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89 stories for “Tamil Nadu” · May 2026
Clear filtersYoungest and Fastest: Ishank Singh’s Palk Strait OdysseyIn April 2026, seven-year-old Ishank Singh from Ranchi, Jharkhand, set a world record by swimming 29 km across the Palk Strait. He started from Talaimannar (Sri Lan...
Tamil Nadu's real GSDP grew 10.83% in 2025-26 after 11.19% in 2024-25, well above the national average of 7.4%. Nominal GSDP rose from ₹31.19 lakh crore to ₹35.29 lakh crore, a 13.16% rise, the highest among States. The...
Tamil Nadu's election history records several landmark changes. In 1967 the DMK defeated the Congress, and delimitation raised Assembly seats from 206 to 234. The 1971 poll ran over three days, while in 1977 all 234 seat...
The Madras High Court has held that the Tamil Nadu government cannot cut maternity leave to 12 weeks for a woman employee's third pregnancy. It set aside a Government Order dated March 13, 2026, which had limited such le...
Project Nilgiri Tahr: Monitoring Tamil Nadu’s State AnimalTamil Nadu successfully conducted the third synchronized Nilgiri Tahr survey in late April and early May 2026. This comprehensive exercise, part of 'Project Nilgi...
