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Clear filtersThe 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...
In a Rule 110 statement, Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay announced a new integrated Secretariat complex in Chennai spanning 20 lakh sq. ft. at an estimated ₹1,200 crore, designed for the next 100 years. It will house the...
Madras, founded at Fort St. George in 1639, began as a trading post exporting cotton piece goods, indigo and hides. In 1899 Alfred Chatterton of the College of Engineering, Guindy, was tasked with promoting industrial te...
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) plans to restore the 230-year-old Exchange Building inside Fort St. George, Chennai, and renovate the colonial-era museum it houses. Completed in 1795, the building first housed t...
Madras Day is celebrated on 22 August every year; in 2026 it marks the 387th anniversary of the city’s founding in 1639. It recalls the 1639 land grant under which the English East India Company obtained land at Madraspa...
IntroductionPreparations for India's 79th Independence Day celebrations on 15 August 2026 are in full swing across the nation, with the Tamil Nadu government announcing a highlight: the hoisting of India's largest nation...
Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister has decided to move the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) to the 10th floor of Namakkal Kavignar Maaligai within the Fort St. George campus, Chennai, because of space constraints. The CM currently...
IntroductionThe Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, on 7 August 2026, presented the National Tourism Awards 2026 at a ceremony in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Tamil Nadu bagged the top honour of 'Best Overall Tourism...
""IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive tribute to the fierce sacrifices of India's freedom fighters, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Joseph Vijay strictly and officially led the state’s observance of Thiyagiga...
Disaster Risk Mitigation: Executive Assembly Audits Statutory 2005 Frameworks to Counter Shortfall Rain ProjectionsIn an uncompromised administrative deployment securing regional climate resilience and public safety infr...
State Executive Portfolios: Chief Minister Heads Official Ranking Sheet as Newly Sworn TVK Cabinet Ministers Form Core RankingIn a major administrative notification updating the executive protocol hierarchy of southern I...
