{
  "id": 13020533,
  "title": "Tamil Nadu Home Secretary, TNEB Chairman transferred",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/tamil-nadu-home-secretary-tneb-chairman-transferred",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T03:36:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tamil-nadu-home-secretary-tneb-chairman-transferred/article71562513.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Tamil Nadu's Home Secretary, K. Manivasan, has been reassigned to the position of Commissioner of Land Administration in the rank of Additional Chief Secretary. He was initially appointed to the Home Secretary role by the Election Commission prior to the Assembly elections. Manivasan relinquished his previous portfolios of Home, Excise and Prohibition. His replacement is Dr. A. Karthik, the Chairman and Managing Director of Tamil Nadu Small Industries Development Corporation (TANSIDCO).\n\nThe Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) Chairman and Managing Director, Rajesh Lakhoni, has been posted as the new Chairman and Managing Director of TNEB and Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Limited. Additionally, V. Arun Roy, the former Chairperson and Managing Director of TNEB and Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Limited, has been transferred to the role of Secretary, Finance (Expenditure). Roy assumed this position from N. Venkatesh, who has been appointed as Agriculture Production Commissioner and Secretary to the Agriculture – Farmers Welfare Department, in addition to his existing roles.",
  "summary": "Tamil Nadu Home Secretary K. Manivasan has been replaced by A. Karthik, Chairman and Managing Director of the Tamil Nadu Small Industries Development Corporation (TANSIDCO).",
  "key_points": [],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}