Gandhinagar: In an unprecedented move, the Gujarat Governor has appointed Retd Justice RA Mehta as Lokayukta of the state, bypassing the Narendra Modi-led BJP government which had kept the post vacant for the last seven years. Gujarat Opposition Leader Shaktisinh Gohil, who had led a delegation of Congress MLAs to the Governor on the issue of Lokayukta, said, "Gujarat Governor Kamla has appointed Retd Justice RA Mehta as Lokayukta late...
04:55 PM, Aug 26, 2011
Lahore: Shahbaz Taseer, son of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer who was killed for opposing Pakistan's controversial blasphemy laws, was on Friday abducted by four gunmen near his office in Lahore. The armed men travelling in a four-wheeler intercepted Shahbaz's car on Hussain Chowk in Gulberg area when he was going to his office along with his friend, Senior Superintendent Police (Investigation) Abdur Razzaq Cheema said. "After intercepting Shahbaz's car the...
02:36 PM, Aug 26, 2011
New York: Former New York Governor Hugh Carey, who led the rescue effort that brought New York City back from the brink of bankruptcy during its 1975 fiscal crisis, died Sunday. He was 92. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Carey's passing, calling him a "true American success story." "Declaring that the days of wine and roses were over, Governor Carey looked to statesmanship and compromise, rather than partisanship or parochialism, to...
10:06 PM, Aug 07, 2011
Bangalore: Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj on Friday reacted on the leaked report of Lokayukta Santosh Hegde and said he will take action after the report is presented. "I haven't got the report as of now. The report is only in the media...I can't comment on it. Once the report reaches me, I will take appropriate action. I was the first one to highlight the illegal mining in the state, but...
02:01 PM, Jul 22, 2011
Agartala: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's proposed visit to Tripura on July 22 has been cancelled owing to unavoidable circumstances, official sources said. The Prime Minister was scheduled to visit the state capital to inaugurate the newly built Assembly Building and lay the foundation stone for a new Governor's House at the new capital complex. The state government has received an official communication from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) about the...
07:37 PM, Jul 17, 2011
Washington: South Carolina's Indian-American Governor Nikki Haley is all set to publish her memoir just shy of her 40th birthday. Her book, "Can't is Not an Option", is expected to hit shelves in January 2012 and will be published by Sentinel, a conservative imprint within Penguin Group. Born Nimrata Nikki Randhawa to Sikh immigrant parents Jan 20, 1972, Haley is America's youngest governor. In March, Haley, 39, said in a...
06:01 PM, Jul 02, 2011
Washington: Louisiana's Indian American Republican Governor Bobby Jindal has cautioned his party's conservative activists against demonising Democratic President Barack Obama in the fashion some liberals did his Republican predecessor President George Bush. Recalling what he said were the "shrill, absurd and negative rhetoric" employed by the left during the eight years Bush was in office, Jindal said, "We must not mimic their shallow approach." In speech Friday in New Orleans,...
01:31 PM, Jun 18, 2011
London: Arnold Schwarzenegger's former housekeeper has spoken out about having a child with the ex-governor, saying her son Joseph only learned about a year ago who his father was. Mildred Baena has kept a low profile since the revelations of her affair with the former California governor sparked a tabloid frenzy. The scandal exploded into public view after Schwarzenegger and wife Maria Shriver announced in May that they were splitting...
02:55 AM, Jun 15, 2011
Alaska: The state of Alaska on Friday released more than 24,000 pages of former Governor Sarah Palin's emails, shedding some light on how the possible Republican US presidential contender conducted business. The printed emails to and from Palin, who abruptly quit as governor of the oil-rich state nearly two years ago, were made available to those willing to pay $725 for copies and hundreds of dollars more in delivery fees....
08:37 AM, Jun 11, 2011
Bangalore: Apparently upset over the Centre rejecting his report recommending President's rule in Karnataka, Governor H R Bhardwaj on Thursday said Raj Bhavan was like a prison where he was a "jailbird." "Raj Bhavan is like a prison and I am like a jailbird here," Bhardwaj said, making no secret of his unhappiness over the recent turn of events culminating in the Centre rejecting his recommendation that had triggered a...
06:14 PM, May 26, 2011
New Delhi: In a snub to Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj, the Centre on Sunday rejected his recommendation for imposition of President's rule in the state, exactly a week after he escalated tensions with the ruling BJP there. The decision was taken by the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs(CCPA) presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here, shortly after the conclusion of the second anniversary celebrations of the UPA-II Government....
11:44 PM, May 22, 2011
Mysore/Raichur: Both the Congress and BJP held protests across Karnataka on Saturday, BJP is demanding that the governor should convene an assembly session immediately and also that the union government should recall the governor. The congress, on the other hand, has demanded for the removal of the BS Yeddyurappa-led government. The BJP protests is being divided into two teams one led by chief minister BS Yeddyurappa and the other by...
06:02 PM, May 21, 2011
New Delhi: At the centre of the latest political drama in Karntaka are 16 MLAs once again - 11 from the BJP and five Independents who switch sides with alarming regularity, sometimes to topple the Karntaka government and sometimes to save it. The world is their home quite literally for the group of 16 MLAs. In the past six months, they have criss crossed Delhi and Bangalorue several times - ...
10:04 PM, May 17, 2011
Kolkata: A day after inviting Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee to form the new government in West Bengal, Governor MK Narayanan on Tuesday issued an order appointing her as the chief minister. "The Governor, in exercise of the power conferred on him by Article 164 (1) of the Constitution of India has been pleased to issue the order appointing Mamata Banerjee the chief minister of the state of West Bengal,"...
05:29 PM, May 17, 2011
New Delhi: Making a scathing attack on Governor HR Bhardwaj for recommending President's Rule in Karnataka, BJP chief Nitin Gadkari on Monday said he is "totally misfit" for the post and should better be made "AICC special invitee" to work as a "good assistant of Sonia Gandhi". Gadkari said the Governor's action and behaviour is a "black spot" on democracy and Constitution and he expects that the Centre will take...
02:57 PM, May 16, 2011
New Delhi: The Home Ministry is examining the report of Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj recommending dismissal of the Yeddyurappa ministry and imposition of President's Rule in the wake of Supreme Court quashing the disqualification of 11 party rebel MLAs. The Ministry is looking into the details on what ground the Governor recommended imposition of President's rule and keep the Assembly under suspended animation, official sources said on Monday. A note ...
09:43 AM, May 16, 2011
New Delhi: The Home Ministry is examining the report of Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj recommending dismissal of the Yeddyurappa ministry and imposition of President's Rule in the wake of Supreme Court quashing the disqualification of 11 party rebel MLAs. The Ministry is looking into the details on what ground the Governor recommended imposition of President's rule and keep the Assembly under suspended animation, official sources said on Monday. A note...
09:43 AM, May 16, 2011
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi will chair the last Cabinet meeting of the outgoing government on Sunday evening and is likely to meet Governor J B Patnaik on Monday to stake claim to form the third consecutive Congress government in the state. Gogoi has called a meeting of his outgoing ministers at his residence where a decision to tender resignation to the Governor to facilitate the formation of the...
05:37 PM, May 15, 2011
Bangalore: JDS chief H D Deve Gowda on Friday demanded that the Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj exercise his constitutional powers and dismiss the Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa-led BJP ministry in the wake of Supreme Court setting aside disqualification of 16 MLAs. Terming the disqualification order as an act of "fraud played on the Constitution", the former Prime Minister appealed to Bhardwaj to take a decision whether "this government...
07:14 PM, May 13, 2011
New Delhi: Tripura governor and noted Maharashtra educationist DY Patil has been accused of land grabbing. A case of fraud and cheating has been registered against him in Pune. After Iqbal Singh governor of Puducherry, another governor is in trouble, this time for allegations of land-grabbing. A piece of land has landed Tripura governor DY Patil in an ownership dispute. A police complaint has been lodged against Patil, his wife...
07:08 AM, Apr 28, 2011
