Stalin said the backlash against the UGC framework mirrors the resistance seen during the implementation of reservations following the Mandal Commission recommendations.
“I am facing the crisis that was not witnessed during the tenure of former Chief Ministers…,” Stalin said, adding that Ravi’s conduct amounted to “insulting the position he holds.”
The passage of the resolution in the Assembly just hours ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheduled visit to Tamil Nadu on Friday.
A detailed press release later laid out thirteen separate grounds on which the Governor said he could not proceed with the speech.
The Governor demanded that the national anthem be played after the Tamil Anthem and when Speaker Appavu refused, he walked without reading the opening address.
The expansion would benefit about 17 lakh women, and takes the total number of beneficiaries who receive the monthly entitlement directly to their bank accounts to 1.34 crore
In a social media post, he called the State Legislative Assembly a forum of the people and said: “Isn’t it an eyewash that those who didn't respect the forum of people, have changed the name to Lok Bhavan?”
Stalin held Vijay responsible for arriving at the venue seven hours late, triggering chaos among the massive crowd.
After receiving the information, senior police officials and bomb disposal squads along with sniffer dogs arrived at CM's residence.
According to a report in The Indian Express, the decision to keep Vijay out of the FIR may have been part of a deliberate political strategy by DMK.
Addressing a gathering in Bihar's Muzaffarpur in his mother tongue Tamil, Stalin said Rahul Gandhi and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav came together to “save democracy.”
Pointing to the deletion of 65 lakh voters from the electoral roll, the DMK alleged that “lakhs of people with an anti-BJP mindset were removed from the rolls in Bihar.” In a statement last month, Stalin had criticised the SIR, saying it was “tilting the balance in favour of the BJP.”
Tthe Communist Party of India (Marxist) government in Kerala will be organising the Ayyappa Sangamam, a religious event, and has invited Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin.
In his Independence Day address, Stalin said that a state government always struggling to get its rightful funds from the Centre does not augur well for federalism.
The DMK-led Tamil Nadu government has consistently opposed the NEP, calling it “against social justice” and an attempt to impose Hindi on the state.
In the run up to the 2026 assembly elections, the Tamil Nadu Government has also appointed four IAS officers — P. Amudha, J. Radhakrishnan, Gagandeep Singh Bedi and Dheeraj Kumar — as spokespersons for the government.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut made it clear that their fight was only against the imposition of Hindi in primary classes and not its usage in Maharashtra.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter), "At the Niti Aayog meeting, I demanded a rightful 50 percent share for States in central taxes. We currently receive only 33.16 percent against the promised 41."
President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday wrote to the Supreme Court following the verdict that set timelines on governors to decide on Bills cleared by state legislatures.
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While addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarter in Chennai, Amit Shah said, "The BJP respects Tamil language, Tamil people and Tamil culture."
The Supreme Court reprimand of Ravi for being a ‘hindrance’ to the state government instead of being a ‘friend, philosopher and guide’ is a culmination of a long three-year cold war.
BJP state president K Annamalai dubbed as 'drama,' Stalin highlighting the Parliamentary delimitation exercise.
Police officials said the student was stressed because she had failed to crack the exam in her last four attempts.
Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin said that the state is opposing 'language imposition' and 'chauvinism', not any particular language.