Tamil Nadu reshuffle: Rajesh Lakhoni to head TNEB, A Karthik named Home Secretary

The Hindu Business Line - Oct 9, 2026

The Tamil Nadu government has reassigned senior officials across the power, expenditure, agriculture and home departments in a minor bureaucratic reshuffle.

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