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Rs8,500cr monorail scheme gains steam

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The Rs8,500 crore monorail transit system for the city, which is the chief minister’s pet project, gathered steam on Tuesday with the state government finalising the bid documents submitted by variou

Rohan-Hesh need to enter final to qualify for Games

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The ongoing French Open will decide the Olympic fate of Rohan Bopanna and Mahesh Bhupathi. The pair has to make it, at least, to the final to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics.

The ongoing grand

Jayalalithaa brings fuel relief to Chennai

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The fuel crisis in Chennai will ease right away, chief minister J. Jayalalithaa said Tuesday after a high-level review meeting and after arranging to quickly transport to filling stations the 67,000 k

Viswanathan Anand deserves Bharat Ratna

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Nice guys may finish last in some fields but not in chess. Viswanathan Anand who set off a chess wave in India has conquered the world for a fifth time, an achievement few other Indian sportspersons c

DMK threatens to pullout of UPA over petrol hike

Ruling UPA's key ally DMK on Wednesday issued a veiled threat of pulling out of the alliance on the issue of the 'atrocious' petrol price hike, saying the party had never hesitated to do so earlier re

Glamour quotient goes down

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There is no doubt that 10 draws took the sheen off the world chess championship match between Viswanathan Anand and Israeli GM Boris Gelfand. Pundits feel that the spate of draws has deprived the tit

DMK chief Karunanidhi says he never threatened to quit UPA

DMK supremo M. Karunanidhi on Wednesday threatened to pull out of the UPA government over the petrol price hike but later did a quick U-turn, said reports.

Shortly after he made the threat while lead

‘Penta’stic Viswanathan Anand!

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India’s Viswanathan Anand retained his world chess championship title on Wednesday by beating Boris Gelfand of Israel in a tiebreak after the regular games had ended 6-6.

Anand won the rapid playoffs

DMK will not rock the Govt: Karunanidhi

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The DMK is in the coalition. But (being in) alliance is different. It is our duty to voice concern against policies that will affect the people - Karunanidhi

It has been a rather confusing day for re

Monument status for Mahabs temple

The Archaeological Survey of India proposes to notify the ancient Sthalasayana Perumal temple, Mahabalipuram, as a monument of national importance under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites

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