The Tamil Nadu government has exempted the Public (Law and Order) Department from the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, classifying it as an Intelligence and Security Organisation. The order, issued under…
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Tamil Nadu government to consider accepting alternative land for its proposed open-air jail instead of evicting SASTRA University from 31.37 acres of government land in…
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay will launch the expansion of the Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Breakfast Scheme on September 22 instead of September 17, the birth anniversary of Periyar E. V. Ramasamy,…
Tamil Nadu’s government has placed Tambaram Corporation Commissioner S Balachandar on compulsory wait after an anti-corruption NGO alleged tender irregularities in two city beautification projects worth Rs 45.9 lakh. The Avadi commissioner…
Seven years after Tamil Nadu banned sex-reassignment surgeries on intersex infants, basic karyotyping tests to diagnose variations in sex development remain unavailable in most government hospitals. Of the state's 38 medical college…
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay has formally scrapped the Rs 27,400-crore Parandur greenfield airport project in Kancheepuram district, following years of protests by local villagers and farmers over displacement and…
The Tamil Nadu government has decided to look for a new airport site for Chennai, abandoning the Parandur location to protect agricultural lands and local livelihoods, according to a letter published in…
Actor and Rajya Sabha MP Kamal Haasan has welcomed the Tamil Nadu government's plan to build a memorial hall for filmmaker Bharathiraja in Theni district. The project, announced in the Assembly by…
The Tamil Nadu government has proposed colour coding for school and college buildings to indicate structural safety status, Minister Aadhav Arjuna told the Assembly on Monday. Red stickers will mark high-risk buildings…
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Joseph Vijay on 24 August abandoned the proposed Parandur Greenfield Airport project, citing opposition from farmers whose agricultural land would be acquired. Announcing the decision in the Assembly,…
