Vice President election today: Jagdeep Dhankhar, Margaret Alva battle to fight for key post
Aug 06, 2022, at 02:15 pm
New Delhi: Poll to elect the new vice-president of the country will be held on Saturday.
Jagdeep Dhankar files nomination paper for Vice President poll, PM Narendra Modi accompanies him
Jul 18, 2022, at 07:22 pm
New Delhi: Former West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar on Monday filed nomination for the Vice President poll to be held next month.
Bengal Governor asks Mamata Banerjee to withdraw her 'jihad against BJP' remark
Jun 30, 2022, at 05:08 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday wrote to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asking the CM to withdraw her "jihad against the BJP" remark.
Bengal Assembly passes Bill seeking Mamata Banerjee to be chancellor of state-run varsities
Jun 14, 2022, at 02:56 am
Kolkata/UNI: The West Bengal Assembly on Monday passed a bill by a majority vote that seeks to replace Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as the chancellor of all state-run universities.
Bengal govt to amend law to make CM Mamata Banerjee chancellor of all state-run universities
May 27, 2022, at 04:26 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal government Thursday announced that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will replace the Governor as Chancellor of all state-run universities.
Mamata Banerjee meets Guv Jagdeep Dhankar after spat over Birbhum violence
Apr 08, 2022, at 04:01 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday finally went for the long-pending meeting with Governor Jagdeep Dhankar over the law and order situation in the state.
Chandrima Bhattacharya gets Bengal finance ministry in Mamata cabinet rejig
Mar 09, 2022, at 04:40 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday made minor changes to her cabinet by reallocating some portfolios and giving Chandrima Bhattacharya full charge of the finance department.
Dec 17, 2021, at 09:23 pm
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has called upon State Chief Secretary H K Dwivedi to make available the entire record leading to the issuance of July 26 notification regarding Pegasus Inquiry Panel, precisely also reflecting the formation of ‘opinion’ by Governor in the matter latest by Dec 18.
Four days after Bhabanipur win, Mamata Banerjee takes oath as West Bengal MLA
Oct 07, 2021, at 11:12 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Four days after winning in the Bhabanipur bypoll, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday took oath as an MLA in the assembly.
In her tussle with Jagdeep Dhankhar, Mamata Banerjee gets support from Left
Jun 18, 2021, at 03:47 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid a tussle between the West Bengal government and its governor Jagdeep Dhankhar over post-poll violence, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday found support from its arch rival-the Left Front.
Jun 16, 2021, at 05:53 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal government on Tuesday slammed Governor Jagdeep Dhankar for posting a scathing letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Twitter.
May 14, 2021, at 03:30 am
Cooch Behar/West Bengal/IBNS: A group of locals reportedly showed black flags and shouted 'go back' slogans at West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar in Cooch Behar's Dinhata while the constitutional head of the state was visiting post-poll violence-hit areas on Thursday amid a war of words with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Mamata Banerjee, Jagdeep Dhankar lock horns again over latter's Cooch Behar visit
May 13, 2021, at 04:45 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Governor Jagdeep Dhankar once again indulged in a war of words on Wednesday over the latter's plans to visit Cooch Behar district to meet people affected by post-poll violence.
Jagdeep Dhankar congratulates Mamata Banerjee over Bengal Assembly polls victory
May 03, 2021, at 03:14 am
Kolkata: West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankar on Sunday congratulated CM Mamata Banerjee over her Trinamool Congress party's victory in the state assembly polls.
Jagdeep Dhankar visits injured Mamata Banerjee at Kolkata's SSKM hospital
Mar 11, 2021, at 04:44 am
New Delhi/IBNS: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar visited Mamata Banerjee at Kolkata's SSKM hospital after the later was injured as she was allegedly manhandled by four-five people in 'complete absence' of her security guards at Nandigram in East Medinipur district of poll-bound West Bengal.
TMC expels MLA Baishali Dalmiya for alleged 'anti-party activities'
Jan 23, 2021, at 01:57 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday late evening expelled its MLA from Howrah's Bally assembly constituency, Baishali Dalmiya, from the party for her alleged anti-party activities, reports said.
WB: BJP MP Locket Chatterjee calls on Guv, expresses concern on child rights violation
Jan 08, 2021, at 01:36 am
Kolkata/UNI: BJP Hooghly MP Locket Chatterjee on Thursday called on West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and expressed concern at the violation of child rights.
Amid political acrimony, Mamata Banerjee meets Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar
Jan 07, 2021, at 05:56 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid the increasing acrimony in the relationship between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday evening visited Raj Bhavan in Kolkata and held talks with the guv for nearly an hour.
TMC demands removal of Bengal Guv; BJP says Raj Bhawan saving Indian Constitution
Dec 31, 2020, at 02:02 am
Kolkata/UNI: Five members of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) Parliamentary Party on Wednesday sent a memorandum to President Ram Nath Kovind, seeking immediate removal of West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar over his 'failure to defend the Constitution'.
Trinamool Congress rebel Suvendu Adhikari seeks Governor's intervention
Dec 17, 2020, at 01:38 am
Kolkata/UNI/IBNS: Former West Bengal Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday sought Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar's intervention so that 'police and administration are dissuaded from implicating him and his associates in criminal cases out of political vendetta.'
Nov 20, 2020, at 03:20 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar on Thursday pulled up the Mamata Banerjee government after five labourers were killed and five others were seriously injured in a high-intensity explosion at a plastic factory at Sujapur area in Malda district.
West Bengal Governor meets family members of Hav (late) Bipul Roy in Alipurduar
Oct 10, 2020, at 04:00 am
Guwahati/IBNS: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar with Sudesh Dhankhar accompanied by Lieutenant General Anil Chauhan, Army Commander Eastern Command and Anupama Chauhan, visited the family of Hav (Late) Bipul Roy of 3 IDSR at Bindipara, Alipurduar district, West Bengal on Friday.
Raj Bhavan under surveillance, alleges West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar
Aug 17, 2020, at 04:07 pm
Kolkata/UNI/IBNS: Reigniting the enmity with the Mamata Banerjee government, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar fired a salvo alleging that the Raj Bhavan is "under surveillance".
CM constitutionally mandated to brief me: Bengal Governor
Jul 25, 2020, at 09:05 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar today reminded Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that it was constitutionally mandated that she brief him about Bengal's law and order situation.
Bengal Guv warns of emerging trends about silent scientific rigging
Jun 24, 2020, at 11:15 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar today expressed concern about "certain emerging trends" about "silent scientific rigging by paid and trained people".
West Bengal Guv, govt face-off over appointment of Pro-VC at Burdwan University
Jun 02, 2020, at 07:39 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A face-off between West Bengal government and the governor has intensified after Jagdeep Dhankhar and the state higher education department separately appointed two persons for one pro-Vice Chancellor (VC) post at Burdwan University on Monday.
Bengal Guv urges people to remain calm, asks govt to act fast in restoring services
May 24, 2020, at 02:00 pm
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar on Sunday urged the Mamata Banerjee government and its agencies to be in overdrive to restore essential services for the people post super Cyclone Amphan's wreckage even as the Indian Army swung into action to clear obstacles created by largescale falling of trees on roads affecting supply of drinking water and electricity.
Order in my name—I'm not aware: Bengal Guv hits out at Mamata govt over KMC appointments
May 07, 2020, at 08:55 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A day after a Board of Administrators under Firhad Bobby Hakim took over the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) as its tenure ended and civic polls were deferred due to Covid-19 outbreak, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday slammed the state government for not informing him anything about the development.
Apr 24, 2020, at 12:00 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A war of letters has broken out between West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over combating COVID-19 on Thursday with the Guv now responding to the CM's missive within hours.
Apr 23, 2020, at 07:42 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid the ongoing exchange of barbs between the state and centre over combating Covid-19, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday wrote an open letter to Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar, accusing the latter of transgressing constitutional norms by his direct attacks on her as well as her ministers and officials.