New governors named for Nagaland, TripuraOctober 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI/AGARTALA - Former Delhi Police chief Nikhil Kumar has been appointed the governor of Nagaland and Kamla, former Rajasthan deputy chief minister, has been named the governor of Tripura, a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement said Sunday. Kumar will take over from Gurbachan Jagat, governor of Manipur who is holding additional charge of the governor of Nagaland, and Kamla will replace Dinesh Nandan Sahaya.
Andhra ministers to be sworn in afreshSeptember 6th, 2009 HYDERABAD - All 35 ministers in the Andhra Pradesh cabinet will take fresh oath Sunday evening on the advise of the state governor following the death of chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Wednesday.
Rameshwar Thakur takes over as Madhya Pradesh governorJune 30th, 2009 BHOPAL - Senior Congress leader and former Karnataka governor Rameshwar Thakur was sworn in here Tuesday as the 18th governor of Madhya Pradesh. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Leader of Opposition in assembly Jamuna Devi, state Congress Committee president Suresh Pachouri, Madhya Pradesh cabinet ministers and other dignitaries were present on the occasion at Raj Bhavan.
Debananda Konwar takes oath as Bihar governorJune 29th, 2009 PATNA - Debananda Konwar took oath as the Governor of Bihar at a ceremony at Raj Bhavan today. Acting Chief Justice of Bihar High Court Shiva Kirti Singh administered the oath of office and secrecy to Konwar.
Bhardwaj takes over as Karnataka governorJune 29th, 2009 BANGALORE - Former central law minister Hans Raj Bhardwaj, who failed to make it to the union ministry this time, Monday took over as Karnataka governor. The state Chief Justice P.D.
35-member cabinet takes oath in Andhra PradeshMay 25th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Monday constituted a 35-member cabinet, inducting 20 new faces and dropping four ministers who were part of his earlier ministry.
Tripura gets new chief secretaryMay 22nd, 2009 AGARTALA - Barely a week after the Lok Sabha election result, the Left Front government in Tripura Friday appointed a new chief secretary, officials here said. Tripura-Manipur cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of 1975 batch Sudhir Sharma will replace incumbent chief secretary Shashi Prakash, who will join as adviser of the inter-state council under the union home ministry.
YSR all set to take oath as Andhra chief ministerMay 20th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Congress leader Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy is all set to take oath as Andhra Pradesh chief minister Wednesday evening for the second consecutive term.
By-election to Tripura assembly seat May 28April 24th, 2009 AGARTALA - The Election Commission Friday announced by-election to the Bordowali assembly seat in western Tripura May 28. 'The formal notification for the by-election would be issued May 4,' said Sanjeev Ranjan, chief electoral officer of Tripura.
Four killed in lightning in TripuraApril 1st, 2009 AGARTALA - At least four people were killed and 10 others injured when lightning struck them in Tripura villages, an official said Wednesday. A 42-year-old woman and three young men died when lightning struck in Kapalipara, Hedania, Teliamura villages of western Tripura and Udaipur village in the southern part of the state Tuesday.
Trinamool, Congress fight separately in TripuraMarch 11th, 2009 AGARTALA - The Congress and the Trinamool Congress are likely to put up candidates against each other in the two Lok Sabha seats in Tripura even as they forge an alliance in West Bengal. 'We have shortlisted seven names for the two seats in Tripura and decided to form a tie-up with two tribal-based parties,' Arun Chandra Bhowmik, chairman of the Trinamool Congress in Tripura, told journalists Wednesday.
Bedlam forces Tripura governor's emergency exit from assemblyFebruary 25th, 2009 AGARTALA - Slogan shouting opposition members and bedlam Tuesday forced Tripura Governor Dinesh Nandan Sahaya to leave the assembly without completing his customary speech in the opening session of the year. 'Please allow me to read out my speech.
Two men killed by their sons in TripuraFebruary 1st, 2009 AGARTALA - Two men, one as old as 70 years, were killed by their own sons in two incidents of patricide in Tripura following family quarrels, the police said here Monday. A police spokesperson said Saptami Tripura, 70, and Budhirai Debbarma, 41, a teacher, were hacked to death by their sons late Sunday in south and west Tripura districts respectively.
Banish militancy, develop Tripura: Governor on R-DayJanuary 25th, 2009 AGARTALA - Tripura Governor Dinesh Nandan Sahaya Monday urged separatists to shun the path of violence and support the state government in developing the region. 'Terrorism seems to be in its last throes in Tripura which bodes well for faster development in this land-locked state,' he said after unfurling the national flag at the Assam Rifles ground here.
Omar Abdullah takes oath as Jammu and Kashmir chief ministerJanuary 4th, 2009 JAMMU - Omar Abdullah Monday took oath as the eighth chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir at this winter capital of the state. Governor N.N.
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