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Bengal Governor rubbishes TMC MP's allegation about kin appointed as OSDs in Raj Bhavan

India | Jun 07, 2021, 12:25 PM IST

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday said TMC MP Mahua Moitra's allegation that his family members and other acquaintances have been appointed as OSDs in Raj Bhavan was "factually wrong"

Jagdeep Dhankhar to attend Modi-Mamata meeting to review Yaas devastation

India | May 28, 2021, 10:42 AM IST

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar will attend a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to review the devastation caused by cyclone Yaas.

India TV Exclusive: Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on mob attack on Nadda's convoy

News | Dec 11, 2020, 07:35 PM IST

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar on Friday came down heavily on Mamata Banerjee government terming the attack on BJP president JP Nadda's convoy as "most unfortunate".

Centre receives report from West Bengal Governor on law and order situation in state

India | Dec 11, 2020, 01:34 PM IST

The Centre on Friday received a report from Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on the prevailing law and order situation in West Bengal, a day after BJP president J P Nadda's convoy was attacked in the state, officials said.

WB Governor Jagdeep Dhankar addresses media day after attack on Nadda's convoy

News | Dec 11, 2020, 12:53 PM IST

West Bengal Governor Jagdip Dhankar addressed media a day after an attack on BJP president JP Nadda's convoy. The Chief Minister has to follow the Constitution. She cannot depart for its paths.

'Political violence stigmatising Bengal, police should be neutral': Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar

India | Oct 09, 2020, 11:45 PM IST

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday said that political violence is stigmatising the state and asked the police and bureaucrats to work as "public servants, not political servants".

West Bengal Governor targets police over NIA arrests, calls approach to law and order ‘ostrich stanc

West Bengal Governor targets police over NIA arrests, calls approach to law & order ‘ostrich stance’

India | Sep 19, 2020, 02:47 PM IST

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday said that the state has become "home to illegal bomb-making" and the administration cannot escape its accountability for the "alarming decline" in law and order.

State govt should rethink rather than taking 'we don't agree' stand: WB Guv over NEP

News | Sep 08, 2020, 10:30 PM IST

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar took a jibe on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee's stand against the New Education Policy 2020.

Flying objects existed during Ramayana days, Arujna's

Arujna's arrows had nuclear power: Bengal Governor

India | Jan 14, 2020, 11:47 PM IST

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday claimed flying objects existed during the period of "Ramayana" and in the "Mahabharata", Arjuna's arrows had "nuclear power". Ironically, Dhankhar's comments came during his inaugural address at the 45th eastern India Science Fair and 19th Science and Engineering Fair.

Withdraw 'UN referendum' remark: Bengal Governor urges Mamata

India | Dec 19, 2019, 09:03 PM IST

Saying that he was "pained and hurt" at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's statement seeking a UN-controlled referendum on CAA and the NRC, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday appealed to her to withdraw the comment.

Did Mamata refer to Bengal Governor as 'Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast'?

India | Nov 28, 2019, 12:00 PM IST

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar were involved in a fresh war of words at the Constitution Day programme in the West Bengal Assembly on Tuesday.

WB governor shown black flags on way to event in Murshidabad

West Bengal governor shown black flags on way to event in Murshidabad

India | Nov 20, 2019, 02:09 PM IST

The governor, who was on his way to Domkal Girls College to inaugurate a newly constructed building there, was asked to "go back" and shown black flags by some people flanking the road, through which his convoy was passing, police said

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West Bengal Governor to meet PM Modi today as post-poll violence grows tense in state

India | Jun 10, 2019, 11:09 AM IST

In a statement issued by Raj Bhavan, the governor appealed to all concerned to keep a check so that violence do not recur and peace and harmony prevail in the state.

CBI staff, families humiliated by Kolkata Police: West Bengal Governor's report to MHA

India | Feb 04, 2019, 05:04 PM IST

West Bengal Governor K N Tripathi has submitted a report to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on the situation that unfolded in the city after a CBI team was allegedly obstructed by the police from questioning Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar in the Saradha scam.

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