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The death toll from the tainted liquor incident in Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India, increases to 54.
2024-06-22

At least 36 people are killed and more than 60 others are hospitalized after consuming tainted liquor in Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India.
2024-06-20

The Chess Olympiad in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, concludes, with Uzbek chess grandmaster Nodirbek Abdusattorov winning the open event.
2022-08-9

A chariot in a Hindu religious procession strikes an overhead power line leading to several electrocutions and a fire resulting in eleven deaths and over a dozen injuries in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India.
2022-04-27

Police in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India, kill nine people who protested against Vedanta Resources' copper smelter operation, alleging that it is a major source of pollution and a risk to fisheries. State Minister D. Jayakumar says that it was "unavoidable" that the people were shot. National Congress opposition leader Rahul Gandhi calls the killings "state sponsored terrorism".
2018-05-22

The Indian state government of Tamil Nadu lifts its ban on the sport of Jallikattu, following five days of protests by demonstrators against the ban.
2017-01-22

Tropical Cyclone Vardah is expected to make landfall in southern India today bringing heavy rain to the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu as well as Andhra Pradesh. At least four people have been killed and tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from low lying areas.
2016-12-12

The government of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu decides to free three men and a woman found guilty of assassinating former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991.
2014-02-19

Thirty-five members of the US owned MV Seaman Guard Ohio are arrested in the Indian port of Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu for alleged illegal possession of arms and ammunition.
2013-10-18

Cyclone Laila approaches landfall in southeastern India, having already caused at least ten deaths and prompting the evacuations of 10,000 people in Tamil Nadu.
2010-05-19