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Clear filtersSouthern 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...
Tamil Nadu has sanctioned 29,108 new police posts, the first such large expansion in 17 years, to ease manpower shortages and reduce the workload of personnel. The State's police-public ratio fell from 198.07 in 2013 to...
The Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology (TNSDA) has identified a brick structure exposed in the Kollidam riverbed at Koogur near Lalgudi in Tiruchi district as a Sangam-period water regulation structure. It lies a...
The Election Commission of India has recognised Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) as a State Party in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry after it fulfilled the prescribed conditions. Earlier a registered unrecognised party, TVK can...
The Tamil Nadu government has given in-principle approval to build a new Assembly-Secretariat complex at Pattinapakkam (Foreshore Estate) in Chennai. It will come up on 25.55 acres of land belonging to the Tamil Nadu Hou...
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...
CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute (CSIR-CLRI), Chennai, has created a leather-like material using coffee husk waste. India produces about 3.5 lakh tonnes of coffee a year, leaving around 1 lakh tonnes of husk. The...
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...
A 13th-century Pandya copper coin and a Pallava-period Sivalingam have been discovered near Budalur in Thanjavur district. The 3.30 g coin belongs to Jatavarman Sundara Pandiyan I (1250-1284 CE) and was issued in his fir...
The CAG report "State Finances for the year 2024-25" was tabled in the Tamil Nadu Assembly. GSDP grew 15.98% against 13.34% in 2023-24, and the State contributed 9.43% of India's GDP. Total debt touched ₹8.53 lakh crore,...
The Tamil Nadu Assembly passed 11 Bills on September 8, 2026. The Private Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2026 lowers the minimum land requirement from 100 acres to 12 acres in Greater Chennai Corporation, 18 acres in oth...
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...
