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The Madras High Court dismissed a petition challenging the amended Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly resolution on the proposed Mekedatu dam across the Cauvery. The amendment asked the Centre to constitute a tribunal to se...
Tamil Nadu marked State Organ Donation Day on 23 September 2026 in memory of Hithendran, whose organ donation in 2008 became a landmark for the State's programme. The day spreads awareness and honours donors and their fa...
Underwater archaeological exploration off the Poompuhar coast in Mayiladuthurai district has yielded a torpedo jar fragment, four ancient ring wells and more than 250 ceramic pieces. The torpedo jar, thought to have come...
Tamil Nadu extended the Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Breakfast Scheme to students of Classes VI to VIII on 22 September 2026, launching it at Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai. The expansion covers 15.3 lakh students in 15,454 governme...
A new checklist by the Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute (JNTBGRI) has recorded 3,261 flowering plant species, plus 26 subspecies and 28 varieties from 190 families, in the Agasthyamalai Bio...
The National Statistical Office (NSO) has, for the first time, published district-level labour market indicators under the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS). About 57.8% of districts had a female Labour Force Participa...
US-based healthcare group Walgreens will open a Global Capability Centre (GCC) in Chennai, with Tamil Nadu Guidance acting as the State's nodal investment agency. Tamil Nadu hosts more than 450 GCCs, about 10–15% of Indi...
Tamil Nadu launched the Tamil Nadu Rooftop Solar Subsidy Scheme in Chennai to encourage households to set up rooftop solar plants. Consumers who applied from August 5 are eligible for a combined Central and State subsidy...
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the Forest Department have developed a new 25-hectare mangrove patch at Pichavaram in Cuddalore district at a cost of ₹1.97 crore. More than 75,000 Rhizophora apiculata...
A study by Kearney titled Tamil Nadu's Fiscal Crossroads has proposed steps to strengthen the State's finances. It estimates that improved revenue collection and more efficient spending could yield over ₹1.2 lakh crore e...
Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has asked the State government for clarifications on certain provisions of the Tamil Nadu Private Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which remains under his consideration...
Tamil Nadu observed Social Justice Day on September 17, the birth anniversary of social reformer E.V. Ramasamy, popularly known as Periyar, with the Social Justice Day pledge marking his 147th birth anniversary in 2026....
