Chennai: Tamil Nadu Governor R. N. Ravi cut short an hour-long policy address prepared by the DMK government to mark the start of the state budget session to only three minutes Monday. Ravi said he “convincingly disagreed” with many of the passages on moral and factual grounds and slammed the state government for “disrespecting” the national … Read more
Chennai: In a first in the history of the Tamil Nadu Assembly, Governor RN Ravi on Monday concluded his customary address to the House within a few minutes, asserting he disagreed with the government over the content of the address and flayed the DMK regime for ‘not respecting’ the national anthem. In his inaugural address … Read more
Since then, the two executive wings of the state government have clashed over several issues — from the appointment of chancellors in state universities to delays in the governor’s assent to bills. The Stalin government has on several occasions even accused Ravi of acting as an agent of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday asked Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi to hold a meeting with chief minister MK Stalin to resolve the impasse over the non-grant of assent to Bills by him passed by the state legislative assembly.A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra took … Read more
Chennai: Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi has granted CBI sanction to prosecute former AIADMK ministers C Vijayabaskar and BV Ramana in the gutka scam, according to orders dated November 13. While this marks progress in the case, the governor has not yet given similar sanction for the prosecution of two other former AIADMK ministers — … Read more
New Delhi: Eleven out of 12 bills passed by the Tamil Nadu assembly that await clearance by state Governor R.N. Ravi propose modifications in laws that govern various state-run universities. The amendments suggested in these bills do away with the governor’s power, in his capacity as chancellor, to appoint the vice-chancellor of a university, and … Read more