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T.N. Minister Senthilbalaji’s arrest | Petition at Madras High Court questions Governor’s authority to keep his dismissal order in abeyance

A new public interest litigation petition has been filed at the Madras High Court, questioning Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi’s authority to withhold his order dismissing arrested Minister V. Senthilbalaji from the Council of Ministers, following his arrest by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in a money laundering case on…

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The Governor’s move is dangerous, unconstitutional

Independent India has a constitutional system under which a Governor is a mere constitutional head

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T.N. Governor should function as per Indian Constitution to dignify his post: Speaker Appavu

The Governor, who has no power to dismiss a minister from the Council of Ministers, should discharge his duty as stipulated in the Indian Constitution, which will dignify the Constitutional post he holds, Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker M. Appavu has said.

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Senthilbalaji issue | Stalin ‘disregards’ Governor’s letter dismissing Minister

The Tamil Nadu government has decided to “disregard” the communication of Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi dismissing Minister V. Senthilbalaji from the Council of Ministers (the communication has since been kept in abeyance), Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu said in Chennai on Friday. The Governor’s action was untenable in law, he…

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Union Minister Amit Shah advised T.N. Governor to seek AG’s opinion on Senthilbalaji’s ‘dismissal’

Tamil Nadu Governor R. N. Ravi had, based on the advice of Union Home Minister Amit Shah on June 29 night, hurriedly backtracked on his decision to dismiss arrested Minister V. Senthilbalaji.

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T.N. Governor backtracks on dismissal of Senthilbalaji from Cabinet

Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi on June 29 evening “dismissed” V. Senthilbalaji from the Council of Ministers with immediate effect. Mr. Senthilbalaji was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in an alleged money laundering case recently.

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Stalin retains Senthilbalaji as Minister; Governor dissents

Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi “has not agreed” to Minister V. Senthilbalaji continuing in the Council of Ministers, as he was facing criminal proceedings for moral turpitude and was presently judicial custody, the Raj Bhavan said on June 16 evening.

The Hindu

Governors cannot indefinitely hold back Bills

If an elected government cannot legislate, it could lead to a breakdown of parliamentary democracy

The Hindu

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik drops Higher Education Minister Rohit Pujari from ministry

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik dropped Higher Education Minister Rohit Pujari from the council of ministers on June 9.

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France hopes to get people back into work with 'new' jobseeker agency

The French government is due to present its "full employment" bill to the Council of Ministers this Wednesday in legislation that will create France Travail – the successor to Pôle Emploi, the national jobseeker service.

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All eyes on Cabinet meeting today over modalities of ‘guarantees’

The State Cabinet is meeting on Friday amid expectations on a decision to implement the five pre-poll ‘guarantees’ given by the Congress. While the Finance Department on Wednesday provided multiple options to implement these guarantees through a presentation to the Council of Ministers, the final contours would be known on…

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R. Gandhi named Minister in-charge for Tiruvallur district

Following the recent change in the Council of Ministers, the Tamil Nadu government has re-constituted the list of Ministers who were earlier the in-charge for 16 districts

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Explained | How will the new Ordinance affect ‘services’ in Delhi?

Understanding how the latest ordinance from the Centre will upset the recent Supreme Court ruling on how civil services would be under the Delhi government rather than the LG office

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TN CM Stalin drops Nasar from Cabinet; T.R.B. Rajaa to be sworn-in Minister on May 11

Tamil Nadu Milk and Dairy Development Minister S.M. Nasar was on May 9 night dropped from the Council of Ministers on the recommendation of Chief Minister M K Stalin. He was replaced by three-time legislator from Mannargudi T.R.B. Rajaa.

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Row over nomination of MCD members: SC to hear plea of Delhi govt. on May 8

The top court earlier had orally observed as to how the L-G can act “without aid and advice” of the council of ministers in nominating 10 members to the MCD. Prior to this, it had issued notice on the plea of the Delhi government seeking quashing of the nomination of…

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Pending Bills, the issue of gubernatorial inaction

The higher judiciary needs to fix a reasonable time frame for Governors to take a decision on a Bill passed by the Assembly in the larger interest of federalism

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SC notice to L-G on Delhi govt's plea against appointment of aldermen in MCD

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a notice to Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on a plea of the Delhi government challenging the appointment of 'aldermen' by the L-G in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) house. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Saudi Arabia: Deep Discussions Were Crowned by Agreement with Iran

Saudi Minister of State, Member of the Council of Ministers, and National Security Advisor, Musaad bin Mohammed Al-Aiban stressed on Friday that the agreement reached between Saudi Arabia and Iran on restoring diplomatic ties capped deep discussions that tackled the reasons of the differences and ways to address them. He…

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Saudi Arabia, Iran Agree to Restore Diplomatic Relations

Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed on Friday to reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies. The agreement was reached at an initiative by Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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