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Topic: Jagdeep Dhankhar

No occasion to play politics: Bengal Governor raps CM Mamata over ads on citizenship law, NRC

Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar said the Mamata govt cannot use public money for such ads, and asked it to withdraw the claims that NRC and Citizenship Act will not be implemented in the state.

Is Mamata wasting political capital by clashing with Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar?

Relations between West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee have plummeted after the TMC government ordered that universities will no longer require the governor’s consent

Bengal Governor says he’s not a rubber stamp as another clash begins with Mamata govt

Trinamool Congress sees “ulterior motive” of Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar in keeping important bills pending over which assembly was adjourned Tuesday.

West Bengal governor hits out at Mamata for ‘humiliating’ him, not briefing regularly

Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar said the chief minister is obliged to brief him according to the Constitution, but Mamata Banerjee hasn’t done so ‘even once’.

Post of constitutional head is seriously compromised in Bengal: Governor hits out at TMC govt

West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, who has been at loggerheads with the TMC government in the state, added that the situation is "unprecedented and challenging".

Mamata govt doesn’t respond to chopper request, Governor Dhankhar goes to Farakka by road

Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar is to visit an educational institute in Farakka. State government asked why did he need a helicopter.

Jagdeep Dhankhar isn’t first, Mamata has been on the warpath with every Bengal governor

In her 8-year tenure, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has had to deal with three governors, none of whom she has particularly warmed up to.

Can’t accept La Martiniere board denying membership as I’m non-Christian: Bengal governor

Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar says the provision in La Martiniere School’s constitution ‘directly hits’ the right to equality before law in the Indian Constitution.

Jailed Chidambaram receives a surprise birthday letter from PM Modi, tweets polite retort

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Bengal must enforce rule of law to reverse ‘flight’ of industrialists: Governor Dhankhar

Bengalis must fully exploit their potential and regain their past glory, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar tells ThePrint in an exclusive interview.

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.