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Proposals to ban hookah bars & empower TN govt to appoint V-Cs: 13 bills DMK says governor Ravi is ‘stalling’

Tamil Nadu assembly has passed a formal resolution urging the Union govt and President Droupadi Murmu to fix a time limit for 'governors to give assent to bills passed by legislatures'.

Should the office of Governor be removed? Bad idea to give CM more executive power

In 'Heads Held High', authors say it is more promising to reform the Governor's office than doing away with it.

Minority outreach, LS & assembly polls, caste balance — key factors for Governor appointments 

Six Governors appointed, seven others reshuffled. This comes in the wake of President Murmu accepting the resignations of Koshyari as Maharashtra Governor and Mathur as Ladakh L-G.

An American general in a saffron bikini & how Koshyari can escape ennui

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Kerala, WB V-C row: State laws make governors university chancellors, Modi govt tells Parliament

Removal of Kerala Governor as chancellor of state universities has turned contentious. Similarly, Pinarayi & Mamata governments had face court heat on V-C appointments.

Arif Mohammad Khan vs Kerala govt isn’t a new faceoff. Old cases show Governor wears two hats

Under UGC provisions, a search committee is appointed to find suitable candidates for the V-C post. Governors make their selection from among these names.

Governor Ananda Bose — lauded by 2 PMs, Malayali by birth & emotionally connected to Bengal

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’.

Ex-J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik hosts first ‘At Home’ as Meghalaya state head — in pictures

ThePrint's National Photo Editor Praveen Jain brings you snapshots from the 'At Home' reception at Raj Bhavan in Shillong on 72nd Republic Day.

Bengal governor & home dept in Twitter spat after former claims state saw 223 rapes in August

Home department called the claims ‘baseless, misguided’, to which Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar took exception and demanded an apology.

Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon passes away at 85

Tandon had been suffering from a prolonged illness and was admitted to a hospital after complaining of breathing problems, difficulty in urination and fever.

On Camera

Moderate Democrat victories signal a bigger shift than Mamdani. The party is bouncing back

New York is America’s most cosmopolitan outpost, not its heartland. One must look at what happened elsewhere in the US on 4 November.

India’s services exports touching $400 bn—a quiet engine offsetting trade deficit

In 2024-25, India exported $387.54 bn worth of services, against imports of $198.14 bn, earning all-time high surplus of $189.40 bn. This offset 2/3rd of goods trade deficit. 

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.