Punjab Governor
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'Playing with fire': Supreme Court slams Punjab Governor over delay in assent of bills
India | Nov 10, 2023, 08:17 PM ISTSC also said that the Governor of Punjab is 'playing with fire' by deflecting the course of bills passed by a duly elected Assembly. It ordered the Governor to decide on the bills forwarded for his assent after being passed by the state legislature.
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'Punjab govt should learn from me how work happens': Guv to AAP govt in another face off over VCs
India | Oct 21, 2022, 10:22 PM ISTPurohit's response came after Punjab Finance Minister HS Cheema, who met Punjab Agriculture University VC in a statement asked the Governor to not obstruct the government's work.
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VC appointment: Punjab Governor strikes down CM Mann govt pick at Faridkot’s Baba Farid University
India | Oct 11, 2022, 09:23 PM ISTSources said the Governor sent back the file with the proposal to appoint noted cardiologist Dr Gurpreet Singh Wander as VC. Instead, he has asked the state government to send a list of three names for the post.
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AAP to hold Punjab assembly session again on September 27, says Bhagwant Mann
India | Sep 22, 2022, 01:01 PM ISTAAP MLAs began a 'peace march' from the Vidhan Sabha complex to the Governor's residence. The state assembly session will be called again on Sep 27.
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'Past five years saw serious disconnect between people, govt': Punjab Guv takes a dig at Congress
India | Mar 21, 2022, 11:07 PM ISTPunjab Governor Purohit made the remarks without naming the previous Congress-led regime in his address to the year’s first session of the Vidhan Sabha.
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Punjab CM designate Bhagwant Mann met Governor Banwarilal , stakes claim to form govt
News | Mar 12, 2022, 12:20 PM ISTPunjab chief minister-designate Bhagwant Mann met Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Saturday to stake claim to form the government in the state. Mann was elected as the AAP Legislature Party leader at a meeting of the party MLAs in Mohali on Friday. AAP Punjab in-charge Raghav Chadha also accompanied Mann to the Governor house.
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'Factually incorrect': Punjab Governor on CM Channi's allegations
Elections | Jan 02, 2022, 09:27 PM ISTThe Governor, in a statement, said the file regarding regularisation of the services of contractual employees was sent back to the office of Chief Minister with six queries that need to be clarified by the state government. The copy of the queries raised on the said file is released to the media.
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Lt Gen (Retd) Gurmit Singh appointed as Uttarakhand Guv; ex-IPS RN Ravi new Tamil Nadu governor
India | Sep 09, 2021, 11:32 PM ISTAccording to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique, President Ram Nath Kovind accepted the resignation of Maurya and appointed Singh as the governor of the state.
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People throng Rock Garden to bid adieu to Nek Chand
India | Jun 13, 2015, 05:15 PM ISTChandigarh: People from all walks of life and prominent persons today poured in at the Rock Garden here to pay their last respects to Nek Chand, the man behind the iconic creation who breathed his
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Centre asks 5 Governors to resign, Governors refuse: sources
India | Jun 17, 2014, 09:02 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Centre has asked five governors of states to resign from their posts, but the governors have refused to obey the Centre's directive, reliable sources told India TV this evening. In its prime
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Punjab Governer Accepts Resignation Of Bibi Jagir Kaur
India | Apr 02, 2012, 09:46 PM ISTChandigarh, Apr 2: Punjab Governor Shivraj V Patil today accepted the resignation of Bibi Jagir Kaur, who stepped down as Cabinet minister on moral grounds following her recent conviction by a special CBI court.Kaur had
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Musharraf Will Be Arrested On Return, Says Punjab Governor
World | Dec 13, 2011, 02:51 PM ISTLahore, Dec 13: Former president Pervez Musharraf, currently living in self-exile in Britain and Dubai, will be arrested whenever he returns to Pakistan, Punjab Governor Latif Khosa has said.Khosa, a senior leader of the ruling
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Slain Punjab Governor's Son Abducted In Pakistan
World | Aug 26, 2011, 05:51 PM ISTLahore, Aug 26: The son of former Pakistani governor Salman Taseer, who was killed in January for opposing controversial Islamic blasphemy laws, was abducted by gunmen in Lahore on Friday, police said. Shahbaz Taseer, who
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Pak Punjab Governor Recommends Award For Bopanna And Qureshi
Tennis | Sep 17, 2010, 09:54 AM ISTLahore: Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer on Thursday said he had recommended that Pakistan's highest civil award should be presented to tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and his Indian partner Rohan Boppana for their performance in the