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Lifer’s wife awaits his release

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Nineteen-year-old Mohammed Ibrahim was arrested in 1998 on suspicion in a murder case. He was tried and sentenced to life, in Coimbatore prison.

Every September, when prisoners with good conduct are

1,000-year-old poet’s memorial lies in ruins

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The 1,000-year-old Ottakoothar memorial in the pilgrimage town of Kumbakonam is in a shambles. The temple premises have been encroached upon by the locals and it is facing destruction.

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Aadi keeps retailer cash boxes ringing

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What started as a period to dispose of old textile stocks, the Aadi sale now has become one of the top sales season for all other businesses, be it consumer durables, white goods, gold jewellery or ev

Teachers to be trained in life skill classes

In order to make teachers’ training on Life Skill Education Programme (LSEP) more interesting, the Tamil Nadu State Aids Control Society (Tansacs) has come up with a video on teaching methodology. Alo

Contaminated water did them in

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The outbreak of diarrhoea and massive influx of patients at city hospitals on Saturday has exposed the vulnerability of city’s drinking water network.

Though officials of Chennai Metro Water denied a

Woman’s death, diarrhoea cases trigger cholera scare

A resident of a slum in Chetpet died of a viral infection and 34 others from the same locality were taken ill with symptoms of severe diarrhoea and vomiting, diagnosed by government doctors as acute d

3 teachers held for beating up boy

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A 14-year-old boy, Barathraj, studying class 9 in a private high school near Perambalur, created a flutter by making a false allegation against three teachers that they forced him to drink urine.

The

Toyota to begin engine production at Bengaluru plant from August

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Japanese auto major Toyota would begin engine production from its manufacturing facility in Bengaluru from August next month, according to a top company official.

"It will commence next month," To

London Olympics: Five stars waiting in the wings

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Missy Franklin, Kohei Uchimura, Ashton Eaton, Sun Yang and Ryan Lochte may not be universally popular at the moment but the quintet has a chance to become household names after the 2012 Olympics.

No

Free bus passes to be issued soon

Metropolitan Transport Corporation officials explained the decision on free travel for students had been taken following complaints by a number of parents about the delay in the issue of bus passes.

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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.

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