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70 stories for “Tamil” · January 2026
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...
Music composer Ilaiyaraaja has been chosen for the Padmapani Award at the 11th Ajanta-Ellora International Film Festival in Maharashtra. The award honours his contribution to Indian music and cinema over five decades, in...
In late January 2026, the Tamil Nadu State Government officially confirmed a truly historic and monumental operational milestone regarding its massive, globally recognized flagship educational initiative, the 'Illam Thed...
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...
NITI Aayog released the fourth Export Preparedness Index (EPI) 2024; Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat ranked among the top large states, with Uttarakhand and Jammu & Kashmir leading smaller states and UTs.
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...
