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Woman, paramour held for forcing minor’s marriage

Police arrested a woman, her paramour and son for allegedly trying to marry off her minor daughter to her paramour in Poonamalee on Thursday.

Police identified the arrested as Nagalakshmi, 40, paramo

Tanuvas estate officer in soup

Officials of the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (Tanuvas) are looking into alleged irregularities that were made while constructing a few buildings during the previous DMK regime

Residents rue power fluctuations

Sudha is fuming over the damage caused to her new television by voltage fluctuations on Wednesday evening. Chennaiites may have somehow got inured to the 2-hour power outage but they have not prepared

4 per cent dip in US travellers from Chennai

The number of persons applying for a visa for the US at the consulate in Chennai has come down by 4 per cent compared to the same period last year, said Nicholas Manring, chief of consular services at

TN to get 58 auto weather stations

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The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) will setup 58 automatic weather stations (AWS) and 75 automatic rain gauge (ARG) stations in Tamil Nadu.

The department had planned to set up 2,000 AWS acro

Jaya promises K-power in two months

CM J. Jayalalithaa told the TN Assembly Thursday Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) was expected to start electricity generation in two months.

With the much-awaited commissioning of the plant,

Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission hikes 37pc in power tariff

Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) on Friday announced a 37 per cent hike in the power tariff, covering both domestic and industry sectors, a move that will fetch an additional Rs 7,

Private parking lots turn money spinners

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Parking lots have turned out be a lucrative business on General Patters road and Pycrofts Road in Royapettah, ever since changes were made to the traffic flow on arterial Mount Road to facilitate metr

‘Shady’ journalism at Ripon’s

The mushrooming of small-time weeklies, monthlies and dailies after regime changes are not new to Tamil Nadu and there is nothing wrong in it.

However, a few of these magazines and journals, mostly

HC stays CoP’s order for tenant info

Declining to order suspension of the operation of the police commissioner’s order asking the landlords/house owners to furnish details of their tenants, the Madras high court on Thursday directed auth

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