Ex Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das appointed Odisha Governer, Indra Sena Reddy Nallu as Tripura Governer
New Delhi (PTI): Former Jharkhand chief minister Raghubar Das and Telangana BJP leader Indra Sena Reddy Nallu have been appointed as the governors of Odisha and Tripura, respectively, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said on Wednesday.
Das, currently a national vice president of the BJP, was the first non-tribal chief minister of Jharkhand from 2014 to 2019.
He has been appointed to the gubernatorial post in place of Prof. Ganeshi Lal, who has completed his tenure.
Das was part of the Janata Party in 1977 and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as a founding member in 1980, according to his biodata.
In 2004, Das was appointed as Jharkhand state president of the BJP.
Das, a grassroots leader of the BJP, is a former employee of Tata Steel.
Indra Sena Reddy Nallu is a BJP leader from Telangana.
Nallu is a BJP national executive member and he succeeds Satyadeo Narain Arya as the Tripura governor.
President Droupadi Murmu is pleased to appoint Das as the governor of Odisha and Nallu as the governor of Tripura, according to a late-night statement issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The above appointments will take effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices, it added.
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Three killed, seven feared trapped after house collapses in UP's Meerut
Meerut, Sep 14: Three people were killed, two injured and seven feared trapped after a three-storey house collapsed in this Uttar Pradesh district on Saturday, officials said.
"Twelve people got buried under the debris after the sudden collapse of the house. Till now, five people have been taken out from the debris. Of them, three died and two injured have been admitted to Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College," the relief commissioner's office said.
The incident occurred around 5:15 pm and emergency services were immediately alerted, it said.
District Magistrate Deepak Meena confirmed the collapse of the three-storey house in Zakir Colony.
Officials initially said around six people were trapped under the debris.
Senior officials rushed to the spot to oversee the rescue operations.
National Disaster Response Force, fire brigade and police teams are working to rescue those trapped under the debris.
