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TopicBanwarilal Purohit

Topic: Banwarilal Purohit

Punjab CM vs Governor row: Purohit refuses to summon Budget session over Mann’s ‘derogatory’ letter

Will first seek legal advice on issue, says Banwarilal Purohit. Mann had written to him saying he was not accountable to the governor but to the 3 crore Punjabis who had elected him.

Punjab governor Purohit lashes out at Mann govt again — ‘drugs in schools, jails havens for mafia’

Banwarilal Purohit, who's on a tour of border districts, has been accused by AAP dispensation of 'trying to run parallel govt' after he asserted that he's 'not a dummy governor'.

It’s abdication of power, experts say as TN Governor won’t decide on Rajiv killer’s release

Legal experts say Governor Purohit could have taken a call on Perarivalan’s release plea, relying on his constitutional powers under Article 161.

Tamil Nadu Governor clears 7.5% NEET quota bill, govt school students to get preference

The Governor gave his assent to the Bill a day after the Tamil Nadu govt took the executive route to implement the quota regime from the current 2020-21 academic year.

Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit tests positive for Covid-19, advised home isolation

Doctors said 80-year-old Purohit is asymptomatic and clinically stable. He was on self-isolation since 29 July after three people in the Raj Bhavan tested positive for Covid.

Tamil Nadu governor must not let Raj Bhavan become a den of political activity

The Tamil Nadu governor’s review meetings with district authorities overstep constitutional boundaries.

Powerful men harass, infantilise and dismiss women reporters all the time

Can women journalists afford to antagonise an influential old man only because he pulled or patted our cheek or casually asked us if we’re married?

On Camera

Tamil Nadu has the largest Iron-Age urn burial site. We must look beyond our Harappa frenzy

Nirmala Sitharaman laid the foundation of a new site museum in 2021. It felt like a departure from the government's Harappan-centric focus. But no progress has been made since.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.