Draft roll for 2014 LS polls released
Chennai Corporation commissioner and district election officer D. Karthikeyan on Monday released the draft electoral roll at the Ripon buildings for all the sixteen assembly constituencies here.
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Cable operators confused over STB
With only a few weeks left for the TRAI-set deadline to end, switching over to digitised cable TV services, under which set top boxes (STBs) would become mandatory for all households in Chennai, cable
Councillor hacked to death
A panchayat councillor of Sriperumbudur was killed after country-made bombs were hurled at his car on Monday.
This is the third such incident in a week where panchayat councillors have been targette
Ketamine worth Rs 1.8 crore siezed
Customs officials at the city airport seized 18 kg of ketamine worth Rs 1.8 crore from a passenger’s bag, who was scheduled to board a Malaysian Airlines flight to Kuala Lumpur on Monday.
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Heist drama to loot 6.5 kg gold busted, manager held
A manager of a private finance company was arrested for staging a robbery drama after he burgled 6.5 kg gold worth over Rs 1.5 crore from his office in Poonamalee on Sunday night. He had hidden the lo
New CoP scraps old zonal intelligence apparatus
City’s new CoP, S. George, has decided to scrap the zonal intelligence set-up and merge it with the existing centralised system under one joint commissioner. This is part of his effort to strengthen t
Elders starving for love, not shelter
A few years ago, E.A. Abraham (now 81), wanted to enrol in a local college in Mumbai to learn Sanskrit. He was denied admission everywhere due to his age. He therefore took to working for a Ph.D degre
‘Centre will satisfy SC on nuke safety’
The Centre would satisfy the Supreme Court on the safety of the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant and people living in its vicinity, Union minister V. Narayanasamy said on Sunday.
Jaya opposes All India CET for UG, PG medical courses
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Monday strongly opposed an All India Common Entrance Test for admission to Under Graduates and Post Graduates courses in medical colleges, saying such a move
Domestic tourism goes up in spite of inflation
Rupee depreciation as well as escalating airfares and hotel room rents are not deterring the Indian travellers from holidaying.
Domestic travel trips have gone up by nearly 84 per cent over the firs