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Sunday, September 14, 2025
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Topic: Jagdeep Dhankhar

Governor Dhankar sticks to his word, reads out Mamata govt Budget speech without any changes

Dhankar’s speech included Mamata govt’s anti-CAA stand, words such as ‘divisive India’ and ‘intolerance’. He wanted changes but was refused. He read it anyway.

Off The Cuff with Jagdeep Dhankhar

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar was in conversation with ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta and Political Editor D.K. Singh at Off The Cuff in Kolkata...

Working to get ‘mamta’ from CM Mamata Banerjee: Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar

At ThePrint’s ‘Off the Cuff’ event in Kolkata, Governor Dhankhar says no government can control him, only the Constitution and the law can.

Arjuna’s arrows had atomic power: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar says at science fair

Governor Jagdeep Dhankar joins a growing list of politicians who have made bizarre claims linking Hindu mythology and science.

Bidding adieu to 2019, anti-CAA protesters welcome 2020 & Jagdeep Dhankhar’s Twitter gaffe

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

Why Left bastion Jadavpur University has become a battleground between Mamata and BJP

Kolkata’s Jadavpur University was born in dissent, has been at centre of anti-establishment protests since 1955 but every establishment wants a piece of it.

‘He didn’t answer CAA-NRC questions’ — why JU students ‘rusticated’ Chancellor Dhankhar

Jadavpur University students have sent a 'rustication' notice to West Bengal Governor Jagdip Dhankhar, say he does not deserve to be the chancellor.

Did everything by the book, says JU V-C after Governor misses convocation due to CAA protest

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar pulled up Jadavpur University's vice chancellor after students protesting the citizenship law blocked his entry on campus, forcing him to miss presiding over a convocation ceremony.

Anti-CAA protesters force West Bengal Governor to return without attending JU convocation

Governor Dhankhar, who was heckled and shown black flags at Jadavpur University, pulled up the vice-chancellor and demanded action against employees.

Violence over citizenship law ebbs in Bengal, but Mamata-Governor war of words continues

Mamata Banerjee takes dig at Amit Shah’s ‘firm like a rock’ comment on Citizenship (Amendment) Act, Governor Dhankhar says everyone must abide by the new law.

On Camera

Russian-style socialism dominated Nehru’s imagination. It was disastrous

It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.

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.