National games could be held in November: Jharkhand governor

August 2nd, 2009 RANCHI - The Jharkhand Government has declared the entire State as drought-hit due to inadequate rainfall that it has received in the last two months. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Advisory Council of the Governor, which was chaired by G Krishnan, adviser to Governor K.

July 28th, 2009 KOHIMA - Manipur Governor Gurbachan Jagat, who has been entrusted additional charge of Nagaland by President Pratibha Patil, will be sworn-in today. The ceremony will be held at the Raj Bhavan.

July 26th, 2009 RANCHI - Kateekal Sankaranarayanan on Sunday sworn in as the Governor of Jharkhand State, which is presently under President's rule. Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court, Gyan Sudha Mishra, administered the oath of office and secrecy at the Raj Bhavan to Sankaranarayanan in Ranchi on Sunday.

July 26th, 2009 RANCHI - Kateekal Sankaranarayanan was sworn in as governor of Jharkhand at a ceremony at the Raj Bhavan here Sunday. Jharkhand High Court Chief Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra administered the oath of office and secrecy at a ceremony attended by leaders of political parties and other dignitaries.

July 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Appointments of the new Governors in four States namely Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Gujarat, and a Lieutenant Governor for the Union Territory, Pudducherry, were announced by the President House in an official communiqu‚ here on Saturday. Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Margaret Alva has been appointed the Governor of Uttrakhand, B.L.

May 14th, 2009 RANCHI - The Jharkhand Olympic Association (JOA) Thursday said the 34th National Games will be held from Nov 21 to Dec 5. JOA president R.K.

May 11th, 2009 RANCHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday charged Jharkhand Governor Syed Sibte Razi, who had last week announced the infrastructure for holding the 34th National Games was ready, with misleading people. 'The governor is misleading people of the state and playing with the players' careers.

April 1st, 2009 RANCHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is crying foul over Jharkhand Governor Syed Sibte Razi's move to release a Rs.910 million revival package for Heavy Engineering Corporation, allegedly in violation of the election code of conduct. The BJP Wednesday demanded an FIR against the governor, who Tuesday released a cheque of Rs.91 crore (Rs.910 million) to Heavy Engineering Corporation Monday as a part of the Rs.250 crore revival package passed by the state government Feb 13, a fortnight before the election code of conduct came into force.

March 25th, 2009 RANCHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday demanded the removal of Jharkhand Governor Syed Sibte Razi accusing him of violating the model code of conduct. 'We have faxed a letter to President Pratibha Patil and the Election Commission demanding removal of the governor, who is violating the model code of conduct,' Raghubar Das, state BJP president, told reporters.

March 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Sport Minister M.S Gill Monday said security concerns raised by Commonwealth Games officials were 'hypothetical' and that there need not be any apprehensions over the safety and security during the 2010 New Delhi Games. Gill was reacting to reports in Australian media quoting Australian Commonwealth Games Association CEO Perry Crosswhite as saying that a security assessment one month before the Games would be crucial in deciding the fate of the event.

March 16th, 2009 RANCHI - Traders here Monday closed their shops till noon to protest the killing of three businessmen in Jharkhand in one month. Black flags were put atop shops as hundreds of businessmen and traders took out a protest march to the governor's house.

March 7th, 2009 JAMSHEDPUR - The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) senior leader L.K. Advani kicked off his election campaign in Jharkhand Friday.

February 10th, 2009 RANCHI - Extra security arrangements were put in place around the governor house in the Jharkhand capital Wednesday, on the eve of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) proposed demonstration demanding fresh elections in the president ruled state. The BJP has planned 'Ghera Dalo, Dera Dalo' agitation in front of the governor house to press its demand for dissolution of the state assembly and elections in the state.

January 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian Olympic Association Saturday decided to postpone the 34th National Games, scheduled to be held in three Jharkhand cities Feb 15-28, till June due to delay in construction of infrastructure. The IOA steering committee reviewed the state's preparations for the Games to be held in Ranchi, Jamshedpur and Dhanbad and concluded that the state was not ready to host the tournament as infrastructure was not in place.

December 29th, 2008 BANGKOK - Laos, which will host the South-East Asia (SEA) Games in November, has received assurances that the Chinese-constructed National Stadium will be completed by March, a Lao foreign ministry spokesman said Tuesday. 'The Chinese contractors have assured us that the stadium will be completed by March,' said the ministry's spokesman Yong Chanthlangsy.