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When custodians turn law breakers

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A lawmaker should not be a lawbreaker goes the saying, but the city corporation, which is the custodian of pavements in Chennai, has eaten into the existing space available for pedestrians across the

Portable signals prove a burden

Many of the portable solar signals at major junctions in the city have been rendered useless due to “technical snags”. These eco-friendly mobile signal lights, installed only last year to supplement t

Major tunnelling starts this month

The crucial tunnelling of the underground stretch of the on-going Metro Rail project is set to begin this month.

Senior CMRL officials told this newspaper that the drive of the first tunnel-boring ma

Untold miseries of a woman

Rani now leads a dignified life by standing on her own feet, working as a housemaid. But who is responsible for the trauma, which Rani experienced in prison and suffers in society now?

She is made o

Tamil Nadu to go on tourism ad blitz

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Not wanting to be complacent with its catchphrase Enchanting Tamil Nadu, the state tourism department has plans to aggressively promote the tourism potential of the state and has earmarked about Rs 10

TESO to meet on August 12

The first conference of the recently revived TESO (Tamil Eelam Supporter’ Organisation) will be held here on August 12, DMK chief M Karunanidhi said here Saturday.

“The TESO conference will be held a

India’s leading law firm opens branch in Chennai

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Amarchand Mangaldas, one of India’s biggest law firms, launched its Chennai office on Friday. It
will specialise in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital market, private equity and privat

Enhance Hajj quota: CM

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Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa has on Saturday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to enhance the quota of Hajj pilgrims to the state in view of increasing requests from the community to visit the hol

Mom’s sweet memories live on

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It’s now 10 years since she passed away, yet ‘Krishna Sweets’ Murali remembers his mother so vividly and fondly, as the time when she hand-fed him and his elder brother Krishnan during their childhood

Honour killings in Tamil Nadu

Name: Elango. Age: 25. Place: Muneerpallam village Tirunelveli. Incident: Elango was murdered by a gang of men who opposed his falling in love with Selvalakshmi, 18, a dominant caste girl in Erode.

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