Integrated security system on track
In a bid to enhance security, an integrated security system has been planned by the Railways at a cost of about Rs 30 crore, said Southern Railway’s additional general manager G. Narayanan after hosti
22 women rescued from flesh trade
Police rescued as many as 22 women, including a few junior artistes and a minor girl, and arrested 11 persons, including nine women, on Tuesday who were allegedly involved in flesh trade.
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New RTI rules will dilute act: Activist
Rules in the Right to Information (RTI) Act that have been just notified by the department of personnel and training might end up diluting the Act, said RTI activist Gopalakrishnan.
The new rules not
Rehabilitate SL Tamils: Jayalalithaa
Chief minister and AIADMK supremo J. Jayalalithaa on Wednesday urged the Centre to ‘at least now’ pressurise Sri Lanka to ensure rehabilitation of internally displaced Tamils back in their original s
Boy drowns in school swimming pool; another crushed to death
A class IV student of a prominent city school drowned in the institution's swimming pool on Thursday, police said.
Police identified the deceased as Ranjan, son of a Tamil film director, a student of
Former AP CM Janardhan Reddy hospitalized
Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Janardhan Reddy was on Thursday admitted to a private hospital here due to fever.
Reddy was admitted to the Apollo Speciality Hospital ‘for evaluation of fever
Five held in connection with Chennai boy's death
Five persons, including a Physical Education Director of a prominent city school, were on Thursday arrested after a fourth standard student drowned in the institution's swimming pool, police said.
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Marvellous Mira Kirit Erda promises a lot
Mira Kirit Erda is on the cusp of growing into the all-exciting world of teenagers — an age where dolling up with the trendiest cosmetics and climbing on to those treacherous high heels take precedenc
Chennai port driver found with neck slit
Unidentified robbers killed a 55-year-old driver working in Chennai port and escaped with cash of Rs1 lakh and more than 10 sovereigns of gold from his house in Kottivakkam on Monday night.
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4-year-old saved from brick kiln
Four-year-old B. Pachaiammal got her freedom on Tuesday when she was rescued along with 10 other bonded labourers from a brick-kiln in Avadi, where they had been toiling for the last two years.
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