chennai

Syndicate content

Chennaiites ready to pay for parking

A recent study by a private consultant on parking woes in the city has found that 90 per cent of the people were ready to pay for parking provided they were given a better place to park their vehicles

Plan to add coaches called off

19NORTH-EAST-PEOPLE-AT-CENT.jpg.crop_display.jpg

Gripped by rumours, people from the northeast continued to flee the city for the third consecutive day.
On Saturday, 150 people of the northeast arrived from the southern districts to board Howrah-bou

VVS Laxman never got his due, says Srikkanth

19VVS2.jpg.crop_display.jpg

V.V.S. Laxman was a rare cricketer in many ways.

Sincere, god fearing and humble, the Hyderabadi kept reminding the dressing room of true cricketing value at a time when fancy sunglasses, zinc cream

Fillip to small, micro industries

Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa has sanctioned funds and projects including establishing an entrepreneur training centre, as part of an initiative aimed at providing more impetus to small and micro ind

Revenue dept creates tax database to spot defaulters

Revenue officials of the Chennai corporation are working on a module wherein about 50,000 tax evaders will be pulled up and monitored.

After the recent merger, the city corporation is now compiling a

Gold traders fret over 30% dip in demand

Gold traders in Chennai are an upset lot with retail demand for jewellery diving to a record low. For the first time in the last two years, gold jewellery demand has dipped by over 30 per this quarter

Mother, girl die in suicide attempt

A young woman and her two children reportedly took poison in an attempt to commit suicide at their home in Kancheepuram district on Friday night.

The mother and her daughter died at a private hospit

Chennai to celebrate Eid on monday

Eid-ul-Fitr, culminating month-long Ramzan, will be celebrated on Monday as the new moon has not yet been sighted, according to Chief Qazi Salahudin Mohammed Ayub.

“The Id moon was not sighted today

Chennai girl Dipika to get arjuna award

dipikapallikal-dc.jpg.crop_display.jpg

On a day when she narrowly missed a spot in the final of the Australian Open, Dipika had something else to cheer about.

The 20-year-old’s name was selected by the Arjuna Award committee chaired by O

Laxman never got his due, says Srikkanth

V.V.S. Laxman was a rare cricketer in many ways. Sincere, God fearing and humble, the Hyderabadi kept reminding the dressing room of true cricketing value at a time when fancy sunglasses, zinc cream and louder music were on the ascendant. Laxman proved that no amount of drama was a match for performance in the middle.

No Articles Found

No Articles Found

No Articles Found

I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.