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Bike ride claims two on Music Academy flyover

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Two college students who were riding a bike without wearing helmets were killed when the rider lost control and hit a median as they were speeding down Music Academy flyover on R.K. Salai on Tuesday.

Bravery awards change boys’ lives

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Life has changed a lot for two young rural boys who were decorated with the Union government’s Bravery Award for savings people’s lives.

From leading nondescript lives, today the boys make frequent

Five corporation staff suspended

The Chennai Corporation’s age-old system of evaluating trip sheets of garbage loads brought to its dumping yard has come under the scanner once again.

On Tuesday, the Corporation suspended five empl

256 AAI employees on relay fast

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About 256 employees of erstwhile International Airport Authority of India (IAAI) have started a relay fast at the city airport demanding parity in promotions and working environment compared to employ

Hyderabad-made cabin for Sikorsky

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A S-92 Sikorsky helicopter that was fitted with a cabin made in Hyderabad is all set to take off from a US city in two weeks time.

Air Vice Marshal (retd) Arvind Walia, executive vice president, In

Commuters left with no shelters at bus stops

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Thousands of bus commuters in Chennai are forced to brave the scorching sun because of lack of planning and delay in construction of bus shelters.

The situation is particularly pathetic at arterial j

Census 2011 finds healthy growth in Chennai city

Chennai is witnessing a healthy growth, compared to other metro cities, in providing piped water supply and sanitation while the number of two-wheelers has increased in Coimbatore and Tirupur, Mr S. G

Kudankulam plant is ready for loading fuel

“Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant [KNPP] is ready for fuel loading and the process will commence soon after Atomic Energy Regulatory Board [AERB] gives its nod,” S.A. Bhardwaj, director (technical), Nu

Report on multi-drug resistance malarial parasites shocked TN

The year 2011 was full of small and big medical breakthrough that put Chennai on the world surgery map.

In April, orthopaedic surgeon Vijay Bose’s team performed two complex hip replacement procedur

Close shave for passenger as crane pulley snaps at airport

A woman passenger leaving the domestic terminal had a close shave Tuesday as a steel load came crashing down after the pulley of a crane snapped at the Chennai airport.

Eyewitnesses said the passenge

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

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