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16 stories for “Act” · September 2026
Clear filtersIndia hosted the QUAD-at-Sea Ship Observer Mission 2026, with Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Shaunak sailing from Chennai to Perth, Australia. The QUAD grouping comprises India, Australia, Japan and the United States. Su...
Electric vehicle maker Tesla opened its sixth Experience Centre in India at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on September 25, 2026. With the Chennai outlet, the company's network of such centres now spans six cities, the earlier fiv...
US-based healthcare group Walgreens will open a Global Capability Centre (GCC) in Chennai, with Tamil Nadu Guidance acting as the State's nodal investment agency. Tamil Nadu hosts more than 450 GCCs, about 10–15% of Indi...
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the Forest Department have developed a new 25-hectare mangrove patch at Pichavaram in Cuddalore district at a cost of ₹1.97 crore. More than 75,000 Rhizophora apiculata...
Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has asked the State government for clarifications on certain provisions of the Tamil Nadu Private Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which remains under his consideration...
Southern Railway has completed electrification of its entire broad-gauge network of 5,068 route-km, reaching 100% coverage. The journey began on 11 May 1931, when Madras became the second metropolitan city in India, afte...
The Tamil Nadu Government has decided to set up a separate Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department at the Secretariat. The new department will have administrative control over the HR&CE Commissionera...
Tamil Nadu has moved to empower the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) to recruit staff for 25 corporations, 145 municipalities and 479 town panchayats. The Assembly passed a Bill amending the TNPSC (Additional...
The report of the Justice B. Gokuldas Commission, which probed the 2024 Kallakurichi illicit liquor tragedy, was placed before the Tamil Nadu Assembly on September 8, 2026. It blamed lapses by the Police, the Prohibition...
The Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology has begun the third phase of underwater archaeological exploration off Poompuhar (Kaveripoompattinam) in Mayiladuthurai district, an ancient Chola-period port city. The work...
On September 3, 2026, a Bill to amend the Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services Act, 2025 was introduced in the State Assembly. It removes references to the National Building Code of India, 2016, which the Bureau of Indian...
A Bill amending the Tamil Nadu Business Facilitation Act, 2018 was tabled in the State Assembly to create the Tamil Nadu Investment Promotion Commission (TNIPC) under a new Section 16-A. The Chief Secretary will chair it...
