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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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