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Election Commission deploys 1,111 Central Observers for Assembly elections in five States/UTs and bye-elections

The Election Commission of India said on 17 March 2026 that it has deployed 1,111 Central Observers — 557 general, 188 police and 366 expenditure — for Assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and bye-elections in six states.

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🏛️ Elections 📍 India Must know

Election Commission announces Assembly polls in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry; counting on 4 May

The Election Commission of India on 15 March 2026 announced Assembly elections in four States and Puducherry, with polling from 9 to 29 April and counting on 4 May 2026.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 Tamil Nadu Important

Gramin Dak Sevak Sammelan held in Chennai; Tamil Nadu postal circle second in revenue

Minister of State for Communications Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani addressed a Gramin Dak Sevak Sammelan in Chennai on 15 March 2026 and praised the Tamil Nadu postal circle for ranking second in the country in overall revenue.

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🏛️ Judiciary & Judgements 📍 Tamil Nadu Important

Tele-Law regional workshop under DISHA scheme held in Chennai; 12,560 CSCs in Tamil Nadu offer pre-litigation advice

The Department of Justice held a regional workshop on the Tele-Law programme under the DISHA scheme in Chennai on 14 March 2026, where 12,560 Common Service Centres in Tamil Nadu provide pre-litigation legal services.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Tamil Nadu Important

NHAI awards 7-km Gangaikonda Cholapuram bypass on NH-81 to protect 1,000-year-old temple

The National Highways Authority of India issued the letter of award on 12 March 2026 for a 7-km greenfield bypass around Gangaikonda Cholapuram on NH-81 in Tamil Nadu, whose foundation stone the Prime Minister laid on 11 March.

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🚄 Infrastructure & Energy 📍 Tamil Nadu Important

PM Modi launches ₹5,650-crore projects in Tiruchirappalli, including city gas for Nilgiris and Erode

On 11 March 2026 in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched projects worth about ₹5,650 crore in clean energy, petroleum, highways, railways and rural roads.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Tamil Nadu Important

Cabinet declares Madurai Airport in Tamil Nadu an international airport

The Union Cabinet approved on 10 March 2026 the declaration of Madurai Airport in Tamil Nadu as an international airport.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Tamil Nadu

Shivraj Singh Chouhan holds post-Budget discussion with coconut farmers in Chennai

Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan held a post-Budget discussion with coconut farmers, scientists and stakeholders in Chennai on 7 March 2026, stressing production, processing and intercropping.

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🎓 Education 📍 Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin opens Mudhalvar Padaippagam library-cum-creative centres in Chennai

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin inaugurated a Mudhalvar Padaippagam (Chief Minister's Creative Centre) with a modern library at Ashok Nagar, Chennai, on 3 March 2026 and virtually opened nine more built by CMDA.

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🔬 Science & Technology 📍 Tamil Nadu Important

MeitY launches indigenous 30 kW wide band gap drive system for EVs in Chennai

MeitY Secretary S. Krishnan launched an indigenously developed 30 kW Wide Band Gap (WBG)-based Integrated Drive System for electric vehicles at IIT Madras, Chennai, on 2 March 2026.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Tamil Nadu Must know

PM Modi launches projects worth over ₹4,400 crore in Madurai

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated, dedicated and laid the foundation stone of infrastructure projects worth over ₹4,400 crore in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, on 1 March 2026.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 Tamil Nadu Important

PM MITRA Park Virudhnagar allots 190 acres to 23 investors with ₹2,192 crore investment

The Board of PM MITRA Park Tamil Nadu Ltd allotted 190.44 acres of industrial land in the PM MITRA Park at Virudhnagar, Tamil Nadu, to 23 investors on 27 February 2026, unlocking about ₹2,192 crore of investment.

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🛡️ Weapons & Induction 📍 Tamil Nadu Important

INS Anjadip, fourth anti-submarine shallow water craft, commissioned at Chennai

INS Anjadip, the fourth ship of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC) project, was commissioned into the Indian Navy at Chennai Port, Tamil Nadu, on 27 February 2026.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Tamil Nadu Important

Sarbananda Sonowal launches projects worth over ₹1,500 crore at V.O. Chidambaranar Port, Tuticorin

Union Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated and laid the foundation of projects worth more than ₹1,500 crore at V.O. Chidambaranar Port, Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu), on 23 February 2026.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 India Important

PM's 131st Mann Ki Baat: AI Impact Summit, organ donation by Kerala family, digital-arrest warning

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 131st episode of Mann Ki Baat on 22 February 2026 spoke about the India AI Impact Summit, paid homage to Alin Sherin Abraham from Kerala whose parents donated her organs, and urged vigilance against digital frauds and 'digital arrests'.

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🏛️ Polity & Governance 📍 Delhi Important

Vice President releases updated Constitution in Gujarati and Tamil on International Mother Language Day

Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan released the updated Constitution of India in Gujarati and Tamil and the 8th edition of the Legal Glossary (English–Hindi) at the Vice President's Enclave, New Delhi, on International Mother Language Day, 21 February 2026.

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🛡️ Weapons & Induction 📍 Tamil Nadu Important

Indian Navy's first Cadet Training Ship, Krishna, launched at L&T Kattupalli

Krishna (Yard 18003), the first of three Cadet Training Ships being built for the Indian Navy, was launched at L&T's Kattupalli shipyard near Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on 16 February 2026.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Tamil Nadu

RISE Conclave 2026 concludes at Chennai Trade Centre

The two-day Research–Industry–Startup–Entrepreneurship (RISE) Conclave 2026 concluded at the Chennai Trade Centre, Tamil Nadu, on 15 February 2026.

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🎓 Education 📍 Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin inaugurates Government Law College and TIDEL Neo Park at Karaikudi

On 31 January 2026 Tamil Nadu CM M. K. Stalin inaugurated a ₹100.45-crore Government Law College at Kazhanivasal, Karaikudi (Sivaganga) for 1,300 students and a ₹28-crore TIDEL Neo Park.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Tamil Nadu

Agriculture Ministry forms high-level committee to strengthen FPOs in Tamil Nadu

The Agriculture Ministry has constituted a high-level committee to review Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) in Tamil Nadu after Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's visit to Erode; it will report within two months, with ICAR-NRCB Tiruchirappalli as host institution.

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🕯️ Obituaries 📍 Tamil Nadu

Tamil scholar D. Gnanasundaram, known for his work on the Kamba Ramayanam, passes away

PM Narendra Modi condoled the death of Tamil scholar D. Gnanasundaram on 26 January 2026, recalling his exceptional understanding of the Kamba Ramayanam and their interaction at the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Tiruchirappalli, in January 2024.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Tamil Nadu Important

CSIR-CRRI and JSW Steel Salem sign MoA for first steel slag roads in Tamil Nadu

CSIR-Central Road Research Institute and JSW Steel's Salem Works signed an MoA on 24 January 2026 to use processed steel slag in road construction, the first such implementation in Tamil Nadu.

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🌟 Persons in News 📍 Tamil Nadu

PM pays tribute to Bharat Ratna M.G. Ramachandran on his Jayanti

PM Narendra Modi paid tribute to former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Bharat Ratna Dr M.G. Ramachandran (MGR) on his birth anniversary on 17 January 2026.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Tamil Nadu

PM pays tribute to Thiruvalluvar on Thiruvalluvar Day, urges people to read the Tirukkural

PM Narendra Modi paid homage to the poet-saint Thiruvalluvar on Thiruvalluvar Day, 16 January 2026, and urged everyone to read the Tirukkural.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Tamil Nadu Important

BSIP study of Tamil Nadu's Kondagai Lake reconstructs 4,500 years of monsoon history

Scientists of the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, reconstructed about 4,500 years of climate and monsoon history from sediments of Kondagai Lake near Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu, the Science Ministry said on 15 January 2026.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Tamil Nadu

NITI Aayog holds national workshop in Coimbatore on embedding R&D in state institutions

NITI Aayog held a national workshop on 'Sustaining Innovation: Embedding R&D in State Institutions' on 8–9 January 2026 at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, with the Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology, chaired by Vice Chairman Suman Bery.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Tamil Nadu Important

Sonowal rolls out ₹235 crore port projects at Chennai Port and Kamarajar Port

Ports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal rolled out port infrastructure and digital projects worth ₹235 crore at Chennai Port Authority and Kamarajar Port Limited in Tamil Nadu on 8 January 2026, including a ₹105 crore rehabilitated Northern Breakwater Head at Kamarajar Port.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 Tamil Nadu Important

Vice-President inaugurates 9th Siddha Day in Chennai on the theme 'Siddha for Global Health'

On 3 January 2026 at Kalaivanar Arangam, Chennai, Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan inaugurated the 9th Siddha Day celebrations, themed 'Siddha for Global Health'.

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🌟 Persons in News 📍 Tamil Nadu

Nation pays tribute to Rani Velu Nachiyar, queen of Sivaganga, on her birth anniversary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah paid tribute on 3 January 2026 to Rani Velu Nachiyar, the queen of Sivaganga who fought colonial rule, on her birth anniversary.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Tamil Nadu Important

Vice-President addresses Kashi Tamil Sangamam 4.0 valedictory at Rameswaram

Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan addressed the valedictory function of Kashi Tamil Sangamam 4.0 at Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, on 30 December 2025.

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