In a landmark judgment, the court curtailed the arbitrary exercise of powers by Governors, vested under Article 200 of the Constitution.
Parroting the BJP's view, Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi on Sunday squarely blamed the then Congress government of Indira Gandhi and the DMK government of late M Karunanidhi in the state for ceding the Katchatheevu islet in the Palk Strait to Sri Lanka in 1974.
Calling Mahakumbh a living expression of Sanatan culture, Governor R N Ravi described it as a symbol of India’s unity and cultural pride.
Touching a new low in the relationship between the DMK Government and the Raj Bhavan, Governor RN Ravi boycotted the Assembly, leaving the House in a huff in protest against the national anthem not being sung at the commencement of the session on Monday morning.
The omission of a line containing the word ‘Dravida’ during the rendition of the Tamil invocation at an official event, presided over by Governor RN Ravi, has sparked a political controversy.
Joining issue with Governor RN Ravi, Tamil Nadu Sports and Youth Welfare minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Thursday said only those who could not stomach the vibrancy of the State Board curriculum were opposed to it.
The meeting at the Raj Bhavan in Chennai earlier in the day last for an hour, sources said. The two had a ‘detailed and fruitful discussion on issues of national security concern’, the Raj Bhavan said in a post on ‘X’.
Their confrontations with the respective state governments included stalling of Bills and unilateral appointment or extension of term of Vice Chancellors and others in universities, which have dragged them to the Supreme Court.
Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi has refused to accept the recommendation of Chief Minister MK Stalin to appoint K Ponmudy as a minister after he was reinstated as an MLA.
A delegation of Vishwa Hindu Parishad called on Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi at Rajbhawan in Chennai, an official statement…
