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Chennai property tax to fetch Rs 477 cr

The number of property tax-payers in Chennai has been growing approximately by 10 per cent over the last eight years and the city now has 10,71,914 assessees with a tax estimate of Rs 477 crore.

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Summer rush: Record footfalls at Kumari memorials

The memorials for the two savants — Swamy Vivekananda and Tiruvalluvar — in the mid sea off the coast of Kanyakumari, have registered over 4.25 lakh footfalls this summer.

Both the memorials, which

Gandhian urges tn to look beyond TASMAC

Renowned Gandhian, Tamilaruvi Manian’s Gandhiya Makkal Iyakkam on Saturday urged the Tamil Nadu government to enforce total prohibition.

The organisation unveiled a pamphlet on how resources can be

Rise in Mudumalai, Sathyamangalam elephant population likely

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The recently concluded integrated elephant census in four south Indian states shows that Mudu-malai and Sathyamangalam continue to support a healthy population of the jumbos. In fact foresters are hop

MMM to observe World Heart Rhythm Week

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If your heart flutters or skips a beat, making your head spin and your knees buckle, it may not be cupid at work with his bow and arrows.

These are symptoms of arrhythmia, the top cause for young p

Restoration work gains speed

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The much-delayed renovation of the historical Ripon Buildings and the adjacent Victoria Public Hall, both built during the colonial period, has finally gained some momentum.

While a lot of work is ye

Price cut a sham: Jayalalithaa

Terming the partial rollback of petrol prices an eyewash, chief minister Jayalalithaa demanded a total rollback.

“Reducing Rs 2 from the hike of Rs 7.50 will no way benefit the poor and the marginal

Chennai doctors gift Iraqi woman sight

When Gula Namiq Hassan reaches Iraq on Monday, she will see her two children, four-year-old Rayan and seven-year-old Mohemmed, for the first time. After 18 years of being blind, Gula has a Chennai su

King Viswanathan Anand returns home

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Viswanathan Anand is back where it all started: Chennai. Regal splendour and generous jostling marked the arrival of the king of world chess at Anna international airport here on Saturday.

Anand, cl

DMK chief M. Karunanidhi turns 89

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DMK chief M. Karunanidhi, whose party is a key constituent of the ruling UPA coalition at the Centre, turned 89 on Sunday.

Keeping to his customary style, the DMK patriarch was up early and start

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