Chennai fabric export units face closure
Chennai, known for its Madras Checks the world over, is fast losing its status as a leading woven apparel exporter to its Bangladeshi counterparts.
The city, which had about 500 woven units exportin
Great Wall of China now measures more than 20,000km
China's first-ever official measurement of one of the world's finest architectural relics has revealed some surprising results.
It has now been determined that the Great Wall of China - visible from
Great grandson’s efforts win stamp on C Aaron
G. Aaron Thangaraj Samuel, a music teacher in Anita Methodist Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Vepery, is elated.
He is the eighth direct descendent of Rev Chokkanatha Aaron, the first non-Euro
Indo-US-Colombo axis may irk Beijing
The emerging Indo-American coalition to help the Sri Lankan Navy opens a new chapter in regional security.
The development could also trigger a fresh bout of political anger in Tamil Nadu, where all
Metro water staff escape scanner
A biometric and camera surveillance system introduced at the metro water headquarters in Chintadripet to keep tabs on errant staff in mid-2010 by then managing director Shiv Das Meena remains dysfunct
Public transport heads in Oz on learning mission
Public transport in the state is all set to get an Australian touch as the managing directors and heads of all transport corporations of Tamil Nadu have been flown by the Union government to that coun
Singapore, China to help manage waste
A high-level team of the city corporation which visited the congested cities in China and Singapore to learn modern waste management procedures has returned home and is now working on the new modules
HC directs officials to file deaths without probe
The Madras high court has directed the registering authorities to register the birth or death of a person whenever information is furnished by the head of the household or any other person prescribed
Fake IT officials in police net
The city police has arrested five persons in connection with the case where four of them posed as income tax officials and took away Rs 43 lakh from the house of a department store owner in Ambedkar E
Post Anand's triumph, benefits for Indian chess players
In the wake of Viswanathan Anand's fifth world title, the All India Chess Federation has decided to promote the game by increasing the prize money of many tournaments besides introducing new events.