Kolkata: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Sunday launched ‘Log Sabha’ portal to directly connect with the people during Lok Sabha elections to tackle violence and malpractices in the state.According to Raj Bhavan, any citizen can email to the Governor at logsabha.rajbhavankolkata@gmail.com about their issues. It added, “Grievances and suggestions so received will be … Read more
MOSCOW: Ukrainian shelling of a Russian border village in the Kursk region killed one woman on Sunday, the local governor said on social media.Kyiv has shelled Russian border villages for months as Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine drags on for more than two years, also sending drones into Russian territory, including far from the border.Kursk governor … Read more
PATNA: Bihar education department on Thursday issued show cause notice to the state’s vice chancellors and other top officials of universities for not participating in a meeting convened by it and also threatened to stop the release of funds if they did not follow its direction.In the show cause notice, the department also threatened penal … Read more
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: President Droupadi Murmu has withheld assent to three university bills passed by the state legislature, including one aimed at divesting Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan from the position of Chancellor of Universities, an official statement said.The President approved the Kerala Lok Ayukta Bill passed by the state assembly, the Raj Bhavan said in a … Read more
The President of India has withheld assent to three university bills passed by the state legislature, including one aimed at divesting Governor from the post of Chancellor of state universities, the Kerala Raj Bhavan informed on Thursday. The Raj Bhavan clarified that Presidential assent has been accorded only to the Kerala Lok Ayukta Amendment Bill. … Read more
GUWAHATI: The ethnic violence in Manipur, which broke out on May 3 last year, claimed the lives of 219 people so far, Governor Anusuiya Uikey told the state Assembly on Wednesday.Lamenting the deaths, she said ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh was being disbursed to the affected families after due verification. The governor said the state … Read more
The voting was a tie with both the Congress and the BJP candidates getting 34 votes, indicating that six Congress MLAs voted against the party. The result was then declared on the basis of a draw of lots.Following the result, sources in the opposition party had said members of the BJP Legislature Party led by … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted raids at multiple locations, including the residences of former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik, as well as 29 other sites as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged irregularities surrounding the awarding of civil contracts for the Rs 2,200-crore Kiru Hydropower project in the … Read more
Bose, as the constitutional head of West Bengal, was urged to write a letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee about the “humiliation caused to a Sikh IPS officer on duty and appropriately address the grievances of the community,” he added.The governor issued a statement after meeting the Sikh delegation.In the line ‘Punjab, Sindhu, Gujarat, Maratha’ … Read more
NEW DELHI: The anti-graft central probe agency CBI has been conducting searches at the premises of former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik here and 29 other locations across the country in connection with a case of alleged corruption in awarding civil contracts for J&K’s Kiru Hydro Power Project, officials said on Thursday.According to … Read more