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Office-bearers of the Tamil Nadu Nurses Empowerment Association meet Director of Medical and Rural Health Services and submit their petitions

Speaking at a meeting of the curriculum design committee, School Education Minister Rajmohan stresses the need to cultivate natural intelligence in students to ensure their growth

According to a press release, the nonagenarian sustained a tear in the rotator cuff of his left shoulder following a fall at home and experienced persistent pain for nearly a month

Around 80 persons were shortlisted for various roles. The next job fair is planned to be held on December 1

The complainant allegedly gave money to the accused for discounted gold jewellery. However, the accused duped the complainant

Greater Chennai Commissioner A. Amalraj unveiled a new anti-drug logo and inaugurated a signature campaign, with around 6,000 college and school students taking a pledge against drug abuse

The two-day festival aims to encourage sustainable living by helping participants explore simple, everyday practices that can reduce waste and protect the environment

Tunnelling starts near Khader Nawaz Khan Road. The machines will mostly drill under Uthamar Gandhi Road, Valluvar Kottam Road, and some buildings. Officials say the tunnel will be completed by next January

A pan-India initiative by Nature Conservation Foundation welcomes institutions to create a Campus Biodiversity Register, and make it toiNaturalist,eBirdand Season Watch

A delegation led by Fords vice-president, Matthew Godlewski, held discussions with the Chief Minister at the Secretariat inChennai on July 20, 2026

The CMDA is executing the project to link Kilambakkam Bus Terminus with the new halt railway stationin three phases at a cost of 79 cr. While the first girder has been installed on GST road, traffic clearance is awaited for the second, says official

The accused was allegedly under mental stress after failing in his Class 12 examinations

Tunnelling starts near KNK Road. The machines will mostly drill under Uthamar Gandhi Road, Valluvar Kottam Road, and some buildings. Officials say the tunnel will be completed by next January

He says the MLAspoke in a threatening manner. If anMLAgoes to the extent of issuing a death threat to the Chief Minister, it is definitely a law and order issue. If someone speaks in this manner, legal action is bound to be taken.

He was responding to a question raised by DMK MP P. Wilson in the Rajya Sabha

ABHA, a 14-digit unique health identifier created using an Aadhaar number, is a key feature of the Union governments Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), launched in 2021, enabling a digital health records ecosystem

The Union government, however, says the RTE (Entitlements) component will be released in due time. It was replying to MP Dayanidhi Marans question in the Lok Sabha

The police suspect previous enmity as the motive behind the murder

He served as a recruitment agent, who lured youths with the promise of lucrative jobs, trafficked them to foreign countries, where they were forced to work in cyber scam centres

When MGR became Chief Minister, Meenava Nanban followed. Now, history repeats with Vijays Jana Nayagan, releasing on July 23

He said he was advised that papers on politicians against whom detention orders had been served need not be kept so that they would not be availableto the very people who were likely to take charge of the government. When Ministers came to know about officers who had made reports about them, they would get prejudiced, he further said

MeenambalSivarajwas born on December 12, 1904, in Rangoon, in a family that placed great importance on educationand service. One of her most significant contributions was her work with All India Scheduled Castes Federation founded byAmbedkar

On December 3, 1995, Nallakannus 84-year-old father-in-law, A.K. Annasamy, was murdered by a gang while he was asleep at his house in Marudanvalvu village, then part of Chidambaranar district (now Thoothukudi district)

Hosting a dolphinarium in Chennai turned into controversy as all the three dolphins died, setting off one of the countrys earliest debates on the ethics of marine mammal captivity

While notable progress was made in the area of female education, there was also concern over the lack of availability of female teachers to tutor the girls.

Forms of torture in Madras Presidency at the time included tying a man by the hair of his head to the tail of an ass, and parading him though the public market

The 70-day-long India Tourism and Industrial Fair that began at the Island Grounds in the city recently turned 50 this year. The Sutrula Porutkatchi was conceived and named by former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi. It began in the city in 1974 as the Pongal Tourist Trade Fair.

In response to DMK president M. Karunanidhis remark on Ram Setu, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader and former BJP MP Ram Vilas Vedanti triggered a major controversy in September 2007 by saying that whosoever chopped off the head and tongue of the DMK president would be gifted in gold.

On March 1, 1950, the Madras government banned Cross Roads, a Left-leaning journal. A month later, the Supreme Courts full Bench, by five to one, quashed the order. The Constitution had to be amended in the light of the landmark judgment. Parliament adopted the amendment Bill, with 246 members voting in favour and 14 against

Salem C.Vijiaraghavachariar, one of the doyens of the national movement during the pre-Gandhi eraand the first Tamil to become the All India Congress Committee president, was ordered to be transported toAndamansto serve a 10-year imprisonment. He appealed to the High Court of Madras and got his conviction quashed on January 9, 1883

S.Chellapandiantried to follow British parliamentary practices.In the opinion of former President R.Venkataraman, he knew legislative procedures so thoroughly that he would not only enforce them but would also guide new members to learn the art

Driven by his passion for cinema, Daniel sold his share of family property inKanniyakumaridistrict and borrowed money from friends and relatives to producethe first Malayalam silent filmVigathakumaran(The Lost Child). The film told the story of a child kidnapped by a plantation worker from Sri Lanka and later reunited with his family

A massive search operation after a low intensity explosion in Chennai revealed that bombs were placed in the Police Commissionerate, Prison Headquarters and other police establishments

The ancient Tamils employed a remarkable richness of vocabulary to refer to animals.H.Chithiraputhiran, a former professor at Tamil University,Thanjavur, has compiled a specialised dictionary of animals in classical literature to recover these words

For theIrulars, theMasiMagamfestival is deeply tied to their culture and collective identity.They gather in their thousands on the shores ofMamallapuramto perform marriages, naming ceremonies for children, ear piercing, and tonsuring. In fact, they come in search of their patron deityKanniammal, who they believe had left them

Sivaji Ganesan was invited to the United States as part of the U.S.India Cultural Exchange Programme. During the trip, Sivaji was treated as a state guest, assigned two officials to assist him, and given a daily allowance of $160, a considerable sum at the time.

In the first elections held in 1951-52 after the country became a Republic with the system of a universal adult suffrage in place, the major contestants were the Congress and the Communist Party of India (CPI)

The return of the famed Leiden plates to India revives questions about what became of Nagapattinams great Buddhist vihara and its vast endowments

A written round was followed by a final round with the top six teams

They say he averted a potential disaster caused by signal failure and cannot be held blameworthy

It plans to buy 28 six-coach trainsas commuters demand improved frequencyduring peak hours. AECOM India and Nippon Koei joint venture likely to be project management consultant: officials

Speaking during the campaign, the PMK president criticised former DMK minister P.K. Sekarbabu, who was in-charge of the CMDA, for not playing the crucial role of being the watchdog in the State for real estate development