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Residents help cops nab child-lifter

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The case of the stolen baby took yet another twist as the Chennai police on Sa­turday claimed they have arrested a woman who co­nfessed to stealing the fo­ur-day-old girl from her mother Kalaiarasi at

Prototype of lift, escalator tested

Like tunnel boring, CMRL (Chennai Metro Rail Limited) has now offered the much-needed fillip to mobility inside the 32 metro stations. Prototype of the lifts to be used in CMRL project was installed a

Furore at Kapali temple over Irumudi ceremony

A few tense moments prevailed at the Sri Kapa­le­eswarar temple in the ci­ty on Saturday when the temple authorities, alle­ge­dly citing an “oral in­struction”, denied permi­ssion to Ayyappa devote­es

No action yet on scanning centres

Even though 450 petitions were filed identifying various scanning and sonography cent­r­es in the state that we­re flouting government ru­­les, no action has be­en taken against them by the government

Court not to seek filing of FIR

The Madras high court has declined to direct the Director of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption to register FIRs against any government servant of any category or any public servant, when a complaint of co

Min promises textbook review

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With chief minister J. Ja­yalalithaa and several other political and co­m­munity leaders pr­o­testing, the Union HRD ministry on Fri­day pro­mised to look into the ‘wrong’ depiction of the Nadar commu

Tasmac staffer held for selling liquor to student

In an effort to prevent juv­eniles from turning into alcoholics, the Madurai di­strict police have laun­c­hed a crackdown on salesmen of wine shops selling liquor to youngsters.

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Rs 30cr Chennai land reclaimed

Kancheepuram revenue of­f­i­cials on Friday recovered 1.48 acres of government po­romboke land, worth Rs 30 crore, at prime Zamin Pall­a­varam from New Life Ass­e­mbly of God (NLAG), a Ch­r­istian mis

Rs1.75cr gold seized, 23 held

With rise in gold prices in India, the smuggling of the yellow metal to Chennai has increased in the last two months. Customs officials in the city airport have seized Rs 1.75 crore worth gold and arr

Monorail project behind schedule

The execution of much-awaited Chennai monorail project, expected to take off by the start of the New Year, might be delayed by a few more months as only a few firms of the five fin­al­ised consortiums

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