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Chennai: Many state-run universities in Tamil Nadu are starved of funds and are in a dire financial crisis and unable to pay salaries to teachers, Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi said on Saturday. Their autonomy has been “severely eroded to such an extent that it was not the university syndicates but the state Secretariat…
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday warned Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi and the ruling DMK to sort out their long-running squabble over the appointment of vice-chancellors for state-run universities. A bench led by Justice SB Pardiwala told both sides – who have bickered, for years now, over the Governor’s refusal to clear a…
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Chennai: Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi was unable to digest that the state was developing and his decision not to address the Assembly was “childish”, Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Saturday. The state Legislative Assembly has been witnessing strange scenes for the last few years after Mr Ravi took over as Governor,…
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Chennai: Actor-turned-politician Vijay will meet Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi in Chennai today at 1 pm amid outrage over the sexual assault incident at Anna University. The sexual assault of a second-year student on the campus of Anna University on December 23 has sparked protests across Tamil Nadu. The incident has led to the arrest…
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Chennai: Tensions between the Tamil Nadu government and governor rose significantly on Friday after Chief Minister MK Stalin said a line with the word ‘Dravida’ was skipped when the Tamil anthem was sung at an event attended by Governor RN Ravi. Mr Stalin accused the governor of insulting national unity and asked the Centre to…
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Secularism is a European concept, said Governor RN Ravi. (File) New Delhi/Chennai: Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi’s remark that secularism is an “European concept” has landed him in a controversy, with opposition leaders questioning how such a person has been appointed in such a constitutional post. Mr Ravi, who has had run-ins with the MK…
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Petrol bomb attack: Did T.N. Raj Bhavan politicise it? | Video Credit: S. Shiva Raj On October 25, a man hurled a petrol bomb directed at the campus of the Raj Bhavan in Chennai. The Molotov Cocktail fell on the road and exploded just before a steel barricade. The police were quick to step in…
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Tamil Nadu was a land of great spiritual leaders, said RN Ravi. (File) Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu: Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi on Monday claimed that great national freedom fighters like the Maruthu brothers and Muthuramalinga Thevar have been reduced to the stature of caste leaders in the state due to a political conspiracy to promote…
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The friction between the MK Stalin government and Governor RN Ravi is well-known in political circles. Chennai: In a fresh tussle between the Governor and the state government in Tamil Nadu, Governor RN Ravi constituted search-cum-selection committees for the selection of Vice Chancellors of Bharathiar University, Tamil Nadu Teacher Education University, and University of Madras….
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