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Advocates boycott court, stage demo

Advocates on Wednesday abstained from attending court in the city, condemning the CBI for not conducting investigation properly in the case of the murder of advocate Sankarasubbu’s son.

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Hawkers not evicted yet, says panel

The chairman of the hawkers committee on Wednesday informed the Madras high court that despite earlier directions from the committee to evict unauthorised hawkers from NSC Bose road, corporation offic

Spit & you are in spot

A team comprising IT professionals, teachers and homemakers has launched a campaign against spitting in Chennai under the banner Namadhu Chennai Na-madhu Poruppu (Our Che-nnai, our responsibility).

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Former DMK minister's house raided

The residence of a former Tamil Nadu minister was raided on Thursday on corruption charges by vigilance officials, said authorities.

DMK leader and former Tamil Nadu minister for Food, Civil Supplies

Student arrested for possessing pistols

A student from Bihar was arrested on Thursday after police seized two country made pistols from his rented accommodation in the city outskirts.

A private engineering college student, he was staying a

Metal detectors to check medicos at exam halls

Entering a medical college examination hall will be akin to visiting a high security prison with the new technology-busting regulations imposed to prevent TN medicos from cheating in their exams.

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Export of spices touches a new high

It literally spices up the cuisine and not a day passes by without using them. And the increase in consumption, compared to previous year, has brought cheers to growers and officials. For the first t

Thumping win for AIADMK in Sankarankoil bypoll

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Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK on Wednesday retained the Sankarankoil (SC) Assembly constituency, with party nominee S. Muthuselvi defeating DMK candidate Jawahar Suryakumar by a massive margin of 68,744

Beta cells created in lab

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Scientists at a Chennai facility have created in the laboratory the beta cells of the pancreas, responsible for producing insulin hormone, by using stem cells derived from tummy-fat.

The breakthrough

Vital win for cheetahs

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Not winning a game at home in the World Series Hockey had been an albatross around Chennai Cheetahs’ neck.

Finally, the Cheetahs shook off the burden with a 4-1 win over Bhopal Badshahs at the MRK S

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