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Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy on Friday stoked controversy by asking those who do not want divisive democracy to go to North Korea. (Photo: PTI)

Those not wanting divisive democracy should go to North Korea':...

The governor was apparently backing the new Citizenship Act.

14 Dec 2019 5:22 AM

Roy said, I can never accept that encounter or kangaroo courts can ever be the standard operating procedure in dispensing criminal justice. People ought to be arrested, taken before the court, charge-sheeted, tried and the court will hand out punishment to them which is to be carried out. (Photo: ANI)

'Encounter, Kangaroo court can't be standard operating procedure':...

Earlier this Friday, the police said that all 4 accused in the case were killed in an encounter.

8 Dec 2019 5:47 AM

Tathagata Roy (Photo: Twitter)

Shocker from a governor

Evidently, Mr Roy inhabits an area of darkness and equates Kashmiris with Pakistanis just because both are followers of...

20 Feb 2019 6:51 PM

Tathagata Roy (Photo: Twitter)

Meghalaya governor's boycott Kashmiri' call evokes wrath

Omar Abdullah was first to react strongly to Roy's remarks.

19 Feb 2019 9:35 PM

Tathagata Roy (Photo: Twitter)

Meghalaya Governor sparks row with anti-Bengali comment

Earlier this year, Mr Roy's tweet endorsing an appeal made by a former armyman to boycott Kashmiri products had created...

7 Jun 2019 1:09 AM

Roys tweet came after Banerjee on Thursday lost her cool when a group of men raised Jai Shri Ram slogan as her convoy passed through Bhatpara area of North 24 Parganas district. (Photo: ANI)

Say 'Jai Shri Ram', 'didi' may book you for attempt-to-murder:...

'It is possible that people who shouted 'Jai Shri Ram' would be slapped with non-bailable attempt-to-murder cases,'...

1 Jun 2019 8:48 AM

Condemning the attack, NPP president and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma sought the intervention of the Prime Ministers Office and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. (Photo: ANI)

Shillong's Punjabi Lane residents get notice to prove legality of stay

Punjabi Lane is inhabited by people from Punjab, who were brought around 200 yrs ago by British to work as cleaners and...

1 Jun 2019 7:12 AM

Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy on Sunday criticised Nobel laureate Amartya Sens over his remark that Jai Shri Ram slogan is used nowadays to beat up people across the country and it has no association with Bengali culture. (Photo: File)

He should stick to his subject: Meghalaya Guv after Sen's remarks on...

The noted economist had also said that he has never heard of the festival Ram Navami being celebrated in Bengal before.

8 July 2019 7:18 AM

The violence erupted following the BJP-IPFT alliances victory over the CPI-M, ousting the Manik Sarkar led government in the just concluded Assembly elections. (Photo: Screengrab from video @ANI)

Poll aftermath: Lenin statue knocked down in Tripura, Rajnath Singh...

A statue of Left icon Lenin was also demolished at Belonia town in South Tripura on Monday with the help of a bulldozer.

6 March 2018 4:39 AM

All-Bengal Minority Youth Federation activists raise slogans during a protest against Assams controversial NRC draft in front of Tipu Sultan mosque in Kolkata on Tuesday. (Photo: Asian Age)

Those howling over NRC should read UN definition, says Tathagata Roy

Roy's remarks came in the wake of a statement by West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.

31 July 2018 8:15 PM

Opposition leaders shout slogans in front of the speaker after trooping into the well of the house during the speech of governor Tathagata Roy on the first day of Tripura Assembly Budget session in Agartala. (Photo: AP)

Uproar in Tripura assembly as governor refuses to read entire speech

The governor read out around five pages of the speech before leaving the house in half-an-hour.

18 Feb 2017 7:05 AM

Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy (Photo: Twitter/@tathagata2)

Civil war only solution for Hindu-Muslim tussle, tweets Tripura Guv,...

Roy's comment drew sharp reactions on Twitter with people calling him out for inciting communal tension and some even...

20 Jun 2017 11:04 AM