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6,000 Chennaiites do surya namaskar

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The Marina beach, a favourite haunt for early morning joggers, turned into an arena to showcase Surya Namaskar. As the dawn broke, over 6,000 persons gathered to perform the sun salutations in absolut

Tamil Nadu sitting on swine flu tinderbox

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Chennai is sitting on a swine flu volcano waiting to erupt.

While A(H1N1) virus has infected 29 people in the state, leaving one 74 year old man dead, public health experts are apprehensive about t

Clinics, labs profit from H1N1 panic

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With the state government struggling to break the chain of transmission of A(H1N1) virus, private players seem to be jumping in the fray to make a quick buck at the expense of panicked people.

Priv

Staff strength in thermal power stations slashed

As part of its cost cutting measures, Tangedco has decided to reduce its manpower in its thermal power stations (TPS) at Mettur, Thoothukudi, Ennore and North Chennai to one worker per MW.

All new p

Gold ‘robbery’ solved

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The city police arrested three persons, including the complainant, in connection with the ‘robbery’ of 2.5 kg gold reported on Thursday morning in Koyambedu.

Senthil Kumar, the custodian of gold coin

HC dismisses plea of quarry owners

The Madras high court has declined to interfere with the orders of the authorities imposing several crore of rupees as penalty on a batch of stone quarry units in Trisoolam and Kancheepuram that had a

Bigger city, little water

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Officials of Chennai metro water would have their work cut out this summer. Several north Chennai pockets still remain vulnerable to supply deficiency.

Also, the 42 local bodies merged with Chennai

AC buses yet to cool hearts of MTC

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Metropolitan Transport Corporation is keeping its fingers crossed as AC buses are expected to get the cash registers ringing this summer.

With the recent bus fare hike, occupancy ratio of AC buses h

Water-borne diseases make comeback

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The mineral water that you have bought might not be as hygienic as claimed. For, there has been an increase in the number of typhoid, diarrhoea, cholera and gastritis cases even from the upper strata

Trailers stranded off Chennai port

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The ongoing works on Ennore-Manali road have affected trailer movement to Chennai port.

With vehicles stranded for about 20 kilometres from Chennai port till Infant Jesus Shrine in Manali New Town o

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