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T.N. Governor conducting review meeting with officials unacceptable: CPI(M)

July 3, 2026 admin

CPI(M) State secretary P. Shanmugam participated in a protest demanding the removal of the toll gate near Krishnagiri Collectorate on Friday | Photo Credit: N. Bashkaran The Communist Party of India (Marxist) State secretary P. Shanmugam on Friday (July 3, 2026) said that the Tamil Nadu Governor conducting a review meeting with officials “is not acceptable.” The…

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Tamil Nadu Governor leads plantation drive, lays foundation stone for PLAZA in Auroville

June 7, 2026 admin

Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar addresses a gathering in Auroville in the Villupuram district. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar on Saturday (June 6, 2026) led a tree-planting drive in Auroville and laid the foundation stone for the PLAZA (Public Life Artisan Zone Auroville). Mr. Arlekar was accompanied by…

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Tamil Nadu Universities In Dire Financial Crisis, Autonomy Eroded: Governor

January 25, 2025 admin

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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Tamil Nadu Governor Honours Thiruvalluvar In Saffron, Congress Urges His Recall

January 15, 2025 admin

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi, on the occasion of Thiruvalluvar Day on Wednesday, paid floral tributes to a portrait of the saint-poet in saffron prompting Congress leader K Selvaperunthagai to condemn depiction of the savant in saffron as unacceptable and urged the Centre to immediately recall him. Paying tributes, RN Ravi, in a post…

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MK Stalin Jabs Tamil Nadu Governor Over Assembly Address

January 12, 2025 admin

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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Actor Vijay To Meet Tamil Nadu Governor Over Sex Assault At Anna University

December 30, 2024 admin

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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Tamil Nadu Governor After Petrol Bomb Thrown At House

October 25, 2023 admin

The bottle landed in front of the barricade placed before the main gate of the Raj Bhavan Chennai: A Molotov cocktail, called ‘petrol bomb’ in local parlance, was lobbed by a man in front of the Raj Bhavan’s main gate on Wednesday, an incident which drew the opposition’s ire over the handling of law and…

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