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Sharp spike in engineering admissions

With a week left for the government’s single window counselling for engineering colleges in the state end, about 1.12 lakh students (academic, vocational, sports category and physically challenged quo

Karuna debuts on Twitter with teso comments

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Not wanting to be left out in the hi-tech race, DMK patriarch M. Karunanidhi has joined the social media bandwagon to voice his views to the world.

Though he may be a trite delayed at the age of 89,

Centre urged to ensure rehabilitation of displaced SL Tamils

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Wednesday asked the Centre to work towards ensuring rehabilitation of displaced Sri Lankan Tamils lodged in camps in that country besides equal status for the

Karuna to take to Twitter, Facebook

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Making the plunge into new media, DMK chief M Karunandihi will now be active on micro-blogging site Twitter and Facebook, while an exclusive webpage dedicated to the 88 year-old veteran is also in the

President announces 62 gallantry awards

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President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday approved 62 Gallantry Awards to Armed Forces Personnel and members of Paramilitary Forces which includes 15 Shaurya Chakras, 01 Bar to Sena Medal (Gallantry), 4

Marvellous Mira Kirit Erda promises a lot

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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.

At 5.30 a

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.

Pach

Four women hurt in balcony collapse

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Four women were injured when the balcony of a second floor apartment in a block in a slum clearance board colony at Sathyavani Muthu Nagar in Otteri collapsed early on Tuesday after heavy rains.

The

40 refugees caught trying to sail to Oz

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Even as hundreds of Sri Lankan refugees in Tamil Nadu perished at sea in recent months undertaking the perilous journey to the faraway Christmas Islands and Cocoa Islands, in the hope of winning asylu

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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.

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