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49 stories for “Tamil Nadu” · October 2026
Clear filtersThe birth anniversary of Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was marked on 15 October, recalling his work for science, education and young people. Born on 15 October 1931 at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, he served as India's 11th Presi...
On 27 July 2026 the Union government issued its seventh draft notification to declare 56,825.7 sq km of the Western Ghats as an Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA) across Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Ta...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened five railway stations in Tamil Nadu on 11 October 2026 after their redevelopment under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme (ABSS). They are Ambasamudram (Tirunelveli), Palani (Dindigul), N...
On 13 October 2026, the Madras High Court ruled that the Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker had rightly accepted the resignations of six AIADMK (All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) MLAs. They had resigned between 26 May a...
The Tamil Nadu government has increased the monthly financial support given to children affected by HIV/AIDS, with the revised rates applicable from November 2026. An HIV-positive child who is a double orphan will get ₹3...
Tamil Nadu met the 95-95-95 goal set under Phase V of the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP-V) in September 2026. The goal requires that 95% of people living with HIV are aware of their status, 95% of those diagnosed...
World Egg Day is marked every year on the second Friday of October, and in 2026 it fell on 9 October. The day is used to spread awareness about the nutritional value of eggs, which are an affordable source of high-qualit...
Guruvayur Dorai, one of the most respected mridangam players in Carnatic music, passed away at the age of 92. The mridangam is the principal percussion instrument that accompanies Carnatic concerts, and Dorai was regarde...
On 12 October 2026, President Droupadi Murmu announced Governors for six States. Rajendra Arlekar was named Governor of Tamil Nadu, Sudha Yadav of Karnataka, Om Prakash Mathur of Keralam, Braj Mohan Ram of Odisha, Dhal S...
Union Minister Pralhad Joshi opened the eighth edition of Windergy India 2026, a wind energy exhibition and conference held in Chennai. The event comes as India works towards a goal of 100 GW of installed wind power capa...
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has told the Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary and the Secretary of the Human Resources Management Department to instruct every department to strictly keep to the set time limits for r...
The 2026 migratory season around Chennai opened with a grey-headed lapwing, a long-distance traveller from East Asia, reaching the Pallikaranai marsh on 20 September, nearly two weeks ahead of its usual first-week-of-Oct...
