Kamla Beniwal

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  Veteran Congress Leader Kamla Beniwal Dies In Jaipur Hospital

  Veteran Congress leader and former governor of Gujarat Kamla Beniwal died at a private hospital in Jaipur on Wednesday.

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  Mizoram Gets Its Seventh Governor Within a Year

  Arunachal Pradesh Governor Lt Gen (Retd) Nirbhay Sharma was transferred and appointed the Governor of Mizoram today. He will be serving till his term ends in 2018. He is the seventh Governor the state saw in a year.

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  Mizoram Without a Governor for the Sixth Time in 10 Months as Centre Sacks Aziz Qureshi

  Mizoram Governor Aziz Qureshi, who had a running feud with the Centre and even approached the Supreme Court against attempts to ease him out when he was Uttarakhand Governor, was sacked today. Mr Qureshi's term would have ended in May 2017.

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  Government Plans to Appoint 6-7 Governors in Coming Weeks, Says Home Minister Rajnath Singh

  The government is planning to appoint new Governors in at least six states in the next 15-20 days, with Bihar, Punjab and Assam likely among these.

• Gujarat is First State to Make Voting a Must in Local Body Polls

  The Gujarat Governor has given the go-ahead to the controversial Gujarat Local Authorities Laws Bill, 2009, which makes voting mandatory in local body elections.

• Governors Who Refuse To Go To Mizoram Should Apologise: Kiren Rijiju

  Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju has hit out at the UPA-appointed Governors who refused to be transferred to north eastern states like Mizoram. While appearing on a special show on NDTV, the minister who is from Arunachal Pradesh said those governors must "apologise to the nation."

• Have Worked in Accordance With Law: Kamla Beniwal

  Sacked Mizoram Governor Kamla Beniwal today said she did her work in the right spirit and abided by the law.

• Kamla Beniwal, Governor Who 'Toiled In Fields for 14-16 Hours'

  President Pranab Mukherjee signed off on the government's decision to sack Kamla Beniwal as Mizoram governor because of strong charges against her, including a false declaration of "manual labour" on land that she claimed at cheaper rates in Rajasthan.

• 'Satisfied' With Grounds For Kamla Beniwal's Sacking, Wrote President: Sources

  Kamla Beniwal's sacking as Mizoram governor was approved by President Pranab Mukherjee, who reportedly said in a hand-written response that he was "satisfied" with the government's evidence against her.

• Behind Governor Kamla Beniwal's Sacking, A Three-Charge Dossier Sent To President

  Kamla Beniwal was sacked as Mizoram governor - just two months before her term was to end - for "gross impropriety", top sources said today as the government parried opposition allegations of vendetta politics.

• Kamla Beniwal Sacked As Governor, Government Cites 'Serious Allegations'

  The government today justified the sacking of Mizoram governor Kamla Beniwal yesterday, just two months before her tenure ends, as it confronted opposition allegations of "vendetta politics".

• Governor Kamla Beniwal Sacked Over 'Serious Allegations', Says Government

  Kamla Beniwal, who had sharp differences with Narendra Modi when he was Gujarat Chief Minister, was sacked as Governor of Mizoram on Wednesday, just two months before her tenure ends.

• Mizoram Governor Kamla Beniwal Sacked A Month After Shift from Gujarat

  Kamla Beniwal, who had a running battle with Narendra Modi when he was Gujarat Chief Minister, was tonight sacked as Governor of Mizoram just two months before her tenure comes to an end.

• 'Can't Treat Us Like This': In Governors vs Government Row, a Sixth Resignation

  Mizoram governor Vakkom B Purushothaman, who was upset at being transferred "without notice", resigned on Friday, adding to the growing tally of UPA-era governors to exit since the Narendra Modi government took charge in May.

• Kamla Beniwal Sworn-In as 12th Governor of Mizoram

  Dr Kamla Beniwal was sworn-in as the 12th Governor of Mizoram on Wednesday, hours after her predecessor Vakkom B. Purushothaman left the state.