Kolkata, March 19 (IANS) The new West Bengal Chief Secretary Dushyant Nariala and state Home Secretary Sanghamitra Ghosh visited the Raj Bhavan on Thursday to meet the new Governor R.N. Ravi. According to an insider at the State Secretariat Nabanna, they remained there for nearly 30 minutes. This marks the first instance since assuming office that Governor Ravi has met with any administrative official of the state government, besides meeting Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and others during the o…
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Kolkata, March 13 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Friday met the newly appointed and 22nd Governor, R.N. Ravi, and urged him to take action against Chief Secretary Nandini Chakraborty and acting Director General of Police Peeyush Pandey over the alleged breach of protocol during the recent visit of President Droupadi Murmu to the state.“I have requested the Governor to take steps to protect the constitutional and democratic procedures in the st…
Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) After taking oath as the 22nd Governor of West Bengal on Thursday, former Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer and former Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi issued a message reminding the people of the state about its rich intellectual and cultural legacy.At the same time, he said that he viewed the responsibility as a great honour and opportunity.“I am immensely blessed and profoundly humbled to have the opportunity to serve the people of West Bengal, a great land that has bee…
Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) With the former Intelligence Bureau (IB) top officer and the former Governor of Tamil Nadu, R.N. Ravi, taking oath as the 22nd Governor of West Bengal on Thursday, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s first message to him during the interaction after the oath ceremony was that ‘Bengal loves those who love Bengal’.After the oath ceremony was over, the Chief Minister welcomed the new Governor by wrapping a piece of the cloak around his neck. During that interaction, the Chief …
Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) Former Intelligence Bureau (IB) super-cop and also the former Governor of Tamil Nadu, R.N. Ravi, was sworn in as the new Governor of West Bengal on Thursday morning.The ceremony started at 11.30 a.m. at Lok Bhavan (formerly Raj Bhavan) in Kolkata. The oath to the new Governor was administered by the Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul in the presence of dignitaries like West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Speaker of the Assembly Biman Bandopadhyay and th…
Chennai, March 12 (IANS) Kerala Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar was sworn in as the Acting Governor of Tamil Nadu at a ceremony held at the historic People’s Palace in Guindy on Thursday. The oath of office was administered by Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari, in the presence of several senior political leaders and officials.The development follows a recent reshuffle in gubernatorial positions by the Union government. After the resignation of C….
Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) Former Intelligence Bureau (IB) top officer and the ex-Governor of Tamil Nadu, R.N. Ravi, will be sworn in as the new governor of West Bengal on Thursday.Ravi arrived in Kolkata late Wednesday evening, and his oath ceremony will be conducted at 11.30 a.m. at Lok Bhavan (formerly Raj Bhavan). The Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, Sujoy Paul, will administer the oath.The oath ceremony of the new governor will be one of the few rare occasions where the West Bengal C…
Kolkata, March 8 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday alleged that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls conducted in the poll-bound state was intended to help the BJP in the upcoming Assembly elections.Addressing party workers from her sit-in demonstration site at Esplanade, CM Banerjee claimed that the exercise had resulted in the deletion of names of several voters from the electoral rolls.She said that even with the support of the Election Commission,…
Kolkata, March 8 (IANS) Former West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose on Sunday said his resignation from the post was a conscious decision and the reasons behind it would remain confidential till the right time.Speaking to reporters after arriving at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata, Bose said he would return to West Bengal again to cast his vote.Bose, a native of Kerala, had shifted his voting base to West Bengal barely a week before tendering his resignation from off…
Chennai, March 7 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin met R. N. Ravi on Saturday in Chennai and congratulated him following his appointment as the new Governor of West Bengal. The meeting, held at the Governor’s official residence in Guindy, marked a formal and courteous interaction between the two leaders despite their past political differences.According to official sources, the Chief Minister visited the Raj Bhavan in Guindy to extend his greetings to Ravi after the Union government …