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Tamil Nadu has launched a State-wide campaign to plant one crore palm seeds to strengthen the bunds of waterbodies and prevent soil erosion. The drive was inaugurated at Devariyambakkam village in Kancheepuram district b...
The Madras High Court dismissed a plea seeking a five-year ban on legislators who resign their seats and then contest the resulting bypolls, often on another party's ticket. The court said only Parliament or the legislat...
The Madras High Court dismissed a petition challenging the amended Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly resolution on the proposed Mekedatu dam across the Cauvery. The amendment asked the Centre to constitute a tribunal to se...
Tamil Nadu marked State Organ Donation Day on 23 September 2026 in memory of Hithendran, whose organ donation in 2008 became a landmark for the State's programme. The day spreads awareness and honours donors and their fa...
Underwater archaeological exploration off the Poompuhar coast in Mayiladuthurai district has yielded a torpedo jar fragment, four ancient ring wells and more than 250 ceramic pieces. The torpedo jar, thought to have come...
Tamil Nadu extended the Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Breakfast Scheme to students of Classes VI to VIII on 22 September 2026, launching it at Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai. The expansion covers 15.3 lakh students in 15,454 governme...
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...
Tamil Nadu launched the Tamil Nadu Rooftop Solar Subsidy Scheme in Chennai to encourage households to set up rooftop solar plants. Consumers who applied from August 5 are eligible for a combined Central and State subsidy...
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...
A study by Kearney titled Tamil Nadu's Fiscal Crossroads has proposed steps to strengthen the State's finances. It estimates that improved revenue collection and more efficient spending could yield over ₹1.2 lakh crore e...
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...
Tamil Nadu observed Social Justice Day on September 17, the birth anniversary of social reformer E.V. Ramasamy, popularly known as Periyar, with the Social Justice Day pledge marking his 147th birth anniversary in 2026....
