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50 colleges close down B.Sc courses

About 50 arts and science colleges affiliated to the University of Madras in the city and its suburbs have closed down courses such as B.Sc (microbiology), B.Sc (biochemistry), B.Sc (electronics) and

Water work to divert traffic

Vehicular movement, including MTC services, would be diverted at the junction of Manali Road and Patel Nagar Main Road on the western side and Tiruvottiyur High Road on the east with Chennai Metro Wat

Jayalalithaa praises role of banks

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The state government plans to disburse social security pensions through banks to ensure hassle-free and leakage-proof delivery.

Welcoming the participation of banks in the crucial payment mechanism,

Restore rural infra fund interest rate to 6.5 %: CM

Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa has opposed Reserve Bank of India (RBI) enhancing the interest rate on rural infrastructure development fund (RIDF) to 8 per cent per annum, and urged Prime Minister Man

TNHB flat balcony falls, kills 1

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A 55-year-old woman was killed when the balcony of the second floor in the TNHB Colony at Manali New Town where she lived collapsed on Thursday morning.

Nayagammal, the wife of Moorthy, was standing

Plea challenging civic polls dismissed

The Madras high court on Thursday dismissed a batch of petitions challenging the election to the Chennai city municipal corporation, held on October 17, 2011.

“The grievance of the petitioners that t

HC quashes Vijayakanth’s plea

The Madras high court on Thursday dismissed a petition by DMDK leader Vijayakanth challenging the resolution of the Tamil Nadu State Legislative Assembly suspending him from the House sittings for 10

Pallava, Kalinga touch to Iskcon temple off ECR

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Spread over 1.5 acres at Akkarai village at Sholin-ganallur off ECR near here, the 50-foot high spectacular Sri Sri Radha Krishna temple, consecrated on Thursday morning, is a dream come true after ov

Lack of maintenance takes toll

Neglect and lack of maintenance on the part of tenants and landlords claimed the second life in five years in the state-run TNHB tenements.

In December 2007, a woman had died following the collapse

Oh dear! There’s a boy on taxiway

In another security lapse, a 16-year-old “searching for his girlfriend” was found roaming on the taxiway at Chennai airport Wednesday evening.

A pilot of a private airline spotted him during takeoff

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