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Wednesday, February 25, 2026
TopicTamil Nadu

Topic: Tamil Nadu

India’s centre-state relations need reset—though not as radical as Stalin claims

The irony of a state government demanding fiscal autonomy from New Delhi while starving its own local bodies of both funds and decision-making authority is hard to miss — and harder still to defend.

Tamil Nadu FM presents interim budget, attacks Centre for ‘artificially inflating’ state’s debt

DMK govt accuses Centre of withholding funds, tightening borrowing, unilateral deductions from state accounts. Says Centre's accounting & funding decisions have 'artificially inflated' debt burden.

Rs 5k for women as ‘hawk from North’ eyes Tamil Nadu—DMK pitches poll campaign as battle to save state

DMK campaign song targets BJP, and says Stalin’s return as CM is necessary for Tamil Nadu to win. Stalin, meanwhile, credited Rs 5000 each to women beneficiaries of a govt scheme.

Inside India’s only dark factory in Tamil Nadu. Robots work all night, engineers stay out

The swish of robotic arms, electronic beeps, and a Ganesha prayer on loop are the only sounds at Polymatech, a semiconductor unit in Kancheepuram.

Tamil Nadu had rhinos 3,600 yrs ago. New study shows wildlife diversity, trade links with coast

Earlier studies have found rhinoceros remains, rhino motifs in Odisha and even in Harappan civilisation sites in Haryana, but not in the Southern Neolithic Zone.

2 Vaishnava sects, 200-year-old dispute—why SC referred case involving TN temple for mediation

The Thengalai & Vadagalai sects, both followers of philosopher Ramanuja, have been fighting a legal battle over the right to pray at Sri Devaraja Temple in Kancheepuram.

Inside Rahul-Kanimozhi meet: An easing of tensions, and DMK’s softening stance on a big Congress ask

In 2021 Tamil Nadu polls, DMK won 133 of state’s 234 constituencies, enabling it to form government without the support of allies. The Congress was allotted 25 seats and won 18.

Setback for Vijay as Madras HC sets aside single bench order clearing Jana Nayagan. The saga so far

The court said the principles of natural justice were not followed the first time since the censor board was not given enough time to decide and respond.

In poll-bound TN, Modi challenges DMK with ‘double engine’ pitch. Stalin’s ‘dummy engine’ retort

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday pitched a BJP–NDA double engine government for Tamil Nadu, drawing a sharp rebuttal from Chief Minister M. K. Stalin.

Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi walks out of Assembly again. ‘National anthem insulted, mic switched off’

In response, Chief Minister MK Stalin calls the Governor’s action a 'direct insult to the Assembly, its traditions, and the democratic mandate of the people of Tamil Nadu'.

On Camera

Beijing’s losing patience with Pakistan. Attacks on Chinese nationals raising CPEC stakes

A rare, stern voice in China warned Pakistan that while China-Pakistan relations run deep, they are not one-sided or endlessly tolerant.

With 50% of India’s crude imports passing through Strait of Hormuz, concerns mount over US-Iran standoff

The crude flows in the Strait of Hormuz largely originate from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Qatar and move to China, India, Japan and South Korea.

India asks Dassault to submit bid for 114 Rafale fighter jets by April-end

Analysis of IAF proposal shows that the true Make in India component is much lesser than expected, therefore negotiations will focus on increasing that component.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.