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Friday, November 14, 2025
TopicLieutenant governor

Topic: lieutenant governor

Former union minister Manoj Sinha takes oath as L-G of Jammu and Kashmir

PTI -
Sinha succeeds former IAS officer Girish Chandra Murmu, who resigned Wednesday night and was appointed Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Thursday.

RBI rightly kept status quo on rates, but with inflation set to rise, its options are limited

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Jammu and Kashmir L-G Murmu said to have quit on first anniversary of Article 370 scrapping

Azaan Javaid -
Officials in the J&K L-G office refused to confirm or deny the move but two senior officials in the administration said Murmu had resigned.

Delhi L-G reverses controversial home quarantine order, AAP welcomes move

Ananya Bhardwaj -
The order was issued less than 24 hours ago, Friday evening, and had triggered an immediate backlash from the AAP government in Delhi.

Modi govt appoints new Lt Governors — Girish Murmu for J&K and RK Mathur for Ladakh

PTI -
IAS officer Girish Murmu is currently the expenditure secretary in Finance Ministry, while RK Mathur is a former chief information commissioner.

Former BJP leaders running UTs, once an IAS preserve, exempt from model code

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
Three Union Territories — Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli — are run by ex-BJP leaders. A recent EC order has effectively exempted the office from the model code of conduct.

Rope in cafes, petrol pumps, chemist shops to create shelters for women in distress, says Delhi panel

Pragya Kaushika -
Study group was formed to suggest measures that could help turn Delhi get rid of the tag as the most unsafe city in India.

Sluggish bureaucracy to homophobia, what makes SC Justice Madan B. Lokur very angry

Apurva Vishwanath -
Lokur, known for his liberal values, has often been criticised for exceeding his judicial role. 

In AAP’s victory in Supreme Court, a major win for the rule of law

Madhav Khosla -
Court ruled that it was the democratically elected government, and not the L-G, who exercises executive power and assumes responsibility in Delhi.

Supreme Court is right. Delhi govt, L-G and central govt must cooperate, not confront

Arun Jaitley -
The judgment indicates that L-G is a watchdog to protect national concerns in regard to governance of NCT.
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Virat, Anushka, Bumrah selling sarias & cement, dentists, vets, Bihar walls painted in ‘rurbanisation’

Shekhar Gupta -
Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.

Trump stoked the Epstein scandal. It’s come back to bite him

India’s much-maligned intelligence agencies are our only hope against terror attacks

Economy

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Bloomberg News -
Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Defence

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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