DMK MPs adopt resolutions to scrap SIR, remove CEC and return to paper ballots
At a meeting chaired by M.K. Stalin in Chennai on October 17, DMK MPs also criticized the Congress and the TVK. The party said it will petition President Murmu.
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Supreme Court: converting to Islam does not carry over backward class quota status
The court dismissed Tamil Nadu's appeal and upheld a Madras High Court order that quashed a state order extending Backward Class (Muslim) reservation to converts.
Madras HC upholds acceptance of six AIADMK MLAs' resignations, sets two-month limit
The court said the Speaker acted within the Constitution in accepting the resignations of the six legislators, who later joined the TVK. Pending disqualification proceedings must be decided within two months.
President Murmu appoints Governors for six states; two incumbents move
A Rashtrapati Bhavan communique on October 12 named Governors for Keralam, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Odisha, Uttarakhand and Sikkim. Four of the six are new to the office.