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Tangedco approval: Consumers can buy own meters from select makers

Consumers seeking new service connection can heave a sigh of relief as the Tamil Nadu generation and distribution corporation (Tangedco) has allowed them to buy meters from one of the six approved mak

Chennai bridges cry out for attention

While Chennai has several bridges, some are badly in need of attention as they no longer meet the needs of the people, which have changed as the city has grown more congested.

Take for instance Villi

Evaluation teachers sweat it out

Teachers evaluating plus-two papers have a tough time as power cuts interfere with their correction.

The evaluation of answer sheets began on April 2 at 47 centres in the state.

Due to 2-3 hour p

Unscheduled late night power cuts hit residents

The duration of power outage in Chennai is two hours only on paper, but in reality, it is up to three hours in several areas.

And most of the additional power outage happens ‘unscheduled’ late night

Plus-1 boy, two BE students die in mishaps

A Plus-1 student and two engineering students were crushed to death in two different accidents at East Tambaram and Chengalpet on Saturday.

Police said 16-year-old R. Suryanarayanan, studying Plus-1

Over damages to victim: HC upholds state order in police torture case

The Madras high court has upheld the order of the state government to recover from two police officers the compensation amount awarded by the court to the family of a deceased who died because of poli

Daylight murder : Thief steals gold, kills pawnbroker

In a gruesome incident, a pawnbroker was slain in broad daylight and the murderer decamped with gold worth lakhs of rupees from the shop at Nerkundram near Maduravoyal on the outskirts of the city on

Old age home told to pay up for service deficiency

An elderly woman fought against a posh old age home after her sister passed away after vacating the home complaining of deficiency of services during a medical emergency.

The sister took up the case

It’s true exotica this summer

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Seven-year-olds wander around the city in tourist garb, clutching at their expensive digital cameras for a photo-journalism workshop.

Tiny tots in tutus preen in front of a mirror-wall, striking bal

Con ‘top cop’ in Tamil Nadu police net

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Chennai Police arrested Friday Vellore native Vijay Bhanu alias Sheeba Mathew, 36, for allegedly posing as a senior IPS official and cheating many.

The accused with a fake photo identity card in DGP

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