Murder for PlayStation: 14-year-old, aunt kill aged woman
In a shocking incident, a 14-year-old schoolboy joined hands with his aunt and allegedly murdered an aged woman to rob her gold chain to buy a PlayStation at Eekadu village in Thiruvallur district in
Security alert to keep Advani flying in TN
Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani, who arrives in Chennai on Wednesday evening on a two-day trip as head of a 15-member parliamentary panel, will use a helicopter to visit Kalpakkam Atomic Power Station a
Gold ‘bomb’ creates panic at Chennai airport
All that glitters is not gold. Similarly, all unclaimed baggage is not bomb, Chennai airport authorities discovered on Tuesday, but not before a box lying for more than an hour at the car park near th
Kid abductor back in police net
A child abductor who escaped from police custody two-and-a-half months back in the city was nabbed by the sleuths of the city crime branch from Washermenpet on Tuesday night.
G. Kumarapandian, caught
Handicraft centres to be tourist destinations
Swamimalai (near Kumbakonam), Nachiarkoil (Thanjavur district) and Thanjavur, which are synonymous with artistic bronze icons, brass lamps and traditional art plates, will soon be brought on the inter
Jewellers target kids for goldrush
Rising gold prices and cautious buying sentiments have forced jewellers to come out with innovative ideas to sustain consumer purchases be it Italian fusion jewellery or branded jewellery for kids.
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73% turnout at peaceful Pudukottai by-election
The by-election to Pudukottai Assembly constituency went off peacefully on Tuesday as an estimated 73 per cent of more than 1.94 lakh voters exercised their franchise.
The polling was by and large pe
Mettur water only in July
Release of water from Mettur dam for delta irrigation may be delayed by a month from the scheduled June 12 this year.
Highly-placed WRO officials told Deccan Chronicle that water release would be del
Vasan wants infrastructure boost to logistics
Massive investment to build better logistical infrastructure and additional capacity is the need of the hour, said Union shipping minister G.K. Vasan here on Tuesday.
Speaking at the inaugural funct
No disaster can hit Koodankulam plant: Centre
The Union government and the Atomic Energy Commission on Tuesday informed the Madras high court that the safety measures at the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) in all aspects of technology a