West Bengal Assembly passes bill to replace Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar with CM Mamata Banerjee as chancellor of agricultural universitiesThe development came just days after the House passed The West Bengal University Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2022, to appoint the CM, in place o...
17 Jun, 2022, 09.29 PM IST
West Bengal passes Bill to replace Governor with CM Mamata Banerjee as Chancellor of state universitiesThe Bill will hence be sent to Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar for his approval. Traditionally, Governor holds the position of Chancellor of all ...
13 Jun, 2022, 09.59 PM IST
West Bengal assembly passes bill to replace governor with CM as chancellor of state varsitiesState education minister Bratya Basu, after introducing The West Bengal University Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2022 in the House, said there was...
13 Jun, 2022, 06.34 PM IST
States as stakeholder in governors' jobWhatever the points of Centre-state chafing may be, smoother functioning and 'cooperative activity' are needed. The Constituent Assembly in...
21 Feb, 2022, 11.14 PM IST
Need to revisit Seventh Schedule of Constitution: N K SinghSingh said the Commission on Centre-State Relations, headed by Justice M M Punchhi, had in 2010 recommended that there should be a consulta...
11 Dec, 2020, 07.45 PM IST
Why Chandrababu Naidu left is a surprise, he shouldn’t have quit NDA: Rajnath SinghIf there are big incidents and violence in states, it is natural for the Centre to seek reports. It’s nothing new. India’s character is of ...
28 May, 2018, 08.53 AM IST
Deliberations on Punchhi commission report completedA Home Ministry statement said the standing committee, headed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh, examined various recommendations of the commi...
25 May, 2018, 05.40 PM IST
View: Discretionary authority of governors is too wide, rules must be codified for themIf rules are in place on steps to be taken in a certain order, making clear which party/ group (pre- or post-poll) should be called first, ...
18 May, 2018, 12.20 PM IST
Rajnath Singh pitches for greater Centre-state cooperationAddressing the 12th meeting of the standing committee of Inter-State Council here, he said a number of steps have been taken in recent year...
25 Nov, 2017, 06.21 PM IST
UP seeks more funds for development of Bundelkhand, PurvanchalAddressing a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Inter-State Council, Yogi Adityanath said all states should get more funds for variou...
10 Apr, 2017, 01.43 AM IST
Nitish Kumar pitches for abolishing Governor's postThe JD(U) President added that if it is not possible to do away with the constitutional post, the discretionary powers that go with it be c...
02 Aug, 2016, 05.59 PM IST
Unilaterally deducting dues from State govts 'unacceptable': Tamil Nadu"Recently, the draft Centre State Investment Agreement (CSIA) has also been circulated by the Ministry of Finance. While we welcome this Go...
16 Jul, 2016, 09.46 PM IST
Pay us back: Maharashtra demands Rs 14,000 crore compensation for loss over GST implementationFadnavis demanded levying additional 1% more GST in states with a flourishing manufacturing sector to compensate for the loss of revenue.
16 Jul, 2016, 09.33 PM IST
Inter-State Council meet tomorrow; PM Narendra Modi to interact with CMsConvened after a gap of 10 years, the Inter-State Council meeting will see Modi, along with 17 Union ministers, for the first time interact...
15 Jul, 2016, 06.05 PM IST
Lok Sabha nod to bill for benefits to ex-governorsA bill seeking to provide secretarial staff and other benefits to ex-governors throughout their life was passed by Lok Sabha today.
24 Aug, 2013, 02.51 PM IST
- Panel on Centre-state relations gets extension
The commission set up to take a fresh look at Centre-State relations was on Friday granted a nine-month extension up to March 31 next year.
20 Jun, 2009, 07.44 AM IST
- Would Centre-state fiscal dance go berserk?
Those who argue that India should be an integrated market and that states ought not to be doing tax arbitrage to woo investors would find t...
19 Oct, 2007, 02.05 AM IST