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Prez poll: Advani meets Jayalalithaa

NDA Working Chairperson L.K. Advani on Thursday met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa here to discuss fresh developments in the run-up to Presidential election and they agreed to 'coordinate'

Chennai taxis most expensive, says study

Thanks to fleecing autowallahs and cab drivers, Chennai is the third costliest city for out of towners after Mumbai and Delhi.

Chennai taxis are the most expensive, charging Rs 201 for a journey that

Unique website for Tamil learners

It was Mr Srinivas Parthasarathy’s five-year-old dream to start a centre that would teach the Tamil language to students who didn’t know how to read and write the language. His dream came true last mo

Vandalur zoo plans socialisation

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Authorities of the Arignar Anna Zoological Park are attempting socialisation of wild animals after training the animals at the zoo.

Animals such as white tiger, Bengal tiger, leopard, hippopotamus, b

Anna varsity sees less vacant seats

With 1.8 lakh engineering aspirants submitting applications for the government’s single window counselling, Anna University expects less than 40,000 seats to go vacant this year as the state governmen

Sibling rivalry puts DMK in a fix

DMK president M. Karunanidhi takes pride boasting every now and then that his is a party of disciplined cadres.

But of late, his lieutenants in the party are openly battling each other, in almost ev

Mayor, officials visit Perungudi dumpyard

After Pallikaranai, it is now Perungudi dumpingyard that is burning. After miscreants set fire to it Tuesday night, the top brass of the city corporation inspected the yard on Wednesday and reviewed t

In a first, Velachery will get ‘white topping’ concrete road

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The Chennai corporation has proposed to lay concrete on prominent city roads using a “white topping” technology which will extend the lifespan of these roads by up to two decades.

Problems of pothole

Jewellers target kids for goldrush

Rising gold prices and cautious buying sentiments have forced jewellers to come out with innovative ideas to sustain consumer purchases be it Italian fusion jewellery or branded jewellery for kids.

C

73% turnout at peaceful Pudukottai by-election

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The by-election to Pudukottai Assembly constituency went off peacefully on Tuesday as an estimated 73 per cent of more than 1.94 lakh voters exercised their franchise.

The polling was by and large pe

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