Raj Bhavan in a statement said, 'Three out of 38 persons who were tested for Coronavirus infection turned positive. They have been shifted to hospital for treatment.'
July 29, 2020In 1969, West Bengal Governor Dharma Vira deleted a section of the address prepared by the State government which he considered scurrilous.
January 13, 2020We will have to wait for the Multi-Disciplinary Monitoring Agency (MDMA) to come out of its deep slumber and unravel the mystery behind the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. Meanwhile, let not the unfortunate seven rot in Tamil Nadu jails indefinitely.
December 14, 2019The focus of the informal meeting is on improving people-to-people contacts and on how to maintain peace and tranquillity along on India-China border.
October 11, 2019Nalini Sriharan, one of the seven convicts in the assassination, sought direction to Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit to release the convicts.
July 18, 2019R. Gopal, 59, was booked for "sedition" under Section 124 A of the Indian Penal Code.
October 9, 2018Ever since Banwarilal Purohit took over as Governor, Tamil Nadu has two power centres: Fort St George and Raj Bhavan. Purohit justifies his usurping the powers of the elected executive by quoting legal opinion he had obtained from a Mumbai lawyer, Shreehari Aney, rather than abide by the Articles in the Constitution and their interpretation …
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July 4, 2018Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) working president MK Stalin was detained by the police in Chennai on Saturday as he led a group of supporters to protest against Governor Banwarilal Purohit.
June 23, 2018Kicking alive the agitation demanding the constitution of the Cauvery Management Board (CMB)after a brief lull, the Opposition DMK hurled stones and footwear at Union defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s convoy at Parthibanur junction in Ramanathapuram district, 540 km south east of Chennai, on Wednesday. Prime minister Narendra Modi also had a taste of the ire …
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May 3, 2018Tamil Nadu BJP leader S.Ve. Shekher raked up a new controversy as he made a remark on state Governor Banwarilal Purohit patting the cheek of a senior female journalist earlier this week. He said Purohit should “wash his hands with phenyl” for touching her. Shekher, reportedly, made the comments in a Facebook post, which has …
April 20, 2018DMK leader M.K.Stalin in Wednesday said that his party would continue protesting against Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit, till he is recalled by the Central government. Talking to reporters here, he said the Governor is acting as if there is President’s rule in the state, while protests are being held statewide to demand his recall. …
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April 18, 2018Following controversy over patting the cheek of a female journalist, Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Wednesday issued an apology her, saying that he patted her cheek to appreciate her performance as a journalist. The incident happened during a press conference in Chennai when journalist, Lakshmi Subramaniam, posed a question to Purohit while he was …
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April 18, 2018Journalists in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday sought an apology from state Governor Banwarilal Purohit after he sparked a row by patting a senior woman journalist on her cheek when she asked him a question. In the letter demanding justice, the journalists wrote, “Mr Governor, we, the journalists of Tamil Nadu, demand that you offer …
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April 18, 2018Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Tuesday sparked a row after patting a senior woman journalist on cheek at the end of his press conference at Raj Bhawan. The press conference was called in the wake of allegations linking Purohit to a controversy surrounding a professor arrested in the ‘sex for degrees’ case. The …
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April 18, 2018Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit who hurriedly convened an unusual press meet at Raj Bhavan to announce that he has no link with the suspended assistant professor Nirmala Devi who has been arrested on the charge of luring her four girl students to extend sexual favours to senior officials of Madurai Kamaraj varsity to ensure …
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April 18, 2018MK Stalin, the working president of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), met Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit at Raj Bhavan on Friday requesting him to take up the Cauvery water issue with the Centre.
April 13, 2018DMK leader M.K.Stalin on Tuesday said Governor Banwarilal Purohit had clarified that only a person figuring among the short-listed candidates was appointed Vice Chancellor of Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University. Purohit had called Stalin for a meeting to clarify the position on appointment of Suryanarayana Shastri as the Vice Chancellor of the university. Talking …
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March 28, 2018