Kamla Beniwal

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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

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.

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.

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.

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".

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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

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.

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.

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.

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".

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.

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.

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.

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