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State staff get 7% DA hike

The state government on Monday announced a seven per cent hike in dearness allowance (DA) for government staff, teachers, pensioners and family pensioners.

Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa who made th

Karunanidhi slams Lanka for raking up Kudankulam project issue

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DMK President M. Karunanidhi on Tuesday slammed Sri Lanka for raking up the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project issue, saying India "will do what is required."

The Kudankulam project was not something

In city, encroachments have no religious barriers

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The three major religions are united in one thing – encroachment. When it comes to encroaching, unity in diversity goes well within the Chennai corporation limit as the civic body continues to look th

Adam Sinclair proves a point

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Adam Sinclair has used the World Series Hockey tournament, which concluded on April 2, to showcase his undoubted talent.

Playing for Chennai Cheetahs, the forward fired nine field goals from 14 matc

TNCC sore at neglect by AICC

Tamil Nadu Congress has once again got a raw deal from the party high command. As in recent years, the AICC (All India Congress Committee) has showed little interest in deliberating about the party’s

Other state vehicles to be taxed more

The government has decided to impose higher tax rate on vehicles from other states entering Tamil Nadu.

Introducing a bill to further amend the Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1974, in the A

Customs seize Rs 1cr coins

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Paris-based businessman Sultan Ahmed Abdul Qadir Maraikayar Nazeer Hussain, who was caught by customs officials at the Chennai airport with gold coins worth Rs 1 crore, tried to hoodwink authorities b

My husband projects me as sex worker, alleges excise employee

The Chennai city police are probing the allegation made by a woman central excise employee that her husband had been trying to project her as commercial sex worker and asked her superiors to transfer

Centre justifies UGC norm against varsities

The union HRD ministry on Monday submitted before the Madras high court that the University Grants Commission (UGC) put in place fresh regulations in 2010 to help maintain academic standards and serve

Green prices soar

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Chennaiites will have to spend more for their greens till July, especially with a shortage of 50 tonnes of all kinds of vegetables reaching the Chennai market every day from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka

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