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Whistleblower attacked in Avadi

Four men on Tuesday night attacked a defence engine factory examiner of Avadi who had protested the encroachment of 15 acres of land on the Iyan lake bed.

“I was returning home from the market with a

Washing machines for TN kids’ homes

Inmates of government homes would soon be spared the drudgery of manually washing their clothes and devote more time to their studies, thanks to chief minister Jayalalithaa.

The chief minister has o

Foodgrain complex in TN taking shape

Nearly a decade after it was conceptualised a wholesale foodgrains complex that will be a one-stop point for all cereals and grains is finally taking shape near the Koyambedu vegetable market.

The CM

HC sets Sept. 3 deadline for school vehicle norms

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The Madras high court on Wednesday came down heavily on the state for its delay in approving the draft rules to regulate the use of vehicles carrying school-going children.

“It is unfortunate that in

Customs team hunts for drugs, gets mud

Customs officials at Chennai airport were left red-faced on Tuesday night after a ‘narcotics’ haul turned out to be sand.

The officials had offloaded Mr Joseph, 65, and Ms Mariaselvi, 60, both French

Centre ignored TN Padma demand: CM

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Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa on Wednesday slammed the Centre for its perennial hostility towards her government and cited as an example Delhi’s rejection of her recommendation of Padma awards to leg

Bin shortage puts civic body in spot

The garbage piles continue to haunt the Chennai corporation and the latest headache to the civic body is acute shortage of bins to collect and translocate the solid waste.

Most of the wards in the c

Ugly posters, rain ruin city wall paintings

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When former mayor M. Subramanian commissioned the delightful wall paintings to add colour and character to the cityscape, he announced that the civic body was taking great pains to beautify Chennai.

Car owners dodge sun film directive

Even though traffic police personnel are serious about fining owners of four wheelers with sun control films following the Supreme Court’s directions, vehicle owners have resorted to innovative ways t

‘Insensitive’ Centre angers TN parties

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Leaders across the political spectrum in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday expressed disdain at the ‘insensitive’ stand taken by Delhi that the Sri Lankan military personnel would continue receiving training in I

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