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Big setback for Pinarayi govt, SC slams 'unwarranted intervention' in Kannur V-C extension

December 01, 2023 9:01 am

As CJI-led Bench says Governor Khan should not have acted at behest of anyone else, he claims was pressured by CMO; matter was subject of intense row between Kerala govt, Governor

Kerala Guv Khan blames CM Vijayan for pressuring him to reappoint Kannur VC

November 30, 2023 2:45 pm

Khan, speaking to reporters here, said that state Higher Education Minister R Bindu was not to be blamed as the CM used her for seeking reappointment of Ravindran.

Kerala's decision to re-appoint Ravindran as VC of Kannur University set aside by SC

November 30, 2023 12:14 pm

A division bench of the Kerala High Court had on February 23 last year dismissed an appeal against a single-judge order upholding the re-appointment of Ravindran as the VC of the university, saying it was done in accordance with the law and that he was not “an usurper to the post”.

‘We had to run for our lives’: Manipur students who joined Kerala’s Kannur University recollect how they escaped riots

October 19, 2023 11:52 am

Manipur students in Kerala: While the fear of being attacked by a mob, watching their houses being burnt down, and losing their loved ones to violence have scarred them, the youngsters have mustered the courage to adapt to a new lifestyle.

HC quashes Kerala CPM leader wife's selection as Kannur University associate prof, says UGC norms inviolable

November 18, 2022 2:41 am

Priya Varghese's selection was among the reasons for the flare-up of tension between the CPI(M)-led LDF government and Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, who had stayed the appointment over alleged violation of norms.

Governors as chancellors: The points of conflict

January 02, 2023 7:10 pm

In the initial years of our Republic, there were hardly any conflicts between governors as chancellors and state governments. The Congress was in power at the national and state level. The President, bound by the Prime Minister’s advice, appointed individuals closely linked to the party as governors.

Arif Mohammed Khan’s outburst against Irfan Habib lowers dignity of his office, dents his own record and reputation

August 25, 2022 8:40 am

Of course, Arif Mohammed Khan is far from being the first incumbent of a Raj Bhawan to court controversy.

Newsmaker | Pinarayi confidant KK Ragesh at heart of Governor-Govt tussle has full CPM backing

August 25, 2022 9:01 am

Arif Mohammed Khan and LDF at loggerheads over university appointment of the spouse of Ragesh, who was CPM’s farm protests face.

Historians and academics hit out at Kerala Governor over remarks on Kannur University VC

August 23, 2022 3:03 am

Terming Khan's comment “harassment”, a group of around 50 historians and academics came out in Ravindran's support and said the governor's statement constitutes a “false, defamatory and politically motivated campaign”.

Kerala Governor calls VC of Kannur University a criminal

August 21, 2022 9:11 pm

Referring to the alleged bid to disrupt his address at the Indian History Congress in Kannur in 2019 Kerela Governor, Khan, said the VC had hatched a conspiracy to get him physically assaulted.

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