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Clear filtersOn 24 January 2026, the Tamil Nadu Assembly passed the Tamil Nadu Water Resources (Regulation, Management and Augmentation) Bill, 2026. It sets up the Tamil Nadu Water Resources Management Authority to oversee all water...
The Tamil Nadu government introduced a Bill in the Assembly to set up a Special Area Development Authority. It would plan places of historical, ecological, archaeological or tourism value. Mamallapuram and Kanniyakumari...
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin launched Sprint 1 under STAR 3.0 (Simplified and Transparent Administration of Registration) to make property registration fully digital. It provides paperless registration for all 3...
The Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai confirmed the Northeast monsoon retreated from Tamil Nadu on 19 January 2026; Tamil Nadu recorded a winter rainfall surplus of 25.8 mm since 1 January, with Tiruttani at 15.2 C...
Tamil Nadu CM M.K. Stalin laid the foundation stone for the Mamallan reservoir on East Coast Road, proposed as Chennai's sixth drinking-water source and the State's first coastal freshwater reservoir.
Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi declined to read his customary address prepared by the State government and walked out of the Assembly on 20 January, the fourth consecutive year; the House resolved that only the government...
The Ministry of Defence rejected Tamil Nadu's proposal for an airport at Hosur because Hindustan Aeronautics Limited requires the controlled airspace; the proposed international airport in Shoolagiri taluk also faces the...
Actor Kamal Haasan filed a John Doe suit in the Madras High Court to protect his personality rights, seeking to stop unauthorised commercial use of his name, initials, image and likeness, including misuse through AI and...
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister announced annual 'Semmozhi Illakiya Virudhu' literary awards for the best works in seven languages - Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Bengali and Marathi - each carrying a Rs 5 lakh...
A Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (DST) study reconstructed a 4,500-year climate record from Kondagai inland lake in Sivaganga district, identifying the 4.2 ka arid event and 3.2 ka dry phase to support water ma...
The Tamil Nadu Forest Department began setting up Vulture Safe Zones (VSZs), the first around the Moyar River Valley in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve, under the Vision Document for Vulture Conservation (VDVC) 2025-2030,...
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister opened Chennai Sangamam - Namma Ooru Thiruvizha 2026, a city-wide festival that showcases Tamil Nadu's folk arts, music and cultural traditions. Performances are staged at public venues acro...
