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Odisha gang held for kidnapping student

Police arrested Friday six persons for abducting an engineering student and beating him up. Sagar Sowthana, 24, Sriram Thoothu, 22, Karan Prasanna, 22, Sunil, 22, Thanmai Ranjan, 23, Suraj, 22 and Pra

1 dies as lorry rams into bike

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A person was killed and another injured after they were knocked down by a speeding tipper at Marina beach early this morning. While the two-wheeler driver sustained serious head injuries, the pillion

Igniting minds of jailbirds

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Maria Selvi Dasan has been visiting the Coimbatore central prison for the last 12 years. She meets a large group of her ‘family’ there every week and prays for their well-being.

Surprised? She visit

Clogged drains mark Ambattur

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On Saturday, it was the turn of Ambattur residents and Left parties to protest against the city corporation and state heath department for clogged drains and cholera scare.

The demonstrators raised

HC clears metro water land takeover

The Madras high court has upheld the proceedings of the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB), to take over the land belonging to a woman for the purpose of road widening and l

Differently abled couples wait for TN wedding gifts

Physically-challenged S. Sivakumar, 38, who runs a small stationery shop in Virudhunagar, has not given up hope on his petition to the government for the Rs 10,000 special gift that he should have rec

7 complaints against councillors

In the past six months, more than seven cases of councillors attacking corporation staff and contractors have been recorded.

The contractors also recently submitted a petition to the corporation top

Questions raised after terminal trial run

With Planning Commission keen on privatising the Chennai airport, it looks like the Airports Authority of India (AAI) is rushing towards commissioning of the new terminals at the city airport.

While

Champ ready to make waves

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While girls her age flaunt their jewellery and dresses and gear up to attend weddings and family functions, 14-year-old A.V. Jayaveena toils hard at a swimming pool.

The little girl, sporting short

Civic body to revamp grievance redressal system

With corporation’s public grievance redressal system in the news for the wrong reasons, Chennai corporation is planning to go in for a major revamp of the system.

If sources are to be believed, the

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