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State restores 468 acres of temple land

The state government has initiated steps to identify and restore temple lands whose pattas were wrongly issued to private individuals and registered in computer chitta.

“The pattas of 468.87 acres of

Karunanidhi wants PM to resolve NLC contract workers’ row

DMK president M. Karunanidhi on Monday sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s intervention to bring to an end to the 17-day-long strike by contract workers of Neyveli Lignite Corporation.

“The Centre

Auto goes up in flames in Chennai

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A protest by Hindu Munnani activists on TTK Road near Music Academy in the city on Monday evening turned dangerous when a LPG-powered autorickshaw went up in flames after the protesters burnt a effigy

Stray dogs poisoned to death

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More than three dozen dogs have been poisoned to death in suburban Katuppakam on Monday.

As many as 29 carcasses were exhumed for investigation till Monday night, following an outcry from the public,

Person facing graft trial cannot demand promotion: HC

The Madras high court has ruled that a person facing criminal trial under the Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA) has no right to demand promotion.

Justice N. Paul Vasanthakumar dismissed a writ peti

Hostel warden held for branding boys

Kanchipuram police has arrested Pushaparani, a woman warden of a school for orphans in Naduveerapattu near Tambaram, for allegedly torturing two inmates of the hostel.

Two children from the private s

Tamil Nadu seeks details on fee hike order

The state government has sought clarifications from the Madras high court in its May 3 order permitting 400 petitioner schools to collect 15 per more fee than that fixed by the School Fee Determinatio

‘No compassionate job without vacancy’

The Madras high court has observed that no recruitment can be made on compassionate ground without a vacancy.

An HC bench of Justices Elipe Dharma Rao and M. Venugopal allowed an appeal by the centr

Chennai institute to monitor diabetics through mobiles

The Chennai-based India diabetes research foundation has kickstarted a novel initiative under which more than 2,000 people from India and United Kingdom will be monitored through mobile phone technolo

Rail services hit as goods train derails

Train services were hit for about five hours on the Chennai-Jolarpet section after a goods train derailed between Kavanur and Latheri near Katpadi at 1.20 am on Monday.

Several express trains, mostly

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