Kiran Bedi appointed Lt Governor of Puducherry
Former IPS officer Kiran Bedi is appointed as Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry. President Pranab Mukherjee issued the orders on the same on Sunday. The 66 year old Bedi became the first woman to have joined IPS in 1972. She earned a good name as a police officer and also won Raman Magsaysay Award in 1994. She was also chief ministerial candidate in the last assembly elections to Delhi. It may be reminded that Congress got the power in Puducherry in the last elections.