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TAMIL NADU ASSEMBLY NEWS

Inside two of India’s oldest legislatures, a legacy of reforms

June 14, 2026 7:18 am

When the newly elected MLAs from Tamil Nadu and West Bengal meet for their Budget sessions, in two of the country’s oldest state legislatures, the people of their states would hope that their public representatives stick to the original mandate of these institutions — to make laws for the “peace and good government.

Supreme Court stays Madras High Court order, paves way for TVK's R Seenivasa Sethupathi to take part in floor test

May 14, 2026 11:34 am

The Madras High Court order came on a plea by DMK leader K R Periakaruppan, who had lost the election to TVK's Sethupathi by one vote.

TN Assembly passes resolution seeking retrieval of Katchatheevu island

April 02, 2025 9:01 pm

The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution urging the Centre to retrieve Katchatheevu Island, ceded to Sri Lanka, as a permanent solution to protect the traditional fishing rights of the state's fishermen.

Waqf Bill ‘severely harms rights of Muslim community’, says Stalin as Tamil Nadu Assembly passes resolution against it

March 28, 2025 2:00 am

Stalin said Tamil Nadu had already registered its opposition before the Parliamentary Joint Committee but was disregarded, leaving no option but to formally oppose the Bill in the Assembly

Abolish NEET at national level: Tamil Nadu assembly passes resolution

June 28, 2024 5:52 pm

The resolution, moved by CM Stalin, once again reiterates the state’s longstanding objection to the exam.

In TN Governor Ravi's 'shortest' address to House, an echo of Kerala counterpart

February 13, 2024 7:51 am

Amid tussle with Stalin govt, Governor also chose to omit certain parts of govt-approved speech, citing disagreement on ‘moral and factual grounds’

Tamil Nadu Governor Ravi skips customary Assembly address, hits out at Speaker M Appavu

February 13, 2024 8:16 am

Governor Ravi had skipped parts of the official speech prepared by the ruling DMK government last year as well.

Tamil Nadu Assembly readopts 10 Bills returned by Governor

November 19, 2023 7:31 am

Opposition AIADMK, BJP separately walk out of Assembly before the resolution; readopted Bills sent to Ravi for assent

AIADMK MLAs evicted from TN Assembly after raising seat allocation issue with Speaker

October 11, 2023 7:41 pm

The AIADMK MLAs led by Edappadi, raised slogans against the ruling government as they came out. While speaking to the reporters, Edappadi said they had provided letters on 10 previous occasions requesting to consider their demand but no action was necessitated by the Speaker.

Amid protests, TN Assembly clears factories Bill for flexible working hours

April 22, 2023 2:35 am

The government, however, has assured that the total working hours in a week will remain unchanged at 48, and reiterated that the legislation provides flexible working hours to workers, which will specially benefit women.

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