HC orders probe into boy’s death
The Madras high court has ordered a CB-CID probe into the case of a Class 11 boy going missing since October 15, 2011, after he allegedly developed a friendship with a Class 12 girl in Hosur.
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Awesome foursome at Olympics
Individual brilliance lights up an Olympics. The enduring image of the Beijing Games was the otherworldly performance of Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt.
But team sports also have their days under the
MSS warns of impending drought, grain shortage
Eminent agriculture scientist and Rajya Sabha MP, Prof. M.S. Swaminathan, on Wednesday raised concern about droughts and shortage of grain following the abnormal monsoon this year.
Launching a certif
Rs 80cr for concretisation of 1,084 interior roads
In a bid to ensure quality roads, the Chennai corporation has identified 1,084 interior roads for concretisation at an estimate of about Rs 80 crore.
The corporation has started discussions with Metr
Police on hunt for Chennai SMS man
The Chennai city police are hunting for a man who admitted to have sent more than 2,900 lewd SMSes to women, including police personnel.
The women in uniform were literally at the receiving end after
DMK MPs, MLAs to meet next week
DMK president M. Karunanidhi on Tuesday said that the candidates for the post of President and Vice-President were decided based on the prevailing situation and not on any regional considerations.
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Expanded areas in metro tax net
Chennai metro water supply and sewerage board (CMWSSB) officials have said people in the 42 local bodies merged with Chennai corporation recently would be brought under its water and sewerage tax
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225 abstain from BE counselling
The number of engineering aspirants who abstain from counselling has increased from 17 on Day 1 (July 7) to 74 on Day 4 (July 10).
Statistics provided by Anna University, which conducts counselling f
McDonaldization of Olympics
In major deviation from Olympic convention, the finals of all swimming events were staged in morning at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Reason: American television network NBC wanted to broadcast the eve
Fresh landgrab case against Veerapandi Arumugam
Another land grab case has been registered against former agriculture minister and DMK strongman in Salem, Veerpandi S. Arumugam, who was lodged in Vellore prison under the Goondas Act.
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