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Gandhi statue on Marina to get a facelift

The state government will take up the improvement works on the Mahatma Gandhi’s statue and the area surrounding it on Kamaraj Salai in the city and also the Kamaraj memorial in Kanyakumari at a total

Mayor denies cholera deaths

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Mayor Saidai S Duraisamy has stoutly denied cholera deaths in Chennai, saying that not a single death occurred due to cholera or ADD (Acute Diarrheal Disease) over the last nine months since he assume

Civic schools lie in deep neglect

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Students of corporation schools are most vulnerable to water borne and communicable diseases. DC visited several corporation schools in Chennai and found appalling sanitation conditions prevailing in

Hawkers force public to choose road over subways

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Thousands of commuters use subways near Park station and Chennai Central station during peak hours every day. But lack of hygiene, cramped stairs and the invasion of corridors by hawkers, literally pu

14 CCTVs to secure Anna Nagar West

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Anna Nagar Western Extension Phase II became the first neighbourhood in the city to set up their own surveillance system for ensuring better security for the residents.

In one of the biggest initiati

She bowls over everyone with her talent

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She was just eight years old when legendary cricketer Kapil Dev and his team lifted the World Cup in London in 1983. But the age factor never stopped her from attempting to follow Kapil Dev’s bowling

Boy crushed under bus

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A 12-year-old student returning from school in a MTC bus was crushed under its wheels in Otteri on Saturday after he alighted from the moving vehicle.

Vignesh, the son of Sankar and Varalakshmi and a

Boy crushed under bus

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A 12-year-old student returning from school in a MTC bus was crushed under its wheels in Otteri on Saturday after he alighted from the moving vehicle.

Vignesh, the son of Sankar and Varalakshmi and a

Giving wings to polio and accident victims

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Born in London and brought up in Calcutta, Meena Dadha settled down in Chennai after her marriage. Soon her life started revolving around her family and kids.

“There was an urge to do something for

Ancient burial sites are defaced

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More than 2,000 years old megalithic burial sites at Siruthavur near Thiruporur are being destroyed by real estate sharks for putting up housing plots.

There were hundreds of these sites till some ye

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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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