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Techie pops pills at hotel, ends life

A 26-year-old woman software professional committed suicide in a star hotel on GST Road in St Thomas Mount on Thursday by over dosing on sleeping pills.

Ramalakshmi, who was employed with Wipro Tec

JEE results to be announced today

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The long wait for 5.6 lakh IIT aspirants who took the joint entrance examination to get admission in 15 IITs this year will get over on Friday as the JEE organising committee will declare the results

Fate of deemed varsity students hang in balance

Many students from the North and North Eastern parts of the country who have joined some of the 16 deemed universities which the Prof. Tandon Committee recommended for de-recognition are a worried lot

Snake bite? No immediate medicare

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Auto driver Subramani (37), hailing from Melnallathur, a village near Tiruvallur, is lucky to be alive even after two strong bites from a venomous krait snake almost killed him.

It is still hard to

Sunscreen test begins

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The writing is there on the windscreen for vehicle owners — remove dark tinted films or face legal action.

Chennai Police issued a press release Thursday asking all vehicle owners to remove sunscree

Jaya asks political parties to back Sangma

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A day after backing former Lok Sabha Speaker P.A. Sangma's candidature for the Presidency, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on asked all parties to 'rise above political considerations,' and

Jayalalithaa honours Major Raja

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Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa honoured Major S. Kartik Raja of 21 Assam Rifles for receiving the country’s third highest peacetime gallantry award, the Shaurya Chakra, on the occasion of t

Polo Cup back with more changes

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The third season of the Volkswagen Polo Cup will witness a sea change in the machinery as well as format when it kicks off at the Kari Motor Speedway in Coimbatore on July 6.

The organisers have ann

Plus-2 marksheets on May 30

Minister for school education N.R. Sivapathy on Wednesday said marksheets for Plus-2 students would be distributed on May 30.

“The results will be declared on May 22 and within a week the marksheets

Weathermen predict harsher climate

With the ‘peak’ summer season entering the second half, weathermen predict a harsher climate for the next few days. Already many parts of Tamil Nadu are reeling under an oppressive heat.

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.