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Tamil Nadu Assembly re-adopts 10 bills that Governor RN Ravi 'returned'

Days after Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi returned 10 Bills passed by the State Assembly, the House on Saturday met for a special sitting and re-adopted all of them, even as Chief Minister M K Stalin slammed the Governor for withholding the Bills due to his "whims and fancies." Opposition AIADMK, which staged a walkout, asked why a special meeting to readopt the Bills was being held when the government has already taken the matter to the Supreme Court. The BJP, which has 4 MLAs, also walked out. The bills, covering different departments including Law, Agriculture and Higher Education, were passed in the wake of Ravi returning them on November 13. The re-adopted bills were later sent to the Governor for his assent. Earlier, Stalin moved a resolution to take up for reconsideration, the 10 bills. While 2 bills each were adopted by the House in 2020 and 2023, six others were passed last year. Without giving any reasons, Ravi had returned the Bills, mentioning "I withhold Assent" to them,

Stalin moves Assembly resolution to reconsider bills returned by TN Guv

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday moved a resolution in the state Assembly to take up for reconsideration, 10 bills passed earlier by the House and returned by State Governor R N Ravi. Stalin, moving the resolution, said without giving any reasons, Ravi had returned the Bills, mentioning "I withhold Assent" to them. While 2 bills each were adopted by the House in 2020 and 2023, six others were passed last year. He said the House takes note that under the proviso to Article 200 of the Constitution of India, if the above said Bills are passed again and presented to the Governor for assent, he "shall not withhold assent therefrom." "This House resolves that under rule 143 of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly rules the following Bills may be reconsidered by this Assembly," the resolution moved by Stalin said. The CM also made a stinging attack on Ravi, alleging the Governor was keen to block the government's initiatives. "He returned the Bills due to his personal wh

SC seeks Centre's reply on Tamil Nadu govt's plea over governor row

The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Centre's response on the Tamil Nadu government's plea alleging delay by the governor in giving assent to bills passed by the state Assembly. A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra issued notice to the Centre and sought the assistance of the Attorney General or Solicitor General in the matter. The bench posted the matter for further hearing on November 20. Senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for the Tamil Nadu government, pointed out that 12 bills passed by the Assembly were pending with the office of Governor R N Ravi. The Tamil Nadu government urged the top court to intervene, alleging that a constitutional authority was consistently acting in an unconstitutional manner impeding and obstructing" the functioning of the state government for extraneous reasons. "Declare that the inaction, omission, delay and failure to comply with the constitutional mandate by the Governor of Tamil Nadu/first

"State rights crushed under the BJP regime," says Tamil Nadu CM Stalin

"There are differences as to what Modi spoke as long as he was the Chief Minister, and what he is doing since becoming the Prime Minister" he added

CM Stalin urges Prez Murmu to give assent to Tamil Nadu's anti-NEET bill

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday urged President Droupadi Murmu to give assent to the state's anti-NEET bill, taking up the matter with her during her visit here. The President was here to participate in the convocation of Indian Maritime University. The CM handed over a letter to the President at the airport in this connection, an official release said. The Tamil Nadu Admission to Under Graduate Medical Degree Courses Bill, 2021, originally passed in September that year by the state Assembly, was returned by Governor RN Ravi later. It was reintroduced and adopted by the Assembly in February 2022 and sent again to the Governor for 'reserving' the same to Presidential assent, Stalin said in the letter to Murmu. The Governor has now forwarded it to the Union Home Ministry. "All the clarifications sought on the Bill by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs based on the comments of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Department of Higher Education, MoE and Ministry of A

12 women among 13 dead in blasts at 2 Tamil Nadu firecracker units

At least 14 persons were killed and two injured in two separate fire accidents at fireworks units in Rangapalayam and Kichanayakanpatti village in the district on Tuesday, police said. Police, fire and rescue service personnel, and the public put up joint efforts in extinguishing the flames and trying to rescue the victims. "Seven charred bodies were recovered at the fireworks unit in Rangapalayam, where the blast occurred and their identities are yet to be established," a senior police official told PTI. The police suspect that they could be workers, he said. Three persons who were rescued from the unit succumbed to their injuries. The toll in this major fire accident rose to 13, which included 12 women workers, the police official said. The accident took place when the workers tested the crackers in the afternoon and a spark from them landed on the crackers being packed in the adjoining area, thus triggering a blast, he said. Another such incident at a fireworks unit at ...

Modi govt will not remain in centre after 2024: Tamil Nadu CM Stalin

"After the 2024 elections, the Modi government will not remain in the centre. INDIA alliance is not just an election alliance but a policy alliance"

TN to strongly fight for release of 14,000 cusecs of Cauvery water

The Tamil Nadu government will strongly fight for the release of 14,000 cusecs of Cauvery river water by Karnataka to the state, Water Resources Minister Duraimurugan said on Friday amidst the travails of farmers in the delta districts in saving standing paddy crops. Farmers dependent only on the water from the Mettur dam have taken up Kuruvai crop (short-term) cultivation in the delta districts and in certain pockets in Thanjavur district, anticipating steady discharge of Cauvery water from neighbouring Karnataka have taken up the Samba (long-duration) paddy crop. However, their hopes of realising a good yield appears bleak owing to the water level in the Mettur reservoir nearing dead storage. Besides agriculture, water from the dam caters to the drinking water requirement in the districts. Tamil Nadu will present its case at Friday's meeting of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) and strongly contend for the release of 14,000 cusecs of water to save the standing crops

Thanjavur agri institute to be named after MS Swaminathan, says M K Stalin

Honouring the late MS Swaminathan, Thanjavur-based The Agricultural College and Research Institute will be renamed after the iconic scientist, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin announced on Wednesday. Further, an award will be instituted in Swaminathan's name to honour toppers in plant propagation and genetics in the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. Making a statement in the state Assembly, the CM said the Thanjavur institute, located at Echankottai there will be renamed as Dr MS Swaminathan Agricultural College and Research Institute. Stalin said he was making the announcement to honour Swaminathan, recipient of a number of national and international recognitions including Padma Vibushan and Magsasay Award. Stalin recalled Swaminathan's contributions to the country's green revolution in the 1960s and heaped praises on the late scientist for his work. He especially recalled Swaminathan having spoken about climate change as early as in 1969. The veteran scientist died here

Cauvery water dispute: Tamil Nadu govt offers compensation to farmers

The official press further informed that CM opened the shutter from the Metro dam for Kuruvai cultivation in the delta zone on June 12 this year

Hitachi Energy's largest global tech, innovation centre comes up in Chennai

Facility will house over 2,500 technologists specialising in transformers and grid automation

Tax officials conduct searches on premises linked to DMK MP Jagathrakshakan

Income Tax officials on Thursday held searches at multiple locations here linked to DMK MP S Jagathrakshakan, which Chief Minister M K Stalin dubbed vindictive politics. While police sources said the searches were held at many places, including some educational institutions, Stalin, also president of the ruling DMK, said it is misuse of power. The Chief Minister said on X: "The Union BJP Government's vindictive politics knows no bounds! Arresting AAP MP Sanjay Singh and raiding DMK MP Jagathrakshakan's home are clear examples of their misuse of independent investigating agencies for political ends against INDIA bloc leaders. This deliberate persecution of opposition leaders is an assault on democracy. The BJP conveniently forgets that the Supreme Court has just warned the ED to be transparent and fair. But it seems they are hell-bent on disregarding the rule of law and democracy. The BJP is clearly afraid of the growing unity among opposition parties. It's time they stop their ..

NMC notification on new medical colleges should be kept in abeyance: TN CM

A notification by the National Medical Commission on restricting the opening of new medical colleges has created a "regressive scenario" and should be kept in abeyance, the Tamil Nadu government said on Wednesday. Chief Minister M K Stalin urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to instruct the Union Health Ministry to keep the notification in abeyance and initiate a consultative process to address the matter. "I wish to draw your kind attention to the regressive scenario created by the recent notification issued by the NMC to restrict the opening of new medical colleges. It has been notified by the NMC that after the academic year 2023-2024, the Letter of Permission for starting new medical colleges shall be issued only for an annual intake capacity of 50/100/150 seats, provided that the medical college shall follow the ratio of 100 MBBS seats for 10 lakh population in that State/ UT." This is a "direct encroachment" on the rights of all State governments and penalisation of those who .

Stalin fetes Isro scientists from TN, announces award of Rs 25 lakh each

Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday announced that a cash award of Rs 25 lakh would be given to each of the nine eminent space scientists from Tamil Nadu, including K Sivan and Mylswamy Annadurai, in recognition of their services to the nation. At a function organised to felicitate the ISRO scientists from Tamil Nadu, Stalin, in his address, said that alongside the news of the success of Chandrayaan-3, the information about the Tamils associated with such missions too had spread everywhere. Recalling the words of former Chief Minister C N Annadurai, he said the late leader had wondered aloud why Tamil Nadu had not been the home of icons in the league of physicist Albert Einstein and inventor Thomas Alva Edison. "Today, however, the state has so many stalwarts in the field of science," Stalin said, listing the names of the noted ISRO personalities who hail from the state. Former ISRO chairman Sivan, Chandrayaan (1 and 2) project director Mylswamy Annadurai and Director of Liquid ...

AIADMK chief Palaniswami slams ruling DMK govt over Cauvery water issue

AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami on Sunday lashed out at the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu over the Cauvery river dispute and wondered if Chief Minister M K Stalin was concerned about the people of the state on the matter. The leader of opposition in the state assembly alleged that the DMK was "backing" the Congress government in Karnataka "with a view to ensure the businesses run by its family members" there should not be affected. The AIADMK general secretary also charged "puppet CM Stalin" with lacking any foresight, saying he released water from the Mettur Dam in Salem on June 12. Believing in the government's assurance, about 1.50 lakh farmers in the Cauvery delta region took up short-term 'kuruvai' crop over 5 lakh acres of land. But now, crops on 3.50 lakh acres have withered and the rest were being taken up with well-water irrigation, Palaniswami said in a statement here. "What should have the DMK government, which lacks efficient administration, done. It should have reduced

TN bus accident: Stalin announces Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia for kin of deceased

Chief Minister Stalin also announced that Rs 1 lakh would be provided as financial assistance to those seriously injured in the incident

TN govt to perform last rites of organ donors with full state honours

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday announced that his government would accord full state honours to the funeral of organ donors from the state. A decision to this effect was taken to honour the sacrifices made by those declared brain dead and their family members who come forward to donate the organs thereby saving several lives. "Tamil Nadu is leading the country in organ donation and this has only been made achievable because of those families who come forward to donate the organs of those who have been declared brain dead," the DMK chief said in a social media post. "It has been decided to accord state government honors henceforth during the performance of last rites to those individuals who are declared brain dead and their organs have been donated to others," he added. Hailing the announcement, Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) chief Anbumani Ramadoss said there would not be any other honor than this, as it respects the selfless sacrifices made by those who were declar

Stalin accuses BJP of corruption, calls for 'unity' ahead of 2024 LS polls

Stalin criticized the Centre for "naming projects with words that cannot even be pronounced" so that no one can figure out "what's really going on"

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin slams Centre for zero NEET PG cut-off decision

Condemning the decision, CM Stalin said, "They are accepting that 'eligibility' in the National 'Eligibility' Cum Entrance Test is meaningless."

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin slams Centre for zero NEET PG cut-off decision

Condemning the decision, CM Stalin said, "They are accepting that 'eligibility' in the National 'Eligibility' Cum Entrance Test is meaningless"