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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
HC stays TNPSC Group IV results
The Madras high court has stayed the publication of the results of the examination held on July 7, 2012, to the Group IV posts conducted by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission.
Justice S. Nagamu
MIT student falls to death from hostel’s fourth floor
An engineering student died when he mysteriously fell form the fourth floor of the hostel at Madras Institute of Technology in Chromepet on Thursday night.
Ram Prasad, 20, who was studying production
12-year-old aims to be world carrom champ
Twelve-year-old N. Arun Kumar can hardly afford a carrom board for himself, but is the under-12 state carrom champion.
The family of Arun, who was born and raised in Chintadripet, is not well-to-do.
Lack of doctors mars Kathivakkam hospital
Residents of Kathivakkam are irked that the maternity hospital and primary health centre in their area has had no doctor for more than a year now as doctors have not been appointed to fill the vacanci
School swimming pool sealed
The city police on Friday arrested Sheela Rajendran, 51, dean of the Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan school in K.K. Nagar, in connection with the death of a student in the swimming pool on the school premi
English, Tamil practicals soon
For the first time in the history of higher education, all undergraduate and postgraduate students in universities and colleges in the state will have to take up practical examination in English and T
People from North East continue fleeing Chennai
Gripped by rumour fuelled fears of impending attacks on them, people from North East continued to flee the city for the third consecutive day on Saturday with hundreds thronging the railway station
Adequate protection is given to NE people: PMO
The Centre today said adequate protection is being given by state governments in the South to people of the North East fleeing on rumours of attacks and termed as 'false' and 'fabricated' reports that they are not being provided enough security.
Laxman likely to retire
A whole new meaning may have been given to what would otherwise have been a low-key Test series between India against a depleted New Zealand. The classy VVS Laxman is likely to call it a day after the
