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Six candidates have been elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu to fill six seats falling vacant as current members' terms end on 2 April 2026. They are Tiruchi Siva and Constandine Ravindran (DMK), M. Chri...
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin released "Tamil Nadu 2030", a 14-point sector-wise blueprint drawn from the 'Unga Kanava Sollunga' survey of 1.81 crore families. It includes the Uttamar Gandhi Model Villages Project, starting...
Tamil Nadu's Committee on Union-State Relations met in New Delhi to discuss Part II of its report. Constituted in April 2025 as a non-partisan exercise, it started work on 1 June 2025. Part I, covering 10 topics includin...
Tamil Nadu recorded India's highest per capita income growth, rising from 0.07% in 2020–21 to 11.19%; per capita income went up from ₹2,09,628 to ₹3,61,619, a gain of ₹1.76 lakh. GSDP grew from ₹17.89 lakh crore to ₹31.1...
Overview: The Tamil Nadu State Budget for 2026-27 was presented in the Legislative Assembly, prioritizing the 'One Trillion Dollar Economy' roadmap. Significant funds were allocated for digital transformation in the MSME...
The highly esteemed Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology is currently conducting vastly extensive, scientifically rigorous archaeological excavations across eight major historical sites throughout the ongoing 2025-...
The Economic Survey 2025-26 named Tamil Nadu the fastest-growing State economy, with 11.19% real growth in 2024-25. Growth was led by the secondary sector (13.43%), with manufacturing at 14.74%, over three times the nati...
Tamil Nadu's Anna Medal for Gallantry 2026 was awarded posthumously to Peter Johnson (who died saving two youths in the Thamirabharani river) and to firemen V. Sankar, S. Rameshkumar and P. Suresh for a flash-flood rescu...
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...
As of January 2026, the Tamil Nadu Climate Change Mission (TNCCM), meticulously executed under the specialized aegis of the Tamil Nadu Green Climate Company (TNGCC), has rapidly accelerated its aggressive environmental a...
Chennai hosted UmagineTN 2026, the fourth edition of Tamil Nadu's global technology and innovation summit. Start-ups, investors, innovators and officials discussed artificial intelligence, blockchain, quantum technology,...
On 5 January 2026, in Sivaganga, the Tamil Nadu government began handing out free laptops under the 'Ulagam Ungal Kaiyil' scheme. The plan covers 20 lakh students in phases, with 10 lakh in the first phase. It includes s...
