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'Captain' Vijayakant's men jump DMDK ship

Several leading members of the DMDK, including filmmaker Ibrahim Rowther, a friend of its founder A. Vijayakant, on Tuesday quit the party and joined Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK.

The DMDK members jump

Easy for India Cements

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A fine all-round effort from Chennai-based India Cements helped them win the recently concluded Dr.D.Y.Patil all-India T20 tournament.

The triumph should hardly come as a surprise as many of the pla

U-21 World Cup squash: Egypt down fighting India

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Chennai has yet again proved to be a happy hunting ground for the Egyptians as the top seeds clinched the inaugural edition of the U-21 squash World Cup here at the Express Avenue Mall on Sunday.

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2 silver, 1 bronze for the dark horses in rowing

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Eight girls from middleclass families are setting the water on fire; bidding for glory in the ‘elite’ sport of rowing that has so far been dominated by the urban rich.

Two of them are in college at

BJP questions PM ‘silence’ on deal

Questioning the “silence” of the Prime Minister on the Antrix-Devas deal issue, the BJP on Sunday demanded that he must come clean and give a detailed explanation on various aspects including the acti

Devas deal cancelled for national security: Minister

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The central government cancelled the Antrix Corporation-Devas Multimedia deal for reasons of national security and not for purported loss of revenue in sale of spectrum, Minister of State in the Prime

Suitcase causes flutter at airport ahead of HM arrival

An unclaimed suitcase at the domestic airport here, discovered shortly before Union Home Minister P Chidambaram's arrival here, caused a flutter on Monday.

The Home Minister was scheduled to arrive

Jaya promises to end power crisis

Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa on Saturday told the Assembly that the government was taking several steps to set right the power situation and the crisis would be resolved by mid 2013.

Slamming the D

Kaif ton is Central to his team’s revival

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Central Zone fought back brilliantly after being pushed to the wall by South Zone on the opening day of the Duleep Trophy semi-finals at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here on Saturday. Central are, howev

Nair, three others found responsible for Antrix-Devas deal

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A five-member team that probed a controversial deal between Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) commercial arm Antrix Corporation and Devas Multimedia has concluded that former chairman of the s

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