBI to look into NDA meeting for VVIP chopper; may examine its own special Director
National | Jul 13, 2014, 05:39 PM ISTNew Delhi: After recording statements of three Governors in connection with the alleged bungling in purchase of VVIP helicopters, the focus of CBI's probe into the Rs 3,600 crore deal has shifted to meetings held
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Have accepted BJP's proposal for UP Governor's post: Ram Naik
National | Jul 13, 2014, 02:59 PM ISTMumbai: Veteran BJP leader Ram Naik today said that the party leadership had approached him to accept the post of Governor of Uttar Pradesh, to which he agreed. “I was asked by my party to
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West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan resigns
National | Jun 30, 2014, 04:35 PM ISTNew Delhi: West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan today resigned, becoming the fourth person occupying the gubernatorial post to put in his papers since the NDA government prodded some of the Governors appointed during UPA
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Maharashtra Governor to quit only if asked by "appropriate authority"
National | Jun 20, 2014, 03:28 PM ISTMumbai: Amid reports that some UPA-appointed Governors are resisting attempts to ease them out of office, Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan is learnt to be unhappy over Union Home Secretary conveying the message but will consider
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Chopper deal: CBI says it wants to quiz Governors as witnesses
India | May 18, 2014, 01:46 PM ISTNew Delhi: CBI has clarified to Law Ministry that it wants to question two Governors M K Narayanan and B V Wanchoo of West Bengal and Goa respectively as "witnesses" in connection with its probe
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Bihar, Tripura, Kerala, Nagaland, Odisha get new governors
India | Mar 09, 2013, 10:58 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 9: Former CBI Director Ashwani Kumar and Congress veteran S C Jamir were today appointed as Governors of Nagaland and Odisha respectively.Kumar, who was the Director of the agency from August 2008
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New governors for Goa, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan
India | Apr 28, 2012, 10:49 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 28: Former SPG chief B V Wanchoo was on Saturday named as the new Governor of Goa while E S L Narasimhan and K Sankaranarayanan will have fresh terms as Governors of