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CPI(M) slams TN governor for inviting Vice President, calls it ‘disrespect’ of SC
Dhankhar recently criticised the landmark SC verdict that set timelines for governors and the President of India to act on bills based on a petition filed by the Tamil Nadu government

Published on Apr 22, 2025 09:02 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chennai
Tamil Nadu governor asks students to chant religious slogan, educationists call for resignation
The State Platform for Common School System – Tamil Nadu (SPCSS), an organisation comprising educationists, has demanded governor’s removal from his post for “violating his oath of office.”

Published on Apr 14, 2025 07:44 AM IST
Divya Chandrababu, Chennai
TN Guv RN Ravi asks college students to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram', sparks row
Congress MLA JMH Hassan Maulaana said the Governor's remarks were highly condemnable, stating that the latter was speaking the language of the RSS and the BJP

Updated on Apr 13, 2025 08:20 PM IST
10 TN bills become laws without governor's assent after SC's landmark judgement
The apex court ordered the bills to be deemed laws from the date the bills were presented to the Governor for consideration.

Updated on Apr 12, 2025 06:34 PM IST
Legal experts praise top court’s judgment
Seven out of the 10 bills relate to powers regarding the appointment of vice chancellors in several universities across Tamil Nadu being vested with the state and instead of the governor.

Published on Apr 09, 2025 09:12 AM IST
Divya Chandrababu, Chennai
‘Victory for all state governments’: Stalin reacts to SC's ruling on Governors
After receiving relief in the case against the Governor, chief minister MK Stalin addressed the Tamil Nadu assembly and called the verdict ‘historic’

Published on Apr 08, 2025 01:31 PM IST
HT News Desk | Edited by Nikita Sharma
SC slams TN guv for ‘impasse’ over assent
The court was referring to the proviso under Article 200 of the Constitution that deals with governor’s assent to state bills.

Published on Feb 08, 2025 08:30 AM IST
SC junks PIL demanding removal of Tamil Nadu governor
The SC made it clear that the removal of a governor falls under the exclusive domain of the President of India and is not a matter for judicial intervention.

Published on Feb 03, 2025 01:05 PM IST
Resolve VC appointments or we will, SC tells TN govt, Guv
The court said it will intervene to resolve the differences over the issue between the state government and Governor RN Ravi if the two sides fail to do so by the next date of hearing on January 22.

Updated on Jan 18, 2025 08:12 AM IST
, New Delhi
Abraham Thomas‘Such arrogance is not good’: Guv office hits back at Stalin
The comment came a day after Stalin alleged Ravi was unable to “digest” that the state was developing and his decision not to address the Assembly was “childish”.

Updated on Jan 13, 2025 06:48 AM IST
Divya Chandrababu, Chennai
Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi storms out of the House over anthem row
Ravi walked out roughly three minutes after the House convened for the first time this year at 9:30am.

Published on Jan 07, 2025 04:49 PM IST
Divya Chandrababu, Chennai
‘Brazen disrespect’: TN Governor walks out of assembly for second year in a row
RN Ravi alleged that the state assembly “disrespected” the national anthem by refusing to play it before the state anthem.

Updated on Jan 06, 2025 03:05 PM IST
Political row erupts in Tamil Nadu after anthem fiasco
A Hindi month celebration at Doordarshan Chennai sparked a political controversy with chief minister MK Stalin criticising the event and later governor RN Ravi.

Updated on Oct 19, 2024 05:22 AM IST
Divya Chandrababu, Chennai
Morning briefing: CPI (M) slams TN governor for 'secularism' remarks, and more
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Published on Sep 24, 2024 09:31 AM IST
‘Shame such a person’: Brinda Karat on Tamil Nadu governor's ‘secularism’ remark
Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi stirred controversy on Monday by saying that secularism is a European concept that does not have a place in India.

Updated on Sep 24, 2024 09:49 AM IST
Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi calls secularism a ‘European concept’, sparks row
Last year, TN governor RN Ravi said that “the people who want to break this country have given a distorted interpretation of secularism.”

Published on Sep 23, 2024 06:49 PM IST
Tamil Nadu guv’s tribute to Savarkar on his birth anniversary fans row
Governor RN Ravi on Tuesday described Savarakar as an inspiration while DMK has accused the governor of being an agent of the BJP and its ideological parents, RSS

Updated on May 29, 2024 08:56 AM IST
Divya Chandrababu, Chennai
'Don't change him till Parliament polls': MK Stalin attacks RN Ravi with sarcasm
MK Stalin's attack comes a day after Raj Bhawan accused the local police of not registering its complaint in the 'petrol bomb' matter.

Updated on Oct 27, 2023 03:39 PM IST
‘Governor RN Ravi has nothing to do with NEET bill’: Tamil Nadu Health Minister
Ma Subramanian was responding to Ravi's statement made on Saturday that he would never give clearance to the Tamil Nadu Assembly adopted bill against the NEET.

Published on Aug 14, 2023 09:06 AM IST
PTI |
A disquieting trend in governor’s actions
Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi’s actions should serve as a reminder that governors have limited powers and very little discretion under the Indian Constitution

Published on Jul 02, 2023 08:38 PM IST
‘PM has set divine mandate, he understands what is Bharat’: TN Guv RN Ravi
Governor RN Ravi said, “PM has set a divine mandate through his appearance, understanding the essence of Bharat and the power of its people.”

Published on Jul 01, 2023 02:05 PM IST
Sending the wrong signal
RN Ravi’s actions cement perceptions that some governors are infringing on the state’s domain. This isn’t good for national unity

Updated on Jun 30, 2023 08:23 PM IST
Senthil Balaji's removal: TN guv says approaching AG on Amit Shah's advice
A major row erupted after Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi sacked minister V Senthil Balaji without aid and advice from the chief minister.

Published on Jun 30, 2023 11:31 AM IST
Kerala CM supports TN decision to pass resolution against Governor
Kerala CM replies to his counterpart MK Stalin extending a ‘heartfelt support’ to the resolution urging Centre and the President to fix a time limit for governors to approve the bill passed by legislature.

Updated on Apr 19, 2023 12:35 AM IST
18 BHU students on 10-day trip to Tamil Nadu
18 Tamil language students from BHU are on a 10-day tour of Tamil Nadu at the invitation of the state's governor to visit cultural and spiritual sites.

Updated on Apr 04, 2023 12:41 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Varanasi
‘Erroneous and far-fetched’: Governor Ravi's clarification over 'Tamizhagam' row
While addressing a programme felicitating organisers and volunteers of the Kashi Tamil Sangamam, held at the Raj Bhavan in Chennai on January 4, RN Ravi allegedly remarked that the word ‘Tamizhagam’ was a more appropriate term for Tamil Nadu.

Updated on Jan 18, 2023 01:39 PM IST
DMK's Shivaji Krishnamoorthy suspended for remarks against governor RN Ravi
Both the Tamil Nadu Raj Bhavan and the BJP have approached the police with separate complaints, seeking action against Krishnamoorthy.

Updated on Jan 14, 2023 09:09 PM IST
‘Unfit for job’: Tamil Nadu MPs write to President, seek governor’s removal
Parliamentarians from Tamil Nadu’s Secular Progressive Alliance led by the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam also listed 20 bills passed in the state assembly that it said were pending with governor RN Ravi since he took charge in September 2021.

Updated on Nov 10, 2022 05:31 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chennai
'Intent to incite hatred...': TN ruling alliance wants Guv RN Ravi to be removed
The memorandum accused Ravi of unabashedly propagating dangerous, divisive, religious rhetoric in public and called it unbecoming of a governor

Updated on Nov 09, 2022 02:57 PM IST
'Gun for gun…': Tamil Nadu guv RN Ravi on dealing with those not talking peace
RN Ravi, a former governor of Nagaland who had played a key role as an interlocutor between the government and the Isak Muivah-led NSCN-IM, said there had been no talks with any armed group in the last eight years if not for surrender.

Updated on Aug 01, 2022 12:36 PM IST
HT News Desk | Written by Sohini Goswami, New Delhi
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