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Monday, January 26, 2026
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Topic: Governors

Meitei man’s killing shows Manipur’s social fabric is still tattered

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Governor walkouts in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka have turned ceremonies into conflict

With regional parties struggling to project a unified Opposition in Parliament, and no leader in Delhi able to mediate, Centre-state tensions are playing out as open conflict.

How Supreme Court took away precedential value from Tamil Nadu judgment on Governor inaction

The ‘State of Tamil Nadu’ judgment survives, but as a diminished precedent. The Supreme Court has turned an advisory reference into an instrument of quiet, prospective overruling.

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’.

On Camera

India is ready for a Davos-like conversation. Global governance needs a new host

From the Pravasi Bharatiya Sammelan to Kumbh Melas, India has shown it can manage complex events, a capability later reinforced on the global stage during its G20 summit.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

Shaurya Chakra for Lt Col who led op to ‘eliminate’ terror leadership along Indo-Myanmar border

President Murmu has also conferred Kirti Chakra on Major Arshdeep Singh of 1 Assam Rifles for eliminating armed cadres when patrol led by him came under fire along Indo-Myanmar Border last May.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.