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Najma Heptullah likely to be the next Bihar Governor
National | Feb 09, 2015, 08:50 AM ISTNew Delhi: Speculations are rife in political circles that senior BJP leader and Minority Affairs Minister, Najma Heptullah may well be the next Governor of Bihar.Heptuallah, who is turning 75 in just two months, will
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J&K Governor meets Jaitley, Rajnath Singh
National | Jan 30, 2015, 08:59 PM ISTNew Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra today held a series of meetings with the central leadership to help the state overcome the financial crisis due to last year's flood.During his separate meetings
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Kalyan Singh to take additional charge as Himachal Pradesh Governor
India | Jan 27, 2015, 03:03 PM ISTJaipur: Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh will tomorrow assume additional charge as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh.Himachal Pradesh's Chief Justice Mansoor Ahmed Meer will administer the oath of office to Singh at Shimla Raj Bhawan tomorrow
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Rajan wins UK magazine's central bank Governor of the Year award
Jan 13, 2015, 06:43 PM ISTMumbai: Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan has been named "Governor of the Year" by British magazine Central Banking.The magazine gave the award to Rajan for 2015 for "his deep understanding of the root
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J-K Governor's report sent to PMO by Home Minister
National | Jan 08, 2015, 11:56 PM ISTNew Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh has sent Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra's report recommending Governor's rule in the state to the Prime Minister's Office, official sources said tonight. Singh has forwarded the
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Jammu & Kashmir headed for governor's rule
National | Jan 08, 2015, 11:28 PM ISTNew Delhi/Srinagar: Jammu & Kashmir on Thursday appeared hurtling towards a spell of governor's rule with incumbent N N Vohra sending a report to the Centre on the political impasse after Omar Abdullah asked him
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Education in Indian culture is no saffronisation: Karnataka Guv
India | Jan 08, 2015, 02:11 PM ISTMangaluru: Education in Indian culture and tradition was aimed at its refinement and it would be wrong to term it as 'saffronisation', Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala has said."Some people deem education in Indian culture
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K K Paul sworn in as Uttarakhand Governor
India | Jan 08, 2015, 02:49 PM ISTDehradun: Krishna Kant Paul was today sworn in as the sixth Governor of Uttarakhand. Senior Justice of Uttarakhand High Court V K Bisht administered the oath of office and secrecy to him at a simple
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New Mizoram Governor Aziz Qureshi to be sworn-in next week
India | Jan 03, 2015, 01:11 PM ISTAizawl: Newly-appointed Mizoram Governor Aziz Qureshi would be arriving in Aizawl on Thursday next. Raj Bhavan sources said here today that he would be sworn-in on the same day at the Durbar hall of Raj
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Matters like Ram Temple should not become poll issues: Vinod Khanna
National | Dec 12, 2014, 05:55 PM ISTSrinagar: If you dig out dead issues like the Ram Temple one, then they become political, actor- turned-politician Vinod Khanna today said.The BJP MP from Gurdaspur was responding to a question about Uttar Pradesh Governor
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Maharashtra Governor asks youth to join Modi's 'Make in India' campaign
National | Nov 05, 2014, 05:22 PM ISTAmravati: Maharashtra Governor Vidyasagar Rao today exhorted the youth to think ‘out-of-the-box' and join Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious ‘Make in India' campaign to transform the country into a manufacturing hub.“A resurgent India needs young
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Birbhum violence: Governor suggests Mamata government should act
National | Nov 01, 2014, 11:06 PM ISTKolkata: West Bengal Governor K.N. Tripathi Saturday said he has suggested to the Mamata Banerjee government to take appropriate action to address the plight of people in Makhra village of Birbhum district where a clash
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Telangana-Andhra water row reaches governor
India | Oct 26, 2014, 09:40 PM ISTHyderabad: The row between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana over sharing of water and electricity reached Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan with both the states apprising him of the situation.Ignoring the objections raised by Andhra Pradesh, Telangana continued
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Governor asks Civil Aviation minister to restore daily service
India | Sep 19, 2014, 01:04 PM ISTKohima: Nagaland Governor P B Acharya has urged Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati to improve upon the air connectivity problem being faced by the state in the wake of reduction of Dimapur-Kolkata-New Delhi
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Bank of Albania governor arrested
World | Sep 06, 2014, 06:53 AM ISTTirana: The Bank of Albania (BoA) Governor, Adian Fullani, was arrested on Friday over charges of office abuse following theft of 713 million leks (about 6.6 million dollars) from the State Treasury.The Tirana police executed
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Move to appoint ex-CJI Sathasivam as Kerala Governor sparks debate
National | Sep 01, 2014, 12:29 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram: The Congress in Kerala on Sunday expressed doubt over the aptness of a former Chief Justice of India (CJI) taking over as the Governor of a state.The state's ruling party's response came following reports
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Gujarat Chief Minister and Governor remember Modi on I-Day eve
India | Aug 15, 2014, 08:14 AM ISTAhmedabad: On the eve of Independence Day celebrations, Gujarat Chief Minister Anandi Patel and Governor O P Kohli remembered Prime Minister Narendra Modi in their speeches yesterday.In his speech, Kohli urged citizens to work towards
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Withdraw orders on special powers to Governor: Telangana govt to Centre
India | Aug 10, 2014, 07:08 AM ISTHyderabad: Telangana government yesterday appeared on a collision course with Centre after it refused to “honour or implement” Union Home ministry's directives on special powers related to law and order in Hyderabad vested in Governor,
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Transfer of Governor Beniwal is vindictive, alleges Shankarsinh Vaghela
India | Jul 08, 2014, 07:03 AM ISTGandhinagar: Leader of the Opposition in Gujarat assembly and senior Congress leader Shankarsinh Vaghela yesterday termed the transfer of Governor Kamla Beniwal as a “vindictive” step.According to Vaghela, the transfer was an “insult” to the
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Narayanan officially leaving on July 4: Mamata Banerjee
India | Jun 30, 2014, 05:12 PM ISTKolkata: Refraining from commenting on the resignation of state Governor M K Narayanan, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that Narayanan was officially leaving on July 4.“As far as I know he is