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Teacher in dock for ‘negligence’

The city police have registered a case of negligence against a headmaster of a Puruasaiwalkam school after a boy studying in standard VI there suffered injury on his eye when another student threw a p

Cellphone major told to pay up for ‘defect’

The city consumer court has come to the aid of Anandhi Sairaj from Adyar who had lodged a complaint against a cellphone company when her new phone stopped working within a week of purchasing it.

The

72-yr-old woman found murdered

A 72-year-old woman was found murdered in her house in Pammal near Pallavaram on Saturday night.

The police suspect that a male servant who had been sacked could have murdered the woman to steal the

Jayalalithaa raises home loan ceiling

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In a move that could cheer state government employees, chief minister J. Jayalalithaa on Saturday increased the housing loan ceiling and medical insurance cover for government employees.

Considering

Cong, DMK paint Chennai red for Pranab Mukherjee

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The kind of arrangements both DMK and Congress parties made to receive UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee at Chennai is proof of the intensity the president election campaign has touched this

Indian travellers game for adventure

Adventure sports such as mountaineering seems to be finally getting its due with the sports ministries at the centre and the state mulling the idea of bringing it under their fold.

The idea of taki

Jayalalithaa raises home loan ceiling

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In a move that could cheer state government employees, chief minister J. Jayalalithaa on Saturday increased the housing loan ceiling and medical insurance cover for government employees.

Considering

Risk allowance hiked for forest personnel

In a bid to boost the morale of the field staff in forest department, the state government has revised the rate of risk allowance on par with police personnel.

A recent government order by state for

Leela Samson caught in age row

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Several eyebrows went up as news spread of the celebrated dancer Leela Samson returning to the director’s seat at the world-famous Kalakshetra, which she had vacated only on April 30 at the peak of a

Aavin to run more mobile parlours

It started on a small scale about a week ago, to cater to the needs of people on the fringes of the city.

The response to the mobile parlour initiative so far has been so encouraging that the state

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