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MLA blamed for bar attack

The owner of a bar that was ransacked by a gang that later murdered an innocent bystander on the way out, in Velachery Tuesday evening, has blamed the local AIADMK MLA, M.K. Ashok, for the attack.

Visually challenged protesters detained

Police on Thursday detai­ned more than 200 visually-challenged people, including 100 women, who were staging a demonstration ne­ar Valluvar kottam in Nu­ngambakkam to press for an appointment with the

Save wilting Samba crop: CM

Chief minister J. Jayala­li­t­haa in the meeting with her Karnataka counterpa­rt Jagadish Shettar on Th­ursday highlighted the plight of farmers. She sa­id, “The present storage of Mettur reservoir is

CMs who shaped TN

Policies, their formulation and implementation are the critical aperture through which modern states have evolved and reified. Though the policies are politically defined and ideologically loaded, the

Power cuts will end by June, says min

Electr­icity minister Natha­m R. Viswanathan on Wednesday said power cuts in TN would come to an end by June next year after the commissioning of the ongoing power projects.

“We will get additional

Plastics abound despite

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Though plastic bags of less than 40-micron thic­kness are banned and awareness programmes are on across the city, the sale of plastic carry bags is visible in almost all commercial hubs of Chennai.

Steps to save elephants from mahout cruelty

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Concerned over certain instances of the temple elephants being put to hardship by some mahouts, the state Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment (HR & CE) department has directed the officials to in

Water-starved TN hopes talks will resolve crisis

The CMs of the two states that take a lion’s share of the waters of the Cauvery river are going to meet after a gap of 14 years, The CMs of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka will sit for bilateral talks on the

How Karunanidhi got his mojo back

Ending suspense over its stand on FDI in retail sect­or, DMK president M. Kar­u­nanidhi on Tuesday said his party would vote in fa­v­o­ur of the UPA gover­nment in Parliament with ‘bittern­e­ss’ about

Bystander techie killed in bar brawl

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A 42-year-old software engineer, who was standing near a liquor shop, was ki­l­l­ed wh­en two groups clash­ed over running a bar near the Tas­m­ac liquor vending outlet in Chennai.

The deceased was i

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