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Friday, September 5, 2025
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Topic: Governors

Can deadlines be ‘imposed’ judicially for clearing state bills? President Murmu poses 14 questions to SC

The Presidential Reference questions an 8 April order fixing timelines for Governors & President to decide on bills cleared by state legislature.

PM Modi urges governors to be bridge between state and centre in Governor’s Conference

The Governor's Conference is being held in New Delhi from 2-3 August.

Social engineering, fighting crises, rewards for veterans — behind Modi govt’s new governor picks

Nine new governors & lieutenant-governors appointed Saturday. Notable appointments include CP Radhakrishnan in Maharashtra, Santosh Gangwar in Jharkhand & K Kailashnathan in Puducherry.

Fears of India’s founders are coming true. Governors are acting like viceroys

In a Constituent Assembly debate, Rohini Kumar Chaudhary argued governor’s powers could tarnish the Constitution ‘just as a piece of cow dung may spoil the whole vessel of milk’.

‘Panauti’ politics & ‘disappointed Lady Justice’

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

As TN takes ‘deadlock’ with Ravi to SC, what Constitution & court have said on governors’ powers

SC and expert panel have previously held that dominant role cannot be ascribed to governor, who is a ceremonial head and not intended to be a ‘parallel administration’.

Raj Bhavans aren’t just about pomp, privilege but power too. They are now BJP war rooms

Mumbai's Malabar Hill Raj Bhavan was essentially the Buckingham Palace of the East. Running these are like looking after a white elephant: with a budget worth crores.

Thanks, Pakistan. Now India needs to do a 1985, not 1992

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Like Rajasthan’s Kalraj Mishra, 7 governors have been accused of partisanship in last 4 years

Congress leaders, including Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, have accused Governor Kalraj Mishra of ‘acting with political motives’. But he’s hardly the first.

On Camera

Kolkata’s silencing of Javed Akhtar exposes India’s secular vacuum

Even those parties that wear the label of secular and progressive often bow to the pressures of fundamentalist groups within the Muslim community.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Dassault Aviation takes majority control of joint venture with Anil Ambani’s Reliance

Following the transaction which is expected to be completed by November, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd will become an associate company, with Reliance retaining a 49% stake.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.