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TopicJagdeep Dhankhar

Topic: Jagdeep Dhankhar

In new TMC-governor row, Mamata’s party wants Dhankhar booked for ‘hampering corruption probe’

Trinamool Congress’ attack on Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar came after he took to Twitter to question Kolkata Police’s raids at the offices of three chartered accountants last week.

Governor takes on Mamata govt over Sikh man’s turban row, calls it ‘blatant rights violation’

Balwinder Singh was dragged away from a BJP rally in Kolkata when his turban came off. Police claim that he was carrying a weapon and have booked him under the Arms Act.

BJP, Congress, Trinamool, Left, Governor — in Bengal, everyone’s ‘being snooped on’

Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar is the latest to allege that he is being snooped on. Similar allegations have also been lobbed by and at Mamata, as well as Modi govt.

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.

After governor questions Bengal biz summits, govt says 50% proposals in implementation mode

Finance Minister Amit Mitra says proposals worth over Rs 12 lakh crore received at Bengal Global Business Summits between 2015 & 2019, 28 lakh jobs generated.

CM Mamata and Governor Dhankhar in another spat, this time over his note to Bengal DGP

Governor Dhankhar called state 'home to illegal bomb making’ and summoned the DGP, but Mamata says the demand is ‘unlawful, unwarranted and unconstitutional’.

West Bengal has become home to illegal bomb-making, says Governor Dhankhar on NIA arrests

Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar's comments came after the NIA arrested six alleged al Qaeda terrorists from Murshidabad in West Bengal.

CM Mamata Banerjee has put Raj Bhavan under surveillance, Bengal Governor Dhankhar alleges

Governor Dhankhar has said papers that shouldn’t go out of Raj Bhavan without his sanction are ‘getting circulated outside’. He has initiated a ‘serious probe’.

Mamata makes ‘unscheduled’ visit to Raj Bhavan but skips At Home, governor not pleased

Speaking to the media after Raj Bhavan visit, Mamata said it was a ‘courtesy call’, adding that she and four senior govt officials had a good ‘adda’ with Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar.

Discussed Covid situation, corruption in Amphan relief with Amit Shah, says Governor Dhankhar

West Bengal Governor Dhankhar said he held an hour-long talk with the home minister in which he focused on issues of governance by the Mamata Banerjee government.

On Camera

Manipur has seen too much pain to be seduced by promises

Nehru learned the truth the hard way when 3,000 Nagas walked out of his 1953 rally. The people of the Northeast aren’t easily seduced by baubles.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.