Bengal Governor
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Bengal Governor's meet with Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury creates buzz in Congress circles
India | Jun 18, 2021, 01:10 PM ISTWest Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, who is on a visit to the national capital, has created a buzz in the Congress circles after meeting Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.
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Bengal Governor in Delhi day after row over letter to Mamata; may meet Amit Shah, PM Modi
India | Jun 16, 2021, 10:39 AM ISTDhankhar has been at loggerheads with the Trinamool Congress government on several issues since taking over in July 2019.
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Bengal Governor summons chief secretary over post-poll violence
India | May 08, 2021, 02:53 PM ISTThe governor said the state Home Secretary failed to apprise him of law and order situation regarding post-poll violence
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Bengal: Mamata Banerjee to call on Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar today
Elections | May 03, 2021, 09:25 AM ISTThe TMC registered a landslide victory in assembly elections in West Bengal, overcoming the might of the BJP after a bitter campaign that had turned into a virtual duel between Mamata Banerjee and PM Narendra Modi.
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Total collapse of rule of law in the state: Bengal Governor slams Mamata govt
India | Dec 24, 2019, 01:34 PM ISTWest Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar lashed out at the Bengal government after his convoy was blocked by protesting students at the Jadavpur University in Kolkata.
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Protesting students show black flags, block Bengal Guv's convoy at Jadavpur University
India | Dec 24, 2019, 11:39 AM ISTProtestors show black flags and raise slogans against the Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar as he arrived at the Jadavpur University for convocation ceremony.
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Bengal Governor faces black flag protests at Jadavpur varsity
India | Dec 23, 2019, 03:44 PM ISTNotwithstanding heavy security, the protesters surrounded Dhankhar's car when he was driven into the campus for presiding over the university court meeting and demanded that the Citizenship Amendment Act be scrapped and there should be no National Register for Citizens exercise in the country.
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Will fight the battle: Mamata steps up attack on Bengal Governor
India | Dec 05, 2019, 08:30 PM IST"I am sorry to say my House is adjourned, because the bills are not being signed. It is not the final bill, just introduction of the bill," she said at a function in Kolkata.
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Allow central agencies to work independently: Bengal governor
National | Nov 20, 2014, 05:12 PM ISTKolkata: West Bengal Governor K.N. Tripathi Thursday asked people not to draw any inferences from the CBI summoning political leaders in the state for questioning and called for allowing the central probe agencies to function
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Bengal Governor stresses coordinated effort against terror
National | Nov 05, 2014, 08:39 PM ISTKolkata: With the central intelligence agencies issuing a warning that Kolkata and its port areas might face a terror attack, West Bengal Governor K N Tripathi today emphasised the need for a coordinated effort of
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Will inform once I resign: Bengal governor
National | Jun 28, 2014, 09:29 PM ISTKolkata: Amid reported moves by the BJP-led union government to seek the resignation of UPA-appointed governors, West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan on Saturday kept alive the speculation, saying he will inform the media once he
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Law and order situation broadly under control: Bengal governor
India | Feb 11, 2014, 07:26 AM ISTKolkata : West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan Monday termed the overall law and order situation in the state as "broadly under control" and said the government was giving the highest priority to address offences against
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Bengal governor against rechristening Jyoti Basu township
India | Nov 28, 2013, 08:07 AM ISTKolkata: West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan Wednesday disapproved of the Trinamool Congress government's move to withdraw a bill that named a township in the city after former chief minister Jyoti Basu."Well, I'm certainly not in
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Bengal governor inaugurates 'Papri Mandap'
India | Oct 12, 2013, 08:25 AM ISTKolkata : Retracing his tryst with Bengal, “Which had received the Blessings of the Goddess,” Governor M K Narayanan says despite as one hailing from Kerala he has almost turned out to be a Bengalee,
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Bengal governor refuses to mediate on Gorkhaland issue
National | Aug 14, 2013, 07:07 PM ISTKolkata, Aug 14: West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan, though hoping for a solution to the ongoing stir in the Darjeeling hills, Wednesday refused to mediate between the GJM and the Mamata Banerjee government over the
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Bengal governor apologises to Presidency students
India | Apr 13, 2013, 06:48 AM ISTKolkata, April 13: West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan Friday apologised to the students of Presidency University for failing to prevent vandalism of its campus."I accept that as governor and chancellor, I have failed in my
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Bengal Governor asks CPI-M to apologise for attack on Mamata
National | Apr 10, 2013, 05:16 PM ISTKolkata, April 10: Expressing shock over the "premeditated assault" on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and state ministers in New Delhi, Governor M.K. Narayanan Wednesday asked the CPI-M politburo for a public apology."The shocking
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Bengal Governor asks CPI-M to apologise for attack on Mamata
India | Apr 10, 2013, 04:02 PM ISTKolkata, Apr 10: Expressing shock over the "premeditated assault" on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and state ministers in New Delhi, Governor M.K. Narayanan Wednesday asked the CPI-M politburo for a public apology."The shocking
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I'm glad I am safe: Bengal governor
National | Jan 12, 2013, 07:17 PM ISTKolkata, Jan 12: Firing the latest salvo in his war of words with the Mamata Banerjee government, West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan Friday quipped he was "glad" to be safe, countering a minister's comments that