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12 stories for “Commission” · February 2026
Clear filtersThe Indian Navy is set to commission INS Anjadip at Chennai Port. It is the third vessel under the Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC) programme. Nicknamed a 'Dolphin Hunter', the ship is designed to det...
Two new State Information Commissioners have joined the Tamil Nadu Information Commission: Atulya Misra, a retired IAS officer, and Abhay Kumar Singh, a retired IPS officer. The State government had, in December last yea...
Tamil Nadu's Interim Budget Estimates 2026–27 put outstanding debt at ₹10.71 lakh crore (₹10.62 lakh crore excluding ₹9,523 crore tied to Chennai Metro Phase-II), with a debt-to-GSDP ratio of 26.12%. The State plans to b...
The State Planning Commission's Economic Survey 2025–26, using NFHS-5 data, shows Tamil Nadu has the highest consanguineous marriage rate among peer States at 28% (India 10.8%). Child marriage stands at 12.8% against 23....
The Madras High Court declined interim relief to political parties de-registered by the Election Commission for not contesting Assembly or Lok Sabha polls in six years, saying a stay would let them contest the coming Tam...
Prepared by the State Planning Commission, Tamil Nadu's second Economic Survey says the State can reach a one-trillion-dollar economy by 2031 if it maintains the 16% nominal growth of 2024-25. GSDP stood at ₹31.19 lakh c...
The committee on Union-State relations, formed by Tamil Nadu in 2025 and chaired by retired Supreme Court judge Kurian Joseph, has submitted Part I of its report to the State government. It deals with decentralisation, S...
A history-sheeter was sent to judicial custody for breaching an externment order issued by the Greater Chennai City Police, which invoked Section 51A of the Madras City Police Act, 1888. It is the first time in about 25...
Tamil Nadu will draft a State-level Public Sector Innovation Policy along with a State Innovation Index. A team from the Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission (SPC) visited the UNICEF Office of Innovation and the OECD in...
Enrolment of women in higher education in Tamil Nadu has risen by 34% thanks to the Pudhumai Penn scheme, which gives Rs 1,000 a month to girl students pursuing college education. About eight lakh students have benefited...
From April 1, 2026, Tamil Nadu's portion of the net shareable Central tax pool will be 4.097% under the 16th Finance Commission, a slight gain of 0.44% over the 4.079% allotted by the 15th Commission. Budgeted receipts f...
On 1 February 1976, exactly 50 years ago, Tamil Nadu's government was dismissed for the first time and President's Rule was imposed under Article 356. The DMK ministry of Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi was removed on a re...
