Ordinance removing Kerala governor as chancellor of state universities will lapse unless passed in assembly. Governor Khan himself had suggested the move to CM Vijayan in 2021.
The amended rules state that the governance system and management structure of the university will be in accordance with the decision of the state government.
Arif Mohammed Khan says he hadn't asked for finance minister to be sacked, but merely 'explained constitutional position' that minister cannot continue without governor's pleasure.
Governor Arif Mohammad Khan has pointed to UGC rules being flouted in the selection process of the V-Cs, but CM Pinarayi Vijayan has accused him of acting as ‘a tool of the RSS’.
Governor Arif Mohammed Khan signed the ordinance a day after Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan had appraised him of the circumstances that led to an ordinance to amend the Lokayukta Act.
The move, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan tells ThePrint in exclusive interview, comes after the 'suicide' of a 24-year-old medical student, allegedly because of dowry harrassment.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
Building on long-standing ties & Islamic solidarity, Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement comes at a time of heightened regional tensions especially after Israeli attack on Doha.
To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.
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