Raj Bhavan observed 20 June as statehood day in line with home ministry circular. Ruling TMC wants it on Bengali new year day as 20 June is 'reminder of 1947 communal holocaust'.
The governor had previously opened a ‘Peace Room’ at the Raj Bhavan to address violence-related complaints from people in districts during the recently-held panchayat elections.
Governor CV Ananda Bose Monday gave election commissioner Rajiva Sinha 48 hours to rein in violence. Ruling Trinamool says Bose should be in 'BJP's double-engine government'.
Former DGP Virendra, said to be handpicked by Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, took oath as state CIC Monday, leading to fresh criticism against Governor C.V. Ananda Bose from Adhikari.
Development comes weeks after BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari had named IAS officer Nandini Chakravorty in a tweet, calling her ‘special emissary of state government’ in Raj Bhavan.
Governor CV Ananda Bose praised CM Mamata Banerjee after she was awarded her 2nd doctorate of literature. BJP disagrees with comparison to APJ Abdul Kalam, Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
West Bengal Governor’s zeal to learn Bengali triggers a political fight between the BJP and TMC as the ruling Trinamool government amends its tie with Raj Bhavan.
An IAS officer from the Kerala cadre, Bose was named after Subhas Chandra Bose by his father. He retired from civil service in 2011 and has since been ‘upholding India's heritage’.
In the storm around Sinauli, many academics dismissed claims of chariots being found. And the public misinterpreted the chariots as a device planted by the govt to fortify Hindutva.
The report released at Charcha 2025, an annual gathering of India’s social development sector, found that women remain largely concentrated in low-value and routine roles.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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