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The Tamil Nadu Government has decided to set up a separate Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department at the Secretariat. The new department will have administrative control over the HR&CE Commissionera...
Tamil Nadu has moved to empower the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) to recruit staff for 25 corporations, 145 municipalities and 479 town panchayats. The Assembly passed a Bill amending the TNPSC (Additional...
A 13th-century Pandya copper coin and a Pallava-period Sivalingam have been discovered near Budalur in Thanjavur district. The 3.30 g coin belongs to Jatavarman Sundara Pandiyan I (1250-1284 CE) and was issued in his fir...
The CAG report "State Finances for the year 2024-25" was tabled in the Tamil Nadu Assembly. GSDP grew 15.98% against 13.34% in 2023-24, and the State contributed 9.43% of India's GDP. Total debt touched ₹8.53 lakh crore,...
The Tamil Nadu Assembly passed 11 Bills on September 8, 2026. The Private Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2026 lowers the minimum land requirement from 100 acres to 12 acres in Greater Chennai Corporation, 18 acres in oth...
The report of the Justice B. Gokuldas Commission, which probed the 2024 Kallakurichi illicit liquor tragedy, was placed before the Tamil Nadu Assembly on September 8, 2026. It blamed lapses by the Police, the Prohibition...
The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly unanimously passed a resolution asking the Centre to scrap the 'Open-Column Method' for counting Backward Classes (BCs), Most Backward Classes (MBCs) and Denotified Communities (DNCs)...
Tamil Nadu has announced a State-wide mission to cut down salt consumption among people. While the WHO advises less than 5 grams of salt a day, the average intake in Tamil Nadu is 7-8 grams, and nearly 88% of salt in the...
India celebrates Teachers' Day on 5 September each year in honour of the birth anniversary of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. Born on 5 September 1888 at Tiruttani in Tamil Nadu, he was a noted philosopher, scholar and edu...
Chennai's Pallikaranai marshland logged large numbers of native waterbirds before the 2026-27 migratory season. In August 2026, 3,091 common coots were counted, the highest August figure since 2014-15, along with a recor...
The Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology has begun the third phase of underwater archaeological exploration off Poompuhar (Kaveripoompattinam) in Mayiladuthurai district, an ancient Chola-period port city. The work...
The Archaeological Survey of India recorded a Chola inscription at the Vedapureeswarar Temple in Therazhundur, Mayiladuthurai district. Dated 1003 CE, the 18th regnal year of Rajaraja Chola I, it is in Tamil on a pillar...
