Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan

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  Ashok Chavan To Be Prosecuted, But Congress Says Adarsh Scam 'A Myth'

  Maharashtra Governor CH Vidyasagar Rao on Thursday gave his sanction to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to prosecute former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan in the Adarsh housing scam.

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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.

• New Governors Named for Four States; BJP Veteran Kalyan Singh Finds a Place

  Senior BJP leader Kalyan Singh will take charge as Governor of Rajasthan and former union minister Vidyasagar Rao will head to Maharashtra, a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement said today.

• 'Don't Think Transfer Was Political Vendetta': Former Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan

  A day after quitting as Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan today said that he does not think the Centre's decision to transfer him to Mizoram was 'political vendetta'.

• Sheila Dikshit Likely to Quit As Kerala Governor Soon: Sources

  Sheila Dikshit's itinerary in Delhi today commissioned talk of her resignation as the Governor of Kerala.

• Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan Refuses to Go to Mizoram, Resigns

  Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan has resigned from his post, hours after he was transferred to Mizoram by the government.

• Another Punishment Posting? Maharashtra Governor Transferred to Mizoram

  In the wee hours of Sunday, the union government announced its decision to transfer K Sankaranarayanan, the Governor of Maharashtra, to Mizoram. Mr Sankaranarayanan, among those governors who were asked to resign by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration, had earlier dug in his heels and refused to do so.

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  Maharashtra Governor to Preserve Peacock Which Died at Raj Bhavan

  Raj Bhavan, the Maharashtra Governor's official residence, is known for the several peacocks and peahens staying in its large campus. Nearly 15 of the captivating animals are known to make it their home. So, when one of them passed away, the governor wished to preserve its memory in form of a display. That is why he sent the bird to the Wildlife Ta...

• A Governor Says He's Not Hurt by Call to Quit. But He's Not Complying Either.

  Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan said today that he got not one but two phone calls from the new government asking him to resign, but said he remains unpersuaded.

• Maharashtra Governor Questions Relevance of NOTA, Calls it 'Waste of Time'

  Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan questioned the relevance of the recently introduced NOTA voting option in a democratic system while describing it as "non-sense" and waste of time.

• Gopinath Munde Was a Lok Nayak: Maharashtra Governor

  Expressing grief over the sudden demise of Union Rural Development Development Minister Gopinath Munde, Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan today described him as a "Lok Nayak" and a parliamentarian, who never lost touch with the masses.

• NCP minister Vijaykumar Gavit dropped from Maharashtra cabinet after daughter joins BJP

  NCP leader Vikaykumar Gavit was today dropped as Maharashtra's Horticulture and Medical Education minister. The NCP had approached Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan after Mr Gavit's daughter joined the BJP and was given a ticket to contest the Lok Sabha election from Nandurbar in north Maharashtra.

• Adarsh Society scam: Relief for Ashok Chavan, Governor refuses permission to prosecute him

  In a major relief for former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, Governor K Sankaranarayanan today refused the CBI permission to prosecute him in the Adarsh Housing Society scam. The governor has however not stated any reason for his decision so far.

• Controversy over minister 'leaking' information on Ajmal Kasab

  Shiv Sena MLC Anil Parab has asked Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan to dismiss Home Minister RR Patil from the state cabinet for "leaking details" about 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab's time in prison and his cremation inside the Yerwada jail.

• Maharashtra Governor forwards Sanjay Dutt's pardon plea to state home department

  A pardon plea for actor Sanjay Dutt by Member of Parliament Jaya Prada and former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh was forwarded by the Maharashtra Governor to the state home department seeking its opinion on March 28, a Raj Bhawan spokesperson said today. On Tuesday, Ms Prada and Mr Singh had met Governor K Sankaranarayanan requesting him to pard...