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When Chennaiites turn unconventional

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The patients sit in long rows, eyes closed, hands limp. Pranic healers hover around them, making elaborate motions with their arms and muttering under their breath, invoking the life force, or ‘prana’

TN government’s stand on dam vindicated, says CM

Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa said on Saturday that the state government’s stand on the Mullaperiyar dam has been vindicated by the Supreme Court appointed empowered committee’s report, which vouched

Kanchi seer rejects Nityananda’s claim

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Kanchi seer Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamy has stated that he did not support the “appointment” of Nityananda as the 293rd pontiff of Madurai Aadheenam, even as the present pontiff Arunagirinatha Desig

Chennai professor takes to village streets

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This professor is on the streets now. Forty-eight-year engineering graduate R.Kaleeshwaran, a former professor in theatre work at the prestigious Loyola College here, is now busy training 35 folk thea

Parents to seek court aid over HC order on fee hike

Students and parents associations plan to approach either the Madras high court or the Supreme Court seeking it to quash the high court verdict allowing 400 private matriculation schools in the state

Shops shut, roads quiet on Saturday

With several traders closing their shops to observe trade day in the city, the usual buzz and traffic was missing on Saturday and roads leading to Island Grounds suffered traffic snarls.

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State continues to sweat it out

Rising mercury levels coupled with power outage made Chennaiites sweat and fume on Saturday.

While heat wave conditions prevailed in some parts of coastal Tamil Nadu and coastal Andhra Pradesh, Chen

Estimates set for facelift of flyovers

The city’s aesthetic view is all set to improve with city corporation planning to improve the landscape of existing flyovers and subways.

The corporation engineers have now begun preparing estimates

Plea to health staff: Wash hands

The next time you visit a hospital, don’t forget to ask the doctor/nurse if they washed their hands.

On May 5, World Hand Hygiene Day, World Health Organisation urged patients to be proactive and r

New station to open in June

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Come June and an MRTS station at Mundakanni Amman Koil, between Thirumailai and Light House stations, will finally be thrown open to commuters after a delay of over two years.

The station was slated

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