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Cop, motorist fight it out over helmet

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A traffic police constable got into scuffle with a bike rider after the motorist objected to the policeman trying to stop him as he was not wearing helmet.

The incident happened in Triplicane where

Cycle tracks yet to become a reality

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Good old bicycles are fast disappearing. “The number of bicycles parked in the basin bridge railway station used to be more than 200 till 2009, but now hardly 100 bicycles are parked at the stand on a

Prestigious road cries for footpath

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Though Sardar Patel Road is home to many premiere institutions — IIT Madras and Anna University, Cancer Institute and Children’s park — its narrow pavements expose students, patients and public to fas

Ardent cyclers peddle in style

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Caught in the space war among motorists, cars and buses on the city roads is the declining
population of cyclists.

Normal bicycles which were a common sight even about a decade ago, are rare not bec

Stemi’s hi-tech aid reaches out to heart attack patients

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If you have a heart attack and call the government-run EMRI ambulance, chances are that you will land up in the care of the most experienced cardiologists in the country.

A group of doctors here has

India to launch 16 new nuclear reactors

The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) will launch 16 reactors at an outlay of Rs 2.3 trillion ($40 billion) during the 12th Plan period (2012-17), a top official of the atomic power operator said.

No dengue death in city: Civic body

Even as the state recorded alarming number of dengue related deaths in Tirunelveli and other southern districts, Chennai corporation on Thursday denied any dengue death in Chennai and maintained that

Counters run short of booking clerks

For bank cashier Amalraj (30) of Tambaram waiting in serpentine queues is as much a routine as dispensing cash to his customers daily.

For, he spends not less than half an hour at the ticket counter

Pay property tax at nationalised banks

Property tax payers in Chennai can now pay your taxes at eight nationalised banks.

Chennai corporation on Thursday signed MoUs with nationalised banks and the bankers will accept the property tax am

Mixed response to bandh call

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The Opposition NDA-sponsored Bharat Bandh evoked lukewarm response in Tamil Nadu on Thursday.

Barring a minor incident of stoning buses in Kanyakumari district, normal life in the state remained una

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