NEW DELHI: West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose has directed chief minister Mamata Banerjee to hold an emergency Cabinet meeting to discuss Kolkata’s RG Kar rape-murder case, which has ignited a national outrage over women’s safety.The governor has also told the state government to address people’s demand for replacing Kolkata’s police commissioner over the matter,…
NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday criticised the governor Thaawarchand Gehlot’s decision to allow his prosecution in the alleged Mysuru Urban Development Authority (Muda) site allotment scam, calling it ‘unconstitutional‘ and a misuse of the Raj Bhavan. “The Governor’s permission to prosecute is unconstitutional. Raj Bhavan has been misused.We have condemned the Governor’s…
BENGALURU: Karnataka cabinet, led by CM Siddaramaiah, advised governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot on Thursday to act swiftly on the pending prosecution against Union minister for heavy industry and steel HD Kumaraswamy. It also advised the governor to approve prosecution against MLAs Shashikala Jolle, G Janardhan Reddy, and former minister Murugesh Nirani.“The Cabinet decided to advise…
While Rahul Gandhi has neither condemned the CM nor offered support, Siddaramaiah’s supporters are peeved that even Mallikarjun Kharge has not publicly backed him BENGALURU : Though his colleagues insist chief minister Siddaramaiah has the backing of party brass in Delhi, speculation is mounting over the silence of Rahul Gandhi, opposition leader in the Lok…
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday appointed the veteran RSS leader Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde as the new governor of Rajasthan. Hailing from Aurangabad, Bagde has also served as the first BJP speaker of Maharashtra assembly in 2014.“Prime Minister Narendra Modi called me yesterday informing me that I would have to go out of Maharashtra….
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from the central government and the secretaries to the governors of West Bengal and Kerala regarding separate petitions filed by the two state governments. The petition challenges the decisions of their governors to keep several bills pending for an extended period, withhold assent, or reserve them…
NEW DELHI: For the first time, Supreme Court will test the constitutional validity of immunity from criminal proceedings accorded to the President and governors.On Friday, it entertained the plea of an woman ex-employee of Kolkata Raj Bhavan who said the constitutional provision (Article 361) had prevented police from probing her charge of sexual harassment against…
KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee moved a Calcutta high court division bench Friday against a single-bench order restraining her from making “defamatory and incorrect statements” against governor C V Ananda Bose “in publications or social media platforms” till Aug 14, arguing that “justifiable criticism” was not libel and that the order completely curbed her fundamental…
KOLKATA: The young woman, who alleged molestation by governor C V Ananda Bose earlier this month, told the magistrate that at least three Raj Bhavan personnel had pressured her and actively dissuaded her from lodging a complaint. Kolkata Police registered an FIR against the three Raj Bhavan employees -an officer on special duty (OSD), a…
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