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A G.O. to this effect was issued by the Social Justice Department following the announcement made by Minister Vanni Arasu in this regard during the Budget session

He replaces M.P. Ranjan Kumar, who had been holding the post for the last four-and-a-half years

Earlier, Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay had announced the enhancement of contingency funds to all police stations during the demand for grants for the Home Department for 2026-27 in the Assembly.

The move comes after protests by college teachers and government employees against against the order, which was issued on September 11

The controversy in the case of Secretary to Government versus Sameer Ahamed N. began with a man, born to Hindu parents in 1993 at Thoothukudi district in Tamil Nadu, voluntarily converting to Islam in September 2015

The Perumbali burial dispute in Erode has raised serious questions about caste discrimination in Tamil Nadu. A Scheduled Caste family faced opposition while trying to bury a 90-year-old relative in the village cemetery. This episode of The Hindu Focus Tamil Nadu examines Dalit burial rights, untouchability, constitutional protections and the continuing struggle for social justice.

“Social backwardness does not arise in a day or a generation. It is the result of a social system built over thousands of years. Conversion to another religion does not erase it,” he said in a statement

The court held that a Tamil Nadu government order doing the same creates an “artificial group” which would access benefits of reservation associated with backward communities

“It is a good thing that Edappadi K. Palaniswami expelled me from the AIADMK. Had I not left the party, I would still be sitting in the Opposition benches. Look where I am now,” he said

Under the 1983 Telugu Ganga agreement 15 TMC is to be delivered annually at the Tamil Nadu border; low storage in Srisailam, Somasila and Kandaleru makes a partial release the likely compromise, sources say

Ruling parties sweep by-elections, but defections mar Tamil Nadu results

Tamil Nadu says 11.719 tmcft shortfall is hurting Samba cultivation; Karnataka cites water scarcity and drinking-water needs as court reserves order 

Inaugurating a slew of projects, including the Chennai Metro Rail services on the Vadapalani-Poonamallee stretch, Mr. Modi says that while governments have changed, his commitment to the development of Tamil Nadu and his service to its people have remained the same

While the ruling TVK has won both the constituencies — Madurantakam and Dharapuram — in the recent byelections, the question today is whether Tamil Nadu will shift to a bipolar political landscape, an arrangement it has been familiar with

He said the TVK-led government had taken the right step by approaching the Supreme Court to secure the State’s share of Cauvery water

The bypolls in the two constituencies were necessitated after Maragatham Kumaravel and P. Sathyabama, who had won the Madurantakam and Dharapuram seats, respectively, as AIADMK candidates in the 2026 Assembly elections, resigned as MLAs and joined the ruling TVK

Tamil Nadu Home Secretary K. Manivasan has been replaced by A. Karthik, Chairman and Managing Director of the Tamil Nadu Small Industries Development Corporation (TANSIDCO).

Karnataka had argued that it was reeling under serious hydrological distress which was marked by 54% deficit in cumulative inflows to its four reservoirs in the Cauvery basin

In all, seven constituencies are without MLAs in Tamil Nadu. But only Madurantakam and Dharapuram will go to the polls on October 6, 2026

An order said employees working in Chengalpattu, Tiruppur and neighbouring districts, but registered as voters in the Madurantakam and Dharapuram constituencies, should also be given a paid holiday.

Tamil Nadu, Assam, Puducherry, West Bengal and Assam are heading for bypolls. Here’s all you need to know.

The bypolls set to take place on Tuesday (October 6, 2026) will be held in five Assembly constituencies in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry, as well as in one Lok Sabha seat in Assam; the votes will be counted on Friday

The party wants the SIT to summon the CM and the Ministers to find out if they had any materials to prove it had shielded the prime accused during its regime

Approximately 45,72,058 cubic feet of lake-bed sand was alleged to have been transported from about 8 acres of the waterbody, resulting in an estimated loss of ₹8.22 crore to the T.N. exchequer

A senior PMK leader says the ‘attitude’ of the AIADMK leadership continues to be a sore point hampering a ‘natural alliance’