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Tamil Nadu's development since 1950 rests on a string of social reforms inspired by the Dravidian Movement.The DMK government under M. Karunanidhi abolished hand-rickshaws in 1973; West Bengal took three more decades to...
Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi has been transferred as the Governor of West Bengal, following the resignation of C.V. Ananda Bose from that post.Kerala Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar will temporarily discharge the f...
Bihar has been declared free of Naxalism following the surrender of the last armed Maoist in the State. The Union government has fixed 31 March 2026 as the deadline for wiping out Left Wing Extremism (LWE) from India. LW...
The Union Cabinet has cleared the Vibrant Villages Programme-II (VVP-II) for the period 2024-25 to 2028-29 with a total budget of ₹6,839 crore. The scheme will develop villages located along India's International Land Bo...
The Government of West Bengal announced the Banglar Yuva Sathi Scheme 2026 in its interim Budget. The scheme will give a monthly allowance of ₹1,500 to unemployed youth in the State. It will be implemented across West Be...
While hearing matters on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, the Supreme Court ruled that Aadhaar cannot be accepted as proof of citizenship; it only establishes identity. Nearly 50 la...
A study found that wetlands in West Bengal's Murshidabad district are shrinking by about 2.1% a year, nearly three times the global rate and 1.5 times India's average. The combined area of 14 major wetlands fell from 5,5...
Cochin International Airport (CIAL) in Kerala will be the first airport in India to deploy hydrogen-powered buses for passenger movement, cutting emissions from airside transport. Also reported: two new marine worm speci...
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appeared before the Supreme Court in a case on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls conducted by the Election Commission of India. She sought leave to argue i...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced seven high-speed rail corridors in the Union Budget 2026-27: Mumbai-Pune, Pune-Hyderabad, Chennai-Bengaluru, Chennai-Hyderabad, Hyderabad-Bengaluru, Delhi-Varanasi and Varana...
Data placed in Parliament by the Union Law Ministry shows Tamil Nadu has the highest share of SC, ST and OBC judges in district and subordinate courts. Of 1,234 judicial officers in the State, 1,205 (97.65%) belong to th...
An RBI report on State finances found that Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry have steadily lowered their debt-to-GSDP ratios by up to 4 percentage points since 2021 without cutting development spendin...
