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TNCC sore at neglect by AICC

Tamil Nadu Congress has once again got a raw deal from the party high command. As in recent years, the AICC (All India Congress Committee) has showed little interest in deliberating about the party’s

Adam Sinclair proves a point

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Adam Sinclair has used the World Series Hockey tournament, which concluded on April 2, to showcase his undoubted talent.

Playing for Chennai Cheetahs, the forward fired nine field goals from 14 matc

Other state vehicles to be taxed more

The government has decided to impose higher tax rate on vehicles from other states entering Tamil Nadu.

Introducing a bill to further amend the Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1974, in the A

IIT Madras student hangs self in hostel

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In yet another suicide on IIT Madras campus, Kuldeep Yadav, 20, a second-year civil engineering student, hanged himself in his hostel room Sunday morning. He was a native of Agra.

In 2011, three IIT-

Speaker bans MLAs from carrying cellphones to Assembly

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Members of the Tamil Nadu assembly have been banned from carrying mobile phones inside the house following a directive from the Speaker D. Jayakumar.

The Speaker informed the assembly that usage o

New ISRO centre to control spy satellite launch

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The Indian rocket that will carry the 1,850 kg indigenous surveillance satellite - Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) - to the skies in April will be controlled by the new mission control centre at Sri

Indian Navy to commission its third UAV squadron on April 11

The third Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) squadron of the Indian Navy will be commissioned in the naval air station in Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu on April 11.

The squadron, which would oper

Win or bust match for Customs

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The Chennai Football Association senior division league is heading inexorably towards a thrilling finale. With just six matches left in the 12-team league, title contenders and relegation candidates h

Road eats into school space

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Students of the Government Adi Dravidar Welfare High School on East Coast Road, Palavakkam have a tough time.

The close proximity of the school to the main road makes it difficult for students to he

6,000 Chennaiites do surya namaskar

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The Marina beach, a favourite haunt for early morning joggers, turned into an arena to showcase Surya Namaskar. As the dawn broke, over 6,000 persons gathered to perform the sun salutations in absolut

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

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