Tamil Nadu Assembly adopted as many as 18 Bills including the Tamil Nadu Money Lending Entities , Bill 2025 and the House was later adjourned sine die by Speaker M Appavu. In total, 18 Bills were adopted after scrutiny and Leader of the House and Water Resources Minister, Duraimurugan moved a resolution for adjourning the House sine dine and it… Continue reading "Tamil Nadu Assembly clears 18 Bills on last day"
Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi on Monday walked out of the Assembly without delivering his customary Address, opposing what he described as ‘disrespect’ to the Constitution and the National Anthem. A few moments before Ravi began making his remarks, members of the main opposition AIADMK gathered in front of the Chair and raised slogans and they were evicted en masse… Continue reading "Tamil Nadu Governor Ravi walks out of Assembly over National Anthem row"
The first assembly session of this year in Tamil Nadu is set to begin today . This comes amid the controversy surrounding the Anna University sexual assault case, according to a press release. The upcoming session is anticipated to start with the opposition trying to raise key issues during the designated zero hours. Earlier, Speaker Appavu invited Governor RN Ravi… Continue reading "Tamil Nadu Assembly session to begin with Governor’s speech"
The Tamil Nadu assembly on Monday adopted a unanimous resolution urging the union government to immediately cancel the Tungsten mining rights given to Hindustan Zinc Limited at Nayakkarpatti Village in Madurai district. While the ruling DMK’s alliance partners and the opposition AIADMK supported the resolution, the BJP remained evasive, while it did not oppose the resolution. The house witnessed heated… Continue reading "TN assembly adopts unanimous resolution against tungsten mining in Madurai"
The next session of the State Legislative Assembly will begin on Monday, June 24, at 10 am and is likely to go on for over three weeks when some crucial announcements are to be made by the government, besides moving important bills. Speaker M Appavu had convened the session to be held at the Assembly Hall inside the State Secretariat,… Continue reading "Tamil Nadu Assembly session set to commence on June 24"
The Budget session of the State Assembly will begin on Monday, February 12, with the Governor’s Address at 10 am in the Assembly Hall inside the State Secretariat building and the State Budget for the year 2024-25 will be presented the next Monday, February 19, at 10 am. Making the announcement on Thursday, Assembly secretary K Srinivasan said that the… Continue reading "Tamil Nadu Assembly session to commence on February 12"
Minutes after news emerged on Thursday that Governor RN Ravi has returned a set of bills that were pending with him for his assent to the Tamil Nadu Assembly, Speaker M Appavu said a special session of the Assembly has been convened on Saturday (November 18) to readopt the bills. As per the Constitution, when the Assembly passes a bill… Continue reading "Guv returns pending bills, TN govt calls for spl House session"
The Tamil Nadu Assembly will meet today, amid the Cauvery river water dispute with neighbouring Karnataka, besides other local issues. This will also be the first session post snapping of ties between ertwhile allies, the AIADMK and BJP. While AIADMK, the main opposition party has 66 MLAs, BJP has 4. The two had jointly faced the 2021 state polls as… Continue reading "TN Assembly to convene today amid Cauvery issue"
The next session of the state Assembly will commence on October 9, Speaker M Appavu announced on Wednesday. Addressing reporters in his chamber, Appavu said on the first day of the session, Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu will introduce the supplementary estimates for the year. The duration of the House will be decided in the Business Advisory Committee meeting on October… Continue reading "Tamil Nadu Assembly session from October 9"