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

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

Cyclone Ockhi hits southern India causing 13 deaths in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The cyclone kills 15 people and displaces another 200,000 persons in Sri Lanka.
2017-12-2

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

An 11-story building under construction collapses in the Indian city of Chennai, crushing to death 61 people, most of them workers on site.
2014-07-4

Five thousand people are evacuated from low-lying areas off the coast of Tamil Nadu state in India and two sailors die in heavy seas before Cyclone Nilam hits the coast.
2012-10-31

Mass protest grows against Kudankulam nuclear power project in Tamil Nadu, India. (Wikinews)
2012-09-15

After Sri Lanka, Liang Guanglie leaves India for Laos. It has been the first visit to India of a Chinese Minister of Defence in eight years.
2012-09-6